Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-27

- - usesssNyior reading il in pubI;s s'ssst
and !hsn # ne think i, IL S. =. .s ls''s,
the present case. W. ary .ea,, l;i !, y
Cause, butRo cory need lie tak,n 10 shs
MIR, NcRae. i sht.sla rs;hrr !;
ne exhibited in the most ~ Biz. g Math
y ths only wayto a.er, The u,;,,a 'm'
.a,lon'of III cnp,cuss. sHsssp.
Mr.. MeRae .hen read ,hrlsa.,
~ = 's'sf ''''ttd
ar: Eiek1am demanded the .Dro,,,.,.
the whole letter ofsthc 18th Of Novs,s.I'S A q
General Wilkinson, did yos Law It ba i,'tf'-
grand jurys n did. 0'i0.e the
PR. Eur. The entire letter has ba..
against me before the grand jury. All H. ~ USED
state secrets are therefore at an an ,aes
there can be no objection to produce the ,,i snd
Of It in.court. shall expect t aat een % Ws
kirson will bring the wnole 81 it into s Con-, VIII
morrow. 0u'' 70
Mr.. Hay. I have nothing, Sir, q -,
this subject. ~ en-
ssief Justice. The president has ce-,;s.,
his reasons for con, municating only eam msa
parts OF that letter; and he believes r. .. -
other parts haze no application 10 the pre,.s
prosecution
Mr.. Martin. ! hope the court ,as NJ. =
ready decided that point. Has not this ca1'.
already declared that the president has
more power here than any other rnap9 lea ~
be law, for which gentlemen now CONT sts'
God forbid that rshould remai, cj,izeu ota
United States. I And is Mr.. Jesaerson - ' 4
judge of the reicyanty &. evidence, IN ~
secution in which he has taken SO active ~.
against the accused !? Mr.. Jefferson, s;r.ir
man of no great legal knowledge. Re was ~
no celebrity as lawyer before the revo,n,;oa
and he has since been so much engaged !. ~
litical pursuits, that he has had time ei,9nss
to unlearn the little law he cver knew.
Mr.. Hay. The Only end OF this co,ra,,,
ton IS to abuse Mr.. Jefferson.
Mr.. Martin. Sir, we shall so use Mr. 1.e
ferson, as not to abuse him. Remembrrtbs.
the life and liberty of colonel Burr are shown
tobe no longer dependant On Virsinians and
therefore ] am freed from any restraint in
declaring what / think, If Mr.. Jefferson bin.
self was here, would rot this court call bi,
before it, and make Him disclose uDon oat,,
the contents of thar letter. Suppose, sir, tba, 1
in this letter general Wilkinson has denounc.
ed governor CALIFORNIAN cowles Mead; SIN.
pose that he has represented all the peop|e of
Nsw Orleans as disaffected; suppose thatb
has attempted to throw every influential man
but himself under the suspicious Of the 20.
vernment, in order that he may raise himself
into favor; is this satisfactory reason why
this letter should be respected or withheld?
Mr., Burr rep Gated that this Letter had been
laid befare the grand jury; that twas their j
fore 10 longer a state secret and tkat he lad
a right to ask for any thing which gen WI
kinson had showed or said to the grand Jury.
CAlef .Jnsticc. Afser such certificate from
the PRESIDENT of tbs United States as has been
received, cannot direct the production Of
those parts of the letter, without sufficient e.
violence of thsir being relevant to the preser 4
prosecution. should suppose, however, thai
the same source, which informed you of the
existence OF this paper, mighs inform you Of
the particular way in which it was relevant
Mr.. Buvr. In such case ask no mans
opinion, but my own:
chief Justice. | cannot assist ycu.
Mr.,Bu,v. Have not right to ask what
any one said before the grand jury
Mr.. WTekhana read certain parts Of the er-
traeted ana. furnished copy, to show that from
the context Of those parts the omitted: pa--
sages bore directly on the subject. TIE r :
siasnt of the United States might have had
proper reasons on account of general Wilkin-
son, to withheld those paris, bat general VIII
kinson himself has no right to- withhold them;
and if he produced the whole letterbefore the.
grand jury for The sake Of eliminating colonel
Burr, he May certainly be called upon to lay
it before this court.
General Wilkinson begged leave to correct
the expression of the gentleman about his
motives. lie did not produce this letter De-
fore the grand jury to crinainate colonel Burr
BIZ, to vindicate himself. -
Mr.. WskAsm: That is the very thing
which I say. Why did he wish to ylndicats
b,,t 10 cr;y> crraafsr >Aa~t re- his Cri-