Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-01

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/ CD suct, an occasion have deliberately prs
nared and drank the foregoing toasts, un.
is. they had the most perfscs knoWledg
fool. Burt guilt. And even 10 that case ease
ne would naturally conclude The persons
70 be savages OF descendants OF sayages, VINO
when they klltheir prisoners feais 'he'r s
inhuman souls with every cruelty OF tor.
stuTe.
Hut, gentlemen, have you any know:
ledge that col. Burr is gully q t'easen or
SSof any other offence Doth eisher OF you
know Of oor single fact 70 prove nPoo
him guilt Of any kidd! Why have you pot
come forward and informed ycur go
yernmea,s Aud why had not the plea
sure of seeing you as Witnesses q h'ats-
raonds
know your answer. You must con,
tfrss that you have no persoaai knowledge
of any thing criminal that has bees cotn'
mi,ted BY col. Burr, but that lathe Aurora,
the Argus, and many other Democratic
papers, you have seen him charged with
no, only n,isdemcaaors, but treason. Nay,
sou will probably say, that the president OF
the. y, States, in his message 10 congress,
declared his quit to Be farced bfy01e
Gouh.
Aud after the length of time you have
lived, length Of time which has whltened
some Of your heads. Alter the different
public appointments which some Of you
have executed, am now 10 pu. you 10
mind, tina, not one s!lill'ngs worth OF your
dirty property can be taken from you WIN
out your having an opportunity OF being
personally heard, nor without fegdi fvi-
dence delivered on cath IN gour presence,
with liberty on your part 10 cross examine,
|-and by other evidence 60 contradfcf. And
vet YOU have to .heu!moss OF your power,
wan.only ard wickedIy assaulted the good
name, fame and reputation Of Gel. Burr,
upon no evidence :. You havc cone what
is still more wicked--yeu have without
any evidence assailed his Hte! For, are you
new, for the FIRST time, 10 be Instructed,
lhat wherever a person is to be tried fer
charge, which is punishable win dea.h,
he, who endeavo,s 10 prejudice and IN
aaue the public mind against him; ke who
does any act of ,endraey 80 prevent the
accused frxna having a fair dispassonate,
!, imp2r Isl trial. lie, in the eye Of God, gull
Ity Of as murderous en- intention. as ii ne
tempted TO Plunge dagger 70 his heart!
Equally mordsrous, but infinitely mere
casslanJ2s.--as Il. >a.sser Of punishmens 10
| he tfst case is meant TO be, avoided
wha' think you. gentlemen, OF the coward
y wretch, who, anxious for the blood Of
sn euemy, but fearful Of danger or Of pun.
| shmens, slips stietto toto the hands of
ali assassin, and points to the victim !---
| What Thick you Of yourselves and The rest
of those who drank your savage ,oasts !?
| Would yeonot have swallowed the bever-
lsse 10 your glasses, had it been the blood
, OF col. Barr, ssIih more pleasure 'than the
Juice Of The gtape Would cot those who
could express such savage delight in the
hope Of his a,sata, could they do it with
imPanny, M open his breast, tear out his
heart, grsw it with their teeth, and suck
dowo It's blood, az acted the blood thirsty
parisians towards the araiao!e, the accom-.
p.'shed, the beautiful Lanbaile! And
know you tot that the gentle man, whose
death would be such feast 10 your savage
l'souls, has daughter as amiaIl~, as &C
conp!ished, as lovely as was Lsmba!e.
And to her you have been drinking lfe
OF unu'tssab!e misery! You r.ay possibly
sh'nk this language severe, ba, in case
Ike this, no language can be Severe.
would wish to harrow up every feel.
ing OF your souls, if ;adeed sach souls can
have any feeling
700 have toasted the grand Jury, when
you knsw not whether they did righ. or
wrong; when you kaew not whether the
persons indicted are traitors or innocsns
ci'izena whether the grand jury were &C
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