Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-11

Wouiu % heCsSSdIy W itS ~ tuS sOe - 49,
lie n,sclges. ID order % ascertain sheir me.
ri,s and de msrits But the question is not
now IS 10 the guilt OF innocence Of thspre.
sident i. is as 20 the guilts Or innocence
of Aaron Burr, on the charge Of treason
and misdeme anor, and whether the presi-
dsnthas acted right OF wong does otand
cannot affect The question Of Burr's guilt
or Innocence The charges against him
are 10 Be proved by witnesses on the part
Of the Il. s.. If these witnesses do not
prove the charges. shercis an end Of the,
enquiry bat If they do, | ask whether II
be possible that his production Of the pre-.
sident's orders even ia his own terms, Will
remove that evidence Of his guil. /! Every
judgement must answer no andsif so, the
orders are clearly immatefial for his de-.
fence. But although the affidavit does not
attempt 10 shcw, wherein these orders are
material for the prisoners defence, Mr..
Martin has attempted to supply that omis.
sion by his Argument Il seems these Or.
ders we're SO lawIess that Burr had fight
TO resist them; aud whatever he has. done
has been in self defence against theee or
derss Il would be easy. sir, 70 expose the
Himziness and fal!acy Of this pre,ext by a.
reference to dates, the man caanot have a,
very chronological head who can impusc.
crimes throughout 1905, 1906, TO orders
issued IN heiast month of the last year,
or the beginning of 1907. But without
stopping TO analizs more minusely, this
strange anachronism, let Us enquire into
this doctrine Of resistance which Mr.. Mar.
tin has advocated. am not al advocate
Tor passive obedience, and non.rssistance
| do not think as Mr.. Martin has asked,
that man becomes God when he be.
comes President: | think he does not
become a. God even by becoming King
or an Emperor On the contrary, | think
tina, a man, who, 10 a government ike
ours, even aspires to become one, ab.
broaches in paint Of character, a tlass Of
beings Oery opposite 10 Goas. But ascerd.
ing sgain 20 Our president, he is bound by
his eath Of officeto take care that the laws
shall be carried into effect. BY the psy,i.
cular act Of congress which prescribes the
punishment OF the n,isdemeanor charged
on the prisoner, the president is authorised
aud required TO cali on the naval snd mill
iary force Of the country 10 defeat the en-
,erprise in the present instance, he has
done so and given orders for The apprehsn.
sion Of the offender: and we are teld tnat
Aaron Burr, ipstead of submitting him.
self to the laws and justice ct his country,
had arigh. to resist shess orders. Tia,
Aaron Barr was TO be the judge, whether
ne should obey, CT NOT, orders proceeding
from The lawfully constituted authorities If
his country; and tia, & he thought ,hem
.ualswfu he had a rjgh, 70 resist them By
force if this be so, there is en- cad to go
1yernm,ent; every individual in the coun.
try, presume, has, at least, the same
rights with Aaron Barr ;eandif he has the
righ1et submitting 20, or resisting The laws
and officers OF the gosernsaent as he pleas
IS, every body else has the sane. right
then where is the use Of our constitution,
laws or caicers, &c might as well abolish
them all, and return to state Of nature.
Bu., si-, neither Aaron Burr cor any other
individual carries abous him this dispensing
power. II is clear tha, The very act Of re.
sis.ance, of.whieh Mr.. Martin has spoken,
was itself an set of treason. Before the
orders can be material for his defence or
this ground, it must be determined that he
has The right of resistance. BIZ, as pre-.
same It to be Impossible, that the court can
entertain this latter opinion. conclude
thar the orders in question cannot be reIe,
vantcr materialto his defence iu this Light;
and no other has been presented, or be.
iie"e, can be presentce.
Let US now consider the letter f-on, ge.
neral Wilkinson to the president. and en-.
quire how thattouehcs e;.h her of he Issues
In hich The nrisnner ia innnI.aI IL L.