Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-13

some weight in leadiog . the Gomez u g
that thar there is prDDaole cause Oa
when 10 addltisa 10 this /. is coo.,a Os
that the most solemn obligation IS ,a esd
ed by the constitution on the pre,,a. 1r''
make communicates of this pa,,.
congress. and that he has also IN tn, ~. %
discharge Of his conssi,u.lonalcaus,~ st
drred out the militia, which on ,,,,,as W.
and trivial occasions he is not jasu6a"
IN doing, a person must Be strangely :.
eredulous who will NOT ADM, thar ~ ~
is probable cause Of suspicion tia, a a,o '
gerous insurrectioa or .rsason exists in oa.
country.
A Airport thus sanctioned BY da,y & o,A /
if made to,this court t:y one Of its e.
GERS, would be respected, aod why sb.
not a communication from the hrsl eyer
tive officer Of The union be cyrdued. WIN,
he announces To the nation info-maio, i
tn. line of his duly! But this esOs,,,
ground OF alarm is rendered more soecs.
by the a6adaviEs which have been exhibited
70 Us. 1t the persons who have Nee,
sworn on this occasion are to be believed
(and 20 one has ye. questioned their sre
dibil'iy they Prose sehe sae laid b. Bu,
10 usufp the. government Of the u. s. ;,
sever the western states from the po;oo
10 establish al empire west Of The an
ehaoy mountains, Of which he, Burr. va,
TO be the sovereign, and New O,l.sns ,ss
emporium, and to Invade and revolu,ioo;s.
Mexico. That 10 prosecution uf ,ho,.
projects he wrote letter to general VII
klnson, the commander in chief os ii.
American array, with the avowrd vb;.,,
and design OF alienasing him f ON his dnv
and ihvlio5 him to embark 10 the uudt,
taking, and holding or: 10 him the most
iiat'erIng AID sanguire assurances and p,s
poets OF success. Horsid as this a;,c um
was, yet 1.-THE information had rsachedas
tarthtr, | .hoaid have no hesitation IN sy.
ing that It would have been nothing more
than conspiracy to commit treason. Or
some other offence. Bn. when Burr as.
sures Wilkinson tha. he had ok.aiasd faod,
aud actually commenced he en.erpr.as; tia.
aetaehmeats from various points ard IN.
der different pretencss would rendezvous
on the Ohio the 1.t Of .Eovembsr-
his plan was 10 move down rapidly from The
Fails The 18Th of November with the frs.
500 or 1000 men in light boats aow can.
structing Jey that purpose: When, in addi,
TOD TO snls. WIl-an and Meade swear shas
when they left New Orlsans, the oae the
l5th, the other the 18th December. the
strongest apprehension aud helief uoivers.
ally prevailed among the Inhabitants that
Burr aud has coafsderates had prepared az
ar'aea ssrcs. and were marching to attack
and plunder tho city; and shat they knew
'has v 'lkinscn was decidedly Of opiaioo,
tfom he most satisfactory information, that
Burr was advancing, and under tbs; Be.
''sf, he was putting The place ia Pos'ur:
Of dsteaes. When his, ccincldence OF cir
cums'ances and this strength CT testimony
APPEAR, there can 81 little doabt Of he *.
stence and the event IF Burr's views,
and Of his having embodied and itiisled
reu with si-ws hostile 70 the .govercmea'
oi hia country, and tia. ne has done ael'
sh'ch amount to levy;ug war Oh the u
SAFES.
Bars treason then being .es,abl!shed,w
are TO enquire whether me prisoners were
J conf d.:sa,es. they are represented
ander ozth, TO have been the bearers OF INC
1upllcales OF Burr's letters 10 cypher 10
Wilkinson, and to possess bur's toaa'
ienee Ihey use arguments 10 adJlsion !"
hose IN shs latter, 10 invite Wilkinson 70
scceae to their views: adnit that 'oey
lavs correspondent with Barr 90 the SUBJ"
'inse the delivery Of the letter; that S@aF''
won't informed Wilkinson that BUR-, w"a
a powerful association, exceeding from -
\ ok TO New Orleans, was levylns an arm,
I'd body of 1000 men from New Yosk aoa
the western safes and territories, WIN .
view TO carry an expedition against y.
Mexican provinces, and that 500 men uD'