Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-14
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,,,,v AND al lhe same TINS SO entifelY
i. ma eon,rc,urr, as The conspiracy lad
go et,ases OF colonel Burr mas hitherto
-, i, !, we're not a subjec.ot TOO Sc.
nous ) pasare 10 be spor,ed ~lsn we snouio
s.y4hA, thc stranger who arrived a .''e
pa.rs Of Suasburg frpan the psomob'o =.
OF Noses. as Irlsuam Shaady fsia'ss, old
-, e,ra,r moe e.qumy 20 less sstisfac.
,;so VIVA, can i, mean? What &c yoo
,h,rk ~ Is VIVA. " aid hs be. at These
ave 81 o,sssiis.is in every mousn-baaa
y y 40 Can as ye, answei them!
That Mr.. Bur- aims a. . me me- n'''' -
ser-r,,,,se. and tha that enterprise mas 10
som. wsv or o hs, New Orleans tor us OBJ
iso, uay. Dough. that We know 20 tne
: 49,, r. ,hes.ass, and thsn comes the.
o,,~,s;ons-for wnas puIpose 10 what
cad ? or, FOR wnoln would ne WFss' i>s0
Orleans tom the union IRON ms epu'-
~avs we should consider ourselves as
disabling our lodsmsnt u VIC as se' az
cea4a sotse opinion of some, that MS IN
s,eo,,ea. was 20 out i, inso The hands OF any
fors,ga nation, There wou'd oe some.
thug so ,ranscendan ~ wicked ava SO
traoscendan,ly foolish 10 suen PufPose
thar. though sinking not vefy n's'iy o.
,h,, o.n,lsman's morals, we cannon sup
nose MIN capable Of such arociy. 1an'
enouoh viii be his, if his treason goes TO
,he ex.ent Of usufpipg II iron MS county
for The gra.i6cation OF MS own ;ao'''oa
ABut 10 rob his country tor others; 70
plunge such poisoned dagger III nef VI
rails as 10 bring q foreign Toe TOTO immsu'-
ale eoDtiguisy with her, and 20 pa' ns'
possessions in,o that Toes haAus, -
stretch Of wlckedness OF wn'en we eauno'
30 far villfy our ows hearts WIN !, susr' /.
.c,oo, as 10 think hlm yet ga.iy roi uea
thar na,lon which il mlgns. ne 'acs o en-
serine into such avill;lno0s sche' me- so e'e
marx her as he object Of this eoun ~ III
tsrm,nsble hostility. L Is s s1.' 'na' va.
3. had frequent add long conferences WIN
the Spanish ambassador; aud inc concse'
OF Spain in tina, quarter has long been snrn
as testified an inveterate haSreo anu jes'ou7
Az Of America. How lsng have We been
surg ng his, and the nseees'is OF pfepa,,s
furdrience Blu, il was the Greco o' W.
Jsffrrson's par,isans 10 deny II. Haa inc
measures, the adoption OF which we re-
pea,edly urged, been REQUIRED 20, tne pre-
iec,ors of this plan never woold nave Gar.
ed even 10 think of it. How oiteu ma. we
said that the ,imidity of the rAeeutive a. and !.
the defenceless state OF the country aos Oh
ly laid ii open TO, bat actually sohcisso
attack !? A hundred times. Wewere &C
eused of waning to plunge the nation 'a'o
war because we did so. But our execu
tive never budged tor feat OF provoking
Hostility, and behold the. hons OF war are
roaring at our door. And snou'o GOO
! Yruio. be called TO account tor any sna'e
in the transaction. he will answer with one
word !" Miranda % Not that Spain. unaet
the tuision of France wanted that mouvs
but because that will BE the only plausible
pre,ex, for such treachery.
With respect to Great Britain, we cahfot
for the life of us, see any earthly purpose II
could answer to her to tamper with Louisiana a
TO her it would be an inCumbrance, ana II
it ever were of any value 1t would De Plantihg
an everlasting, indeed deadly thorn IN her
own side 10 seat herself down side by SIDE In
land warfare with America.--lt Was moA,
.tron. To think of it. But if it.were SO, and
if while treating In amity with Americas bli-
tain could even wink at an act OF treason cat-
rying on against her by her own citizens' VIC
should be among the FIRST to pronounce i
base, diabolical, damnable perhdy. Did such
a thing appear against her, we SHOULD just set
y her down on the same form with France, and
cav that he must be nice easuist indeed. who
s could determine which was the worst OF the
two. 1t cannot be.
Upon the grounds we now have before US
4ha mos, rational conclusion we can draw, Is,
that if such plan is really on foot, the grand
machinatior oft has caioled Spain out OF the