The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-14
that gen wisinfcnccnld not be hound to anfwer
the queaion. s1r. Wickham thought directly

rot letters adore fed to other perfons frequent.
ly fent from thc poft Office to you, by whole or
ders, and were they opened, and with what
view Can sou anf,ver that queftiou without
eliminating yourfelf? A. fhail not anfwer
that ouiiiuu. MIR. NIekham. Were orders fent
to iiop and examine travellers? a. There were.
Thete were the Joint orders of governor Ciai-
borne and ruy!eif. AT that time col. Burr was
daily expected at NstcheZ with 5000 r,eu, and
wifbed TO cot off all communication between
that place and New Orleans, in order to pre-.
vent hin iron, RECEIVING information from his
adbcrcn,s, and to gain time for strengthening
our dsfences. The imHtrious Giro umtances
which juitiiied this meaiuTe, will relate. A
general panic had frizsd the friends of govern
ment in New -Otleans. Here gen Wilkinf,n
was interrupted by the couniel of co, Burr, who
objected To his ltating the tnotivcs which 20.
yerned him--Mr. Wit fid, that if the witnels
were called on to accuie Lirsielt of arbitrary
acls, he ought to explain the motives will: ahich
thofe acts were committee. Mr.. Fickham faid
II was their with to go on with the caufe with
out being interrupted with the explanation of
the witRs!s; and after they had gone thro', the
council for the proiecution might ak for any
further explanation which they deemed proper.
MIR. Writ obferved that he did not mean TO in
terrupt the examinations. But it was welt known
that the proceedings of each day are publihed;
and it is important to the feelings, ef the wit
nefs, that he ihould ftatcthe grounds on which
he proceeded. Mar. Martin. The proceedings
have heretofore been pub!iiied without regard
to the, feelings of col Burr MIR. W;ekbam to
Gen. HIlkin/on. When did gen Adar arrive
IN New-Orleans! A. On the i4th of January
Mr.. WIekbam. Has your conduct in frizng
Adair, Ogden, Sw artwout and others, been APP
proved or dfapptoved by the government /?
Have you received any communications front
the government on that fuhject MIR. Hay.
II has been the ccnaaat effort of the council
on the other ide to identify gen Wilkinfon with
the government. We have heard CT the plum.
dering Of poft-ofiices, violating oaths, and
proRrating private rights. Now it is aLed
if the government approved of thefe acts. Is
IT decorous, is it proper to purlue this coure !?
They may ak qpehions to implicate gen VIII
kinion; but Is 1t proper to endeavour to can
an ImPutation upon the government? l feel no
fohcitude on the fuhjeS for when all the cir.
cumfances are conhdered, and the real 6tuai-
| on OF that country uIderit0od, tho will not
lay that the meafures were itrGtly lawful, yet
Will lay the exegencies Of the times called for
| them and that the perfon who held the high
and refponhble fituation of gen Wi;kinfon, was
bound to purfue the courfe which he did. Gen
Wikinfon till retains the command of the ar.
my. II the gentlemen with to infer from that
circumstance, that the government approved
! OF his conduct, let them do 10. Mr.. NIekbem.
II is not our objeG,to criminate the government,
but to obtain the truth. We hope that general
Wilkinfon will not fay that his conduct has been
approved by the government. Is this fate fe-
cret The Chief Jultice fad that he fiould be
iorry TO require an anfwer which would fate
the opinions oil tue S9ysSmens. He wsaorry
the qucitior. Mr.. Hay faid, he believed thai
I q rnfnf nix - a,l
Their than it lhonld be fuppofed that the admit
nIltration directed meati,res which they were
unwilling to avow let them go on.-Re was
willing that they ihoUld 60 on; and inaead of
making this an enquiry into the conduit of Burr
and his accomp!ices, let it be loleiy, az fem
ed to be, an enquiry into the conduct of the
| government.1 MIR. Wickham repeated the fame
J ineition TO gen WiikinfoD, whether his conduct,
III ie'Z'ng gen. Adair, Ogden, Swart won't and
others, had been approved or diclpproved by
the government, and whether he had received
! any communication fromlhe government on the
! fuhject Cen WiklDion faid he had no ohec-
! ton to aniweiing the qugGion except 70 far as
the aniwer might be cUnfdered diicofure OF
what might be deemed private initruetions.-
In the hrit initaEce, faid sen Wikiufou, acted
on my own responsibility. / have f,id that
was ieit lx months without orders. But ieiZ-
ed no man underline orders Of the Prefdent.
THURSDAY, Oaober /.
! General Wi!kjnfon was about to explain
more fully !ome OF the intsrrogatories put tc
HIM at his lait XaminatioG-when he was in.
t rruptsd by Mr. WiSkham, who declared that
he felt no dipohtion to interfere with the ex.
! plantations of The wtneis, but was very anxiou.
TO go on with the cauie.---Wi,h refpect to the
motives with which any act was done, he knew
F., nothing and cared nothing. The Chief Juitice
declared that gen. Wllkinion bad right 10 ey
I plain any interros atores and again repeated
the fubilance Of the opinion which he had be
| fore given. Gen. Wlkinion proceeded-I have
been aiked whether in Ottober i9o6, did no,
exped immediate hotiiities with the Soaniards
] was required to account for the caufe of the
tudden change Of petition of the Spanifh army
] was Intercepted as to the convention with
the Spaniih commandant, and with peculiar de-
| licacy was aiked whether any money was re.
ceived as condition? aio whether had mol
f, pohed guards on the highways about New Or.
leans to intercept travellers To thefe inter.
rogatories, quite unexpected, made fuch re.
pics as WAS then enabled TO do from memory
BY referring to my papers, they will thew that
did exPest war with Spain 70 early as Sep.
tember 1906. (f1ere the general referred to an
extrad Of his letter of the sth of September
and his letter of the 9TH of October 1906 to the
Secretary at War, which were read-Alee Note,
M. NJ On my advance to take the command
! of the barrier pof, paned Fort Adams on the
10Th OF September. There found two letters
from Col. Cnihing, detailing his correspondence