The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-06-15

then be prcfumed, that the Prefidens would
be forty TO have Gel. Burr's innocence proved
No. 1t is impofIible. Would the,P. ". s,
give his enemies (for enemies he has like other
great and good men) would he give them the
proud opportunity of laying that col. B. is the
victim of anger, jealoufy, and hatred? Will
he not act with all pof1ible candour: When
told that certain papers are material to our de-
fence, will not be proud to fay to us " Sirs,
yon may have them; I will grant you every
pofble advantage" Had this been done, the
attorney for the u. States and perhaps the
Executive, never would have faid that thefe
papers are no more material TO us than the
tirit paragraph of the laws of Congrefs. Thefe
gentle men forget, that it is rot their province
10 decide, whether the evidence is material to
us or not. 1t is for the court TO fay, whether
It bears upon the cafe and whether it is TO go
before the Petit Jury, or to come before them
ielves, II the motion to commit for treafon be
continued,
They teem to think, that we are not even
to be trufted with thefe papers. But why do
they attribute motives to Col. BIS council,
which they would themfelves difdain. Why
not as much honour to ourfelves, as to the
Prefdent of the u. S. himfelf?
1t may be iuggeited, that this is private
and confidential letter from Gen. w. to the
PRECEDENT. 1t was 70 faid, indeed, yeferday.
But if the Prelident were here himfelf, the court
would have right to demand, whether in con-
hdentlal conversations Gen. w. had not given
very different itatements, from thofe which
he might here produce What, fir, if Gen.
w. had repoied as much confidence; if he
had Untitled as much potion into the ear of the
PRECEDENT, as Satan himielf breathed into the
ear OF Eve the Prefident would have been
It'll reiponfible to court of Jufice. The
law recognizes none of this kind of confidence.
9 Atkins 5ef, from which it appears that no
manis priviledgcd to withhold fecrets.-ll St. T.
Dutcheis OF Kingdoms cafe there phyiician
entreated OF the court to execute him but G.
ven his profefiional confidence would not
fcreen him. Lord Darlington coniured them
TO execute his giving in tefimony, what had
been diclofed to him in all the confidence of
private triendfhip. All his fluctuations were
diregarded.-McNally, page $50, which de-
c'areS mat there can be no fecrets, but thofe
which are confded to councillors and attorneys.
Now let us fuppofe, that this information
was conveyed to him by letter nav, by a
private and confidential letter. Could we not
nave the freident produced here could we
not examine hlm, whether be had ever received
iuch letter?
But perhaps we ihail be told, that this wopld
DC making too free with high characters. that
VIC cai the honour OF gen. W. into ouefion :
and that 1t is not leis than treaion to ilpoof- +,
pothbie' that eeo. w. is not as pure as an Al
gel. But, hr, viii it be forgotten, that Il
man has already broken the co1ffitution to fr1-
port hia violent meafures that he has sIrea6v
ground down the civil authorities into dun ;
and iubyeeted all around him to military def.
potiim 1t is pofibIe to believe, that iuch A
man may not fwerve from the ftritt line of d, :
cornm! To ifow the cafe with which one
man may De deftroycd by another man or by a
faction and with the fame unfeeling indifer-
ence as Philolopher fees rats ftruggling in an
a'r-pump will read quotation from Tuck
ei's Backbone.
MIR. M. produced feveral initances, that even
the originals of recorded papers may be brot'
before court of jufice.
Respecting copies of the navy orders for
deitroying the property and perfon of Col. b.
It is very material to PoHefs them. 1t may
be necehary to fhow, that thefe acts, which the
prosecutors are pleafed to deem treafonabIe,
were IN fact nothing but juRfable means for
defending his own rights.
ITO Be Contiaaed