Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-07-10
IRON TIE nlRGlNl4 ARGUS.
TRIAL or C0L.AARoN BURR.
j. u 49, TcoNT1AUED.l. FL

s Mr.. Ndnd3lenneI Ietascu NnS Partts
culsrs of his own correspondence with
Mr.. r. Smith, secretary Of the navy.
M. MaSiin protested 70 the follow
ing effect :--I have asserted, that col,
Burr was entitled 10 q copy, Of these o.
ders. We intended 70 show that these
orders we're contrary 70 the constitution
and the laws, and tlatihey entitled col.
Burr 70 the rightof resistance. We IN
tended 10 show, that by thiss particular
order his properly and his person wcrs
to:be Destroyed yes, bythese tyta5ni-
: cal orders the life andL property e 40
innocent man were to Be exposed TO de.
struciion. We did NOT expect tEese
originals themselves /. because they we're
goue mt. But We did apply for coPiesi
and y Re refused under Presidential
:instance In New York, on the farcieal
trials Of Ogden and Smith. the officers
ofthe government screened themselves
from attending, under the sanction of
the Presidents name. Perhaps ia
same farce may be repeated here and
itis Tor this reason thst We apply direct
" to the 2. ofthe u. States. Whether
itwou.d have been best 10 hare applied
10 the secretaries Of states OF the navy
and war i; care not. AN That We want
- the eoPiesof some papers and the orr
ginal Of anothef. =, e.
This Is = peculiar case sir. The pre-.
sident has undsrtaken 10 PREJUDICE nv
client by.declariag that Of his guilt their
can Be no doubt. He has assumed TO
himself the knowledge of,hs Supreme
Being himself, and pretru led 10 search
the heart 81 my highly respected friend.
He has proelaimed him traitor in the
face Of that country which has rewarded
him. He has let slip the dogs Of war,
shsheN hound, ofPersecution, % han.
down my friend. And would this pre-.
lsident o., the United. States. who has.
raised all this absurd elamor, pfeteaa,
To keep back the papers which are wanted
forihis trial where life itself isst stake:
1t is a sacred prineipis that in all such
cases, the accused has 4 right 10 all the
evidence whichsis necessary for his de-.
fence.---And whoever withhoiis this
informasion Is substantiallya murderer,
and Is 90 recorded 10 the registers Of
Heaven. Can Il then be presumed that.
the president would be sorry to have col.
B's Innocence proved. No. Ii j. im-
possible Would the president Of the
United States give his enemies (for enc
mics he has. like other great and good
men would, he give them the proud OPP
portunisy Of saying that col BIS the
victim OF anger, Jealousy and haired, .
viii he NOT act th,ailPossible candor.
When told that certain papers are mi.
-sefial 10 cur defence, will he not. be
proud 70 say 70, n, Z. Sirs sou may have
them Iwitl grant you every possible
advantage.n Had tllis been done, the
attorney for the u. States and perhaP,
the executive, never would have sand
that these papers are no more material
% rs than the frst paragraph of the laws
of Congress-. These gentlemsn forget.
that L Is not their prosince 20 decide.
whether the evidence d m1feriai 10 Us
or not. Il IL for the court to say,
WuctnSt ~ GEARS upO1 AnS S11c NAlu
whether il Is 10 60 before the petit Jury,
orto come before themselves, ifthe mo-
ton TO co@mit FOR treason be ecn,inned.
They seem 70 think. chat We are NOT
even % be trusted with these papers.
But why do they attribute motives 10
Col. B's counsel. which they wouid
themselves disd ainl Why notdo q much
honor to ourselves. % tothe Presideas Of
the United States himsclfs :
\ Il may be suggested, that this l. =
private and coa6dential letter from gen.
w. to the President. twas % said, M
deed Yesterday. But Il the President
were here himself, the conrt would hare
] ! right 20 demand. whether in eon6den-
tial conversations gen. wv. had not given
very different statements, from those
which he might here produce! What,
Dir, II gen. ". had reposed . much
scn6dence il he had instilled % much