The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-03

denee in this cafe altogether uncertain and le-
gal, that the depoton of Gen. Eaton contained les
own Decentralization, and that the flight of Colonel
Burr, as it termed. by the counfe, for the pro-
frcution, was nc.hirs. rlr.e than III avoid mi
lrary rerfeou;ion No -raiun, Re ccrterGsd exi'e6
why the United States were unrrcverrd with teAi-
mony They had thoier this place the cene OF
aSlion, and dragged Col Burr it. Sufficient, time
had el,pfed fnce the frG approximation OF Col. Burr
to take af 1avits tending to prove the !as charged
if he had really been guilty
Mr.. RondcLpb TIE fa'pe iide made an eloquent
addrefs to the feeling. of tine audience and purified
nearly the fame train of reafouing adopted by Mr..
Wckham.
(Col Burr's council afIer.ed that his objects
were of a nature to be ufeful TO the u. States.
As far as they ventured to develope them, it
was faid to be his intention to Atm the u. S.
in cafe Of war with Spain, which feemed at
that time probable event; and to fettlc the
Ouachta Grant, from which point it would be
at leaf in the power of Col. Burr, to be ufe-
full auxiliary to his country agauit it's enemies.)
COL Burr then arofe and addreiied the Judge He
principally relied on his two former aequ,sas,
enduired whether there probable cauie to fup-
pole him guilty, when in Kentucky and the MiiIip-
p territory, where the greate0 alarms had been exd
cited, the civiltrbunals had pronounced him limo
cent.
Col Burr fpoke about 10 minutes. He
:,welt upon the unfounded alarms Gas he called
tem) which had exi(led in the W. country !;
and the way in which he had met them. The
alarm prevalent in the Gate of Ohio, had pro-
duccd a judicial enquiry into lis conduct
before TIE court Of Kentucky. The mo-
rncnt he heard of this itsp, he had hurried
before the court he dsn andrd an enquiry
and he faid was honourabiy acqu'tted.-1'he
fame alarm followed HIM to the Miliiiippi ter
ritory: he had there met it again: and not only
had the grand Jury found nothing againit him,
but they mad preiented the government
for meddng with hm--He denied he had
ever fed from .he laws of his country: it was
military opprefEon he had avoided. Although
Cowles Mead had promifed him his
protection, while he remained in the ter
ritory, it was promife which could not be
kept. The arm of force was too frong. He
had been told even by the officers of An armed
boat laying ut NatcheZ, that he was 10 be fcis-
ed, hurried on board, and borne Of. What
could he do In puriuanCe OF his own judy
ment and the advice &c his bc( & wifeit friends,
he was determined TO fly from the opPrs1ion-
He declared ito be faf-, utterly falie, that he
had broken his recogniauce. He aGerted that
his deG2ns had been honorable and would have
been uIefui 10 the u. S.-But even admitting
that they had been otherwife, they NUT have
been lopg lince abandoned: they had rot once
ripeued into overt-aG(s. There wasno Trea!on-
He complained of the treatment he had eX-
perienced his ofs of property from ftizdres
on the Weaern rivers {; the har,llhips received
from his guard declared the uie Of pen, lux
and paper; even to write to his daughter. He
dwelt upon his effort to eitape in S. Carolina.
He faid it was mere attempt 20 throw him.
felt out of the tyranny of military EFFORT Into
the hands of civil nagiltrate. y little before
after difmountng from his horfe, he afSed
whether he had not called for the interference Of
a magihrate.-He fDoke as to the alarms of N
Orleans being confdered probable evi.
dence of treafonah!e confpiracy. Thofe a.
larms were not produced by him, but by o.
theirs; by the PRECEDENT who had alarmed Gen.
Wkinfon, and Gen. W. who had alarmed the
City.-Reipe6ting Wiikinfon AID Eaton he
made but few obiervations. He called the de-
petitions produced before the court parcel of
crudties which he fhoud not pretend to be
able to underfand.)
States coled the arguments. His exordiuu expref-
fed in moR fenGbe and impretive manner, the re-
greet he felt in being compelled srraign ulaa as
traitor, whom the people of rl.e u States had once
elevated to the iecond Office IN the governments
In dcuing this particular qJeition, he took nearly
the fame ground which had been occupied by Mr..
Hay, bu, went particularly into an examination
OF the teGimony.
When the arguments gone through the
Chief Jufice obfsrved that whatever opinion he
might give upon this fubiaGf he wilhed it TO be in
writing. He would therefore adjourn till the next
day at O'clock, for the purpofe OF having time TO
conider tie quct}ion.
On Wsiuelday che n ofAprl, the Judge attend
ed, and in the preIeroe of very numerous aI.mbly,
gave the following opinion