Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-27

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Issen. Of slhe government, but tina. he hele
The gcgsrnmens itself ID contemps Blu,
[ Boliman saws had not Wilkinson BY STRAIT
|ssgsm broughs the Spaniards to 2 trace q
s6s Sabine, Burr's p.ojecs would shsl
4 haye succeeded.
Here then Wes,ave clew 10 the s'inimica
I conduct ola weak and.reacherous friend. :
Ehalia M ilkinsoo was SO weak as 10 aver
|. a, Spanish war BY one ssra,agem. and to de
sstfoy unreasonable conspiracy by another
! had the Spanish war been suffered 70 g.
10, Wilkinson would not have acted jni
mcale TO Burr. had he suffered Burr e
come down 10 Orleans in force he would
|. not have acted inimicaj, bat say s.lh's re
| nozyned inuiguer from he county at Hoyt
Wilkinson BY. frustrating both was weak
aud cherors We shall leave the
weaknessio be Judged BY. the events lei
us'sev bY whom MS, and how consistent
lily general Wilkirsonis called treache1ous
+ rfeachrrous 10 when To his coualay
+ No! TO be Spaniards ? Ne! To whom
then! Why treachefoos isays Dr.. Bell
man who exposed Burr's treason atsertht
Efacs) 10 Aaron Burr Was impudrucs
and audatijys esrrs So baretaced 90 IS this
conduct ofthis'man Bollman Let us,sup'
pose The very worst; that the Tell sPiri,
OF deceit and ,Feaehery could inspire Spfr
10 IN siao ate or sassrrt Let Us supposeehe
vssv woss. .ha, Wllkinsns had previous
knowledge Of Barr. IMPERIAL designs > O
his discrimination 10 81. re % New Orleans
and make il the svs, Of his qaid empire, Of
which the youthful fancy OF DR.. Bol!man
was so rnamoured. lie. US suppose more
than ever was asserted or surmised, tina,
Wilkinson had entered into written en-,
gagrmenlsgto consoma,c such scheme OF
ire ason as the sevrraion Of the western
and southern terri.ofv and having arriv.
ed al the point when Swartwout reached
nm tina. at this moment he had deter.
mineo And Continued resoloed TO conceal
his pla from every one bu, Swartweat and
golltnsp, and that on arriving a, n. Or.
leans he had lik- Coriolanus al the gates
Of me repented and instead OF prosecut>
ire the scheme OF treason and 6rveratIon
of,he na'iopal territory, computation filed
his bosom and the love o! his country tri.
umphrd over his premidi ated scheme Of
treason; we suppose all this freely because
We know The very revere is The rrufh; hus
suppose hisuue. Why after all Wilkin.
son would have the merit Of al least saving
his country, and if he was gully if weach.
cry, i, was 20 the most I reacherous Ut
msu, TO one with whom no faith ough. to
be kept. We do not admire Mr.. Bolman's
idea Of honor. Ii is that vulgar hcnos
called honor among thirpes. He cannot
seSany uspilude 10 treason, but he Gao
discover treacne,y in saving nation
from division Of territory aod civil war,
and i,- conccni ant horrors; Wilkinson at
The very worst has acted nchler part ,tan
the admired Co'ioisnus He has frus,ras
ed no, only storeigo Blu, civil war.
. In THIS place, and wethsnk Bollman for
The opportunity, We will inform the public
of two important facts !; and they will ena
bic the pubic determine the chas.ise men,
which This Ia dened conspira,or.meri, who
has dared to speakas be has sPskeu OF VII.
k:n.ons
We above assumed that Wilkinson had
concealed The communication made by Burr
through Swartwou, aod b Gilman, from eve
~ one nhas been repeatedly said ihs, he
concealed these and even Dayton's famous
communications from The government
Mark he real STATE Of the case. Swar,-
won't reached general WIS camp in ,hs al.
trrnoon, and made his coipmunica,ion tha,
evening The FRS. emotion ofWlkinsou
was that he ought to be imme diateIy dis.
posed of as spy ; but recollecsing thai
there were further communications 10 be
made By Bollman, he determined TO pursue
another course. Early in the morning be