Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-02-16


overt act Of aggreilion againff law.
u could draw nothing from hun
in writing nor could | learn that
he had expofed his plans to any per-
lon near me by whom my teflmony
could be Imported. He had men
toned to me no perions who were
principally and decidedly engaged
with him excepr Gen. WiIkinion--
Mr.. Alton, who | found was his
fon in iaw-and a MIR. kphraim
Kibby, late captain of rangers IN
Gen. Wayne's army.
Satisfied that Mr.. Burr was reio-
lutte in putting his project O. rebel
lion in the wet Of the Allegheny
and apprehenGve that il was too
well and too extenfvely organized
to be eafly fuPpreiItd Though |
dreaded the weight of his character
when laid in the balance agalntt nv
foitary aacrtion, | brought myfelf
. to the rciolution to endeavor to de-t
! fear It by getting him removed from
among Us, or to expofe myfeIf to
All consequences BY a dilcloiuTe Of
his intentions.
Accordingly, I waited on the
Prefdent of the United States, and J
after fome defultory converlaton,
in which | aimed 10 draw his'
view to the weftward, | ufeG the |
freedom to fay to the PRECEDENT |
thought Mr.. Burr fhould be fe Mt !
out Of the Country-and gave for |
rea!on, that / believed him danger
Gus in it, The Preiident aiked !
where he fhouid be fent ! men
toned London and Cadiz The
Prehdent thought the trutt too in
portant, and lcemed to entertain
d0ubt Of MIR. Burr's integrity. I'll
intimated that no one perhaps, had
itrOn9er grounds 70 mlttruit Mr..
Burr's moral integrity than myieIf; |
vet | believed, ambition 70 much
predominated over him that when
placed on an rmtnence and put on
his honor, rrfpt6t to himfelf would
eniure his fidelity His talents
were unqueftionab.e. ! perceived
the iubje6 was dIiagreeab.e to the
Proficient and 10 give it the thort-
eft courN to the point, declared my
concern that if Mir. Burr were not
in fome way diipoied of, we lhould,
within eighteen months, have an IN
iurry 6tiOn, if not revolution, on
the waters Of the M fliGPPi. The
PRECEDENT anfwered, that he had too
much conhdencein the information,
The integrity, and the attachment
TO the union of the citizens of that
country to admit an apprehension
ofthe kind | am happy thst events
prove this confidence well placed. |
AS no interrogatories followed my
cXprellion Of alarm, | thought fI-
ence on the fubje6t, at that time &
place, became me.
But | detailed, about the fame
time, the wholeproje6ts Of Mr. Burr
TO certain members of congrefS.--I
lhsy believed col. Burr capable Of
any thing--and agreed that the fell
low ought to be hanged but
thought MS projects too chimericaI
aud his circumstances too defperate :
to give the fubje0 the merit Of f.
rious confederation. The total f.
curity of feeling in thoie to whom
| had rung the tocGn induced me
to fufPe6t my own approximations
unbelievable, at leait too deeply
admitted and Of courie, | grew
indifferent about the iubje6. |
MIR. Burr's Wits to me became
lets frequent, and bis conversation
Iets famiilr. He appeared to have
abandoned the idea of general rev.
olutiOn but ieemed determined on
that Of the Mifiiippi---and although |
! cou d perceive fymptoms Of diftruft |
II him towards me, he manlfetedA
great foIicitude to engage me withs
INN in the enterprise. Weary OF
his importantly, and at once to con-
vince him Of my ferrous attachments
| gave the following toalt to the
public -
"lhe UNITED STATEs---PalfeyI
to the brain that hould plot to diff !
member, and leprocy to the hand
that will not draw TO defend our