Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-27

aAu $40 !. W .hs essays In adiuu:
counts Tor advances 81 mons s'luss a,.
OF the Y. $. and talked Of os; s % 'ss,
me modes Of honorable ind.m saas M
net conceal here tina. col. Bur, ~ !.
grounds Of reason for .uppo. ir saa "
affected towards the gossrnms.a ..
indeed suffered much from dsls .a;
Justing my accounts for cash aa ' NJ
the government, whilst was coo' 'ls'a
mis-, and for the expenee OF m,D,,; a''
war with Tripoli. | had bu, , sh
before been compelled ingloriou,ly v'ns
the Aag Of my country 90 the ,s y '0at
sdeteased enemy, where i, had . aP''a;
IS days. | had been compelled avn y
don my comrades in war on in !" s ssA
where they had fought our ba;t,Is. ~ a lt
seen cash offered TO the half y,,. 'as
ed chief Of Tripoli, as he had h;m s.YsAS
kaowiedged, as the price of paci6r, .a
sir. Wickham- BY whom? A. b. a aa>
gaciasor-w when as yet DO esetI;s Ssfas
been made BY our naval souad,sa a a'
e'ce tba. enemy. | had seen The s.' '''
OF the author ofthese blsmisb.s , ~
then proud national character, # ~ 'p
demned no. sensured, Wills, my own; sas
equa,e etorssto sop2ortlha. chara,,.,%' ''
as.emptedto be thrown into shade =. f''
ings naturally arisiueoot Of ei,cum nss'
like these did give stroog e.p,...a
Here: beg leave to observe in ;s'';1
myself, THAI however strong those s1 ..''
''o0s, however harsh the language 1r ~
ployed, they would not justify he i If co..
THAI Iwas prepared 10 dip my ssbr. i s
blood OF my coua,ryGsen; m,ucb I..s VIC !,
their children, which believe woold 's !. Vt
bcen.the case, had this conspiracy b.r. ' y.
risd inio effect. lMr. Martin obiee 1 s'''
this language. listened TO Col. r. n ma,'
OF indemnify; and as ! had by hi, Iis'
begun 70 suspecr, that the military ,,o,a
s'on he had on fso. was up.awfnl T :.
United him. 20 hrliese myself re,v,,t', H.,
his influence, shasI might understand i.
ex'ent and motive of his arraueem,D
Col. B. now laid open his rroisc, of,. ,s
losionialng the territory wessuf tbeAll,, m
establishing 40 independent empire H. I
New Orleans to be the capital and /.
himself the chief !; organizing uIil,,
force on the waters of,he Mississ:Doi md
carrying conquest TO Mexico. After npb
conversation, which l do NO, psnicprIr
reeollset, respecting the feasibility d II.
project. As was natural, Is,s'ed inp:ti
men.sao his operations such as the to
publican habits Of The citizeus Of tia, eou,
Try, their at,aehmentsto the pts.er, adm
,nisua.iou of the government. the want
.fnnds, tho opposition he would experience
from the regular army Of the u. States
stationed On he frontier, and the resis'ano
30 be expected from Miranda, 10 cas.t
should succeed in rcpublicanizius til
Mexicaas. Col. Burr seemed to have 0
difficulty To- removing these ebslsclcs-
He stated to rae that he had in person,
think the preceding SEASON. nsdts '0s
through that country; that he h,l sses
ed to his interes, and attached TO bis pei
soathe mos, Distinguished Citizens ofTst
nessee, sKen,ucky and territory Of o
leans; aha..he had jnexhaus,able resource
and funds that the army Of the Ua''t
Snsess'would &C. with him; TIA. it vSSI
be reinforced by ten or twelve ,aou'i'
men from the abayeme n,ioned s'ates 40
territory ;,sha, he*had powerful sgso''
the Spanish ter.!:ory, and as for M''aa0
said Mr.sBurr face,iously, we must a'1
Mirsnda. 40 the course Of repeated 90
versa,ion: on this subject, he proposed
give me distinguished command 10 :
army, Il understood the second comn''a
j asked him who would command 10 sn''
He. ssid; General Wilkinson. oose''s
.hassis was very singular he Should COW
upon general Wilkinson. The dsuoso,,
ed. commant'and high trust he he'd WV wv
government, as the comm .''der 10 enls'
our army. and as governor eis pf0 y :
he would no, be apt to pu. a: has"o ). "