Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-09

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go Ion very rigntnos TO hazard the justice
0p,I he fair srlai of this case, by sending
,us he indictments in.gen. Wllkinson's aD'
srDce. 49,. yx,:,t;.ns. "a; aavit.
=. already been decided 70 have no rsla-
.:;on 70 The charge of treason. 9 what
W. W,s affidavit tended while il was
formulated, or connected only with that
e .1' sso. Eaton, is no Proof Of what rs ten
a s.,o may be now in come xlon with the
s..,f mass Of additional testimony which
o. have collected. Sir, we say that il IS
4. kew stone which binds the great arch
= evidence now 10 our possession.
As 70 sendiog up the indictment, il IS
-, Of the question. truth and justice
-;,auire that i, should 90, COW be sent up.
n, we hope, sir, that The motion to CONS
nj, Aaror, Burr will be received, because
.ve III ok il a lsgaland just and neces.
s,fy M Assure Of sprecautioa.
i. this moment the grand jury returned
lot, court, and their names being called
aver. requested an Adjournment. After
some desu!tcry conversation between their
foreman and the chief justice, respecting
certain points OF form, they were accord,
| ;oaly adjourned sill tomorrow o o'clock
they immediately retired from the court.
| when 4Er. HGy arose 10 proceed with the
agomrnt. Re st0ke IN SUBSTANCE as f0l.
| bus:
.Ifssand here, sir, engaged 10 the per-
| formaoec Of most serious duty. appear
here 10 q cause which involves the charac.
t.r Of cur government. / come here to
charge Aaron BUR with high tresaon a..
tanss she. q. 81; with sslesying war"
vp0o his csuntry. Sir. It was natural to
suppose that saeh serious charge would
have made a mos. serious impression upon
| A. BIS mind that he would have reused
| a!lthe energies Of his understanding 10; his
service in vindica,ing himself against
such heineus charges, and 90, Ia casting
npu,aiions upon the government. Why,
then, sir, does he torn from himself a.
gauss the. administrator. why these
complaints of persecution, which have fa.s
.gued our ears? l most salemslY deny
| lhe charge. Imost confidently ayow there
isuos title of evidence 10 support i..---.5
None can be produced, nnless it be per-.
setdtioa, thar the government brings hims
before legal tribunal, where his guilt,
and innocence will be impartially establish.
ed. A. Burr stands accused of the high
ssscrimes and misde meanoss be stands
charged with a deliberate desJgn Of inyoIy.
ins his coantryi6 all the horrors Of, "a civil
iasarectioD, or of en,anglingh her ID war.
with a foreign naion. This is the true
question before the court, and instead of
meeting this charge with the energy and
sh'mness which became him; instead Of
confronting it with his evidence, he
complains forsoo,h ct persecution. And
Where, sir, is this tremendous perseeu-
lipn
Because he was sen. here bv 4 military
aushorRy?" But could A Burr have been
.I'sd 10 the country where hewas arrested?
Vas Blannerhassen's island 10 the Missis.
sPpi territory Or ought be no, 70 have
o,so conveyed to that jad.clal dis
met, whieh possessed competent ijnris-
ucslon But if A. Burr ought 10 have
osen sent here, by what number Of men,
should he have been escorteds VAST by
onefnan only; from, whom he could have
0sen so easily risqued. and whose vigilance
sseouId most probably have eludeds >sOr
osgas he to have bsen conveyed, as he
really was, by the energy OF men, ike Per.
aims, whose unshrinking 6rmness & whose
nsmanity (in the presence of A. Burr him.
GU asow it, lee him deny tiff he can J
mad completely qualified him for the safe
Evaporation OF his prisoner:
but sir. when this cry and spell Of
persecution are once excited, il IS not
sasy to set bounds TO its fury Not
.0a.entsa with inveighing against ahe pre-.
Saded prosecutions Of the government q
government which neyersa|iG persetute a