The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-04-15

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ne principal points in dif:uiIion are wsr.
We WIN CLINTON and Aaron Burr parties RI ,b;s
lcoahtion, aud what were the terms ne ,h;s
contract On thefe points, have the d,c.or
lions principally turned
/ James Cheetham, the Editor of the Amer.
can Citizen, finding himfelf reduced RI yery
uiHsreeaoie dilemma between his oppofitirn re-
So'- nufr ana MS iupPort of the principles of
the Union Supper. thought proper .o ad.,r.rs
number of queries to Gen. Bailey. RI pofs'
Matter at New-fork. The reader viii, ,eco,.
'ect that this Gen. Bailey was the ma, ,sL,,
was dragged by the fpecous patror,oeEc e 49,,
Polt-Mafter Gen. from bis honoIrah,, c.,t &c,
nator o! the U. S. to the Office of Poi, M.fs.
IN New York. This gentleman. ret,,,neJ !,
iormai sniwer to the queries Of Mr.. Cheethsn'
!" 1'cn nc explicitly declares, that he had mr..
ue, oeen autnoF1ied by Mr.. De Witt Clntonto
make any oyertures to Colonel S,v,rty,n. ~ -
any other of the friends of Col. Bprr r,.i,,;,..
20 reunion or any other flhietf that h, Mad
no knowledge of any fipuIation, aclnov,leir
| ing Col. Burr as the leader of anv n,rty &c,
that he does not believe thai Col p,,. IA
by letter or otherwife through the Medium of
Soi. Swartwout or any other ncrfon. .,.le
ny conditions either for himftf or for apv af
his friends. ''' any Oh
| Col. Swartwout, the MARIA, IF nr.,v,
and the friend Of Col Burr. has rrr,,isd - 80
anertions. Tie following is an ex,r,,f e.,
his letter 9" sH'r'e' from
On the 9Th of January received nor. fror,
gen Bailey, requeiing to Zee me in RI. ''',
accordingly waited on him. when he foou in.r,1,r,.i
.ne iuolect OF union OF parties. 7 Remarked tb,,
two points mutt be clearly u,ider(ood befo- -,
enter upon fuch converiation-Frf. tb,, ~. CT,
OF Col Burr would never content to ab,nso, -:
that on political fubjects, his Friends ,,.ar. -.
friends and his enemies their enemies E,e ,nC.s
co. tnat nothing OF the kind was expected g.
eondiys DO You act from authority or Gn,nlv =, -
'ui'ic qua 10 be PLAIN, General Bailey-do tbsr.
propoiitions come from Mr.. De Wit Ci;n.on 80 ,
IS eteemed the chief of your parry. or f-o'' VINO
eii merely He aniwered, they come rco,,, ~.
Clinton, who is deiirous to meet vo, -, w.
nienos to bury paft anmoGties; and to re,,, ~,
air and hosorable terms Subiequent to .b;aS., va
VIBRATION met the Gen. with other gentlemen rs
IN MS party and by spropoGton, in
behalf OF Mr. d. W. Clinton, had am intrrv;.a ,'.
that gentleman at Gen, Baey's houf.. "'''
The particularsof theie meetings IL,
necehary TO repeat; NUT. however declare L,
the excufion of MIR. Burr was never in tb '.,1.
degree iuggeited by any gentleman of the cln,on
party with whom converted. On the contrary
whenever his naAe was mentioned If ws- in tss f
the bgb5f refet Great fplicitude was ,,ie,n. "
mat the iut OF Mr. Burr, againh the edi,or or -
american Citizen, 1iould he difcontinned ! ohcr.
ed' that none OF Col Burr's friends had fucb ,ubor;
y; and expreiied confidence that the refill, of H..
% uu iu'y enap Dim to tie world, his Innocence
oil the charges exhibited agaiut him.
!" will merely add, that in ,hisnep.cia,;on tax.r
city underftood the Burrites to be recogn;zed tc
thct party or rather difintf letion of the rennhl
can party and the Reunion to take place ON ,e-ns
OF enrlre equality No arrangements were mad. ~
contemplated but fuch as, in my opinion, were honor
able to the Burr party, and not difhoporahIs =. h.
Ciintonians. - Nie
In the meantime the opponents Of The oo,-
h'Ion and the friends of Gen. Lewis have ~.
retcd upon their arms. They have pubj;Cbsd
an " addrefs to the people of Newly York; l,n-
cd by ieveral fenators and members of The 7 -
or Honie, in which they denounce IFS nrinc;-
pies, and vindcate themfelves from the ch,r,-
eS wnicn have been heaped upon them. Tbi.
aoureis Us aoftract, but extremely able. Il
is attributed to the. pen of the celebrated
John Nicholas, formerly of this Fate and 1o,,,
rehdent IN the Genneifee country in N. York
and member ofthe Senate II is tor Io,o g.,
be Preiented in its entire FORM The reader
mutt therefore, be contented with the foilow-
ing extract, relative to the exifence and de6ens
OF this celebrated coalition:
In the full tide of fueceis, and maddened with
the certainty OF triumph the party ventured ,o ,c.
knowledge coalition, which at once difnIaved 49,
character, and proclaimed their deiiens When tbe;r
itrength was more doubtful, an union of p,eraa bi
been concerted with the Burrtes of the citv oF NJ,
York, and although their fupport could no lonosr h.
deemed Deceiary, they could deny theGeIyes the
qualification OF fhewing thefe inveterate enemies bo,
ing to their mighty frengtlf Accordingly the NM.
on was icarcely known, when the LEADING Burr;tes
aeinbed here, and intercourse took place between
theie PARTIES which left doubt Of the exAenee of
cor ?att So grea, the rejoicing, that tbs .o-
iideHtal friends of both New-York dared m cels.
brate, by public feat, an union which aimed he
deadreit blow at the happiness of their country
| Short was their delHlion. The afloniN,nent and
Contempt produced at this place, frg warned tbenn
OF their imprudenoe, and the tron imprefJion f,h
entiments of the body of Republicans in the citv of
| New York, convinced them that innead of d;reg-
ing public opinion as heretofore, they were in oreat
danger oil mourning general Reproduction. Then their
teps were to be retraced, and the coalition ,vbrb
had been too public, to be denied was 70 he rof.
tened into forgiveness of injuries, and The return of
protheriy love. AT lometines the feat of ceebra,
on is treated as the only aet Of union and yyiil;rnr
ihewn, that the actors in it ihould be given ,,n 20
dligrace But nobody here can be impofed on !. And
we view the danger dcIosd to us as too urea, 70 he
neglected, and the of fafety as too roplv
marked with the character of his works. who b,.
ied us by the hand thus far lot to be inproved bv o.
| very honelt exertion 10 fhew you what muG have
been the nature and deGgn of this coalition. and bovy
fatl! mutt have been its fecce to the liberties ana