The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-06-17

witch he might uis,tt. Eut un:e,, ,tat. ,,,t
| ccaiie,,how can he he criminateI, H..
III man Knows OF treaionablc matter an, az.
""' r'c~!s ", ne is guilty OF mifpr,fon Of
Ha'on. Two circumstances therefor. roi.r.
'n'e th'S crime knowledge OF ,he ifg.C q
a''d c"rcea';ieni or. Tn kuawis,:-.se,.
co"prshencS .vo iGeas; that h .c,,n m,
iveh ana undtrhooG the t,taf,mbe ,,,,..
| io one of thefe points, Mr.. W. is c.,,i-G -,
10 oepoie. II this be etlahliii,ed, VINO lnow.
oa' me other elements of the crime r,ay be-,
, gFaauai!y unfo!ced IN,. ArRas did ma,
inf ak if lie copied. aud then nnderfoNs :,
but hrit IT he undsrfood it, Had he aurv.rr.,j
tn's Queltion IN the affirmative 7 rs,,.;ri
ihouio NOT have prefied the other oYetiion ,r,3
n'in' oecaute that might have announced :.
leu enmlnation.-Mr. Hay. will limply ak
MN ~hether he knows this letter to be, vr,,t-1
ny a. -. or ny lone one under his authority
Mr. Williams. He refufes 10 antwrr :: I, n;zh,
| tend TO - inmate him.
:, ne court were OF opinion that Mr. Wyl-v
mould aniwer upon oath whether or not h.
,"ouE"' mat aniweriHg the propofed uneNiou
"''Sn' nave tendency to crirpinate bimfelf.
mr.. "yiey replied it might criminal, hi,s
III the event or certain cafe
Here long and defi.ltory aroume,t snG,.,
winch was terminated by a promi(e fron, Col.
b's couniel, 10 produce their authorities hefor.
lne court Tomorrow, to thow that Willie
could not t. compelled to auf,ser fucb eu.t:
lions AS might IN his own oyiGion tend To crimi.
nate himtelt.
TUESDAY, June Is
Asioon as the court met, MIR. H,v ,,,,I,,c
ed and read the following letter from, ,hs p'sG-
dent of the u. S.
SIR,
Your letter of the 9Th is this moment 70.
ceived. Referring The neceilary right of the
ftenoent OF the u S. to decide, independent
! or all other authority, what papers. COMING tn
him as Prrfiden,, the public interefs nermis -
be communicated, and 20 whom, allure Won of
my readineis, under that reitrietiou, vountari-
! " to fnrnth on all locations, whatever the mr..
poles OF lhhice may require. But the letter of.
Cen WHkinton OF Oct. 81, teeueaed for the
oetence or Col. Burr, with every other parer
relating TO me charges againit him, which were
IN my poiiefhon when the attorney oener,l
went on to Richmond in March, then deliver
ed to him and have always taken for Grant
cd he lett the whole with you. If he did. and
inc bundle retains the order in which | had ar
ranged IT. you will readily find thu letter de-
urea under the date of its receipt which was
November IS; but left the attorney general
mould not nave lett thoie papers with yosI
thIS DAY write TO him to forward this one bv
poit. An uncertainty whether he is at Phis-
delphi7, Wilmington or Newcahle NAV pro.
duce delay in his receiving my letter. of which
1t is proper you lhould be apprifed. Bnt as
do not recollect the whole contents of thar lc,
ter, mutt beg leave TO devolve on YOU the ex
erciie OF that diicretion, which it would be
| my right and duty to exercife, by Withholding
the communication ofany parts of the letter.
which are not directly material for the purpof.
es of iuftice.
| WIN this application, which is fpeci6c. 2
prompt compliance is practicable bu, when
the rtqurft goes to copies Of the orders iGu-
cd IN relation TO Col. Burr, to the officers at
OfeanS, NatcheZ and by the ieeretaries Of tb-
| War and Navy depaltments,' it fccms to cover
correipoudences of many months ., b fucb a
variety OF officers civil and military all over th-
U. D. as would amount to the LAYING omen
the whole executive books have dctired The
iecretarY at War TO examine his official .o-,
nunications, and On view of theIe NAV
DC do'e toJudGe what can and ought TO be don.
towards compliance with the rsoueR. yftbs
defendant aledges that there was any partica,
'dr order winch, AS cauie, produced any
| particular act on his part, then he muf know
waat rms order was, can fpecify il, and ,
prompt anfwer can be given. If the ob;,f had
oeei ipecihed, we might then have had fos,e
el'de FOR our conjettares TO what part of
the executive records might be ufrfnI to him.
But, with perfect Willingness to do uh,t :;
may enable US to do it. IF the reiearches ~
the iecretary at War ihouid produce any thing
proper tor communication and pertinent to any
point we can conceive in the defence bef,rt.
the court It ihaII be forwarded to you. "a.
tute you with elteem and relpect,
TIL: JEFFERSON.
| GEORGE Hay, Efq.
| Some conversation enfued about the fnecie.
cation of the papers wanted from The fve,,
tive. Mr.. Hay Rated, that in hi. commun;c,
ton to the r. to which this letter was retv.
ne had mentioned the papers in thole terms
| IN which he conceived it would be mott IkeIv
that they would he defcribed by the oppoGtc
council 1T feemed, however, that the PreG-
Dent did not coniidcr this defcriplion as Cpg,-
cient Col BIS council then itated, that fbe,-
had tent an express to Warrington for theft
papers, with iubpGna to the Preideot and
.n"I II would aPp.ar on the return, 'ehether
| they could obtain fnch papers as they sap,ed.
| The ref of 'he FELTON, OF the court was occn.
pied by tbe qoeition which was yeRerday fnI-
geded re'petting Fir. Wilhe.-Mr. Marin
ClOfr fEr fhf