The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-26


this feat oftse mind, this pure banquet of the
heart-the deftroyer comcs-hc comes TO turn
this paradife into hell-yet the flowers do not
wtber At his approach & no monitory i,iudder.
ing thro' the bofom of their unfortunate poiTsE
iors warns him oftbe ruin that is coming upon
hin. a Granger prefents hmielf. Introduced
to their cvities by the high rank which he
had lately held in his country, he ioon finds his
way to their hearts by the dignity and elegance
ofhis demeanor, the light and beauty of his
couverfaton, and the ftduaivc and Efcinating
power of bis addreis The coL9nel was not
difficult one. Innocence is ever fnplc and
credulous CONTIGUOUS OF 10 defgns itfelf, it fIf-
petts none in others it wears no guards be-
fore its breag every door & portal and avenue
of the heart liz thrown open, and all! who Choote
it enter. Such was Tie Rate of Eden, when
the fsrpsnt entered its bowers. The prifouer
in more engaging form, winding himfel into
the open aud Unparalleled heart of the
unfortunate Rannerhafiett, found but little
difficulty in changing the native character of
that heart and the objects of its affection. By
degrees he infufes into it the potion of his own
ambition he breahs into it the fire of his own
courage daring aud defperata thrft for
glory an arder painting for all the ilorms and
butlc and hurricane OF life. In Mort time
the whole nan is changed, and every Object of
his former delight rehnquiited. No more he
enjoys the tranquil frene: it has become fat
and inGpid to his tane : his hooks are aban-
doncd: his retort and cruci5le are thrown
aide; his n,rubbery blooms and breaths its
fragrance upon the air in vain--he likes it not
his year no longer drinks the rich melody of
muGc; it longs for the trampe,'s clangor and
the cannnn's roar; even the pra tile OF his babes
once 70 fweet no longer affSets him and the an
gel fnile ofhis wife which hitherto touched his
bo!om with ecfacy 70 unfpeakable isnow unfelt
and unfeen. Greater objects have taken poiief.
hon ofhis foul-his inauguration has been daz
Fled by viions of dadems, and itars and carriers
& titles of nobility: he has been taught to burn
with reltlcfs emulation at the names of Crom.
well, Cs(ar and Bonaparte.--Hs enchanted
Hand is defined foon to relapie into defart !;
and in few months we find the tender and
beautiful partner of his bofom, whom he
lately permitted not the winds OFF FUN
mer " 10 Wifi too roughly" we find her
fh'verins, at midnight, on the winter banks of
the Ohio, and mingling her tears with the tor
rents that frozc as they fell. Yet this unfortu-
nate man thus deuded from his nterelt and
his happiues thus feduced from the paths of
Innocence and peace--thus COMPOUNDED in the
tolls which were deliberately fpread for him,
and overwhelmed by the mafering fpirit and
genius Of ano.her--this man, thus ruined and
undone, and made to play subordinate part
in this grand drama of guilt and treafon-this
man is to be called the principal offender !;
while he, by whom he was thus plunged and
feeped IN mifery, is comparatively Innocent
mere accellory. Sir, neither the human heart
nor the human understanding will bear per-
yeriion 10 monitrous and abiurd 70 flock.
ing to the foul 70 revolving TO reafon.
y no, SIR. There is no man who knows a.
ny thing OF this affair who does not know that
to every bo,iy concerned in it Aaron Burr was
as the fan to the planets which fnrround him {;
he bound them in their respective orbits, and
gave them their light, their heat and their mo-
fion.--Let him not then fhrnk from the high
oehinatIon which he has courted and having
already ruined Blanrerhailett in fortune, { ha-
raeter and happinefs forever, attempt to finfh
the tragedy by thrnfing that Inflated man be-
tween hmfelf and puniihment.
upon the whole, fir, reafon declares Aaron
Burr the principal in this crime, and herein
confirms the ieDtence of the law.
Before conclude this point, beg leave to
notice fome remarks of MIR. Wickham's on the
act or oongrcs, touching crimes againt the u
nl'ed States, and which emitted in the proper
Place. He fays that congrefs were aware that
the common law was not in force here, and
consequently that acceffores who are tie crea
tuTeS of the common law, would not be en-
bfaced 6y an at creating felony in general
Ierms: he infers this from their having pre-
dcrhed the pnniihment or accellories in the cafe
OF piracy, and thofe who refcue after conviction
OF trediun. will make this remark upon the
a@ OF cougrefs; whenever it mentions ac.
cehoT'es to any criG'e it is for the purpofc of
a"tinguHhine between the guilt and confcuuent
~ The pnni'hment of accefiories before aud af
Ter the Fact. mentioned before, the line which
Teaton had drawn between them. Conerefs has
ohitrved this line. Accehories before the faa
IN piracy, are puniibed with death thoEe after
1T by fire aud imprisonment, The XIII Sec.
OF thar ACT is confined merely to the cafe of ref.
eous after acqIittal. and it's objctt is imply TO
Keep the COURT of jnace clear. Congref. knew
that in tire ZION, all were principals from the ma
tuTe OF thecrime, and that it was therefore I'M
hecehdrY to impNeaie them in detail by foe.
'sal act.
.H''om what has been fad truR it "a clear
both in lax and reaCon, that tAafon Bur- did
not derive his guilt from tie msn OF the ili1d /,
but impaired his own guilt to ;hen {: that he is
not an accenary in the crime; but a principal,
and therefore that there is nothing in the oljec-
tion which demands record OF !b'ir conviction
before we ahal go on with or proof sgainf
him.
But admitting what is arcely pofible that
tie court Ghall think otl srwfr, and Ihall deem
Aaron Burr an acccfioral offs Ider in the trea.
foD, can you for this, lhut out the evidence
from the jury The Indictment does not
charge Aaron Burr as an acceHary; but az a
r''nciPa. Whether he is principal or not is
lie auction of fan which the Jury is f.yorn
yO, hsc,nC, &c