The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-30
No. I
PORTRAIT or AARON BUaR.
" Who noble snG. by nohie mar. a,tains,
2Laf man is great indeed


Is fuch the greatness OF the man who tands
oetore us: Is inch the character of the tranlac-
tons, which have been lately pnlolded to the
world Let Us anaiyie roth his ends and his
na-a75 to lee what pretenions they can give him
70 the Character which the Poet has dr.croed
rms trait uniformly MARKS his conduit and
d.hgnS that nc Fever is conteDted with lower
iei', 10 long as he can aioire to the higher
The mites and riches of Mexico are tear pting
Objects but even the wealth and fp!encnr Of
the Mexican empire, when viewed through the
long tract Of water and wood which ne would
have 10 pats. and the -ers which were to he
encountered, are loft Az ecipfed in the ftI-
per;or lutre of 4 throne, ereGted at New
Orleans, ana itrc.ching its fceptre over the
Wefern States. From every thing which we
can collect, as well from his owo Declarations
where he dared 10 unbolom himfelf, as the
more uueuar3ed avowals of his l>fs artf. ac-
comphcee, a. Burr mutt have had three obieS,.
in view:
TO fcpara;e the Wetern from tie Ealern
it4tcs.
To invade Mexico, or
To effect temporary fettcment on the Qua
chita.
The frit was the forcmoh in his hCpes and
Erit in the period of its attempted accomplish
ment. The fecond was but to turn into new
courie the very fau,e means whieh he had COL
leefed, &; the very psl!ioDs which be i,ould have
excited tor the attainment of the fra. And
the Taft, was to have been at once the ahyium
OF h's delpairiug ambition, and the germ OF new
fchemes, where it "hulll'd in grim repofe ex-
poets is evenings prey"
Take the principal points of the evidence as
they have been dicoied during this examinati-
on, and fec how they bear US out IN iheie con-
Cluilnus.
The examination of Gen. Eaton before the
court, and IN the prefrrce ofthe very man whom
lie arTaigned At the bar, efta5Iiilcs the truth Of
his depol.'ion beyond the ihadow Of doubt.
" Let us wait to fee Eaton confronted with A.
Burr" was the former cry os Burr's frerd7.
Let iis fee what Eaton will dare TO fay before
him, or whether Burr will dare to contradict
him" Tetthis important conformation is over,
and whe, il the ifIue of it? We have feen gen
Eaton 0anding in the very front of A. Burr,
and under the Haihes Of that terrible eye which
like Mcduf7', head va; to have turned him
into Gonc: But we have feen Eaton Ring with
the fpirt Of confcious truth and rc-echoing tho
fame charges aganf a. Barr without hehtation,
and without Tie nightef alarm. We have fecn
A. Burr, wfihinE Uuder The conicioufrefs ~
his guilt, and h5 bieaChed countenance hytrsC-
ing the agj, aiions Of his foul. We have frsn
Eaton periecujed, by the cgofs auctions OF
iCgai ln2enrity. bUt we have feen him turning
upon ha afsilant9, and bearing them down,
with TIVE conGesncy and truth Of his aory. Az.
ter lhis who can doubt, that Burr was iuR as
dilcOutentcd with lis f,uation, and As fla. uine
and aipirine as Eaton had reprefented him that
10 long ~ h. was douhirul pf EatOn's difpoGli.
ons fOr bis purpofe he amuftd him, with the tale
Of the Mexican prcject but after having thus
IrIt the pu{s 1t ISIS virtue, after having thu,
attempted 10 afccrtain, how far his temper va.
l9"lels enough TO acquielce in this lawl,G
ichcms Of plunher, and believing at la} that he
was unpriocipcd enough for his purpofcl, that
he then began 10 opcH to him be isyofi;e auo