The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-16
TRIAL OF AARON LURR.
MoTIoN FOR COMMITMENT.
THURSDAY. October /.
G.w. E7ikiyIon's T,rRimony continued.

won't was with you aiout The fire cf OGobrr
. Cen Niki,JdR. think about the 81 or 10th,
Il believe have fiid the middle bscasf..I
marched ON the esd, and Swartwout had left
me fore Days before. Mr.. ETekban. Your
| loter to the government is OF the 2lR of Ocio-
her {; viii you align a reafon for 70 long delay
: q. took time cautiorny TO draw from Mr.
Swar:wou what information J could obtain,
lei ] H.ou'd excite iufp;rion. Another c.r-
cumflance was tha; ! WAS bufly engaged ia
making arrangements Of the artillery, traniports
and other military equipments in order to TAX.
the field. Mr. E;ckham. You fay in your let
ter 10 The PRECEDENT, that "you are not only
" uniformed Of the prime mover and ultimate
% u'i css OF the daring enterPrifc, hut you are
; ignorant of the foundation on which it relts,
" OF Tie means by which it is 20 be Imported,
" AMI whether any immediate or collateral pro.
tcetion, internal or external is expcaed' I
g leave aaaili why you Gated this to the Pre-
iident after getting The information you did
from Swartwos A. The anfwer is very
! p in; but the queaion is complex. If yon
viii d;fmember it, can aafwerif. MIR. Wiek-
lem read an extract from the letter (beHg part
of that iuft qucted) and f1id, think this is diff.
fcrent from the Information you gave the court.
Gen III ki7jop. ] doubted the inform aiiD re-
ceIvsd froni Swartwout. could not fuppoie
that col. Barr or 9ny @ her individual would
have the audacty folly 10 undertake fiich an
NIX l4.t Wl'Nu. lOiilS lOFtIbu
power. I could not, therefore, vsw him as the
prime mover, but as the inArument / doubt
ed Swartwou,s declarations ana although
they had IN edtd upon my nIiad, could not
place fold confidence in them. lie fad that
ne people Of the territory were ready 10 join.
IL was f:ranger IN Tie country and therefore
C-uid know nothing of their difpoftions but
from information. WAS acquainted with
them. and lad heard of no fuch difpoli,ion.
Mr.
swa'twout was authorized &c MIKE tiefr COM
mu''r5'ioas A, beg your pardon. believe
that he WAS author.frsi, and inftritted TO deli
riTuns Of flifehood. MIR. HTrkkam.
Then yon fay that yon itif douhted? a II is
70 oXcreiicd in the letter. RIr. Wic6bHm. Thefc
expreiiions, / uud,rfaad, conveyed the true
Gate OF your mind at that timer Gen. EYTikia-
GH. | - 81 ven 10 uudeFitand me. When L
cortemp plated the audaciy, the iniquty and the
folly Of the enterprise, did believe that col.
Burr was STIMULATED Ivy fome foreign power.
With rrfpett 20 notwithstanding the territory,
Icculd rot place any fold confidence in it, un-
i;ii received the Communication of James l..
Doualhfon, EiQ. when combining all the ci.-
cunfances | wrote my letter of the l2,h Of
November. Mr.. HIe&bam. Then ! under
ftand you 10 Gay that this was the true fate of
your mind al that lime {? Gen. lJIIkisjon Yes.
| Propound:Hg this qnc0jon brings to my recol-
let en- iuni q not thought OF before, | err
quir,d OF Ejr. Swartw0ut from whence COZ. Is.
derived his funds. lie fiid from the aid oe
f'icn's, and the iac of property; in which falc
he had been employed. knew that col Barr
tad no property. This declaration Of Swart-
won't gave me icfs confidence in his communi-
caticns. Mr.. Wil+ham. ! o5ierve in your let
ter Of the CIR of October, this exp'efiion, "my
dchrc To avert great national calamity" AT
that iaic Yon had doubts whether the enter
pr;zs might not he ialuary? G.n. H7Lkig/oH.
Would it be improper to afiign my rsafJns why
fppPof5d it mPh be ialutary? As l paGtd
ihrough Natchez, | underlood that Mr. Meade,
who exercifed toe functions Of governor, bad
fpcl5en Of an attack on the Spanifn pot Of Ba-
ton Rouge, and was Informed by MIR. Dun
op and MIR. Smith, that he had faid the CO.
vcvuT'sui would corniYe st the meafure.
Mr. Wick6am. This poafcr;. on the letter:
" Shog'd Spain be diipofsd to war friouny
with ia, might rot fome plan be adopted to-
correct the defamation OF tie aIOciafes, and by
! iGiabe appeal TO their patrioiifm, eugsgc
them IN the letvice Of their couatry? merely
offer the fuggshon as poiIiaIe expcdient to
prevent the horrors of civil contcR. AID
I do believe that with competent authority
/ could accomplish The ohirt" Am 10
nndSrRand that this pDalcrirt contains The
true Rate of your mind At that time "A.
There is fone uncertainty whethcr that pon-
tcrip is part OF the original litter. II is not
ed on the corner IN my own hand writing, and
not in tha; Of mr. BurIing, who was then one
Of my aids.de-cam2, and by whom the copy
was made. Mr. Baher. II never was under-
food that a copy would be received by col,
BUR. Now we Zee the nect fifty Of having the
original. Gen. H5ikiAja7. I have no fort Of
heH.aliom 10 fate what my feelings were. If
the Spaniards had been frriocGy difpofed TO
war, did believe that by fuiiable appeal to
the feelings and p1rio,i!m Of the deludsd ciii-
zrns who might hays defended with col Burr,
they ould hsye been induced to Join our aan.
dard, snl oppofe foreign enemy froner than
enter inlO conf e. with their own country
men. MY idea Vas this, that the PRECEDENT
ihould have forwarded to me blank commit,
lions to be offered to ioAuentid! eader8.-Mr.
W5ehbGa. This poafcript fays nothing as to
leaders but to the body in general. Gen. H2-
kixJoH. cannot give any definite idea of my
ieufaiions at TIE moment. I think could not
have meant leader, but the leaders. Mr. H7ck-
han. If you were ignorant OF the intentions
| Of the leaders, why not as well apply the ex-
| pr Sion 90 the leader A. Becauie I did not
tbins j could offer any thing to him which he
| would accept. Mr.. W'nkbam. As to the pot-
fcript, you are snoertsin whether it wSgwur.
ten al tbe iims Of The original lstlg} E~".