Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-02-16

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prepared to fecure to himielf per
manency. | afkcd Mr.. Burr if BIZ
| knew General Wilkinfon /? He faid
yes-and echoed the quefi0n.
| iaid knew him well. What do
you think of BIN 7" faid Mr.. Burr,
| know, | replied, that Gen. vii,
| kinfon will act as Lieutenant to nc
man in exiRence. /" You are il an
| error" laiG Mr.. Burr" WiEini5r
7UW al as Lieutenant 10 NJ" From
the tenor of repeated conversation
| with MIR. Burr, / was induced to be-
lieve the plan Of separating the u
Mon which he had contemplated
! had been communicated to and ap-
| proved 0v General Wilkinfon tho
Inow lutpe6t il an artful argument
Of fedition) and he often expreGed
full confidence that the Generals
influence !; the officer Of double pay
and double rations the Proipe6t Of
4 plumber, & the ambition Of achieve
! ment would draw the army into his
meafures. Mr.. Burr talked Of the
, eGabhlhment Of an independent gov
! eminent welt of the Allegheny, as a
matter of Inherent, confitntional
! right of the people; change which
would eventually take place, anG for
the operation Of which the Pretent
crifs was peculiarly favorable.--
There was, faid he, no energy in the
! government to Be dreaded, & the d.
viiiOns Of political opinions through
out the union was Circumstance Of
. which We lhould proft.---Ihere
were very many enterPrihng men
among US, who afpired to iomething
beyond the dull purluits Of civil life,
and who would volunteer in this
! enterprise, and that the vaft terrific
~ belonging 70 the United States,
which offered to adventures, and
the mines Of Mexico, would bring
frength TO his ltandard from all
| quarters. / iftened to the expoti-
ton Of Col Burr's views with ieem-
jag aSquiefcentc. Every interview
| convinced me more and more that
he had organized deep laid plot Of
treaion Ia the wet in the accom-
plithment Of which he felt fully
| confident. Till, at length, ! diff
covered that his ambition was not
bounded by the waters of the Milf
iGppi and Mexico, but that he med
itated overthrow.ng the Preirnt gov
eminent of car country. He tad,
if he could gain over the marine
corps, and fecure the naval COM
manders Truxton, Prehle, Decatur,
and others, Re qp9nld turn CongrGt
neck and heels cut Of dare e6aD-
nate IKE Prsfdent ; lsize on The Urea
fury and Tie AUvy, and declare him-
| fJf tbs protector q an energetic gov-
eramsnt.
The honorable truf Of corrupt
ing the marine corps, and Of found
ing commodore Preble and captain
Decatur, col. Burr propofed confd-
ing to me. Shocked At this ProPe-
firion, l dropped the maA1 and ex
claimed againtt his views. He talk
ed of the degraded ftuation Of our
country, and the necet1ify Of a bl27D
BY which its energy and its dignity
fhouid be -ehored--faid, if thar
blow could Be ffruck here at this
time, he was confident Of the belt
blood of America. | told col. Burr
he deceived himfelf in preiumine
that he or any other man could tx
cite a party in this country who
would COuntenanCe him in iuch q
plot Of desperation, murder and
trealon. lie replied, that be, per
haPs, knew better the dhPoftiOns
of tie influential citizens Of this
country than did. | told him
one foIitary word would defrOy
him. He a1ed what word? an
lwered, UGwpfr He fmiIed at my
heGtation, and quoted iome great
examples in his favor. ! obierved
TO him that I had lately travelled
/ from ore extreme Of the union to
the other and though | found
diverfty Of political opinion among
the people, they appeared united at
the mott diltant a{pe6t Of national
danger. That, for the fiction Of
the union to which | belonged, |