Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-27

adgfccs Ware received from gen w lklnson
s,a,irc tha, he would ehastise the pons.
Now the frss question We would ask. Isl
what has shis brdo with vipdlcaiing Bolt
man s characfcrs which he plofc Sea ~ be
The object Of his essay =
What has gen. Wllkinspn's conduct or,
his threats on the Sabine TO do with Boil /
MANS pardon, or bis disclosures 20 The
executive ....e-+.,yse..
But more Important question prccedes
these .easquiries--how and !: for what end
came BolIman ito New ORLEANS How
camss letters tosbe addressed to.hin la cy /.
pier, under the name Henry tfud5ourns2
Why. possessed Of all The knoW1s dge Con-
corning the per6dious intentions Of foreiga
powers aeains,thc u. S. did he goto N &
Osleans. endcavor 10 seduce the command
Ell 10 chief Of the atmy and leave his yesy
tender solicitudes for the US. and Ill,
ideas of the gtea, uecessiy Of war With
Spain Sunrevraled. until he came prisoner,
"a. Washington city s Why didthe keep the
srlaus concealed uatil they were frustrated?
And for what purpose was Il, after they
were frustrated, that he re quessed al In.
tervieW with the executive s ) 81 &.
Its ridiculous 10 say tina. he had no per-.
sonal motipes he may deceive himssitin.
TO the supposisisn that Others, will be- de
ceivrd BY him, bnt the 6iter is TIE only
one bitten !! His concern in the plaos-------.
his being principal emissary. his being
taken io situation that subjected him TO.
be hanged as aspyr-lhe very mercy Of
Wilkinson, whieh.chaneed his fate from, a
gibbet TO transportation by sea 10 Wash.
sipgtop Ibis situation at Washirgson-the
mode in which he madeshe application to
The presidents The very dis, losurs Of the
secret plans OF Bur, and OF the fpreign
RESOURCES from which Burr drew his funds,
aud his hopes Of establishing that empire,
with which in or near the 5Oth year of
his age /. The mare youthful imagination of
Dr.. Bollman became enamored Ia the pros
apect of emaneipating an enslaved kingdom"
Or. Eollman s.ands precisely ahrn 10 a
situation similar TO that OF one of mum
Der Of bighwaymen, seized on the road
in the ate npt to rob the rcbbery 10 be
sure was not perpesra,ed, but The Dr..
farms stag, and backs out with foil (ori
half ful') disclosure, and for his useful
discoveries as states evidence. the execn.
,ise deems him entitled 10 a PARDON s
In this situa,ion il is that this STATES
evidence comes forward as The vindicator
Of the man ne at first beirsyrd, and the
rvviler Of magistrate TO whom he owes
his being al large and exemption from pu-
nishmen,, and thus he insults the very
peopi. against whose peace & uaion be had
been conspi.ator.
These we believe to he the real merits
aud the true character of Bollmsn's cca.-
duct all round his principal, he b lies
and betrays every body: old friends ard
strangers, benefactors snd partlzars: all
are alike the victims Of his dupi,cIty and
willy article.
Under such circumstances, and against
such 40 antagonist, SO fallen in the es,inla
ton Of every mn Of worth. and real no
nor, il may perhaps be superflu US 70 ssy
another word. But public Information de-
manas few further remarks, 10 relation
20 gen. Wilkinson and the presiden, Of
the u. States.
The whole course of Burr's conduct has
been, since his SEIZURE, to heap rey,lsment
aud dis;rus. an general WllkInson. Bill
man, in his enrieu. note upon general VIII.
kinson's returning TO NV Orleans- :. 10
pla, the devil" (and he apps srs TO have
played the devil with B0rf, BoIlmao, and
Cn.1 confess the whole OF Barr $ treason;
and he admitsit TOO 10 q ean,ious way,
for while il convicts Burr, j. est.bhshe.
the sagaciy and sound gsnsralshlp Of VII.
kinson,: for says b@ltman, General
/ Wilkinson made use Of the ioforma.
| f;on which Swartwous gave hin, of Burr,s