The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-20
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TRIAL OF AARON BURR.
Cen. NIilkiYlon'5 TcRimony eonfiHnra.
fRinAY. October Q.


E7,. H7cf64m demanded the product of
the whole letter of the 10Th Of November. Cen.
Wilknfon, did you lay it before the grand ia.
ry? a. did.
/ Mr.. Burr. The entire letter has heen ufcd
againt NE before the grand jury. An idea Of
Rate fecrets is therefore at an end {; and there
can be no Objection to produce the whole of it
in court. ] mall expect that gen. Wilkinfon
will bring the whole Of it into court Tomorrow.
Mr.. Hay. | have nothing, Sir, to fay on this
mhjeci.-Cbisf JJfHyQiee. The PRECEDENT has GER
tifisd his reafons for communicating only GER
tain parts of that letter; aud he believes that
the other parts have no application to the pre-
fsnt prolecution-Mr. Ma,tin. / hope the
court has not already decided that point. Has
not this court already declared that the Pref
dent has 10 more power here, than any other
man? IF this be law, for which gentlemen
now contend, Cod forbid that fI,ouId remain
citizsn Of the u States! And 10 Mr. Jefer-
ion to be judge of the relevancy of evidence,
in prol;cution in which he has taken oaG9ve
part againR the accented? Mr.. Jrferfon, Sir,
is man Of no great legal knowledge. He was
Of no celebrity as lawyer before the rcyoIuti-
cn, and he has Iince been 70 much engaged in
political purfIits, that he has had time enough
60 unlearn the little laW he ever knew-Mr.
Hag. The only end Of this corveriation is TO
abuit MIR. flSrion.-M Mr. Martin. Sir, we
fhall 70 u!e hIr. J-ff.rGon, as not to abufe bin.
Remember that thc life and liberty of col Burr
are flown TO he no longer dependant on Virgi.
mans: ard therefore | am freed from any re.
lraint, in derlaing what l think. Ii Mr.. JEFF
f,rfon hjmlcf was here, would not this court
call him before il, and make bim difc!ofe upoa
oath, The contents Of thnt letter? SuD2ofe, Gr,
that in this letter gen. WiIiiufon has denounced
Governor Claiborne and Cowes Meade fup-
pcfe that he has represented all the people oe
New orleans as 6ri7Gected ; foDpofe that he
has attempted 90 throw every iiuential man
bot himf.f under the fufpicons Of the govern.
ment, in order that he may tafe himfslf into
lfivour; is This Satisfactory reafon WHY this
lstt,r lhou.d be reGpetled or withheld? Mr..
Birr repeated that this letter had been laid be.
fore the grand jury that it was therefore no
longer Rate frcret and that he had rigkt
to ak for any thing which gen. WIKI nfon had
fhowed or iaid 10 the grand jury. Cbief 'Tns.
! After fnch a certificate from the Prefdent of
the u. S. rs has been received, cannot direct
the production Of thofe p2rte Of the letter, with
ont Efficient evidence Of their being relevant
to the prcfsnt profscuiior. ] Mould fuppofe,
however, that The fame fcurce, which Informed
you Of tie exifence of this paper, might inform
/ you Of the particular way in which it was relc-
/ want. Mr. Burr. In fuch cafe | ak no
mans opinion, but my own. Cb. TnRice. /
cannot aiiiH you. Mr.. Burr. Have not
| right to ak what any one faid before the grand
| Jury? Mr.. WIekbam read certain parts of the
exfraiFed and fwajbed copy, to lhow that from
the context Of thofe parts, the omitted paf-
! FACES bore directly on the fuhjed.-The P,ef-
| dent of the U. States might have had proper
reafons on account Of gen. Wilkinfon, TO with
hold thofc parts, but gen. Wilkinfon himf,
has no right 10 withhold them and If he pro-
duced the whole letter before the grand juy
for the fake Of eliminating col. Burr, he may
certainly be called upon to lay it before this
| court.
Gen. HTlkigjoH begged leave TO corrt9 the
/ expreiiion Of the gentleman about bis motives.
! He did not produce this letter before the grand
jury to eliminate col. BUR-, but TO vinoicate
| hirnlef. Mr.. WIckbam. That's the very thing
which FAY. Why did he with TO yindcatc
jmfef, but to give greater effect 10 bis crimin-
alton of col BUR-? Cen. WHkizfen begged
] leave TO Aate another confederation. When he