The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-12

You appear to have premeditatedy formed
determination in the OF Burrs conspiracy,
which all the ingenuity of your faculties, and al
the experience fyour life in legal and Legislative
proceedings, We're necessary to sustain to favour
him in. any plausible practicable shape. But the
difficulties in which vol involved yourself in the
support OF your resolution, drove you into series
!of perpexities, from which you have not been a
BILE to extricatc yourself. Like systematic liars
who progress from the commission of one disho-
nest imposition, to the invention of thousand to
give the original support; from aInuinentary sue
cess, become professional deceivcrs.
Discerning men in the magnitude, the volume
The extrayagant length oftie opinions you have Civ
cnn Burrs case, only astratagcm to defeat that
general spirit of investigation, which brings pub
tic rreu, their actions, and opinions, before the
eye of the reo,rie. By their magnitude, you are
supposed to have calculated to exceed the bounds
OF ordinary patience, or tr- powers of dscsini-
nation IN the great body of the s,,tion And BY the
naInc means, you saw that the multitude of opni-
ons, however,, much at variance wth each other
and with Justice, would still afford the partisans
of Burr and your friends. who are now considered
as the same party, sufficient quantity OF points
OF argumentto oppose to Others, which might be
adduced from the same opinions, to countenance
every species OF public CRIME. -.'t IS
Ny object was not at once to go into IN analy-
sis of your opinions III detail There IS in every hui
man countenance, some feature which strikes the
vision at the first sight-and your opinions arc of
that character Ihre seizeduro few prominent
features only and consider the task which had
voluntarily undertaken, already finished. It will
not be supposed that have stopped at this prcl
urinary stage ofpGoceedrg, because have reach
ed the last point of your pdrtidiity and etiit but
because they need no further broots. They do net
give you credit, for that consistency of attachment
which you have manifested, who suppose that
you would desert your trctege before he had ex-
Aim ~
sstance.
TO comment upon every evidence of partially
and illegal bias which your conduct has afforded
would render necessary the introduction of every
opinion, and almost every obitW dictuns which SoiI
have pronounced from the commencement of the
examination to the time ct Burl's recogniZanc,. to
appear in Ohio.
The footsteps of your fidelity, may be traced
from the commencement to the Termination of that
gloomy path which treason has tioddcn through
the dark forest Of L1qc brecedeas, and the wndnps
ofthe barren desert # udiciaki learning BUTT is not
necessary for my purpose that you should be fol-
bowed through tho frigiltful wilderness or the
iIuitless plain.
To men of liberal ant; unbiased minds, nothing.
more than the statement of 4 few facts was nc
cessaIy, to support the charges which have al
iedged against you They would listen with i'm
patience to larger enumeration of shameful par
tialities, criminal abuses of discretion, and dis
them, the detail of mary facts, proving the same
thing, would be as supcrtuous the introduction
OF am hundred witnesses to swear in court to the
existence ola fact already established By the oa,hs
OF twenty men OF unquestioned veracity.
But g there is party" in this country who will
adhere to you in spite of the clearest ,lemonstl.
ton OF the perncious tendency of your principles
and whose attachment viii be INCREASED by every
deviation which you make from the path Of i'll
dicialduty."
Anattempts by the force Of arguments or facts
to dctach them from you VIII be IN vain. Should 1
even follow you through the labyrinth of peryer.
sion Ond partially, the portsl only OF which have
entered, they would still declare Tn It you had been
guided through its mazes by the merrring line of
right and truth and not by the sken cord of So
phistry and guilt.
With this party direlic;ion Of the guilty, does
not follow conviction Of their guilt. The Ger
tany of your sins therefore only serves to strength
en- u.eir attachment
The circumstances Of your dining with man,
tic probability of whose guilt you had pronounced
your patient attention. to ndecorous SANDER and
scurrilous abuse of the executive branch Of the
federal SoyeeTmcrt-yCur soul discovering Lqb-
sts EESue, about the zpishes Of the government to
convict Bufr--your Insulting the counsel OF the
United States, by including them in a general re-
mark, occasoned rot by the urprinciDlcd and
uhtoundcd" assertions Of Lntiey Marin, who
was constantly excited by haitual intoxication 10
the language Of Biliinsacn,, and whom you ought
10 have sent TO the stocks-but by the expression
OF Mr.. MtR0cS hoEcst Indignation.
Four perfect disregard to the dignity of the
court IN eegiectpg 10 rensurc Martin individual
~ Tor his bfzoAsRny! cfiusions of spleen and bran
dy, and yet plsutirg tl,c gentlemen Of counsel on
both sidee by general observstion-lt thes,
thmgs, besides superior services in Opinions orL e
Pf6HfHens Of cpi8ions, serve only to endear yo, to
your party, Che worst enemies of the IT, States
For these reasons l shall not comment on them
lido not wish 20 prclcng their feast. by a lar
ther analysis Of your conduct, so gratefulto them
TO disgust the honest, by adding more instances
IN evidence of yon guilt, and the degraded dig
NIFTY ct the stationSH now occupy.
Gould howevoglLc instrumental in removing
you from the clcScio1 which you have dishonored
BY the rejection Of .yOur crimes -----l'' -.iii
rende' ed mos rcmaf: able for screening criminal
And degrading Judge
SGT, isir. have yd.4 little faith in the efficacy
Of Impeachment, andt rot wish to see You ,,ryc.
y chdsed--l wish TO stt the evil You have done.
p9jjccd as IT should be the constituted aut,lori
tess alad proper gugT,tj set I'D.
Yon caTmot, howe7rr, explain away these char
ges, as yon have dct;e 10 defend the country n
gainst the outraccs IL traitors aud treachcfous
meaning OF a decision Of the SUI
preme court ottbc u. Slzs,es, (untl now thou,,lt
binding on the districtcm.zts Of the w. Sfatca( ON
a late occasion, tQsaryea particular purpose, de-
pending, noAsH5t, on the weight Of Your il,tl;ci.
.i character. for th,. .<ffttiesce.,~ ~ st, III: