The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-03

lumber tenho'd in .hc Grf year and might be
Gfticicnt to confirm his authority and his pof-
icfiion OF the country.
| cannot believe that he ever feroully en-
;crta;nedthe hope Of efiet1ing dirmembe,-
mex, of the union. Every unprejudiced A.
merican will think admit, that iuch an event
is for the pfcfent imPoflible for the future as
tar as human foreight can reach by no means
probable. That fcheme, however as parodo-
mcal as the aner,ion may appear, nrongly
believe was the main pivot upon which the
whole turned, and yet never was for one mo-
ment ferioufly contemplated by col. Burr.
quefton forcibly preients itfelf, whence
has he derived his funds The anfwer muR
ret entirely upon conjecture, for there is no.
thing known upon that point. One thing
fcems tolerably certain however from the ex-
tent Of thofe funds that they have come from
royal Golfers. From the Golfers of England
do not believe they have come, although have
little doubt there has been tccret comnuni-
cation between Burr and Miranda, who !l,all
ever beIivc received advances from Mr.. Pitt.
cannot believe that Great Britain would fup-
port, counternance or conceal de6gns of trea-
fonable nature asaint our government. The
policy of the Prefcnt administration os that
country is two noble and elevated for ruch a
mcafure.
How has Burr been fupplied then I will
anf.ver from the Spaniih government, by the
pertor who was lately Spauifh miniGer in the
United States and who fill reGdes here in pri-
va'e fation. This, / acknowledge, is rs yet
oaly CON e6tare but then it has every appear
ance OF truth, and this advantage befdes, that
it is the Only conf lecture admifibe at all. That
perion has been completely duped by Colonel
Burr. He has been made to believe, that the
dctigD was Gmply rebellion aud difmemher-
ment, which from his pcriona recruitment, as
well as the animofty fub6Ging at prefent be-
tween The two nations, he was ready to foiter
and maintain with the treaiurcs of his King.
II is iaid that ievcral million of Spanifh money
have been landed in the United States in the
iaft fix months: the fact confirms the iufpicion.
fie viewed Burr limply as traitor ard intend
led TO ufe him to make dverlon in favor of
Spain in the welt. Without large fans of mo-
Iney Burr could not proceed at all from him
Ialone they could be obtained the concealment
of his real deiign and the affump,ion of plan
iuitable to the views of the Spaniards was me-
cefiary. He, therefore, contrary to his con-
hrmed habits of caution, fpoke of the deiign ci
Acknowledgement juft enough to anfwer the end
of deception. Can it be believed, that i,
would ever have cfcaped his lips without fome
view of that kind? His character and the te.
nor of his whole condu6t, forbid the idea, that
he could have fpoken openly to 70 many per
private intercourse with the Spaniards fome
months pat is well known. No doubt it ha.
ceaied, and the eyes of his dupe are at Ian O.
pen, but his money is gore irrecoverably and
has been expended in preparation for the very
expediton which he was willing 70 avert the
probability of, under the aufpices of orr 20
vernment, by preparing for US at home, fcenet
of confuiion and blood. The neceility Co
lcnel Burr was under of communicating
his real views in order TO procure part
Zsns mutt long fince have undeceived him
The expeditions of apprehension he has Lately
ufed, aud the fudden dclire he has difplayec
an accommodation between the u. S. aud Spain
tend frongly TO confirm this conjecture.
make no doubr If the administration, wouIC
r aavr iuaeTsd him TO approach it, he woulc
: have betrayed Burr, when he WAS laf 10 thi
place, when he ihewed iuch anxiety for re
conc''iation with it. ] cannot help believing
, that tie profpe6s ne has held out to his ccur
, of apowrrfnl diverson in its favor hy inteltin
, commotions here, have retarded the negotiate
, On.
Although the administration was rather flow
in believing that fuch drfgn, as have com
municated, could really have been undertaken
q the promptitude and judgment, with which i
r has iince acted, give the itrongeG hope, tina
. It will be completely frBlrated in its com
mencement. 1t mutt be indeed, uuefs thu
Weitern n'iit'a mas been corrupted, or the ct
forts Of its officers, to bring it into the field
= paraliZed by the pToteRationS of Col. Burr, G
his partZans, that his views are entirely limo
cent, and that he is under unjuft perftcution
. for the purpoie of which it has been found ne
ceGary, to excite falfr alarm.
, The iezure of his ftores, has already beef
made at Pittfburg. There is every reafon to be
lieve, ali, or nearly all his parties nave been ar
> refted or diiperfed before this time, befor
, they could embody. If his fhould have failed
the MfiiiPpi territory militia, fent back b,
! Wiknfon, to be ready for the purpofe, is fui
, fcieni frong, to intercept him it is fuppofet
: with the aid of our armed veiisis in that river
. Letters from New Orleans, as late as the stf
November, from the higheit authority fay, tina
, Wilkinfon 10 terrifying on the Sabine, and i
certainly fuperior in force to the enemy. Their
ia not room for the fmallef fnfpicion, that tina
. officer has been at all ihaken in his duty. ri
/. conduGt and communications forbid fuch
. fuPpoftion.
LIE DIABLE BOITFUX.
The poor Spanifi, d" devH nsou iqvo SHcs5'
, hai been completely outwited by the in