The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-06

traced him Gep by Rep from hispdI''ge 90 ihv
mountains until his return-- Bot | was confined
TO iuch facts A. were deemed inmets'ely re!c-
yaut TO tie qusfion before thc court. and there
fore commenced with the reception OF his
letter at Nachir oches.
now, SIR. fad ,nyfelf obliged TO adopt this
courfe in order to explain certain ohicrvstions.
which have come from the Grand Jurors, an,i
aio the inrendoes and iniiruations of the vii
nei' Major sHuf; who having charged me
with 6niiter connection with Mr.. Burr. has
travelled from Warrington to 81. Louis 10 fIii
matter for ratification of the imputa,ion-He
has laid frmc 0reis on the intereR which ne iays
WAS made (by Mr.. Burr and his frirntls) 10 pro-
cure me the Government at Lorifaas. ] am
under no Obligation to explain how procured
that Governn'eut it | were, J ccrld lay il bad
been rendered 10 me by the Prsiiicnt. two
months before they had any idea Of the cir
cumhance.
lam chlrrsd with having invited colonel Burr
to the Wetern Cpnntry--Hersin have been
riiunderfood, for the thing is not fo-k fcv
d,ysaftcr col. Burr defended from the Vice
Presidential Chair, an inquiry was made By me,
! as TO the courfs he Intended TO purfue, he told
me he intended 20 Witt New. Orleans, and Ire
| member his very words were &c have few
thouiaud dollcrs left and wlinot 60 10 work
until they ars fpent.' I wls iolicitous to Zee
him reinta,ed in the councils of his country.
and fpeakinr to the Hon. John Fowler then a
member OF CoHurefs ON the iubjed, lie inform
cd me that Mr.. NJ. Lyon had fuggeheh the idea
F., OF Burr's going to Tenneiiee, To procure lis
election 10 feat in congrefs, az rcIidence YEAS
not necelIary qualification to election ia that
Gate, and requeited me to ipeak 20 Burr on the
fubjett did 70, and think he faid it was
luminous idea. appeared To be delighted with
the plan, and in concert with Mr. Fowler and
! Mr.. Lyon, then undertood and have iinoc
been afurcti by the former who lie now in town,
; the plan was digeaed without my preleuce or
participation at any interview.
! Dir. Barr foon after proceeded to Phiadel-
! phia; he wrote me on The goth March, reqUeit-
iins letter of introduction to gen. Aiair and
informing me he flIonld let out for the Weiiern
Country about the 10th of April. The next
letter received from him WAS at Piltibureh,
dated the 3oth OF April, in which he tells me
he ihould fail that day for the Lower Country
and ia forty he could not Zee me. At Louif7ll,
/ received a third letter from him dated the
10Th May, in which he deeply regrets he could
not Zee me there, and begs me to forward the
letters of introduction 1 had promifed him for
NJ OrIeans, after him TO tina, city. lie proceed.
ed from Louifvlle to Frankfort, and am au-
thorlicdto fay did there apply TO John Brown,
neiiee and TO that end reque.tcd letters from Mr.
Brown to his friends there. Hs then proceed.
! ed TO Naihvie, where il appears he remained
! beyond bis calculation. ] fell down the river TO
: Msiac, where col. B. arrived on the 9Th Of
Jane, and inttead of fpending icveral days in
givin, me lcIions on Government, and prtpar-
ing anew Code or Contribution for Louifana,
he the next day profecuted Ills voyage for New
| Orleans, in company with fcveral officers ofthe
army, who bad been ordered TO that city IN
General Court Martial, aud It will be proven
that furni!hed him re,ther barge nor crew.
| heard no more of Mr.. y. until the 3oth Juy,
when ircceived letter from him at the croft
ngs Of the TennelIee river, in which he inform
ed me he was on his way TO Lexington, and
! hoped 10 he with me al ST. LOUIS about the f
of Septic arrived at S.. Louis on the lth OF
that month in the evening, e3prefltd WIG, to
viiit st. Charles, and | accompanied him in his
/ route to the Cantonmeut of the troops about
IL miles difancc, from whence he proceeded
without me-, crodcd the Miifour to st. Charles,
from thence pafied over Portage des Scioux TO
the MfiGippi and defended that river in a
canoe to St. Louis. / thini, it was in our ride
to the Cantonnent that MI. b. fpeakinp of the
mbeciiity of the Government, hr fad it would
moudrr to pieces, die a natural death, or
words TO that effect, adding that the people Of
the Wefferu Country were ready for revolt
| TO this recoect replying, that if be had not
prof'ed more by his journey in other refpeGs,
he had better have rcma;Ged at Warrington or
Philadelphia-For furely faid smy f,icnd, no
perion was ever more miftakcn !--The yVeilern
people difafft6ted to the Government !-Thev
are bigotted TO Je.ferioH and Democracy And
the converia;ion dropt. Mr.. Burr, think on
the fame ride, fPoke TO me of purchafinr an e.
! tate in that country, o6ieryi1g he had received
advice Of fam Of money which he ihonld re-.
ceiye on his return to the Eahward, and aiked
me i'll would reign my government 10 him, in
the coutie Of the winter, if he ihould deiire II.
| Tbs rejected on account of the emoument
which was 5000 dolls. per aunuD <forI was dif-
guaed with the government and he offered TO
indemnify me.
Nothing particular pafieti between us after
| this, until the afternoon before bis depaunrr.
which vas on the lSth Of Sept. in The rnorniny ?.
! lie informed me that he "iihed TO have fonnt
conversation with NE, and invited him To- nv
hoUGs for the purpois.-in the coufle offti, IN
tervcW, he aliScd me whether could be con-
" tent 20 yegetaie or TOuder in that damned
government" meanin8 the govt Of IoDi-
iaua.-I cxprsGcd my fatisFatsion with the f,n-
alton, o5f:rvng that " ! was making arrange
msn,s 10 retire to private life, that Is as fired
OF tie cratic life had long led, aud lba, the
delicate uua,on Of my wife, 10 whom owed
! more than ! could render, nisde it nscsAdry"
After Tome paufe, he aiked nc if my energies
and enterprize were loft OF dead--io which |
ircpied, that my energies and enterprise had
| proijed me through lite little elie than to ex-
pole me to perls aud hardihips.-IIc then on
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