The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-01

very atom, Of houe0y attached 70 f.deram, infant
ly reced.d from the deteNable union. Recoleet, fr,
the eonau6 your party towards Aaron Burr in so4
-reesllea your own.
Was he then their friend, would any one of the par
~ have then volunteered in his defence Would Lee
or Martin, have been heard his council, an in
diament for the murder of Hamilton Would
you have bailed him, dn,g Biz txami~asion, for that
offence
VIVA, has Burr done Gnee the conn,iiIion of that
crime to for IL VIVA, has been his" peace Of.
fering?" anfwer--s'esisn asainf Biz country.
Ignorant Of, the iatanic lervees he meditating,
and counting the death Of Hamilton clear lofs they
loaded him with curies and excavations, whom they
MOVE herih and defend, and within few days have
pardopedf
You have eaten of the fame bread, and drank of
the fame cup, after foemny deciding the probability
OF his guilt, and the remembrance of his former fins
is loft ia the magnitude OF his prefent crimes againa
his eountryt The fmall if voice" of murder is
NOT heard amdft the fhouts Of trea(on. Your party
with the warmth of Gneerity make his hand ftained,
we' and chilled with the blood of former friend
all fene of prior attachments, and the blacke crimi
nalty are overwhelmed by the tide Of gratitude for
bold attempts to divide the u States and to fubvert
the government. !
The general character Of your party fulfilled fuf
p'eon, that the prosels of Burr would receive their
aid, becauCe the object of both was the delrutlon
confirmed by their late condu, which has developed
the deGgns and demouarated the tendency of their
principles, beyond the poflibty of rational doubt
The conduct Of tie party has been the fubje of
mon obiervation, and trise remark But inIivi1u-
al has been marked by particular aniniadveron. The
diitinguifhed part YOU have acted, and the mefeyiy
manner in which you have fupported it, give you
title to epara'e confederation, and particular attention.
eparate eritique is due to the chief asgiey, while
general remark is all that be claimed by fuch pi
tiul puppets as Bisnnabs6tn and Dayfaa Ire and
Martin.
The collected merits of your conduit during the
examination and trial of Burr, have failed tn
make proper impreilion on the public mind, atho'
many of the fepara,e parts have lo their divided and
peculiar favour, in TIE combined fweetnels of the
whole. The daina taaes of the component parts,
ihall yet fesit the palate of the public.
In another letter, ihall remark upon your condu9
the examination of Aaron Burr for treaon and milf
demeanor, and folemnly undertake to thew, that
you baoe rendredttt administration Of jgiee oe69rd-
hatyou have nanfeNed Partially d(graesfni to tie
ebsrase, Of jndge-and that YOU have Prsrafed tie
dignity ftbe ebiefj.aiee .ff5e United Slater
Thefe ferrous charges will meet the attention of the
public, and will command even your coniideration.--
If they grouudi-s, the voice of the public by no.
noraby acquitting you, will condemn me- The ieve-
rity Of truth will probably wound your feelings and
excite the hatred and animofty of your friends and
party. But, fir, the bet interess of the nation mu0
not be faerfced to the feelings of any ihall
regard the threats and nienaces of your friends
nor an affected contempt, impudent and hardy
denial of facts by yourielf.
Whether the whole Of your condu4 has been guild
ed by perfonal conflderations, private frendihp,
or by party fpirit-or determined hatred and hof-
tility the government and the laws is for me
to determine. do not with to dive into your breaR.
Your warmeh friends cannot attribute to perfonal
enn,ity, or private pque, the animadverhons of a
man, who exchanged word with you, and
who, 70 far he is acquainted with your private cha
racter, will bear tefimnny to its correctness.
Every good man NUT deplore the blind zeal, the
mad inatuatioH which have turned your trancerdant
talents aganf your country, and rendered you diff
grace to the bench of juaice. You might have been
loved for your virtues revered and refpeed for your
wildnnn, and admired for your talents; you might
have been fthe boaed patriots OF Virginia. and
the luxurious benefador of your own fpeeies But
You have esoien to be among the leaders Of faction,
who would be as faithlefs you to morrow, they
are TO Hamilton this day, had they no profpea ofde
irving advantages,from the re Of yog--a fadaon re-
markable for nothing, but rancorous animofity, vo
lent oPPotion TO the government of their country and
to the choice Of the people; and Tor their daring at
tempts, by intrigue and violence, to detroy the ber
ty and bappinefs of America :-7-cu mul deplore in
iecret the choice you have made.
IL is nor neceiIlry the Establishment If my char
ges aganf you, that fhopld thew breach of tgai
fo'5s: It is the ,h Jjvaee, sndtbt mennirs of tie
ia7OS, which you have violated and diiregarded
complain that only the forms remain. Even BrDmley,
J13rieJ, and faa,feia, as well as NdayaH, faid they
repet3cd the forms of law-Nor will be expected,
that in arrsgnirg you tire bar ofthc public, fha
preferve the accurate preohon of fpecal pleader.
If my accaiaton is fubRaptiay true, and plainly
fe, forth, al be permitted difregard thofe tech
meal forms, which ferve only to'protca iome perfons
who uphold them, from the ptniG,ment due their
crimes However informal the scep(aton, and dull
the arguments may be, ] fhall be honored with the
attention of the public, becauie the honor and dignity
Of the bighe judicial officer OF the United States,
are involved in the iflue. LUCIUS.
Nolle profequi has been entered in Bergen com
ty, Terfey under the plea of defeis in the rent
! At the houfe Of John Wickhan, in Richmond.
"7o the CitiSens ofNezv. Y'ork.
In letter from the PRECEDENT of the u. S.
of October 9, after his mentioning that lie did
not expect the Revenge back under month
from that date, adds, " In tie nean time all
The EltIe eirennJ9aaeeJ coming 10 our 6noztiedge
are IN favorabiefo or qVyBet for Peare."
AS this might be ufefu information 10 meni in
mercantile purfuts and fpecuIations, and who
bad no guide to go by, whether to fend out
Their veTels, or not, mentioned it to fuch of
my republican friends called to fee me and
that the information, if 70 ufeful, might not be
confined to one ditnetioh Of men only, men,
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