Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-19

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81. Ipiziem 81 CHAMBER ayne stated, that
he stood In a very particulas situation, u as
s Nj. Wickham declared, any man v as nahs
10 be iasyn Al who had asserted coionsi
burr &c have been worehy OF death ne
was ready to confess that be himself came
under this restriction: he bad SO said But
did nc, pow believe that ,cok B. had CONS
mis,rd an overt act ofaseassn, though he,
believed him 10 be guilty OF the insco,ion !:
lie however believed shas, he could DO HIM
Justice yaud shash could coascien,iously
pass between him and his country SCI G.
side
%, Dav;d Ien,sertwishedto be excus-
ed 90 Account Of his indisposi,ion; but the,
coursrsjscsed hispiea- On being inscrro.
gated he dscIsredshat he does NOT Tecoi !.
lrca 10 base formed an opinion for or a.
asinst col Burr. Elseteg,
80 WiEiam Hosmes had 20 hesfa-s
ton in saying that he had etten deeiar-
ed Ills opinion that colonel Burr was.
guilty Of unreasonable inssnsieus. aud per-,
haps he mign. say of,rsasoaitself, fie had
imbibed his irs pressions from every thing
he had seen, heard or read. He had On
desstood thar coIoaei Barr's counsel had
made preparations 70 prove that he had
disqualified himself by his own asclara.
siops. He should thank them TO develops
their objestions.
Mr.. Barr. assure you sir, ne prepare
(. ton has been mad-.~Set 0siae.
"a. Cuerfcf anderson: had often. express
ed au opinion that colonel Barf's views
were inunical 70 the. United States; those
opinions he had principally formed up-r
on newspaper statements he did not re.
collect that lse had ever asserted him 10 be
guilty Of sseason.; buste'had sometimes
given cred:, 10 the representations which
he had heard without particularly deining
the degree OF guilt in which they mighs
iuYo.Ve the prisoner. SET ASIDE.
IS Hugh Mercer upon being called sad
4n was his dnsy 20 state, that an opiuion>
which he had for some TINE past cnsrrsain-
ed ef,hs character OF col. Busr, was IN.
fricRdly t0sa strictly impartial enquiry in.
TO his case that he was entirely nHioferm.
ed, as ,o, the testimony which would DC 10
troducsd, and ,ha. be did not rscolect TO
have ever expressed a positive opinion ell
Their asta his guilt OF innoceucs- E1est.s
ed.
Sc. Yerran Baker had entertained O..
pinions unfayorable TO A. Burr, which he
had repeatedly expressed; he had spokcu
then, in warmth f0ritwas his nature Ia be
warm: He had 80 dub, that the prisoner
had formed very unfavorable designs a
gainss the United States; but from his ig !
nursnce of the evidence he could not ven.
tureto say that they had ripsnsd iaso an
overt act, Mr.. sBrrr. What opinion have
(. you formed of me : A. A very BID one
which 1 have-osien expressed when caAed
npon and often when NOT. Sci aside
81. Ed1uard Cafrfngten had formed al
pnfayorabe opinion of the views OF col.
/ Burr; but these opinions were not def
1ni,ive some had said that COL Buyr's OBJ.
icct was TO invadethe Spanish territories
{ Others ,hatit was TO disme nber the union
Ibis own opinion had not been definitely
fixed. There was another Subject con-
nec,ed with the trial, on which he had
also expressed his opinions aud that re-
lated TO the measure taken at N, Orleans,
his own opinion had been that il was i'm
possible fer any one at this remote scene TO
determine upon the state Of affairs 10 that
cisy--but that if general Wilkinson did Sc
siously believe bat be said had been re-
lpresensed 20 him as the views of colonel
Burr, thar he himself considered it as au
extreme case, and shatis was proper to
: act in somewhat the ike form ,ha, general
Wilkinson had pursued. This has been
the state Of my mipd Cor twelve months.
Mr.. Burr. Have you col. any prejudice of
q mere settled kind and ancient date agaiost
me Col. c. Noue at all. Mr. Burr. He
IL elected.