Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-09-07

and inuendoes admitted iufplcion, that
Col. u. had other projects. lie utad ftrong
expeditions ofreproach againit the admin
IGration Of the government 2ccUicd them
or want Of character, want otenergy, want
OF gratitude. He feemcd deErous of r.
ritatng my recruitment BY dIlating on GER
tain injurious Arictures | bad received on
, the floor Of CongreiS on account of GER
tain tranfa6tions on the coats Of Tripoh
and alto on the delays in adjuiting my &C
counts for advances Of money on account
ofthe United States and talked Of point
ing out to me modes of honorable indem-
nifty. / will not conceal here, that Col.
Burr had good grounds Of reaion for fup-
! poing me dltdfeGted towards govern
ment had indeed luffered much from
delays in adjuGing my accounts for cath
| advanced TO the government, Whit | WIS
/ cOnf1l at TUnis, and for the eXpence Of
maintaining the war with Tripod. ] had
! but a fh0rt time before been compelled
| ingiOrioufly to Hrike the flag Of my cOun-
| try on the rampartS Of a defeated enemy,
| where 1t had flown for As days. | had
! been compelled 20 abandon my comrades
| in war, on the fields where they had
! fought our battles. ] had ictn CATH offer
ed, to the half vanqulhed Chief Ut Tripo-
Ii l5s he had himtt!t 2cknowlrdhcd) as the
price Of Pacica1i0n.-(Mr. WIckba,4.
by whom a. BY our negou1.orj-
when as yet no cxertion had been made by
our naval lluadrOn ID cOerce that enemy.
l had ic5n the con duct of the author Of
thete bltmHhcS on our then proud natioR-
| fl character, if not commandments cen
| tured whlllt my own inadequate efforts
| - iupport that character were attempted
I % be thrown into thade. To feelings nat
ura!!y ar.fa- out Of circumstances like
thlfe, | did give froug expreilions.-
Here ! beg leave to obitrye, IN iultice to
myteif, that how ever ttrong thulc exprtr-
( ho7s, however h2rih the language / en-
Tloyed, they would not iufify the infer
ence, that was prepared to dip my fabre in
the blood Of my CountrymeH much lefs
ct their children, which ! believe would
have been the cafe, had this conipiracy
been carried intocfc9. (Mr. Martin o.
jected to this langudge.) liGened TO Col.
B'smode of indemnity and as | had by
this time began TO luipett that the militia
r. expedition he had on foot was unlaw-
ful, permitted him to believe mylcf re-
f6Red 10 his influence, that | might I'M
dcrltand the extent and motive u his ar
engagements. Col. B now lad open his
project Of reyolufionizinE the Territory
W rlt Of the A leghany eitabI!ihIng an IN
dependent empire there, New Orleans to
be the capital, and he himtef to be the
Chief; organizing 4 military force on the
waters Of the MhlihPP, and carry cOn-
qucit 10 Mexico. After much converia-
ton (Which do not particularly recolled)
respecting the feadblity Of the project
az was natural, fatcd imPediments To
his operations luch as the republican
habits OF the citizens of that country,
their attachment 10 the preient admiuii-
tration Of government, the want of funds,
| the OpPoEtion he would experience from
! the regular army OF the United States,
lt4tioHed on that frontier and the reGl-
lance I'd be expected from Miranda, III
cafe he Giould faccted in rePubicanjzing
the Mcxicaas. Col. y. f-eme1 to have no
difficulty III removing th,tt oyfaclys. IIe
Gated 20 me, that he bad in pufon 4
think tbs proceeding ieatoa) made a tour
through that country th4t he had iecur-
81 ID bis iGtcret5 ami attached to his per-
ioa the moG LiGinEuiihcd citizens Of Ten
1oGre, Kentucky and territory Of Or
leans; taU ac h1ti0exhauGible ref0urcee
and funds; tha: tHc army Of the United
States would att with him; TINT il woul
bercinforc>d5y 10 Or 1000 men from the
ABOVE mentioned Gates and territory that
he had powerful agents in the Spauifh
Territory, and as for Miranda" faid
Mr. Burr, facetiouny, eve NUT hang
Miranda
In the courre cf repeated conversations on
this fubjea, re propoied to give me diihn-
guiihcd command IN his army | underltood
the iec0nd Command. aled him, who
would command in chief He faid, General
WiIkinfon oblerved that It wa, lnguar,
that he ihonld count upon Gen, Wllknion.
The diitingulhed command and high tfult he
held under government, as the commander IN
chief Of our army and as the governor Of
Province he would not be apt to put At haz-
ard for any precarious projects Of aggrandiZe-
ment. Col. Burr lated that Cen Wilkinlon
balanced in the confidence of his country
that Il was doubtful whether he would much
longer retain the dIflinction and confidence he
now enjoyed and that lie was prepared to
iecure 70 hinlleIfa Permanency. alked Col.
.. if he knew General Wilkinlon. lie laid,
yes; and echoed the queltion. I told him
that i years ago, / was at the fame time a
captain n his wing Of the legion Of the U. 5.
ms acting brigade major and aid de-camP
and that thought knew him well. He ak
Cd me, what knew Of Gen. ~. iaid, l knew
Gen. w. would act as Lieut. to no man in e1-
'itence. :" You are in an error" iaid Mr.. B
WilkinlOA will act as Lieutenant 10 ~.
From the tenor Of much Conversation on this
iublecti was prevailed OF to believe that the
plan OF revolution medi:ated ~ Col. Burr, and
communicated to me- had been concerted