Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-27

s csnnY tie manner In which p oil man A. :,
,.,,,fs fsa distot this point, We are firmly o.
sIa that when Burr made 50 many Dem
s',.sn;,n nratcstations aboutsthe fidelity ofcon-
saent;al lettcrs, III relation to the letter OF the
rsss. May, bsfore the district court, that he
Id special apprehension of this states eui-
' Isses Of pollnaan, and that it was BY It his
Whole approximations and ssnsibliity were a.
reused into sscn an imitation OF affected no. 40.
nor. -
Buf as it regards Bollman, what does the
fx,ss;3lent say--a Thomas Jefferson gives his
risar,l of honor that the commun lcatlon in
writing sh1ll yer be used Gsai,sst q rfckS Box
nan. ss,s 81
IS Now what is the iact--havc t.sss, papers
evrr been used against Efirk Bollssan No!
On the contrary to preyent the possibility q It
stke president issues a pardon, SO that upon
ang change ofsthe president or any alt Grafton
e circumstances, that paper, which is an Off
e;al paper, and which the president under the
cb!ie.uons OF duty must file IN the sesret;de-
ns,.lnent oftlie state, he took care by Issuing
!, I,.rsso:i should never bring the author and
ner into jeopardy. The pardon rs lssu-
81 and the promise is fulfilled. But let us.see
the rsycainlent made by BolInan. It IS not
said that it specially ncerned the. president
but ills said deeply to coneern the state: well
thcn, u as the president to keep treason unrc-
v.sIsd and not to act upon It In any shape
WAS fhc promise ncver "a use itagainst Boil
maj. the whole end and purpose OF the disclo-
syrt, aadsf the commitment in writing! HAY
Inc brought the examination OF Bollnan,s
xssays to this point, we at once see the man,
.s0 I.;s profiigacy stares the public IN the
facs. TIE. communication Of the treason is
IS - committed, to writing, and on zuhat con-
I daios. u Lack at the condition, it is not on
1 Il. condition of saving A. Burr, or Jonathan
i DAYTON, OF James Asiair, or any other prill-
csi or IS sociate IN the treason ). the condltl-
on was single,l ard on that single condition
was tho communication deliberately written
md delivered: that condition was that 1t
saonld never be used against HOLMAN. Here
then we have not only the history of the dis
closure but the purpose is unfolded, and we
End that BoIIraan who talks so much, OF : es-
seated faad and turtitsde," had actually
/ made all these disclosures upon the single
condition of saving himself leaving his prin-
! cifaf and all his associates to SHIFT tor them
selves 4 bis is the true character OF the
,ransaction, and we deem it wholly superfu-
Gus 10 say more upon it, though there IS room
cor ample anisnadyersion. We trust wehavc
placed this agent oftfeasoa furry and IN his
true coiors before that country before which
he had the irnpndence to intrude himself.
The notice we have taken of him has been
on public grounds, nor should his production
have obtained place in this paper, had we
notSat once seen the propriety of suffering
him 20 convict himself before the country lie
endeavQre>. to betray. we ever take notice
Of him again III any ray it will be.onIy from
similar motives, though We think it will be
haiSly ever necessary to say word about him
again, M