The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-03


The Senate, and he was apprcheniive It would
not; that gen. Wilkinson wac hiing his iptlu-
eace to prevent the confirmation.--Yut cbi.rv-
ed, col. Burr was tnt.ch ~ his power, for that
he had made h;m proposals which made the
hair riIe pom DIS head, atoniihed and coafoand-
I'd hr,i 10 that * was truck dumb. General
JFTlki1/oH. Were theie his very words A.
Yes.) That col Burr obferving this would
have retratted but it was too late.-4 urged him
20 xplsin the nature OF the propofals. He faid
ne was nnGer an oolig alton of fecrecy but no
obligation fhouid hold him If he found col. Bur-
falfs TO him. I offer ved thar he wei knew that
any obligation which lead him TO concea, or
commit a crime could not he Binding. He OBJ
isrved he was going on to the feat of govern
ment and ihouid fre,col. Burr, and then he
;hould take his rncatures. j faw Iaitun after
Es return. urged him 10 explain the busincfs
which he had mentioned hrfore but he pre-.
tended 20 have forgor that fuch a corveffs,iop
had ever paiied between ia. Mr. Hay. Was
his appointments confirmed? a. No. He loif
mis- appointment and bad teen col Burr.) Aboht
tbis time paper called the Welterp World
made disappearance, one ct which was Eeeve
directed to the General weekly.
7 MIR. Ha7. After the return OF Eaton? A.
Yes. It roundlyl accufed General WiIkinfon
b; the old plan, OF being concerned with Miriam
da aud connected with col Burr. 4 obfetved to
Eaton that believed fhouid get the whole
fory from the Wcilern World without being
under any obligations to him that If he had
done his duty he might have ferved hi,nfcf and
his country ADD perhaps prevented the effuiion
OF blood He obiervrd that he had once attempt
ed TO make dfcOfure to Government, but
jnRcad OF being countenanced he got repr-
inand. demanded the initance, he faid that
he had wrote to Senator in Cougreis either
from Vermont or New-YoriS, that he could
prove General Will,nion to be the protector of
Mirapda's expedition. The gentleman ack-
nowedeed the receipt Of his letter. hut inform
ed him he had burnt II, and advifed him to
mind lis own bulineis aud take care how he
Ineddied with men high in power and Office
Mr.. Martin. Had General Wilkinion any con-
verfation with you with refpstt 70 the appoint
ment OF. a certain John Smith of Louiiiaua A.
I had j conversation with him about John
Smith. / remember going into the Cenerai's
office when he handed me two letters, one from
Major Hunt, the civil and military command
ant, and the other from Smith. " no complained
that the commandment had ordered him off the
mineral lands. The General cenfured the or
der and afked me If knew who John Smith
was. replied no, but had been Informed he
was one of Cox's captains--fo Major Hun, in
fduoully ohferves, replies the GeneraI--bus
t5at does not isen bin IL ny cfeesn. He added
that Smith was brother-in-law TO My Early A
member o. Congrets. who had brought forward
a reioluuon TO reduce the Srny aud difpenfr
with his fervces AS General: that there were
many or his itamp in CongrciS--sherefore they
Innit be attended and kept in good humour, or
I we fhali be turned 20 the right about. Mr.
Martin. Did you appear before the Secretary
at war in order 70 make fta,emsut as TO the
conduct of General Whkinfon which Won con.
hdrreo Endangered th United States, and what
was his reply? Nr. Has objected to the ouei.
tion as 1t had no relation 10 the fnhiet Mr..
}FiekLam iaid that General Wilkinfon had been
It,erroGated bythenl and required to fay whe-
fher his conduit was approved or difsppreved
by the Government that the Government had
raken the moft active part in this protecution
2Gd it was right and proper that the fentiments
OF the Government fhould be known. The
Chit Ji.Fiee faid the difference is this The
evidence of General Wkinfon arofe from COM
munications officially made directly from the
government. This is different cafe--The
evidence here offered confifts of converfations
with the officers of the Government MIR.
Martin fald that the Secretary at War was ap.
piled to IN his official character: and in his Of
fetal character he had f4id that General Will
.kinion mutt and would be iupported; that he
had Good low in the eftimation of @ Government,
before his energetic meaiurrs at n W Orleans,
Int now he Rood very high Mr. Hay was A.
bout to make fome obfervations in oppolitioa
10 the, introduction of fuch evidence, when Ge-
neral 'Wilkinton conientcd that the wituefs
ihould 20 on.
IN March 1907, a few days before the rihng
OF Cougreis, Twas in the city of Waihisgton
and waited on the Secretarv Of war, and the
fuhjett which gave rife to this Witt and CONVEX
faton between the Secretary at war, the Attor-
ney General and my tef, was ~ appeal from
tbe fsutenCe of general Court Martial, wkofs
proceedings IcoaieHded had been arbitrary md
OpDreiliVe, and fru fence illegal and uniuit.
mr.. EIyt. AganH WHOM !; A. KTyfciE and
shat I was not drreled until after gen ", had
founded and found would not auf,vcr his pur-
roGe; and believed for fear N ighs penetrate
his plans and be fps on his Actions he deter
mined TO put me iide. The iecretary at war
replied that there had been atrnc when gen.
w. did not Gsnd well with the executive, but
his energetic nealuees al New Orleans had
re2ained him his cor tideace and he would fIp-
Dort him. mr.. UIrf. WHO! A. mean the
Pcefdent. q afked If an inquiry into the con-
duet Of gen. Wllknfon, his oppregions and lille
gal aGts and his come 6ti0n witb col. Burr might
Je expecgd. lie auf'wercd there nigh, be an
inquiry after the preftnt buAls ,vds over but
q, preient ne NUT aod would he fnoported
taeu "tietved that n an inquiry might I've ex-
DctieG n reafouabe tine ] would ak fur.
]rurh and wait; but if not 7 .hould reign i'm.
'ciy.--He obfcrved TIA, mull not cslcu-
late on fpeedy inquiry, but if deter
mined no. 10 fervc uOder gen. w. my only re-
fort was to REIGN Immediately. nm Martin.
who iaid 80, gen. Dearborn Yes, gen, ID ar