The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-20
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bic evidence.
Is il not a faG tina. he has extcaivcly pro-
pagated fa,fehoods ? las he not duped every
friend that he could mt fsaace! Did he not
inpoie on feverai militia officers, of the hiyhv1
ftaudiug in the Wsiteru county,, the belief that
ne was the agent of the government, that he
was empowered to prepare and head a military
force againt the Spaniardsi Did he not init.
mate that he himfeif WAS coumiiioned, OF foon
would be, and did he not offer comminions to
them Did he not command the talents of
MIR. Henry Clay, a Senator of the U. States in
his defence, by a declaration tccming with un.
truthsf Did he not endeavor to get commit
lions into his hands for the bafe purpofe of fe-
ducing the officers of the u. S. from their du-
~, and leading them into m~eafures in direct
hoRility TO the views of the government, under
the expectation that thefe forgeries would have
produced the impreGion that his fchemes were
authorized by the Pre(ident
DID he nor, in fine, attempt to corrupt the
commander ia chief of our armies, during a Pc.
Rod OF imminent danger, independently of tina,
which nowed from his own Vaccinations I
Can there be a blackcr offence than this |? Law
yers may fay it is not trrdEan, but the trong
tcnie OF an uniophiiticated mind will pronounce
il SreaIonG6e.
The evidence of all the facts we have fated,
CANSpiiHp OuSy 10 dlISddy uCfOCc tue puDliC .
We mean the letter of Burr to Fir. Clay, the
Righteousness of which muf ftartle the leaf
confcicntious mind. This letter we fubioin.
We invite the attention of the Hatiun to il, and
We demand what confidence ought afterwards
to be placed IN the man, who could write fuch
d letter, with the vicw Of engaging in his de-
fence the powerful talents of one whoie whole
lie atteited his devotion to liberty, to repnbii-
Can principle, TO union, and who had recently
kaan D.It, - 49,. -. - -.
guardians. Let it be rccoilcc,rd that il was on
the trength of the anursrces contained in this
letter, that Mr.. Gays fervices actually were
commanded, that without them they would
not have been rendered, and that it was proba.
BILE in a great meaiure owing TO this circum-
ftanCe, that Burr WAS acquitted by the Grand
Jury of Kentucky.
Fraat6rt, IL Dee. 1906.
Sik.
have no ds6gn, nor have l taken any mea-
fure, to promote a diilolution of the union or =
ieparation of any one or more ftatcs from the
reidue. have aeither %pubIihed line on Til:
f~ubjett, nor has any one through my agency or
with my knowledge. ! have no defgn TO in
termeddlc with the government, or 10 dilturb
the tranquility ofthe u. S. or of its territories
or any part Of tn, IN. l have neither iiined nor
Ggned nor promifed a conminion to any perfon
for any purpofr. ! do noi own a nnufket nor a
bayonet nor any fag!e article of military Cores
nor does any perfon for me by my authority or
with my knowledge.
My views have heeD fully explained 70, and
approved by. frveral Of the principal officers
of government, and, / believe, are well under
food by the decentralization and feen by It with
conplaceucy they are fuch as every man of
honor and every gooi citizen mutt approve.
Con6dering the high fation you now fill in
our national councils. have thought thefe ex-
plantations proper as well to counterad the
chinetical tales which maIevolent perfons have
70 indp!trioui!y circulated, as to fatisfy you that
you have not eipoufrd the canie Of man in any
way unfriendiy to the laws, the government, or
the ~interets of his country.
Refpe9fully,
Your obsd:ent ~fervant,
A.. BURR.