Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-12

Gun' -.meut could GOT DC ibauS
~ 'fap sa sish the exception Ct those
pfoa' ~Sieh 10 bis Judgment ought MOTTO
3 eoIoosl Burr said he would oe more
C y1, He would ask whether the let
sap = ) COPY had uos been Produced 70 the
G', 81. Hav. do not know that either
final or a copy were ever laidbetore
ias $. Jury. be Iieve that they were
ias na, { an no, so well acquainted with
pei :, oasseG with the geand jury as sooe
ssssr eeaslsmsn are !,
0'' ~ Rau said there could be no doubt OF
.,earac; Of The copy. Before he was
- thai be had sae original letter ofthe
Noyember he Obtained a copy from
Wiikinsoo, which be found, 10
~narison. was correct 10 The most MI
: nar,icu!srs. he mensionsd this Cir
! msrslyto show the strong pro-
LINZ; ! ,hs, the copy Of The letter Of the
s,sf q Ocse6er might be. relied upon as
.uuallv correct.
Ar, Duncan was SWORD --On inspect
5, ,hr cop Of The letter Of the slst OF
October, Be said i was 10 she hand writing
s~fesp,aiu Walsss Burning, a~id.de-camp -
..orr,l Wilkinson on the Sabine expeaiti.
=. ,ns, he was intimately acquainted with
,s,t gentleman, has often seen him write,
md knew his hand writing well.
NJ. Han said that hs was wiling 70 STATE
i .6dayit, if required. that he had DOT
5, oTlrioal. Mr.. Rodney had informed
h;u that be had sent al The letters. "A
lrgs packet had been received, but he had
uos bsso able 10 ind this particular one.
aAl,. Bats moved for q sxjpena duces te
euu TO be directed Il Mr. Hay for the pro.
ductiOp Of The original letter of the 18th
November, 1906, which then lay before
I'm. He aeaied the right of she govern
yusnl 10 withhold The paper.
Colonel BHyr said that state secrets were
such only a. affected the public a. large
But ) nan thought proper To make ads.
puuci1tioa Of individual characters, ne had
been gully eff . great offence aad deserved
90 protection.
M Flag declares, that he was willing
10 expose so mach of the letter as related
to col. Burr himself. Put hs enquired
vhslhsr il would be righs tacxh,bisso pub.
view those parts which wonld tend TO
controversy between others. Gases
oceus 10 which he tisafection TO the
,oserngnsn. may be such, and so extensive
;gep among the oGeeEs Of the government,
hat ls may become the duty OF private ci-
toir!orm. The accused may have
all 'nat belongs to bis defence; but he pc.
yer you'd puiit in his power 10 make use
OF the letter for tie purposes TO which he
satisfied il would be applied. He
could DOT see why col. Burr should step
forward as the friend of those who had
been deresEcsd, evensif there were such.
caf' IN truth, the passages of the letter
sash ne was unwilling TO expose. were
merely elainioas of the writtr with respect.
oSssr.a'n persons, which opinions may
nave shangsd.; as it related TO some of
ne Safzo hey had changed. There
ssts TWO passages 10 he letter Which he
.0Oia not Consent should be seen unless
we're exsoI,ed by the confs. He did
l0' saow thar be would yield under any
V'esrassanees. He woaid, iaJesd, rather
80 70 jan thsnsxposs them.
az, Wickhaw observed, ,has after the
s''uaisn's of defiance .which had been ur.
; : blythe gentlemen oa the c,hcr side,
" 'n's' =. Unnamed 10 apply to the court 70,
= sssfnon Gifts asShoIiy. Motives OF
ss''saey, u was we'll settled, we're not sufi
.,u' 70 suppress evidence Which was. deem.
n n. .s'eaaal for the purposes of justice.
p ins'soeed the case Of The duchess Of
~. n which certain gentlemen were
Ep''su to give testimony Of a most de-
~. ss ,ea'are, ardresative to subjects which
=. Vac solsmuly promised forever to coa-
- Sos 'hrse parts of The letter propos-.
ir, sOs suppressed. may be of he almost
,s''soee to the accused. If gen. Wi.
.sou snail haze 1enor,caS rs-.o,o Il.