The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-23

engaged IN the confpiracy. The court was di- !
sijed. three Tor rejeSiing and two for admitting
the evidence.
a letter adcreT.d ~ one conipra,or TO ano.
Their, but no, proved Ia asve been received.
was then offered and admitted asaira the OPT
Mon of the chief iuiiice. who thought TIA, iuch
A letter did not amount 10 an act done Which
might be evidence, but only to relation of
that a9 which could not be evidence. He was
overru'ed becaufc a letter from one confpira,or
to another on the confpracy, was a complete
att in that coniprssor.
The next paper offered, was letter from
facety in the confpiracy, which was found in
the poiiciii on of enc of the conipirators, and
this was unanimously admitted.
The principle which appears to he eftablif!i-
ed by theie decii'os. il, that letter from one
conlpir,t to another the fuhjet, of the con.
ipiracy, is evidence agdiDG al, but that letter,
from coufpirator 20 pcrton not connected
with him, Eating facts relative to the confpira.
cy, is only evidence againt himfef. How far a
conversation held with Nranger for the pur-
pofe of bringing him into the plot, may he con-
fiered as a tranfation, and therefore, tcRiuo-
ny to ihow the general contpracy, does not ap-
pear from, thefe deci;ions
This fPec:es of evidence is received to fi1ow
the general ohje9 OF the confpiracy. but can at.
feet individual further than his aTeEt to that
Object can be proved by fuch teftiH,ony as is ad-
miilible in ordinary cafes.
Ipotice this point for the purpofe Of obfrrv-
! ing, that do not decide il ON the pref mt mo-
| tior.
The fin quefion which aries on the evil
dence, ia,
With what objects did shofe men convene
who Attended at the mouth of Cumberland
Was it to feparate the Weftern from the Eaf-
tern ftates by feiZing and holding New Or
leans
VAST to carry on an expedition againf Mex
leo, making the embarSltiOn at New. Or
leans.
Was this expediton to depend OR war with
Spain
| The conversation held by COL Burr with
Commodore Dec aur, ftated his Object to be
u expedition againlt Mexico, which would be
| undertaken, the Commodore underf God,
with the appreciation of government in the event
/ of war.
To general Eaton, he unfoldcd in various
conver!at;ons, plans for invading Mexico and al
! 70 for ievering the Wettern from the Atlantic
States.
To Commodore Truxton he fpoke of the in
vation and conquett Of Mexico in the event of
a war, as plan which he had dgeNed in con-
cert with general Wilkinfon, and into which he
was extremely dehrous to draw the Commo-
! dore. y circumstance is narrated by this wit
Deis which has been noticed by the council for
the United States, and deferves confederation
1t Is the declaration of col. Burr that he was a.
| bout TO dIpatch two couriers with letters to
general Wiikinfon rela i've TO the expedition. 1t
was at this time that Mrilrs. BoIlnan and
Swartwout are faid 70 have left Philadelphia,
carrying each copy of the cyphsred letter
which has cOnititu,ed 10 in portant document
IN the various motions that have been made on
this occaIlon. This letter, though expreiTed in
terms OF fome ambiguity, has been underltood
by the inpremc court aud is underitood by me
to relate to military expedition aeainf the
territories of foreign Prince. In this fenfe,
the teltiuony offered on the part of the United
States, ihowS it to have been ALTO UNDERWOOD
by holman, by SwarIwout, and by general
tVIikiidon. The, inference is very trong, that
this letter is the fame TO which col. Burr aud-
ed in his convention with Commodore Trux-
ton, and itrengthens the idea that the sccu(ed
| gave to that gentleman true Abatement of the
real object 10 far at eat as relates to the point
againlf which his preparations were to be di.
! re6fed. All the conversation relative to an sx-
petition by fea would be equally nap plicable
to any attempt on the territories of the United
States, and to the fettement of lands
His conversations with the MeiIrs. Morsana
certainly indicate that his mind was ftrongly
directed TO military objects, that he was not
! friendly TO the preitnt adminiRration, and that
he contemplated a feparation OF the union as an
event which would take place at no very dfant
day.
| His conversation with lieut.. Jackfon points
III eXPreis terms to hoflity aganR Spain.
| The conversations OF Mr.. BennerhaGctt, G.
vince dfpohtions unfriendly to the union and
his writings are obviouny intended to dif4ffett
the weitern people aud TO excite in their bofcms
iirong Prejudices againft their Atlantic brethren.
That the o.ject of theie writings was to ore.
pare the wehern oates for difrnemberment is
apparent on the face ofthem, aud was frequent
" avowed by himfeif. IN converfa,ion with
the Meiirs. Heuderiono, which derives additi-
onal Importance from the foemnily with which
his communications were made, he laid open
plan for dilmenbering the union under the
auipices of MIR. Barr. 70 others al fIbicouent
/ times, ne ipoSc ct The inva6on of Mexico as the
particular object to which the preparations then
making were dretled. In all tho(e whom he
fought to engage in the expedition, the idea WAS
excited that though the Ouachita was its ayow-
| cd oeject, it covered fomething more folendid,
and the aiiuiions TO Mexico when not directed
Acre icarceiy to be mifundernood.
The language of Confntt Tyler aifo tends 10
prove that the en;erplize was defined agana
Mexico.
The communications made to general Will
kiniOn deierVe much confederation in marking
the real intention of the parties, bscaufe it is
Obvious that col. Burr, whether with or with
out reaion, calculated on his cooperation with
the army which he commanded, and that on this
cooperation, the execution Of his plan greatly,