Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-20

till MS enef GSitc III a. ISsW SS4ir sss
he'd raised hlal IN sllc esIimatlon ct the
president, They 500 pa,l uslft his acss
BY chewing an irspxo pfirsy ~ sisr roasiscs!
III col. Burr 'ii1r more IS rss hesysss Eas The
constitusio has bssn tfan1pisd on and Ii q
Il ahss Of the cisizsns inv aded, The mofe'
thsy VII sndeavor % shew lhs ,nproprisiy
Of he conluct 81 col. Burr i0sofdrr 10 jns.E
nifty il.
Mr.. Hay. Mr.. Marvin has avowed The
motives Of col. Boris couaselto pc 10
iden,sfy general w ilkinson With The gosern.
mrnt. Admitting that gsnrsal DSabrone
had made The declarations 1scIlbsd to him
- admitting that tie presidentFhad formed
that opinion Of gener al w Wilkinson, how Can
his answer tothe question prupo undsd have
any bearing on this case .Sappose ge-
neral Wilkinson should says that IN conse.
quence ofthe expected arrival Of col Burr,
the agitated sascs Of the country add q
knowledge that he was .urrcuhded5y the
partizaEs aud accomplices of Burr IN New
Orleans, he had taken letters from the
post Office (snd he would Gully have done
VIA. he ought) how could ii eaeclthe pre-
.eot case It's nanifest that The answer
|iof general Wilkinson must leaye,;be cues
ton between the United States aEd col.
Burr exactly where il was before.
Mr.. sTickham. When these questions
were asksd Mr.. Murray before, they
were thought proper aud he Was evencross
examined by the ceausel tor the proseca-
;ion. The gentlemen had ascribed 70 CO.
lionel Burr Improper acts. Now 10 im.
peach general Wilkinson's credibliisy, We
shew thai he has been guilty Of violent acts
lie he not Interested TO shewi the con-
duct Of col. Burr 20 Be Improper, 10 order
.ojustify hisSown.
Mr.. Baker. Suppose says Mr.. Hay,
this declaration If general pearborne to be
trne suppose that general Wilkinson did
nor deserve 10 staud high 10 the ccnhdence
of the government, would II nes have any,
bearing on the cause, would It ncs leave
the question between The United Estates
and col. Burr rsacl!y where it.wss before.
Az one time the counsel On the other side
seem willing 10 give The general up s DOW
they stand forward as the champions OF the
worthy general. Suppose il be proved
that he has thrus. his hand, or d.reessd o.
theirs TO do il, INFO The post Office and pill
LACED letters Suppose it Ie proved that
be has made erazures 10 letters and fhen
swora that sranslaioos Of ,hea wei, true
copies. which were as nush IKE the orlgi.
pals as any other thing, and sha. he
has sworn 10 this, that aasi the other, whe-
the true or false, will not all these tfirgs
aft e, ht> crea.biiily
Mr. IVickham said it was > question en-,
t,rely fot ,ne considera,ioa Of gensra VII.
kinson himself. Il he thought proper TO
answer the question is was THE bRsiasss
of the pr, secution 10 intef!1re.
TheChisf Justice after makiog some re-
marks on this. natBte Of the question OBJ.
served, that gensrai w. was NOT boaud TO
answer oyqnes,ions which might crimi-
nate himseltSoms obsesvasians were made
as 10 the eKteusof thsupisiun Of The couns.
MIR. Wirtsapposed from shs decision OF
the court 10 the case Of Wyl.r, sha.. &C.
neral Wilkinson could not be bourd 10
answer che qnsstion-.
Mr.. Wsckham thoega, directly tie re-
verse.