Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-09-07

er1ly into the meaiure pas over mere,
conversation which took place between Col
B and nylelf, refpecting central revolution,
as il !. decided TO be irrelevant BY the opinion
| of the bench. mir Hay You allude 70 2
revolution for overthrowing the government
Al Walhinpton and OF revouuonIzlng the
eadern Rates.) | was palhng over that 70
come down to The period when iupPoied he
| had relpquiEhcd that defgn,. AID returned to
| His proiea in the wef. 1 was thoroughly
convinced myleIf, that lueh project was al
ready 70 far organized Is 70 he dangerous,
| and that !, would REQUIRE I'D effort 70 iuPPrtis
| il. For in addition t. poGtive a1urances thar
| Col. b. had alIittanoe and cooperation, he
fad that the watt extent Of territory OF the
limited States beyond the mountains which
offered 10 adventures together with view
! on The mines of MexicO would bring adhe-
rants 70 him from al quarters Of the uniOn,-
| The Gtuation in which theie communications
! ana ihe imgrefion, they made uPoa me, pl4c-
! ed me in, was peculiariy delicate. / had no
avert att to produce againiE COl. 3. re mad
given me nothing upon paper nor dld
know Of anr yerion III ;he vIcislty, who had
received ini ar communications and whole
teltimony might lIPpOrt mine lie had mem
toned 20 me none As principally and decided
IN engaged with HIM ru Gen WilkInion;
MI Alton, who ! afrerwarS. learnt was his
lon-.n low and Ntr "A hiram kibty, who
learnt was late captain 1T Rangers ~
Wayne's army Ol Gen w Burr laid much,
as have Gated of Nj 4Ii.OA very litlle,
bu enough 10 latisfy me that he was engaged
in The project, ard Ut KiJby ne lald that he
was brigade IN aior Ia the vicinity Of Nincin-
natti. whether I'D OAiuor Kentucky, know
notj who had mueh influence with: he militia,
and had already engap The majority OF the
brigade To which he belonged, who were rea-
dy ID march Vi Mr. Burr, Ggnal. Mr. Burr
talked Of thi, revolution a. matter Of right,
inherent III the people anG couihtutonal
revolution which would rather he advant9-
geous than detrimental TO the Atlantic States
D revolution, which nun evenua Iy take
place; and for tie operation Of which the
prelent criEs wa peculiarly favorable that
there was 10 energy TO DE- dreaded ~ the gen
era government and his conversations denot-
cd a confidence, that his arrangements were 70
well made that he th1ud meet with no OpPo-
lition at New Orleans; for The arm, and the
chief citizens of thal place were Feady 10 re-
Ceive him On the Iolitary ground upon
which food, was at lofs how 70 conduct
myfelf though at no lois as il respected my
dury | durlt not place my lonely teihmony
in the balance aga.nl the weight of Col. BIS.
character, for by turning the table upon me,
which though any man capable Of iuch q
project mighr very eogIneai.1R do, thouid
INK under the weight. | relieved therefore
VIII mviejf, To obtain the removal lf Mr. ID.
from this country, III way honorable to him,
a on this ! did confult him without his
knowing my motives. AccJ diugy Iwaited on
the Prehdent Of The u. :. and after a diiultory
conversation, in which | aimed to draw his at
tentiOn 20 the wet, laid to him Il took the
liberty of fuggeldng to he P,) HAT | thought
Col. B ught 10 be removed from he country,
bcaufe conhdered him dangerous ii it, The
PRECEDENT a1ked where we fhould iend him |
iald % England or Madrid, though It Las heen
iaid i'll tome publications that added Cadiz
Tie Prehdent without any poGtive e1preiIion
I'm iuch matter Of deiicacyl leemed to think
'he truth too important, and e1preAed fome
thing like doubt about the integrity Of Mr..
3. frankly told The Preiideut that perhaps
I'D PcriOn had ltronger grounds 10 luiTeG
that integrity than had but that believed
ms pride IL ambition had 70 predominated
over his other paiions that when placed on
an eminence, and put on his honor, refpect
70 hmlelt would iecure his fidelity. | per-
ceived that the iuhject was di1greeable to the
PRECEDENT, and to bring him to my point in
the ihOrteR mode and ID a manner that would
point to tie danger laid u him. If Col. b.
was not difpoied Of We fhould in eighteen
months have an inlurreGtion, If not a revou-
ton on the waters Of the Mililippi. The
Prehdent iad he had too much confidence in
tht Information, the integrity, and attachment
of the people Of thar country to the union, to
admit any approximations of that kind. The
Circumstance Of no interrogatores being made
20 me, thought, impofed lilence upon me at
that time and place. Here, FIR, beg indul-
gence to declare my motives for recomn end
ing that gentleman 70 a foreign milton IL that
time, and nthc lo'emnity with which naud
here, declare that Col b. was neutral in nv
feelings; that Il was through no attachment
to him that made that fugselion, but to avert
a great national Calamity which ! Jaw APP
preaching, to arre1 tempeR which ieemed
lowering in the wet, and TO divert into a
channel Of ulefulneis thOle COnlumate talents,
which were TO mount the WhrlwiHd and d.
rect the form" fbout the time Of my hav-
ing waited on the Prefdent, or a little before,
determined at all events to have fome evil
dence Of the uprightnels Of my intentions,
ard to fortify mylelf by the advice Of more
experienced men. | waited upon two mem
bers Of the II, Of Representatives, whole
friend1lip had the honor long to retain, and
in whole wildom and integrity had full faith
u am al liberty to give their names ifrequir-
ed-and believe lenat0r, bot Of that am
not certain. opened to them the projects of
Col. 3. They did not leem much alarmed.
(Mr. Aznhn objected to The witne!s eating
any Of the oblervations of other perfons to
himle!f. After fome defultory con7eilation,
the bench luPporteI tie objection. Mr..
Eaton. did ak indulgence OF the court to