The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-27

! ;.njsa TO ,hc caprice of ansle metnhtt. !,
was Ia the year 1856 that 4 Dropoial was offered
! to Copkrrfs for tts,: concei;ion OF the eEclnGve
navigation Of the Mliiiiippi. 10 Spain, rSr,wvniy
I Eye years, under the pretext or An tx ,haoac
for certain Commercial! privileges TO the Atlantic
States, and III ORDER tn acquire the riphr "f i,f
,iopaI. The propoitiou terrified the Wettrru
people and fu.grited The neceility of their took
1 ing to- their own rights anl intereits. The a.
larm and aohorrence produced by this ineaiurr
wee univerTil, the children OF TIE woods be-
gan to think au1No tpeak for themiclvts, and
| but for the teaionsble production and adoption
oft glorious fahries, which cemeuts United
America, ieparatioH long h-fnre this period
| would have entucd neceH;rv confco rence.
| Cen. w. bad migrated to- the Welern country
IN 1883, III qn-!t Of provifon for Young and
inoreaiing family. Heat this period coniidere d
his hopes jsopardis-a. and determined to look
abroad !cr what he had not fcuth AZ home.
with this oijeet he made f,uall equpmert
and emhaked On Kentucky river in April rs :.
and after eGaping u,aay perils from the favages,
he arrived at New Q leans in June.
| For the events which cnfued, we beg leave 10
refer 20 Ike document a. This honorable tel
tmoDal VII; ferve TO illuftrate fact, which
lhundreds Of living wi.nsii Hes may be produced
| to fuhain; viz. that general Wikinfon did pro-
own riIque ard expenfr, the Invaluable advsu-
viges ct a free trade with New Orleans, years
before thar privilege was obtaiusd by treaty.
| It's neither necefiary nor obligatory. nor would
! 1t ne honorable to detail the means he employ.
ed TO eff, Ct this Object it will fuiIice to fay,
| that his country was accommodated and bene-
! s'ted ny his enterprife, and hat his perfonal
tpecuiaioap, in their nature politically Innocent,
were directed to the friendly correspondence,
harmonious ntercourie, and reciprocal in ere It
of the two countries, and i, viii not he denied
that he had the fame right at that period, to
efta5ih mercantile connection at New Or
have at prefeu.. 20 extend their commercial
| ipeculations to Ve'a CruZ and Llguira, or To
Turkey, China and the Ear Iadts.
The geaeralhas ACKNOWLEDGED TO the author of
thefe remarks, that he originally con,e;npla, cd
removing to Natchez, and did favour The poll
cy or the court OF Spain. at that time to popu-
late that dihri6 with emigtants from the United
S'ses, for motives too obvious to name.
H's commercial engagements were excloiye-
lY with the Spaniih government of Louihana.
as he neger fold CENTS worth of property, in
the market, after his frft voyage, of courie the
cath he received was from the government OF
the country, and this he either received in per.
fpn on his bills or By remittance through vsri-
I GUS channels. The laa payment was made him
IN the year i796 through his agent Philip Nolan,
heihg balance viii b had ariiien on the reco-
/ very Of fome tobacco which it had been be-
lieved was damaged. and Ion in the year 1879.
O1the Generals tirit engagement, cyphsr
was formed, more for the ftcurity of the COM
rnunic tioes of his friend, than his own, and
when this friend left the cosn,ry about the
i5earlTso their aff.irs being unleitied, be tranr-
fcrred the cypher TO has !ucce!ior whom the
49,. y l.
to have pafrd one or two letters in cyphcr, ref
petting MS private bufineis about fourteen years
| f!nce.
The laG letter the General received from the
Baron OF Caroadoiet was dated in May 1907.
II was ffrIctly official and conveyed the Bar 5
protect againit the oetcent of body of troops,
on Of the Sos bad oa st1Shd 70 desnd s%c
10 the treaty of frieud,ip, iinits, and uavlgati
/ on. The General rebuttcd tine protect, AID
the troops proceeded under cap. aims Canon AID
! ieth, and for reaion5 of confidential nature
an order paiisd ny the General 20 the Off e
commanding at Msl;}c~ TO prevent the agent Of
the Baron from re-enterng the ". States hv'the
I, Ohio. itis believed that the Baron de C,ro6-
dolet came to@the government of Louitiana abo /
the year 1871, at which time the general ef
Kentucky and has beer lirice rncehautiy eugae
ed in military life; and the documents mark d
ID VIII SShlbit gCItrdI warrington ) tcnfe at ms
(! tervices during three years OF arduous duiy ;
! from whence it will appear that general Wukir.
ion was actually engaged in defending, inltead
! OF dividing the country. ~
| General wi'kinton has never by word or dec
cndeavored to Incline Jingle individual to Oh.
poit the Jaws or iniure the government of his
country. He has1iever received nor employed
dollar For the pnrpofes of corruption. He
mas never held a commiiii IN nor received a pen
f1n tro'n any foreign power. Nor has he ever
given ten of allegiance but TO his own conn
try. He cannot prove a negative, hut he has
done what he could do TO purge himfsIf of the
flanders Of bis enemies, and the correspondence
with his excellency governor FoIch (marked C)
and the yclu,ary declaration of capt Thos.
Power (rnarke'i D. are offered as inGances.
Was the defamatory addreis of that moon
nruck wretch JaIeph Hamilton Davies (who
| has acknowledged bimfelf to have been fpy
and liar) deemed worthy of notice, he may
! lf{ue once more from his den at Cortland, and
leek aniyser in thefe observations.
4 KEN rUCKIAN.
gath October, 1907.
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