Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-18
COL. BURR ONCE, M0RE.

COL. BURR ONCE, MORE.
THIS gentleman has ecen food for curl.
osity anda subject ofpolitical speculation fer
MANY year; but he had vanished from Our
sight ever siuce he made his disappearance:
III the state OF Ohio from the aversion he lad
to strong houses. lie had gone, foraught we
knew, @ resist the art;rcdes but all Ola
sudden he rresen's himself to plblic viewia
the capital OF Nova Scotia. You have told
|. rs Nlessis. Printers that Mr.. Burr, Or Mr
-, appeared III Halifax fer he is Gre of
the extensive family OF the alias's, but YOU
hive not proceeded to inform US what is the
object OF his perigrinat;ons. Now YOU
mus. have krcwn thar ali the twists and mo.
lions Of that gentleman have been regarded
as very important, ever since lie took the
lead in opposition 10 the admin cttraticn Of
general Washington, ever Since he became
full blocdcd democrat, and ATTEMPTED %
mend broken fortune BY lesd;lo cary.--
Evci, since he gave proofs OF his sagacity
and his morals, by discovering accordmgto
the common Iroyerb, On which slce his
bread was butaered, and bv sticking Xix.
dirt TO the buttered side. The history c.
til. man affords an Instructive lessen 10 the
Inclaist and politician. Eut since you have
not told us what FIR. Burr IS going toc9
next, you will suffer TIC to travel in the fell
Of conjecture, :nd r; TO account fer lis pre-
sent voyage.
It's known ti2attN . Ct CO.. Buns conf.
dental fricrds LEFT this city fer London, ors
af:er the other acors;derablc time ago ard
It's now admitted that col. Fur privately
d.il red himself IN tie last British Packet
for Falmouth. What vas his object in 90.
ing to Ensiailel? To this question several
answers lave been al,cdged. IT'S bushes
beyond controversy was political. lie did
not goto practice law Ter he cold not b:
permitted. lie did not 60 70 see the word
and spend money, fer Obvious reasons, ncF
S he engaged in mercantile speculatiors.-
Neither did he go in the hope Of getting as
sistance hGn: England in forwarding his Old
project Of raising little empire for himself
BY sever;ng the inhabitants the western
states, from their fellow citizens On the At.
lantic states. This say is rot his business,
because he must know that the British go
vcrrment will not assist him III il. Ihey
would not assist him, because thew nave no \
inclination to make war against the q. S. nor
would they assist hi,x4 to- better reason,
viz. because they could not be proited hy,b
the measure. conGde that he has changea5I
his plan. He viii declare when he arrive
IN London, that he never intended to sepa-
rate the western states from those upon the
Atlantic. His object was to prepare ssalail
army, who would be III readiness to invads
Mexico, as soon as the United States should
proclaim war with Spain; a measure that
certain considering the insults they
had received. This by the way is the very
story he told to most Of the people he enlist
ed on the Ohio. He will go on to say, and
it may be said with truth, which he does not
dislike, when it fits him best, that thousands
Of people on the western waters are hungry
for Mexican dollars that nothing could &
please them more than a visit to Sante Fe. \
That It Great Britain will send feet into {