Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-21

probable events, IN order TO De equippeu
for further expedition but were TO stop
Al the Washita, 10 effect 4 settlement,
should those events not take place. This
fact and the false superstition that New
Orleans, for the purpose mentioned, was
70 be occupied by force, and was 70 be
held by force. until the party were ready
for their cntcrprise-these are the grounds
which, 10 their opinion, have warranted
the indictment. A close investigation Of
the law and of the facts before petty ju.
~, with the advantage OF testimony from
both sides, will, ere long. correct that
opinion, will remove every doubt with re.
gard TO col. Burr's patriotism and justify
his views.
have nothing to add exceprtha', not
wi,h.tanding the i'll treatment I have on
this occasion received from the president
of The II. S. should have foreborne max.
ing these observations. il l had not been
forced TO it BY considerations Of self de.
fence. am Inclined to believe that Mr..
Jefferson has not been actuased by any i'll.
will towards mel His pardon was not in.
tended TO affect my character; he did not
mean totorfei. his word of honor by trans.
mit.iug my letter TO Mr.. Hay, bu. the in.
Jury have sustained remains the same.
The history of the pardon will have flown
over Europe, and the impression of treach.
cry TO a friend-this more detestable,
more odieus crime than any infrac.ion OF
the laws of the ,country, because essentially
fraught with turpitude, will be blended
with my name IN the minds OF many who
may never see this letter. And if all this
injury could be inflicted by Mr.. Jefferson
without i'll. will, merely from want Of con.
s;dera,ion uuder the disturbing influence Of
passion aud resentment against col. Burr,
notwithstanding his mature age ADD The
dignity Of his s;aIion-it wil.amount ia
strong proof atleast, that |, 10 ray humble
sphere, and a more youthful Imagination,
may have become enamored with,the beau.
tiful prospect Of the emaocipation Of al
enelayed kingdom; project, which Mr..
Jefferson himself approved OF, and con.
'u;ved at when planned, no, BY col. Burr,
bat bv Miranda, and that may have EN-
Gagged in it without meaning any harm 10
The u. S. or to their president.
But not only have been injured by Mr..
Jefferson himself, his agents and conhdents,
from the secretary of state to his private Sc
cretary, and from him, still downwards to the
attorney who represents him in the prosecu
ton in Richmond, have on more than one &C.
casion manifested hostility, and have been
guilty towards me of glaring infraetions Of
every rule of propriety and decorum. The
secretary of state has detained letters directed
to me, and has only given them up after had
accidentally discovered the fact, & when urg-
ed for their delivery. The private see'ry has
several times betrayed an unbeeoming tenn
per, and the attorney in particular, sheltering
himself behind his privileges as counsel, and
taking advantage of the peculiar delicacy Of
NV situation at this moment, has treated me
in open court with the most unproyoked, and
therefore most abominable indecency. Ifthis
was mistaken zeal, arising from ali extreme
want of discsri1ment and sound policy /; if it
was unauthorized by the president, and if it
is therefore not to be attributed to hint
viii strongly remind him at least, that if un-
fortunately some wild heads, lately associated
with Colonel Burr, should have blended their
own incongruous, preposterous ( apparently
reasonable ideas, With his honorable views,
their guilt ought not rashly to be transferred
to their principal.
! Even the papers in the interest of govern
ment propagate on nay subject the most infa-
nous falsehoods. Before the pardon came
out, and before it was known, that the Presi-
dent of the .. States, instransnitting my let
ter to him, Mr.. Hay had violated his word Of
honor, no inveciyes had appeared against me.
But since the measure of the pardon has pro-
we'd abortive and ridiculous, and since the fact
of his breach of the word of honor can no
longer be denietl-their tone is changed. AS
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