The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-27

the 1th ot that month, from amanueript IN ms own
| hand writing, which he gave the editors. The .
principal paragraph is Us follows
" ] could eaGly prove poGtiv.,y the purehaie of
| !uppes Of variors kinds but this is no ofence-Mr,
| Burr may purchai- iuppies-he may import arms
he may engage men, which, am told, is actually
begun-yet, all ,i-fe things being proved, make
offence neither can proof OF the declaration of his
known conGdan,s, Of which abuntance nigh, be had
attach guilt him--I, is the delgps, the with
which he makes thefe preparations, that eoaeiSute his
;nifieneancr."
The leading information which the Executive had
derived relpetling the Plan of col. Burr, from
Mr.. Daveis---Ths gentleman by his depoiiticn be-
fore the Legislature of Kentucky, appeared to have
lgven and to BE- acquainted with all the information
the PRECEDENT poIeiied--Fie was iummoned before
the committee of the Legislature in the cafe o! Judge
SebaRan.-I had requeied one Of the members of the
committee to call upon Mr.. Daveiis, knowing he was
in poileiion of the papers Of col. Nieholas-Part OF
the evidence which gave has been Pubhed--I
The ref fuppreiTed, as it did not relate irmed-
atcly to- Judge SebaGian the committee having made
reinluon to record any evidence which did not
immediately relate the object OF their enquiry
That part Of the evidence which aude, is in the
following words
My fra information of Judge Seha0ian holding
peniol from the Government of Spain, ioon Al
ter TIE rife Of the laR Kentucky Legislature, (Ian.
lS'!6) when was engaged in the inveitigaton Of
plan underhood had been projected by col. Burr,
either for invading Mexico. or separating the Uni
on.---This information immediately conimunica-
ted the PRECEDENT, but do not fcelmyelf liberty
relate to this committee the of the correlpou
depce which has ince taken place between US the
F, fubiea."
The particulars however of the information which
he communicated as likewife the information which
gen. Wikiuion communicated the fame iubjcGa,
and the plan of cooperation agreed upon between
gen. Wiknfon and Mr.. Daveifs for this purpofe. and
the obea which each had in view with the teRimo-
ny pr0duo ed before the grand Jury relative col
Burr and geni. Adair, ihall relate i'll the
herLet it, however, be remembered for the prei.nt,
that pledge mylelf prove hss the executive are
in poileiiion Of fals tending crninae col Burr,
but thole which they have received from thefe two
men, general Wkiuion & Joieph Hamilton Daveils !;
) the former of whom appeared, by the evidence of
col. Buckner, ienator of the Gate of Kentucky to
have written letter in 1871 to Dr. o. Fallen,
queling him ufe his eKertons ALLEVIATE the ae eli
of the citizens Of that fate from the Union in favor of
SPAIN The character Of the latter, Mr. Davels, il.
alto equally iu!Pcious, only from the circumlan
ees have related, but from Others which ihal be a
l. forwards mentioned.
am well aware, that the trumpet of caumny is
already direaed againG me- for having dared call
in queon the authority Of the Executive, in regard
to col. Burr particularly mylslf the irlt who
, proclaimed his treafen but when it will appear,
from the detail fhall give, that proceeded princi-
Pay, not entirely, upon the cred5;ty of this fame
IS Daveifs VIXEN ihall G:ew that this man, either
grolsly mifinformed, what rather dread, preiu-
u diced by the mon inverate malice and rancour |
truft, that to every candid and impartial mind, my
+ conduit viii! appear meritorious.
, FROM THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
ottlO.yxs, in Zs4v.r Logiiana.
Ct!.kr IS, 1906
Z, DEAR SIR,
: As many of our fellow citizens may not have
unaeracod the. Gau(sS. MAeb gays- rife las
leave, in addition to my former details OH this fubie
20 communicate the fubjoned account of the rife and
q Progrefs of this affair
Immediately after the ceflion of Iouiiana from
the French republic to the United States il was a
matter oil primary importance, that the line of de-
! narration between the Americans and Spaniards
mould be acertaned and fixed. Accordingly the A
merican executive directed certain minGers then in
Europe, to enter upon negotiation for that purpofe
with the court OF SpaH which had ceded the country
to France, u prior its cefion to the Americans,
Whit theie negotiations depending the
PRECEDENT gave notice the niifter Of Spain cha,
the river Sabine, which waihes the welern border of
L'uiiiana, would be eonidered by the government,
as the hne between the two nations, until it hould
be specifically fixed by treaty. Whether this Motif
cation was ever communicated to the government of
Mexico, IS not certainly known 1t is true however
that our executive gave directions to the command
ing officer at Natchoches, that if the Spanards at
tempted to crois the Sabine, they fhoud be mmedi-
atey driven cn the other iide of that river A party
. OF SPaniards did actually pats it iome time after
heie orders, for the purpole of taking poaeion of
tract OF country which they alledged had never been
included in the ceion Of Louiiiaua to the Americans
and which virtually belonged to his Catholic maef
ty. his body OF men, by an inferior number Of
Americans under the command of captain Tohnfon of
Natchitoches, was compelled to retreat beyond the
Sabine The SPaniards irrtated at thefe neaures on
the part Of the Americans, which they conldered as
an aggreiIion on their rights, and an actual COM
I nSncement OF hoiites, communicated the afai. to
The government Of Mexico 1t i. laid that the conn
ci OF that province was Immediately aiiembled and
that an army of 10000 was decreed to be RATED
Tor the PurPoie Of taking polleIion OF the ground
from whence the frG party had been repealed by the
Americans.
I 1t IS certain however that fomctine in the year
1903, the SPanards began collect an armament in
the country on this fde Of the Sabine between that
RIVER and the Rio Fondc, and continued to ncreafe i,
uHti the fall Of sos. Information Of this armament
was communicated the governor Of the territory OF
Orleans who Immediately repaired to Eatchitoches
| a torreipondeute, conducted with comfortable
| warmth, but by no means uniuitabe TO the exiting
pollure OF affairs, opened between the governor
| and general Harrara a field n1ar11ai