Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-25

ny course he more fair and liberal! How \
could Mr.. Hay ON to notice the pardon
or the Cause otthe pardon, when the man
paroened, was To be called as q witness. |
ana appeared To temporise between ms
hrst revelations of the treason, and his la
ter intercouI Sc with MS accused principal.
The notice os the information given by Boil
NAH to the executive, was rendered neces-
sary then by Bollman himself, and what
has own unprlncipled conduct throughout
had rendered unavoidable, for every act |
but that OF the pardon, which rescued him |
from the pailowS, were his own voluntary |
acts--he embarked in the treason with |
Burr, vountarily-he went to New Orleans I
voluntarily-he opened his overtures to
Wilkinson voluntarily-he was sent thence
10 WashmSto e, indeed involuatariiy but {
without any solicitation or expectation on
the part OF the executive, he voluntarily
proposed to reveal the nLons, Projects, and
means, ny which Burr was TO accomplish
his treason. The executive, however he
must dctest the traitor, was bound to hear
the revelation OF the treason he corde-
seendeu toaet BollInan come into mis- pre-
sehce, and to rcve a at once the demonslra-
ton o. HI own criminal purposes, and the
J0TeiS@ aid which Burr was Co rece We, and
had already received, and TO which Boil
man before his departure to New Orleans
from rhladsiphia, was pr!vy and pa,ti-
c'pator.-f1ere then we see this Bollman,
woo hrSt emoarks i'll scheme of perfidy
20 The United States, of which tsvo fo,.c;pn
powers were the aiders, and abettors, if
not toe original instigators-af,er, but not
Til after lie is seized ard transported from
the proposed theatre of his perfdy, come
FORWARD with new act of that very spe-
GIGS OF perhdy which he in ms essay Owes
terday affects TO reprobate.
bCllinan says that few DAYS after his
arrival at New Orleans in September last,
adV ces were received from general VIII
Elhson, stating that he would Chastise the
Oo:s.
Now the first question we would ask Is.
what has this to do with indicating Boil
mans character. which he Processes TO he
the object of his essay?
Wh~t has general Wilhinson's conduct,
or ms threats On the Sabine, to do with
boi.man's pardon, or his disclosures to the
eXecutiys!
But more important question precedes
these enquirlcs--hoW ard for what end
came Bollman to Orleans? How came let
tcrs TO be, addressed to him in cypher, un-
der the name OF Henry WInd6olrae ?Why.
possessed OF all the Knowledge crncernine
inc peehdious intentions of foreign powers
against the u 5. did he goto New Orleans.
OF the army and leave his very tender soli-
cltudes for the United States and his ideas
oi the great necessity OF war with Suain
uhreVea ed, until he Came prisoner to W. ash
ihSt"h CITY! why did ne keep the plans
concealed, until they were frustrated! Aud
Tor what purpose was it, after they were
frustrated, that he requested an interview
with the executive?
IS ridiculous to say that he had no her,
s0hHf n'offGeS--he may deceive himself in
10 the suppDsition that others will ne decei-
Ecd by hin, but the bitter is the .onkv one
0|SFeA &! HIS concern in the plans-his he
ing principal emissary, his being taken
IN situation that subjected him to be nan
geo as It spy-the very mercy of Wilkin-
son, which changed his fate from a gibbet
20 transp rtation by sea TO Washington
ms situation AT Washington-the mode in
which he made the application TO the Pre-
Sident--2e very disclosure of the secret
plans OF Burr, and of the foreign resources
from winch Burr drew his funds, and his
hopes, OF establishing that enf,ire, with
"h'Cl IN or near the Hitch year of his
age "the more yoUfIJuI imagination of Or
"Bollman, became cnamoured in the pros-
"dom."
LIT b0liman stands precisely then in a
snu mon similar to that of one of number
OF hISh-Waymen, seized on the road in the
attempt to ROB the robbery to be sure was
not perpetrated, but the DR.. turns 8tac.
and backs out with full (or a half full
disclosure, and for his useful discoveries as
states evidence, the executive deems him
entitled 10 pardon.
IN TINS situation 1t is that this skake'y e.
V'deHce comes forward as the Vindicator of
the man he At FIRST BETRAYED, and the revi-
Ter OF magistrate to whom he owes his he
ing at large and exemption from punish
ment; ahG thus he insults the very psoDle
against whose peace and union he had been
conspirstor.
These we believe to be the real merits
and the true character Of Bollman's con-
duct aH r9URd---like his PRINCIPAL. he he
heves and betrays every body---old friends
ana strangers, benefactors and Dartisans
al are alike the victims Of his duplicitv
and willy articles. H
Chuer such circumstances, and against
such an antagonist, so fallen in the cstima-
tlon NJ every man Of worth and real homo.
It may perhaps ac supcrGuous to Saw anc,
thsr word But public information demand,
iew farther remarks, in relation TO cen.
w iiEinson and TO the President of the D.
uited States. VIZ
ne whole course Of Burr's conduct. has
Oeeh since ms seizure, 60 heap rcvi.en,ent
aud d'strus' on gen. Wilkinson. Bollman.
~ MS cur Gus note upon gen. Wikinsot,'s !
returning to New Orleans ssto play the de- !
Nl' (ahd he appears TO have PLAYED the |
ueY'i WIN Bur-, Bo.lnan, and COZ copfes- |
sco INC whole extent OF Boris treason |
Gi'e a'l'ai's 1t too in curious way, for |
"'l'c :. CohVicts Burr, it establishes the !
30 "N''y ana sound gcreralship cf Vyjlkip.
son; Tor says BalHar. Xyiitjneo, -
use q the information oi;ch s.,a,.. .,,.i,.