Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-23

81 doubted SWartWontss declarations 5 and
alshoug, they had 40 sffffect upon sny mind,
Iscould not place solid sconhd ence ID ii1r m-
Is said that the people Of the territory
were readyto join. He was 4 stranger 'n '
/ the country and therefore could. know no-
Sing Of their dispositions bur from intor.
rnatiun. i was acquainted with them, and
had heardof no such dispasilion. 5
MIR. Wickhan Then you doubted wflc !
.ther Swartwout was authorised 20 make
these communicates a beg your
pardon, bsliesetha be was authorised.
and iassractsd to deliver sac lessons Of
falsehood.
Mr. IY1ektam Then yon say that you
still doubted: a Il is 50 expressed 10 ttle
letters
Mr.. Wssckhana. Thess expressions IN
derstand, conveyed the tI0e S ate ot your
mind at that tins? ~
Gen. Wilkmson. Iwish yon 20 under-.
stand me. When contemplated the a4.
sslacity, the iniqdity and The follyof the en- !.
terprize. ! did believe thar col. burr was
stimulated by some foreign power. With
respecs 70 revolutionizing the terrrisory, \
could not place any solid confidence IN IL.
until i received the communicates OF J..
IL. Donaldson esq when combiping all
The circumstances wrote my lettsr Of the
iash.of November.
Mr.. Wickhaa,. Then / understand you
70 say thar this was the true state OF your
- ~. z
Gsa ". Yes. Propounding this ques.
lion brings TO my recollection sahjec, not
thought Of before. eoquired OF Mr..
Swartwou, from whence col, Burr derived
his fuDds. He said, from the aid OF friends
and the sale Of properly ia which sale he
had b-en employed. lknew that col. -.
had no rroperty. This declaration OF
Swsrswout gave me less confidence IN his
communications.
Mr.. Wgtc&ham observe 10 your letter
Of The 2lst Of October, this depression,
Z my desire TO avert . great national ca
lamity." AT that time you had doub;s
whether the enterprise might no. b. salu.
tary
Gen. Wilkiusoa Would !, be improper
10 sssigo my reasons why l supposed Il
nigh be salutafy? As pasaed through
Nalchez, / understood that Mr.. Meade,
who exercised the functions of governor,
had spoken OF sn attack upon th. Spanish
poo. Of Baton Rouge, and { was informed
by AR Dunlop aud Mr.. Smith, that
he had said the government would connive
a, the measure.
Mr.. Wickhann This postscript on2the
letter: $ Should Spain be disposed 10 war
seriously with US, might not some plan De
adopted TO corrccr the destination Of the
associates. and by su;iab.s appealto their
patriotism. engage them IN the service OF
their country! .Imerely Offer the sugges.
ton as possible expedient 20 5prevert the
horrors Of civil coasest AHoi do be-
lleve5 ,hs, with competent authority could
accomplish the object Am TO under
s,aRd thai ihis pos,script crnsalns che true
s,a,esof your mind 1ssfat tinne a Thc-=
is some uncertsin,y whether thu, postscript
is apart oflhe original letter. lis nostd
on the corner ID my own hand writing,
aud not 10 ,ha. Of Mr.. Burlirg, who was
then one of my aids-de-csn,2, snd by whom
|sthe rops MAS made.
IMr.Baker. II was never understood
thata copy would be received by col, Burr.
Now We see she neSrasisy Of having The
original:
Gen. williamson have no sort of hest
sasion TO ssste what my feelings were. II
the Spaniards had been seriously Disposed
) 10 war. / did believe BY a sui,able appeal
TO the feelings snd patriotism Ct the de.
luded ci,izens who might .haye descended
with col. Burr, they would kave been IN
dncsd 10 join our standard, and oppose
foreign ensmy sooncr than eussr lnto
conflict with their owa counsrymer. MY
idea was this. that the. 3prrsiden. should
, have Forwarded TO- me blank commissions