Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-09
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Ea,w ras RIch9l01.D ENC UIRER.
TRIAL
colonel 4. BURR
Morlos roR CoMaITaEsr.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
TuvRspAr, 0ctober 8.
G.asral ERi;siksinson in explanation q niger
Bsaf's testimony.
coNT1xUED.
coNT1NuED.'..,

tsS q.
No,hipg particular passed between "
afier THE, uusii the afternoon before h's
departure, which was on the 18th OF Sep,
sea,bsr in si,e morning. He Informed nae
that he wished 10 have sumo conversation
with me. and invited him 10 my house
for The purpose. 10 the courseof this IN
tersiew, he asked ne whether ! corld o
content 10 yegetAe or moulder 10 thai
damneG goyernneni, meaning the govern
mentof Louisiana. expressed my satis-
faction with the situation, observing thai
.. I was making arrangements TO retire 70
private life, shat was tired of the cratic
life had loug led, and thar the delicaie ST.
taation Of my wife, 10 whom lowed more
than could render. made il necessary"
After some pause, be asked melt my e
nereics and enterprise were lost or dead ;
70 which replied, that my energies aud
ensssprise had proh:ed me through life III
tie else than TO expose me 10 perils and
hardships. He then observed, : but sup
pose some, grand enterprise should present
which would lead direct to fame and for
,aue ~ 10 this / replied with indifference
at first, remarking that had been so long
!, looking 10 vain Tor something OF the kind.
that ! had given upthe expectation but
added, AFTER a short pause, thar It the 80.
.ernment should think proper 10 dlrectauy
thing Of the kinG, be would not find that
my energies or enterprise were lost. $1,000 1900
nSurelv, replied he, under the authority
of the goyernmert,'' and nsming a minis
Ter, asked meif 50 order from him would
satisfy me-, to which answered, that an
order from any minister was obligatory 90
me, ss they we're all ergans of the presi.
DENTAL will. We'll! said he, such msa,
sure has been thought of, but is unneces.
sasy TO go INTO the details OF . project
which may never be carried into efecs, ADD
replied, thar had no curiosity 70 hear
--aud here youhay IS much OF his de.
signs as possessed.
/. has been observed, that | have said I
had no idea Of any prcj-cs Of colonel Burr
before the receipt of ehis letter by Swars-
won't. This deny lhave said ! had
no idea Of any illicit design, such as would
subject him TO legal penalty or legal oh.
ssrucron. Between the period of Mr..
BnFr's leaving St. Louis aud May, 1906, !
received six letters from him; | have said
that those letters 5iendid matters political
with matters personal. 7 have considered
those letters confidential. they were SO re-
ceived, and ] will not expose them but IN
the last extremity, without colonel Burr's
permission, bur if have i'ist permission
Twill do il now. / have asked il and dc
again ask il. Those letters were OF az
ambiguous aspees, speaking Of some enser-
prize without Designating any, and were
calculated to incplpa,e me should they Dc
exposed. / have said made commu,
nication TO public nsinisser, the secretary
Of she navy, to the following effect: /" Bar
is sbou, something, but whether inierna
or external, canno. discover; s" il has beer
made question bow could, feeling ths
tsiens ship, 1 professed for colonel Burr
make such communication when unap
psizsd Of any criminal Intention, and ] re
ply that / Justify is from sense OF Publl
duty, paramount TO all other obligations
from the consciousness. thatif MIR Bur
intended no harm, the communicates
would do him none, as il was confidential
sud on the ground Of self security sgains
events.
had formed several opinions Of Mi
Dnrr's views: sometimes thought then
chimerical, and the most definite idea ha
ever attached 10 them was. that he ha
formed some connection with the BIRTHS
government, that he was 10 operate with a
expedition by the Gplph against the Mex
can provinces, end that the y. S. weie.
case of a war, which vas every where e,
pecsed. TO cooperate by the Mississippi
recollcct well this impression from Il
circumstance of my having mentioned