Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-13
Frcr tie Mszr Orleans Gazette Of Dec. 80
I.IViNGSToN'S APPEAL
To the Public.
EcoNcLUDED

arrangement, anu c8prSssedso IISodiy
pleasure. In the prospect. tina; could
scarcely believe hsmin earnest, when, at
he hour appointed, with Identification he
did DOT attempt 10 conceal, ne tnesssnr on
the gallery as head quarters with message
- $ hat ,he general had received . letter
vingsscu or any. of his frieada." This
cruel insals, addrdto injuries had recsiv.
ed, made nc feel he narniliatioa TO which
had exposed myself, and | returned
home with the 6fm persuasion thar should
find the guard Tor my arrest ssa'seasd at
my door. In this w.s mis- aiken. As
yet have preserved my hfe, but how lons
I shall be permitted 20 enjsy eRher, dc.
pends upop the caprice or suspicious OF a
man. who has upon record decIssed bim-g
self above the laws, aud IN OPP n Court, as.
serted The ptopris,y Of su.,iag eff nses.as
Der 20 prsserysihs body. Asihat mons Of
had peculiar reasons I'd apprehend vio.:
lence. Mr. Alexander aud myself were
the two couaselseqs 81 10 had eassed 10 qaes~.
tim the legality Il goil,nan's ,mprlson.s
mem. We had both besp on the second
aay AFTER publicly denounced. the ore a., a
traitor, the other as participating 10 tfea,
son. An accusation IN form had been pro-
missed agains. ee b, and a few hoIrs brtGre8
was insul,ed al heaa-q quarters, Mr.. Aiex-@
ander had been foresbiy dragged thsshsr
BY military guard. Ihad no o.her con-,
necfion with his gentleman than thar wh.ch
asises iram practising atthe same bar. he
is much younger naa than myself, and
He we're never on very Intimate terms.
His politics and mode of thinking upon
macy pc MS, were d.ametrieal!y opposl,e;
10 mine. but | have always observed IN
him the manners of a gentleman, add the.
principles of man OF honor. HIS NEST
intimate acquaintance at the bar having
entered the family of general Wilkinson,
Mr.. Alexander scot TO me the mornent OF
his arrest-he conEded 10 rae his prafss-
sional papers ard gave me charge of his
effects. 5 ] performed On that occasion the
duties owed TO mas whose character
esteemed, whose situation increased ne,
and OF whose guilt, notwithstanding the
denunciation which had been made, had
ID right to pronounce. dared 10 take an
kabeas carpns fer his release, to send him
some tiiaiag supplies, and to write aim
ncte in which | assured him tina. would
follow bis directions in The disposa: OF his
property, and expressed a persuasion, OF
which have now no doeb1, that his voy.
age to the u. S. though disagreeably be-
gun, would tcrmina lie In his restoration To
liberty. This was my secasd oJe'sce, and
i, produced, as have been iaiormes and
believe. the insulting refusal 10 receive the
gjsis had been invited by the general TO
make.
MY first crime was the act of professional
duty, have before detailed, and it was tol-
lowed by the denunciationwhich has forced me
before the tribunal of the public. III,
I nave not appealed to it however, until tie
jurisdiction OF every other has been declined
b. my aecaser. ! waited with a respectful
but impatient silence, until the court met on
Monday, after recess of four days. ! appli-
cd to the Judges to know whether any accusa-
ton had been made against me, being answer
ed In the negative, and the attorney of the dis
strict for the United States, then IN Court hay-
ing to the same question made the same re-
ply, addressed the court nearly to the effect
contained III this publication Showed from
the exposure ofmy privato affairs the utter inn
probability sfmy entering into designs SO SUBJ
versive of every plan had formed. In de-
signs, which, If successful must Danish me
from my country, and seperate me for ever
from my family and friends, and if they prov
ed abortiye, must end In my irretrieyable ruin.
And concluded by offering them,. as / now
offer to the pubic as a pledge of my inno-
cence, or a,proof of my insanity, the annexed
sffisa yit. If guilty of the crime laid to my
charge, must be distracted as well as depray-
ed. to add the voluntary guilt efperIuryto my
other offences.
content myself in this statement OF facts
NTH snch details as are necessary to my own.