The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-27
FOR THE ENQUIRER.

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
| Shall general Wiikinfon refpond to the H,n-
ders of hot OF enemies whstted bv iiGap-
! point n,ent and Rimulated by revenge . Shall
ne enter the lifts Of controversy with the part-
zans OF the very rebellion he has himfslf cru;i-
! ed, or defend TO cootrovert the llandsrous az
fertions Of band of calumncus difconten,s,
who without the .ipirt 20 emulate a meritorious
! deed, polefs the iot. ambition to envy it We
i hope not we hope his attentions Will be CAR
ried to very daeren. Objects, in the prefept cri-
rs of public affairs, fanding, as we do. on the
threthold of i wer, which may require the ex-
lertion Of the fkill, couduet, and courage OF the
whole nation $500
Pending tho trial of Aaron Burr, we have be-
held the mot extraordinary fcenes ever prefrnt.
ed before tribunal of iuftice; To inpugn the
character of general Wiik'afon, as mu ilnlci-
tude has bcen rmanftlted, as to vindica,e the
conduct of the traitor himfclt AMI it has 'tieen
| with a0ouiihment we have bcheld volumes of
teftinony let in. totally irrelevant To The canie
and calculated foley to blacken the character
OF public officer, who (taken by fnrpriZe)
1 found himfcif without Other defence, than that
which accident provided for him. i -f-
We have frcn witnolges of almoft every coun-
! try and denomination, the avowed enemies Of
| general Wi kinion, hunted up from the rcmoieft
extremes Of the union, to violate the Zeal of con-
hdence and rip up the private tranfaclions OF
| his life
We have been apprized that the notorious
sccomplice of Burr the bearer of blank
| fnbpGuas, 70 that arch fwindler, public defaul-
| ter and fugitive from jufice Edward Living
| ton, who infpired with the holy zyal of full
| blooded confpirater, ran over Loutiana to fi-
bricate eX-pas,e depo.itions, haped for the &C.
Gallon, and to collect teftimonies aganl the ge-
pera; andby ar,iiues the mott fsul, to aid
the caufe of his fufering friend.
\ Wherefore rs the general thus periecuted and
abuied Wherefore are Plantations of twenty
| years anding- traniactions purely commercial,
now dieorted, mfreprefented, and brought for
! ward TO defamr him /? Isit brcaufe he has been
guilty of any act ofintidelity to the government?
Is 1t becauie he has failed TO do juftice to the
high and honorable tratt fucceihveiy repafcd in
him by Warrington, Adams and Jetfrrfnn is
1t hrcauie he has neglected duty 10 he per-
! formed, or has failed in one foli'ary initance to
promote the national veal with tia, zesi and
ardour which charaeterize the man! Mol his
cnemies may continuc 10 howl, bat 1t will re
impoilible for them ever to fubftautiate againa
him, political detection or derrGion, OF per-
7 fonal honor. .a
! In what then has he offended, thus to draw
down upon him the rapcoross malice and ruth.
Iefs vengeance of motley tribe of adseriaries
1t is-a crime with the inyidious that be rfhou;d
I L
i've administrations, aad Rendered satisfaction
'wherel ne was reiponhole, and he fwcets of Of
hcc could cot be permitted him, without that
alloy Of detrsction which we find infe perab.c
from public cation in free governments. But,
I he has famed beyond orgivenets-bccaufr he
rsfuied TO violate bis oath-abandon his aileri-
ence-turn his arms againit the country he had
fworn to defend, aud diihonour his fword by
becoming a military traitor. Htrein we per-
he ha,r t,,F
iDgs." He has bafTled the iinher ASPIRATIONS Of
ambtioI-haS dearoyed the golden proipeGts of
the for5id-and blaited the fuli-blowu, hQpes of
thoie deIuded citizens, whom modification aud
disappointment may have inclined to barter the
union and independence of thsfe happy Rates,
forthe humiliation of THEN political opponents.
Reverfe the fcene; and what would have been
the merits OF this officer, if he had fwalowed
the gided bait. and attached the fta of infamy
TO his Dame? What the effects would have been
are maanet, but furey thofe who now con.
denim BIN for expoiing traitor, would have
then applanded his conduct, and in place nf
croiS would have aligned him a crown PER-
jury i'll that cafe woald have been meritoruns /;
the enormity of the offence would have been
loft in the blaze Of military glory, and afucceisL
I full career might have fan6ified the deed ! 5.Id
After various feints Of attack and changes of
petition from the Port folio" down 10 the
po't marked letter 18th M2y"--the main
: afault il carried under the tdttered banners Of
! the Spann conlpiracy, and here too the ANIL
ants will he baffled, and thofe political Rocks
, who have bovered around the walls Of the Ca
pitol, with tie fond hope Of rioting on The
! fpoiis Of The geuerapo reputation, mult retire
with empty cTaws .f.
However uapeafAnt the occahou the arts,
| frauds, aud falichoods Of hS eOemies, feem to
render 1t neceHasy that the private dea!ings and
trauAtiior8 Of gen. Wiiknion, of twenty wears
! Handing, iliouid br obtruded on the public at
| teDtion, and that the motives, by witch his
/ ptriopaI ipeculatons were produced and regu.
| lated az that remote day, ibould he exoofcd.
! Ii will be remembered, and the citizens of
| Virginia particularly, that the Iituation of The
/ Gettlements pf Kentucky pending the years
! 1856 werc not only humiiiating but peril
! ous.---It is net forgotten that the torrent OF
migration to the Wef, was corfdered per-
ntious drain from the population of The Eaa,
/ that the pFogreiiiye improvements OF orr Wet
| tern Wids were viewed with jealous eyes By
| mady, aid men of ditinetior had been heard to
implvre heaven, that the Pacific Ocean ihould
| waif the Wefietn foot of The Appalachian lnoun.
| taios.--On the eve OF fcpardtion from the
! parent Rate, thoie fympathles aud obligations
| which had heretofore cherilfed aud protected
the ditriet of Kentucky, were about 20 be diff
] folvcd. inhabitants of that, then, iequel-
tered region, without protection from the gen
eral goyernment, faw their frontier fettlemenis
every where expoted 10 the tomahawk aud
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