Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-04-06


meDts Of. MIR. Hay. He .contended tuae
facts establishing the guilt Of the accused
ought to be proved before any inference OF
a reasonable design could be drawn 50
as even 10 warrant q Judge 10 CON.
hitting Eer. trial that the evidence
In this case was altogether uncertain
and illegal, that the deposition OF general
Eaton contained Of its own self eondem.
natisn, ane the flight of col. Barr as It
was termed, by the counsel for the prose
cution, was nothing more shana wish 10
avoid military persecution. No reason ne
commended, existed, why the United States
were unprepafed with testimony. They
bad chosen this place as eae scene Of &C.
ton and ragged col. Burr soit. Sufficient
time had elapsed since the arss apprehen.
sion Of col. Burr TO take aHidavits tending
TO prove the facts charged, it he had issEsy
been guilty.
Mr., Randolph on the same SIDE made
an eloquent 1addrss. ;, the feelings OF the
audience, and pursued nearly the same
train Of reasoning adopted by Mr.. Wics
ham.
#rs rCol. Burr's counsel asserted thar his
objects were of nature to be useful 10 the
United States. As far as they vensured
to dsvslope them, il was said 70 be his
intention 10 assist the United States IL
case of 9 war with Spain, which seemed
at that time a probable event; and 10 set,
tie The Ouachita graft, from which point it
would be at least 10 she power Of coloael
Burr to be useful auxiliary to his saunry
against its eaemies.
Gel. Burr ,heh rose and addressed the
judge. lie principalyrelied on his two
former acquit'als, and inquired whether
there was probable cause 20 suppose hiaa
guilty, when 10 Kentucky and the Missis.
sippi terri orv where the greatest alarms
had been eEeised, The civil tribunals had
pronounced him innocens.
Gel Burr spoke about ten minutes
II dwelt upon the unfounded aarms as
he called them which had existed n the
Western country; anu the way in which
hr had met them: The alarm prevalent
10 he stare of Ohio had produced judicial
inquiry into his conduct before the cours
OF Kentucky. The momens he heard Ct
this step he had hurried before the court
be demanded an inqeirys and said he Was
honovably acquit,sd. The same alarm fol-
lowed h,rn to the Mississippi territory :-.
he had there met it again: and not only
had the G sod jury found nothing againa,
hin, cut they had even presented the 90.
vetnnet Tor n,eddling villa hi'a. Il d..
cd be had ever aed irom the laws Of his
conotry, it was military oppression he
had avoided. Although Cowles Mead,
h.d promised him his protection, while
he remained 10 he territory it was pro.
mise which could not b. kept. HE arm
ct force vas too strong. He had been told
eseo by the offite OF an -aroiel boat lay
ing at Natchez, that he was to be seized,
hurried on board and borne off What
coaId ne DO? 10 pursuance Of his own
Judgment add tis advice of his best aud
"aess friends, he was determined to fly
froH the. oppression. lie declared ito
be false. utterly false, thar he had broken
bis sscognizanee. lie asserted tina, his
designs had bxen honorable and would have
beeN usetal to the United States Bus even
admitting tina, they had been o,hegwise,
ehey must have been long Size abandoned
shey had not once rl2saed into overt acts
There as no sreasoa. sse complained IS
the treatment he Dad experienced /; his loss
OF properly from seizures GA the western
rivers; the hardships received from his
guard deharfsd the use of pen, ink aad
paper. gwen TO wrlse,o his d4nghter lie
dwell upon his effort to escape in South
Carolina. He saidltwss a mere a,tempe
20 shrow himself ouf of the ,yranny Of a
military escort into the hands Of civil
magistrate. \ h,sie before or after dis.
mouating his horse, he asked whether he
had not called for the lnterfeIenee Of q ma.