The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-04

Burr and Gen. wiIkinfon were ripe for this In
famous infurrecton, where couJ ttey hay,
obtained Efficient materials for the accomplish
ment of their defgns; or where could tho.
nave found them among the. enlightened peo
pie of the Wet!
Mot certain il is, that fuch f,fpicionx ar,
propagated through the weftern country
and II the information of their public prints
be admitted as true, i is moft certain that
there are materials enough for the ffrongeG flf.
picion. The following curious fuggefions,
for inftance, are extracted from the file of welt
ern papers, which we received by yeRerday's
mail. We Prefent them to our readers, be-
cauie the importance of the fnbjeet gives a va
Tue to every tribe but we have never more dif.
tinetiy felt the necefiity of the moa fcrupu-
lous fcepticifn.
We can with confidence anrert, that Col.
BUR- hnce his arrival in Kentucky has drawn
tor upwards of tzvo hundred fbouEand dollars
from houies in Lexington, Bardtown and LOU
ifyie."
So lays the Weftern World of October 18th !;
and aye, 1t 6 afierts it with confidence" too.
bur eobenee this enormous fun, perhaps great
er than the whole circulating medium of Ken
lucky For aught that we have heard, Col.
Burr is not yet gifted with the magic purfe of
Fortunatus; nor is Gen. Wilkinfon, nor is any
one, that is likely to be participator of their
lchemes. No man, but of the mott de/bsrafe
fortunes, is cut out for flch desperate delign.
Ofhce and wealth would have quietly repofed
upon their cufhions, and left the dangers and
the profits to fuch, as had neither the wealth
nor the office to lofe.---But what CATS a till
more ridiculous air over this wonderful tale of
100000 dollars, is the trange and ridiculous at
tempt OF the editors of the WeGcrn World to
Intervene it with the hiftory of their oevn i'm
portant adventures. Magma parJ fm. SHOW
many OF theie dollars (qhoth thefe gentlcmen)
WIN It require to pack grand Jury to anfwer
the purpoies ofthe confpirators 20 1t was there
tore the mteref of thefe gentlemen TO reprefent
Col. burr's refources as great poiIible,
iince theie refources might be directed agant
themtelves. But had they indeed exifted, in
the enormous extent Represented by the Wei.
tern World, they would certainly have been
calculated to give colouring to the fufpicions,
which have been circulated about him.
The Kentucky Gazette publifhed at Licking
ton has the following curious article:
We give the following extract, without vouch-
| ing for its correctness, or believing it our.
felves.
E<frad of0 letter from a gentleman in Nic5olaJ
county, dsted 2stb September.
"Coi. Burr has engaged every fhip-wright at
Marietta, at double tides, and high wages, to
oulld Is gun-boats, to row S2 oars-and a
ichooner of 100 tons, to draw only five and a
half feet water, for an expedition to -
where, is the queition."
| (Kentueky GaSeife.)
No: the true queftion is, can any confidence
be repofed in the ta8 itfelf? Had Col. b. con-
ceived any fuch deiign as has been afcrbed to
hun, would he have proceeded to its execution
IN Ia rnarsed cn1 ic::5o iI,drr,et 40 was caicu-
lated to giveit eciaf Would he not have
adopted any other expedent, than thus to have
drawn upon him the fleeplefs eve of the adj
miniitration IF Col. Burr be really the con.
lplratpr which Tome have imagined, may all o.
Their cpnipirators refemble him in being equally
undifgufed and equally imprudent
| The next thread which we introduce into
this tifiue of ufpicion, is the following extract
from New-Orleans paper:
CEN. JAMES WILKINSON, it has already
been ftated, has arrived at Fort-Adams, on his
way to Natchitoches. 1t is af1erted that the
General does not intend 70 rcfume his functions
as Governor of Upper Louifana- But has re-
commended DR.. BROWNE, the prefent fecretary
OF the Territory, "a brother-n-las of COL BURY
as his fucceiior-and it is fad petition is in cir
cuiation among the friends of the General, to re-
commend Dr. B. to the Preiident for that Office.
we give thefe reports as we find them in letters
rom st. Louis, publiihed in Kentucky and
! remniyivahia papers. Orleans Gag.
| Whether Gen. Wknfon refumes his func
| :
tam upon the very face of this report. We
dare however to CoDfide in its correctness. We
truit that no union of fuch oppofite offices will
ever Houriih in our country, as that of high
military with high civil appointment; as
commander of the army with the governor
OF ENTHUSIASTICALLY uncertain is it, whe-
Their Gen. Wii<nfon has recommended D
browne, tbe brotber-in-iazu of CoL Burr, as
ms incceflor IF it were true, it certainly af-
lords Hight fhade of colouring to the fuppoi.
ton of his afiociation with Col. Burr; but WHY
not account for this recommendation on more
charitable grounds ? Is it a matter of fuch
atonIlhment, that the pre/enf governor of Loui-
mana ihould recommend the breEnt Ecretary
OF the Territory, as bis fucceGor? 1t mutt be
aitonih'ng ingenuity indeed that could extract
7" treafon and ltratagem" from fuch materials a.
thefe.
BY far themoRf1Ipieions of allthe publications,
which we have feen in alluiion to this fubieet,
Is an enquiry iDftitu.ed and even kept I'D in the
ONO Gazette, printed at Marietta, refpect-
ing Col. Burr's defgns in the weitern coun
try. Speaking of Col. b. the querift obieryes
" 1t fhould be known, however, to the intel
llgent OF the weftern country, that the Natl
onal lnteligencer will never dare to take part
in the inculpation of one man, whole views
desperate paragrapher in Frankfort has foolifh.
ly attempted to fathom, A Wjlkiufon mr. a