Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-10-16

ucCkAfG IuaI never was employed 0y
gen. Wiikinson directly nor indirectly ]
believe in any agency 81 transaction Of =.
ny nature whatsoever. My departure
from the army Of die u. S. in 'e4 and
passing through certain Indian nations,
and returning with such rapidly 10 the
army again, and the righteousness
with which that transaction commenced
and terminated, and the peculiar eist
eumstances attending my detention at
Greenyille, has excited various eopiee-
lures, according IS those umstances
struck the fancies Of the Observers. That
affair has never been explained to the
public IN consequence of the death OF
Gen. Wayne but the public are hereby
assured that the time will quickly arrive
when it Be explained, so far as my
self understand the subject. This will
be done without regard 10 any man. liv-s
ing,s whether in pow er OF out Of power.
] was then about twenty years of age,
and have lived TO be thirty and more,
and it is among the great that I have ami,
formly discovered the creates, degrees
of turpituds. Respecting the Kentucky
conspiracy Ia favour Of Spin, it cer.ain-
Beexisteds :, Of which the conviction Of
Judgs Sebastiah has given fatal broec
Al 70 any supposed knowledge respect
ing This conspiracy, certain % eeurrenees
In 20, '96 and ',s7, enabled me 70 form
an opinion, but Tor certain reasons that
opinion has renainsd, except ia 8 few
instances, ensetoped within my own
mind, Respecting Col. barr !. plans, Il
would eomport more with the dignity Of
our understanding to suspend The sk-
ptession Of an opinion, Than Is put TO
hazafiits character 10 the fields of COD.
jscture. = When Greek meets ,Gresks
then comes the tug Of wa" The qnss-
ton is now properly between Gen. Will
henson and Col. Burr. The lightwhich
may lash from this conflict, should alone
guide the public opinion |; and not the
declaration Of any individual. Whatever
may be his station, or however fortified
in that station BY popular Impression
/ Twill sensurrto predict, thatthe suppo-
,sed reasonable vaccinations Of Col.
Buts, which were in The FIRST instances, !.
the mere phantoms of Legitimate sug-
sgestions, will ssrminate in advantages
20 this country, which could not have
resulted from any other condition Of
things |: and that it sili Be found that
Burr was as much deluded IN the snPpo-S
sition of the inevitabiiiey Of 4 Spanish
war as the President HIMSELF II viii
also be discovered by Gen. Eaton that a
+ Presidential abandonment of an inaiyi,
dual is a very uncertain Foundation for a
system Of depositionai error. As to the
imputation OF my beipg d tngerons alaa,
the idea is in itself absurd. can pei-
Their subvert the government, uorthrow
the President into The Potonack. cans
not shape the deslinIes Of sithsf Burr or
Wilkinson nor can | rxSolutionise
\ Mexico. Fam puor map. and have =
family to support. Thsf aredependrnt
n pom my own personal exettions and I
have no time to DEVOTE TO freason or co,l-
stiruey. / his isl kind Ct business thit
none.bu, leteat men engage in, aud r
r H-r
have not had even the honor of an agency
on this occasion. IT. !. > = ..
As 70 the gentlemen Of the neighbour
hood wkssre I reside. and from whom I
.derivyny support, I shall be happy ia a
continuance Of their patronage, being
CONSCIOUS Of q desire to promote II.
common good, and of 0wish to wound
the feelings Of any creature on earth, un-
less equity imperiously demands Il and
there can certainly be no impropriety in
hoping that this disposition may be reel.
procated. As to Wilkinson or Burr, I
can be ONO service or disservice 70 ei-
ther ofihem if they are both wrong. I
cannot put hem right aud If they are
both right, ] cannot put them wroag.-
The two gentlemen may, If they can,
settle their dispute and if II ey cannot,
feannot settle itfor them. But I will
do justice to myself, and In doing that,
I shall dojus,ice to others. Truth Is
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