The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-27
FROM TRE @TLhNTsC ;YoRLD.
iNTRIGUERs & CONSIDERATIONS.

of men, are thoie OF lntriguers and C0niplratoTS.
Were it polIbie that from the human race, this fpe
cies could be extrpatsd might exclaim with conf
oencc and truth.
I" Why have Nray'd from pleafure and
pofe,
e To feek good each government be0ows'"
But it unfortunately happens tina, thefe deitroy-
of the peace Of mankind, exN equally amdit the
~ids and n,ora0es of uncivilzed life, around the
thrones of kings aud the palaces OF the great, The
only difference is, that where the liberty of the preis
and free dilcuifon lhackled by the hands of
tyranny the intriguer and conpira:or will fooner
later, receive the punilhnent due his aytice and
his crimes.
There canno, be moro forcihe example il
lunrate the tsuh .I thi. remark, than the SPanilh
ropipiracy in Kentucky In that country, which was
peorled by democracy, ard by democracy in her
vir,n parity :" in ne wood, and foreiis Of that
country, fay and AZ = period, when each iett!er
,rembled l, Ire ni.rch-a when the demon of death
was figured 10 be concealed in every bu!h. ard the
imagination # the iclitary traveller Lncied the lnd
an ;ofnohs,yE, every leaf which ieN--At this me-
lancholy and critical period when might have been
fuppoed that ii preerva,iou, would have urged the
lecriEtv Of unaniutr, OF fnCerity, aud benevolent
diipcftiun, amoug the inhabitants; thers dideXiit
band If confpiraors, plotting the DEATH iaNery and
SeGruStiun, OF tlir fellow ctzens-'rhe iehemcs of
thi. band i NAV lie iscn from the hiiiory Of the
SpaniG. contpi:aey puhihed in the " Welern
World nave no, only been for twenty years buried
III the breaas Of their rar,zans and o"idants; but,
one of the leaders hiss dared to poliute the
bench of the fri in his Country by the receipt
Of foreign arnny, granted Tor the expreis pur-
pofe of aiding the, vie All This, too, known
20 the federal attorney of the dnri of Kentucky
but he for reaIons wh oh viii be detailed i'll few
numbers, choGe to CONCEAL the treaion.-lhe whole
plan was dilcoyerec. to 10y accident | claim no
merit for having brought it before the public only
performcd tie du.y OF every perion, who is NOT at
hearo traitor
Jo[eph Hamilton Davrf5 the federal attorney, the
fame gentleman who has made fuch confpicuous f.
CURE By his very corre4 q6vit relative to col. Burr
es; by the late col George Nicholas, as his prin-
cpa! executor. The benevolent hand OF Mr. N!eho-
las (ior want ct benevoenee none of his FAULTS
had taken Mr. Deeils, when 4 boy, from the ob!eu-
rity of psrentsse and the nleanneis ofpoverty, He
i,litru6ted him in his protection, and confiding in his
i-,territy he repoied in hs, the lat trut Of hui
band and father. The letters and papers of col
Nicholas, gave MIN the fali-it information oil the
Spauih conpiracy, well as on other ubeets equal
" important-Iflie deny ,hs haii eontute him, by
fcve.al very repe&ab!e characters TO whom he has
eonfeied it. Eut letter which he wrote to Jos. M
Street a cory nf which is in my poeillon, dated
Cortland, 9,l. Oaober, 1906, proves his acquaint-
ance with H. caairirary. Judge Innes, ter reaion'
which ha ts mentioned afterwards, was principal
Object of the hatred of Mr.. Davies; for although
general W; ion the protector and leader of the
couGpiracy yr, it VIII he thewn that he, and MIR
Daveis are the cole terms OF intimacy, and Co.
operate TO aid each either, in their REFLECTIVE views
MIR. Davicfs therefore in his letter to MIR Street
fpeaks CT Iujgr lines in the following words
"J4> L"7f, Gas q airy Gy'';y'" F'e'''@"sf' 9"a
On on. Of tie eoy tsvU zuLs LAozas 1t end
J< Iao4es kne-g h-aa9 each night zrEea lie frGy;,
b. 5e(esebes Cal tlk. oF oms5szg. TEis bGs
Or tie baL [eeni2dL'r Of tbs Gy.i.aqt, ne IL
ka1f, 7pbo fsIs liz say ssa .s9s lin gaps lin sbe
aeoi, cnf eol,a7arI--Ketb t55-Bar= hi, letter" IN
e.. c.. r.
ifjey nA,y is!i y0a-IW 7aksM.ir Is5m JJe~ds 7cea,
sme deraIt things. eOnvil7 t&es If fs,j~yy On tie
fot."
Mr.. Daveiis wa' extremely delirous to keep on
terms with col. Told then of the judges, now
PRECEDENT of tie court of appeals, until fme caufe in
which he was engaged were decided. Mark, there
fore. the ineae he cndeavored praaiee this gen.
teman -" foH Toad, lad Lssten 70 sou at0at tie
.? aHyge 70 hir, and he asisi! b. ffsa tb.re zpas
eb aiinon "frnil, aei:r be 10 be ebargod as
aeire pr,lon ia BeHsojaa.-He fgH me be ftH relic
ed; ami d5'dIia No! to mention it, ktF,idbe 5rOa
DSooa j.d tia: az TIE jans kneyv Of fbe eonVe,jaLi-
ca and OaL,k,i a.. DORM
What opinion, therefore, can we form Of T. man,
who, as federal attorney for the diari Of Kentucky,
was well acquainted With all the actions Of the
Spaniih caufpraiors and yet has preferred total e.
lence OH the iubjeti When, to this, add the
traordmary condua which he puriued in gIaGhing
the pr0ecution nituted agaut Fouraey, for writing
number Of the WcAern World il excites in our
mind ilnrrclil"ns, perhaps as unavorable, thoGe
which We entertain againO Judge Sebahan. Ills
true, IN his letter to Stsee. he makes fort Of ar
apology for his ooadJd this location but it is ra
ther aughabe than Satisfactory; he fays TIE 5eee
fgned Wrqer7 H@0ian .,riiiea by eraoked dsVR
7oio bat 40 mofiv, Tut Ms ebalz, IF Eagp!Iyiy." II
MIR. DAvefs Lad added, he motives Of ambition and
revenge, lie would have furniihed us with portrait
In the opinion Of iome, rot very dilTmilar to him.
lef.
II has been neceiI,ry, although perhaps painful to
deieribe the ciaraGi Of Mir DaveiGs 70 far for, it
can be eilabla,ed, thar the information upon which
the Executive have iounded the Proclamation relative
10 the arreiing Of Burr boats has proceeded entire
~ from Gen. Whknfon and Mr. Dayeiis.-I
fhould be extremely lorry,to become the advocate
Of Colonel Burr, or any perfon who has conducted
himieR n io n'yieri0us maau.T - put, of two e.
wis., We ought al Aays thute the leaA.--The pre-
fent oecaltm demands Tia. flould either give
credit to tho mYaeriow' hory If Aaron Burr or to
the tales O! Gan Wkiaion, a man who was proved
before the L-g'l .fnrr "l Kentucky, to have endea-
Vored 10 leparafe tie UuiDni f. cor Of span and Of
MIR D'veiis ~ho, althn pGlii, pfoeeutcr for the u
Trted States. ha, concealed in his brgaN the moi de.
teilabi- tTedon ior evfrsi years -1he prefent oc-
caica e!o require. thar i'nuid either endure for
T. Ne o.. IL.