Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-23
lRoM 1HE RICHMOND ENQUIRER
TRIAL
COLONEL a. BURR
MORON ToR CoMMITMEs-.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
FRoM aaE RICHMOND E.NQUIRER.
MoNDAY, October s.

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AS the general approached 81. LOUIS, as,
|cending the Mississippi from tor. Massac'
he dispatched q ligh, barge ahsad with 10.
suuctions for me 10 meet him SIX or eignt
miles below. Iobeyed. We met, landed
and ascended the banks. The general took
me into the woods. As we walked on, The
general observed, that he had been INFORM.
ed the territory was divided by parties I
meanUpper louisiana which ne attributes
60 the Americans. and said be would crush
party, or perish 10 the attempt. 4 obssrv-
ed, that there had been some parry brs,.
ness about the time Of the COW ention and
these memorials TO congress, but nope
since; except the aversion the French bad
10 the expense, delay and uncertainty OF
our laws, and the introduction OF lawyers
He then asked me how / stood with the
French inhabitants, for be had heard there
was soms misunderstanding or GOODNESS
between Us occasioned by my observations
about ansedased concessions andfraudulent
gfants--I observed. that some uneasi.
ness had been excited by a report | had
made to the secretary of war, respecting
private surveys which took ia public pro-
per,y, butI believed they were then salts
fed I had merely.done my duty. He OBJ.
served that he had Mitnessed their raany
attempts in The lower conrtry 10 defraod
the public (she Orleaos or Mississippi
territories tina, be knew them and mankind
generally, and if would place my depend
rnce upon him heawould manage .hem Tor
me.
III Hay. He would manage them for
you! Yes. 1t alluded TO the French.
About this time some Frecehmen from
St Louis had found Us CUT, and were rush
ing through The bushes On Us. He damned
them for their intrusion; mr. Kay. To
their faces? Nc. To me- said he had
something Of importance 10 communicate
hoped to hare had an opportunity there |;
but that he would take the frat opportunI.
| ty after he had got settled.
A day ortwo after his arrival at st Lsuis
his orderly came 10 me. l attended. [
was taken, 10 70 the parlour aud he locked
the door.
! 4Nr. 11cRae. What time? Abous
the last Ct June, or Is. I'D day Of Ju.
ily.
| Mr. McPae. Can YOU name the days A
| cannot.
General Hilkins0n. Can you come
! within FIVE days? M. | cannot,
We commenced walking. The general
appeared to be Illuminating, and,after two
or three times he asked me what sort Of a
government would suit Louisiana, With
out hesitation ! replied, representative
republic would meet both The wishes and
Expectations of the people. He answered
fhat he was surprized 10 hear me say 40 /;
for the french could mt understand its
principles or be brong ht to attend electi-
ons; tina. the .Amcrican Inhabitants we're
a turbulent SET. the mere fuei,iyes from
justice, and did aos deserve a~free govern.
ment; that amllitary government was The
bessfcr ihese people and no other was con.
templased for them.
Here Nv Hay, observing that MAJOR
BluG retired to a table on which several
papers were laid, asked him when he had
made the statement oiihe testimony which
he was then giving. On being answered
that il was recently done and since his ar
rival here; Mr. Hay requested that be
would nosagain look att. Major BrnR
said that his statement was drawn from .
uumber otiettrrs waich he hal writes TO
his friends about the time, OF transactions
alluded to; and from an intended pubiica.
ton against the general
That The politics Of the u S had under.
gone a gres. change that the houess and
wise had united to save the federal consti
tuition, and prevent disision Of property
viii CHI the democrats aimed al, that The
democratic party in congress had split and
dwindled and sha. John Randolph, Nj.
cholson and Leib, had lost their ineuenc