The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-03
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TRIAL OF AARON BURR.
MOTION FOR coMMITMsHr.
TUESDAY, October s.
Egiaf;iee of Maioy. TaMes -.

| UEsDAY, Octoacr 3.
E~iSeice Of haio, .James E,rf: d
Mr.. Martis. Had you auy communicating
With Gen. Wilkinfon about the time of bis re
turn 10 st. Louis Mr. Hay reqasited tina
the oSjcet for which t,- vitae Is W introduced
.hou.d be Gated. Mr.. Martin faid. {, was 4.
! prove zoe f,ne as Timothy Kibby that gen
J NuEinioI held out me fine inducements Il
ban to JON ia an expcditioa asainI tie Span
tsrds- M'. Hay. obecfsd 70 the inirqduttior d
s,,s ,2rc y, ,.'B ;s-:iSipe. RE faid tsat NJ
tniio casid ts prefnme,. to come PREPARED L
eSpia'o every particular a1 OF bis he ihs.
tbs ssn:ys:! s5afs!ioa OF a witprfs c2old Slcns
oe rAouiTe3 nto,,in order TO afiaii bis chars Ser
IEs &c held to be a fac.ed rule Of law and ol
ljchicse hir. Martin commended. that the eyi
| tence was pertinent. Gen. Witiffon bad &c.
ciaret! tfrst &c had M knwlelge cs col. Burr's
views I'll he received the cypE,ered letter. we
nh ptoscst hat he had. lie did net r,tsn 20 az
that theye@s CT col. Burr wsrs criminal, on the
con.rarY, they were perfectly innocent nor
"etia sen HFiHllptan have been guilty if he had
jo'neu N them. Botrow gen. ~ ilkinfon, in
order 70 ootain fa-cr with the government, had
turned ,fai:or TO col. Burr. Mr.. Wickhara
argued that the teisimony of-Major Bruif was
adnio5le to fhev "a ii,coniftency in tina. o.
gen. W:isinfon. n
Gen. Whsnfan. May be permitted TO
nief.e Ore obferya,ion am rot in the in,si.eG
degree irrsr;ze6 at the lansuaa whieh hasuo.
on this aud fevc.si Other oecaGong been ufed bv
the co5Hs-l OF col. Burr men WHO arc hired to
miireprcisdt. MIR. Wielkbag.' will rot fil,-
mt 10 tuc.i language FROM any man in court
The Chief Iniiioeidesisred the fylc OF gen. w.
to be ir,ptopcr, ard ,t.,a. lie had heard too
puch OF tush language in court. Gen. yy!,.
ifsicn sl,olcs led. fle faidithat it was iupoli-
n At he Ia r.
the cos.rc. but he could not remain E,ent when
hs heard li,afeif GATED a ;rEi,or.i Gen. w.
pfoceedsd.--s am aitoniihei a. the explanation
tof the o6jsGss .or which this wisSefa is called.
Sad known tie plrpoie for which he zoksa-
fetyea hie ic!viccs, (tor he was not ftitnnone..)
iaop!d have Dsen'a5ie IL produce doca,nen,s
TO ;is7 the long, the nlp,Scabc hatred which
he has borae towards me- tar Wickaaia (aid
that Major Bsu& vas unGer the rro.et fica of
the ccCrs. Gen. WG.iufon--; pray that mis-
ieitinaony $sssy DC Introduced. MI. Hay oh
Irved, that he mad no douot Of rhe law. as to
tee right to iTecach the credib;lity o$ witne(s.
by inesiag IN iGcCniifsacy in lis tsGi3a0.y.
ac admitted that if Major bruiI7s evidence
were introduced for that purpcle, it was proper: :
but II Tor any other pGrpote, il was :mpToosr.
They had 70 right 10 interrogate bin tor the
purpoie svowed by hIr. Magcin 10 lhew
that Gen. Wiknion entertained the fame views
az col. Burr. Eoweyer, AS gen. Wi,xinlon was
content thst Major Bruf lilouid Proceed, he
world not Object.
The Chief ;Hiticc declared that he would not
hear the witnefs as to any particular allegations
agartt Scu. .|iik;nlon /; tut with rsfpcti to any
iuconiii:ency in bis teitimony he mrf htar him.
Iig'sr 8rr6 b,'9ce-dsd.
My tefinony viii ariie from, nUiaber of con-
ve,faious with gen. ~.
! four Of thefe converfa.:ons gen. w. took
nc Aide: in three OF which he locked me uD
in hisroom. The frlt kut had OF a comment
on between gen. Wiikinfon aud col. Burr vas
drawn 'front.' Paragraphs in Kentucky newt
papers, in the fpring 1867, before gen. W.
reached st. Louis the krll alluded 70 the cid
| plan to form ieparate government wet OF tn.
| Aiegapv, and alcribed If TO gen. W7;lkinfon AID
his aiocates, and tioubt;ng whether that fchsme
had yet been abandoned. The next was an ex.
tract Of = letter from Fort REaf'ac, pubiia.eti ia
the papers, which GATED that col. Burr had
| been ieVeral days there with gen. Wilkinfon,
| probab,y giving the general enons on govern
| fncnt, or d,gefting rsW code or contribution
| for the government of LooifdGa.---'Thefe hints.
with information received from capt. Stodd3rd
Immediately from Fort Mafiac, and who sf'ur.
Ell me that col Burr was, or had been there
c'oiely engaged with gen. W. and that he b2d
| vi WdS dSSut 10 iuTlnlN EiOl WIN 2 barge and
crew. to defend the MiliiGippi into New Or
| leans, Mr.. Wirf. You have not faid WHEN.
A. In Jgne, 1905 Thefe circumstances put
| ne on my guard, and determined msto watch
the motions of gen. Wilkinfou aud Burr.
As the general approached St. Louis, Attend
| ing the MiiTiGiPpi from Fort Mlnac, he diff
patched Iight barge ahead with directions for
me to meet him OK or eight miles below.
obeyed. We met, landed and sfceDdei the
bank The general took me into The woods
As we walked on, the general cbf,rycd, that he
had been informed the territory was divided by
| parties, Il mean upper Louiiiana) Which he at.
tributed to the Americans, and faid I've would
crufh party, or perrin in the attempt. obfery.
ed, that there lad been lnme party bufineis A.
/ bout the time Of the Convention and thcre ne
MORALS 10 Congress, but none hncc except
the avetGon the Frenc. had to the sxpenfe, dc.
! l17, and uncertainty Of our laws, aud the intro
! ducliCn Of lawyers. Re then allied me how
/ ! Good with the French inhabitants, for he had
| heard there was iOne Misunderstanding or cool
nefs between as occaGoned by my obferystou
about antedsted connections aud fraujulso
| srsnis--l ohieryed, that ioBe unealiueis hac
bcea cZcitsd by report had made to the fe
cretary at war, refpecting private furveys wticl
took III pubic property, but I believed they
were then iatisfed had merely done my duty
He obteryed that he had witneifed their NAM
attempts In the lower country TO deiraud tn
pubic (the Orleans or Miflfippi territories
that he knew them aud mankind generally, an,
/ It ! would place my dependence npon him n
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