Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-06

French inhabitants, Tor he had heard the re
was some misunderstanding or GOODNESS be-
tween us occasioned by my observations a.
bout antedatcd concessions and fraudulent
lgrants-l observed, that some uueasiness
had been excited by g. report I had made
to the secretary at war, respecting private
surveys which took in public properly, bu.
1 believe they were then satisfied / had
merely done my duty. He observed that
he had witnessed their many attempts in
the lower country to defraud the public !;
lthe Orleans or Mississippi territories that
he knew them and mankind generally, and
IT would place my dependence upon him
he would manage them tor me { MIR Hay.
He would manage them for YOU A Yes
1t alludedt to the French ] About this time
some Frenchmen from St. Louis had found
us out, and were rushing through the bush
es on US. He damned them for their intru-
sion; Mr. Hay. To their faces A. No
To me, said he had something of impor-
lance to communicate, hoped to have had
an opportunity there; but that he would
take the first opportunity after he had got
lsettled.
A day or two after his arrival at St. Lou
lis, his orderly came to me. ! attended l
was taken into his parlour and he locked
the door. Mr. A1Rae. What time. A.
About the last of June, or LIST or Cd dav of
Jolly. Mr. 6f'Rae. Can you name the day
A. cannot General THTLkinSon Can you
come within five days A. No, l cannot.
1--WE commenced walking The General
appeared to be Illuminating, and after two
or three times he asked me what sort of
government would suit Louisiana. With
out hesitation, l replied, representative
republic would meet both the wishes and
IeXpectations of the people. He answered
that he was surprised 10 hear me say SO
for the French could not understand its
Iprinciple or be brought 20 attend elections
lthat the American inhabitants were a tur-
lbnlent set, tile mere emptyings of jails or
itugiiivcs from justice, and did not deserve
"A free government that military govern
nent was best for the people, and no other
was contemplated for them Here Mr. Hay
observing that Major Bruf retired to ia
BILE on which several papers were laid, as
ked him when he had made the statement
of his testimony, which he was then giving.
On being answered that it was recently
done and since his arrival here Mr. Hay
requested that he would not again look at
: IL. Major BruH said that his statement
was drawn from number of letters which
hehad written to his friends about the time
of the transactions alluded to ; and from an
intended publication against the General1
, that the politics oft the United States had un-
dergone great change; that the honest
and wise had united to save the federal con-
stitution, and prevent division of proper
ty which the democrats aimed at that the
democratic party in Congress had split *
dwindled and that John Randolph, Nj
: cholson and Leib, had lost their influence
both in Congress and with the executive.
, i observed that he attributed principles and
y lrnOfiUeS 70 the. repubIiCaDc irh tI,a,,
horred. MIR Hay. To which party did
you belong A TO the democratic. MIR Mar.
j lin. Were YOU not then democrat, and
= did not General Wilkinson know YOU TO be-
: long TO that party! A. Yes. On this SUBJ
{ ject we had good deal of conversation. !
remarked on the folly to suppose John Ran
d dolph would consent TO throw his property
into the public stock, in order to have a
scramble for part oft. However, the ge.
= neral observed, that the object Of the de.
mocrats was to produce state OF anarchy
and confusion to seize OH the property OF
the federalistS and divide it among them.
selves; and this too he told me with We.
y ry serious face. ] viii make one observa
u ton here: it is that these conversation
- which had with the General, were at diff
: ferent times, and it is possible that ma,
Il not have classed them precisely in point o
+ lllllG DuL Il dlll GNGNdll lIldl tlGY GlU nap
= pen and nearly AS have stated and if I'll,
81 General will be candid, he viii acknow
c ledge it. General WiLkinSon. Indeed
$ will not.1 He said that Pennsylvania wa
) convused by the democrats yet they woulc
&c not succeed in turning out TX can or intro
rs ducing their arbitration system. ] thinl
c, that this ended the conversation. We go
&c warm and the General threw open tn
~ door, and / walked out.
&c After dinner his orderly came for me a
L Igain Iattended was taken into the room
v and the door fastened lie assumed mil
u der manner. And assured me that the DO
j. litics not only Of the United States but q
~ the Executive had changed; that the diff
% ference between the present and formc
al administration was merely in name tina
l' parties were kept alive by the cunning, i
|" order to help them TO Office or 10 kee D thCr
s. lin; that the people mstook the characte
I'd Of MIR. Jefferson that a want Of eherg
le was no part of it, but rather obstiOacv.-
u Here he observed that the French had nc
T. been enough attended to IN the tcrritoria
5 appointments that they we're the native
G. and the Americans were ungratcful intru
u ders and now rallied against the King an
iI governments which had raised them fror
"a Ashes. Mr.. Writ. TO whom did he al
'k Ilude \. } considered that he pointed hi
'e remarks 10 Mr.. Austin particularly.
y was the Spanish King and government