The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-10

was conhtcDt with himfelf. This they had a
rightto do. The CHEF JuJ9ier faid that the que
zion would not be permitted to have any bear
ing on the caufe unefs the letter was produc ed.
Any thing drawn out ofthe letter would not be
teaimony unieis the oppoti,e party who had il;
IN their pole would exhibit it to the court.
But it was obvious that they had another object
which was tn sfcertain the conliftcucy of the
witnsfs. Mr.. Wirf. If the object be to flake
the credibility of the witnefs, is it not fair to
him and to the conduct OF the caute to exhibit
the whole letter? MIR. Baker. a very ingcn.
Gus mode has been adopted by the gentlemen.
We put the 9usltions, and they undertake to
'urnih the antwers, without leaving it to the
witne!s TO do it himfclf We do inteu nd 70 flake
the credibilSty Of Gen. Wlkinfon, and to make
him produce the ilr'ke himfr!f. Mr.. AfeRae.
, undettland the court to FAY that Tho examina-
tion IA to the contents Of the letter il,alI have
no effect unlels the letter itfeif be produced.
Grief Jyhee. Gen. Wilkinfon fays that he
has no recollection OF the contents Of the letter.
The .ubjett matter of the letter cannot 5e eta
bl'ihsd by the examination. But the witnefs
may be predetermined for the purpofes avow-
ed by the oppohte council.
Mr.. Viekban. Do you recolIe9 that you did
write to col. Burr in 1906? A Jhave before ftat-
ed that have fuch an impreflion but have no
recollection of The contents of any communica-
ton made TO him, atho' remember the mo-
tive which induced me TO write. MIR. Uiekbam.
You have no recollection of any particular ex-
pretiion A No. Except in letter Of Oao-
Der or November 1862. O Have you 30
recollection Of any exprefiion or fentimens ex-
pre'led in your letter OF 1906. A Ihave 10 re-
collection. Q Was it your expire zion that we
fhou.d have war with Spain A 1t was my
opinion; and there was veFy general impref-
lion that we Mould have war with that power.
rec0llsI4
ing the meaiures of the government, in relation
to war with Spair! Have you no recollection
OF any opinion expreHcd in letter to colonel
Burr! a do not recolleet having exprrffed
airy opinion refpeding the meafures of the go
vernment. The only expreffon of which I
Fave any idea, Is one uied IN a letter oe October
or November 1905, in which, I believe fay,
fear MIRANDA has tskrn the bread out of
your mouth" Mr.. Wickham. There were
letters puhliihed from you while in the neigh
horhood of the Spaniards. Have you copies of
thofe letters here? A have the whole corrrf.
pondence. MIR. Wjckham. We only want
the letters OF September and October, which
rate that war with Spain is inevitable. Gen.
Wi'kinion. I think I may have faid 70,
and believe that l have papers here which
throw fome light on the futjeet. Here are my
infruetions TO the officer who commanded the
troops when they left St. Louis. (Gen vii.
kinfon handed to Mr.. Wickham copies of his
infruetions to col. Cuihing.) Mr.. McRae.
What is the date of thofe inaruttions! The
9th and 9Th of May 1906. Gen. Wilkinfon
faid that he would, with pleafure, fubmit the
whole correspondence, if he could do it con6f.
ly with his own ideas of propriety. But there
were contained in it fuch fecret military opera.
tons, as 1t might be improper to expofe. Mr..
Wickham. l think you ltate that at that time,
the expectation of war with Spain was very
general! A Il was 70 and if my inftructions
to col. Cu!hing can be read, they will thew my
own mprefiions. (Here Mr.. McRae read the
infruetions of Gen. Wilkinfon to col. Culhins,
of the 9Th and 9Th of May 1906 for which,
fee notes X and L.)
there was an universal expectation of war with
Spain, about the time when the troops of that
nation croffed the Sabine A Yes. have
laid 10. had made arrangements for general
attack. MIR. w. To what caufe are we to af.
cribe the accommodation which took place be.
tween the rwo armies A To with 10 fpare
the eifu6on of blood and, perhaps, becaufe on
one Tide there were reluctance to fight. O On
which hde A On the lide of Spain. MIR.
Wickham. Can you tell the particular motive
which induced them to re-crofs the Sabine, and
change their petition. A think can explain
hem Immediately on my arrival at Natchito-
hes on the oath of September, addrefied
etter to Governor Cordero, whom conlidered
5s Commander in Chief of the Spanifl forces
IN thar frontier. i communicated TO him nv
orders from the PRECEDENT, and urged him, on
tie ground OF right and of humanity. 10 with
iraw his troops from the eaft OF the Sabine and
re.crofs thar river, Whether this or tt. vipo.
rous preparations for oifenfive operations which
l Immediately commenced on my arrival at
Na.chitoches, produced the effect or not, can
not tell. But the fact is that the Spanards a.
bout the 9th of the month, RATED their camp
at Bayou Pierre, marching by their right inter-
fe6ted the highway from Natchitoches to Ma
cogdoches, about twenty miles in my front,
purified that route, and REGRETTED the Sabine a.
bout the goth or soih.
Mr.. Wickham. Was this after you had re-
ceived the cyphered etter9 A No 1t was
fome time before. Mr.. Wickham. Had you
any correfposdence with the Spaniih COM
mandant, on the fubject of col. Burr's expedite
| on againit Mexico A None. The earIieit
communications which made on that fubiecf
were after my return to NatcheZ. Mr. w.
Has the jurfdiction of the United States ever
been exsrcifed as far as the Sabine /! A can
not tell. Mr.. w. Was it in conf quenoe of in
fTuGtions from the government that you con-
| Guided the convention with the Spanifb COM
mandant A No. MIR. w. / do not recol-
leet whether that convention has ever been pub.
lined. Never. MIR. w. Have you any
copy of that convention! A Yes. But until
it lhall be the pleafure Of the government to
publfh it, ] do not think myfelf at liberty TO
divnlge its contents. I do not think it recon