The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-09

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| friend there is no kicking agauh the prcks,
times are much altered iince you and fought
| together in the revolutionary war, and if we
have any regard for our own interrn we mutt
alter lkewife."
Wilkinfon and Adams perhaps had feen each
other formerly, but their intimacy only com
mrnced at this period and we have the beft
reaton "a believe, that the rupture between Mr..
Adams aud Gen. Hamilton frft originated in the
bafe inlinuato1s Of Wilkinfon.--Gen. HamiI-
ton, however unfortunate he might have been
in his political principles, is well known to have
been real folder, and as folder open and
candid. shis principles were aritocratica, he
avowed them. If he bore an anirnofitv or en-
tertained an snfavourablc opinion towards any
| individual, he declared 70 but he was no trai-
tor confprator. He knew that WiIkiufop
was both, and that he would facri6ce his coun-
try as foon as his friend. He had traced and
marked all the actions of Wilkinion from his
intimacy, with Gen. Gates, untl.hi Wifi at the
levee of Pre- iident Adams. Gen. Hamilton
knew thar Wilkinfon rofe by the favour of
Gates, from the fame cauie that atauated lanes
the Il of England, in the creation of Peers and
Mobiles, FoymHfIw pa7or CoryAor 6rIrgat 4iex-
IN" AS the condsa of Wilkinfon under Gates
is not very generally known, we fhall repeat il
here The evening previous To tie celebrated
action OF Saratoga, the brave Col Hardin, adj
vanccd within the lines OF the Briliil, and un-
obfrrved, took partcular view % t'r petition
and hrens,h of their forces. II returning to his
camp he met Wilkinion. who was itrolling a.
bout on Tome pieaiurc party ard knowing his
intimacy with Gates, he communicated the in
! nc nau OBTAINED within the Britilh
lines. Wilkinlon related it immediately to his
general, bur in place OF giving Hardin tho Gre
dit, he took the whole to himitlt, rnarnifying
the tory with an account OF fcvcral hazards he
had encountered on his return 70 camp. After
the capture OF Burgoyne and his army Gates
embraced the opportunity of rafting his favour
ne To the rank OF Brevet General, and Gcnt him
off exprefs to Congrefs with an account Of his
victory, in hopes that the prefermcnt might be
confirmed. WIlkinfon, however, in place of
attending to the importance of the dispatches
which he bore, lotered away his time in anufe-
ment until Congrefs were informed of the fac
cefs of Gates fevera days before the arrival of
Wkinion. When the motion therefore was
made TO confirm the commiiion of Brevet Ge-
neral, one of the members obfcrvcd, that in his
opinion " n pair Of Ibnr5 zvAS a much more ii9t-
able reqoard far the TOang o6feer."
Thefe anecdotes, although trfling, may ferve
TO elucidate the character of Wikinfon, of which
General Hamilton was well informed and Will
kinton was equally aware that while Hamilton
retained the confidence of the PRECEDENT, it
would be vain for him to expect favour. The
addrefS OF Wlkinion was we'll adapted to i'm
pofr upon the conceed and crcdulous mind of
Mr.. Adams nv which means, and with the
aid of his colleague ipeculator, Jonathan DAY.
ton, he cnfly effected dryuefs between the
PreGtent ard Hamilton. which finally term;
mated IN an open rupture.
The name OF Jonathan Dayton will make a
more conipicuous figure towards the clofe of
our inveftigatIon, when the frcrets of Aaron
| Burr, Edward Livingston, the chief iuitice Pre-
volt of Louhana, General Smith of Baltimore
Col. Smith OF New-York. &c. will be unfolded.
At prefent it is only necef1sry to obferve, that
Dayton and WkiUfon have been in conftant
habits of correspondence tince the frt dawn of
The Spanlh AInciation in Kentucky.-That
Dayton and John Brown, although they oppo-
fed each other in congreis, were inieperable
friends in private.-That the Rev. John Mafon,
the br0ther-n-Iaw Of John Brown, and author
of fcurrIlous pamphlet, entitled " The voice
of warning" aEaiut Mr.. JcfeIfou, is the warm
political friend and conitant aEocaic of iona
than Dayton.
In our iccond number, we gave 4 memenfo
to his honor juige Sebalian, which we hope
he win regard. /, is nst our with to dihurh
his repC!e or We { his difpohtion unnecenarily |
bnt train of incidents connected with him, |
force us, to put the following queRon, which
we truit his honour may explain fstisfattori-
". What powerful caufe operated upon
Judge Sebaltian in 1896, to leave his feat on
the bench, and hurry down to New Orleans,
without returning for two years receiving at
the fame time his falary judge from the citi-
Gems of Kentucky? This voyage, when cou
pied with the expedition Of his fon Alfred,
few months previous, certainly is myfterious
and merits explanation.-The dgnifed ftyle in |
which he and his fon returned fhow that they
were viewed as no common yilitors in New Or
leans. a Spanilh galley, with proper mi
litary guard, carried the Judge and his fon Al
fred to Louifyillc, and the Spanilh officer who
commanded the galley entertained after
wards for fereral days at the Judges houfe
We believe il will be allowed, that fuch marks
of dlftin6tiou would not have been conferred
upon every KenluckiAn nay, we extremely
doubt, had Wilmington himfrlf defended the
Mifiiiippi, whether the governor of New-Or-
leans would have ordered an armed galley TO
elcort him back. Soon after the judges return,
two letters of tresfonable nature were inter
copied by Mr.. C of the Indiana Territory.
to perions at Ncw-Orleans but Mr.. c.
his never revealed or made public the name of
the writer. boat loaded with dollars for
perions in Kentucky, having treafonable pa
pers on board, was ltkewiie examined in the
end ofthe fame year, By lieutenant Steel of
Wayne'S army. Theft arc facts which we re-
commeud To the JUDGES moi iftious cop6I.r