Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-21

~
can implicate my own government" 6 II
SO (said the generaD am safe-givc me
your hand; and do you promise this ~
Power answered, that was III. intention.
& further declare, that / have obtained
information which believe may be fully
relied on, that William Lewis, Esq. of
this city, counsel for col. Burr, possesses
facts, statements, and documents, which will
/ prove, that there existed between Burr and
/ Wilkinson, an agreement and mutual under-
standing in relation to the conquests which
I they projected making in the west, and that
they were to cooperate in the accomplish
ment of that object.
| Philadelphia, 18Th June, 1903.
!. PENNSYLVANIA, SIS.
Before me, Thomas Smith, esquire, oneof
the Judges al the supreme court, personally
/ came L. w. Coke, of the city of Philadel-
/, phia, merchant, and being duly sworn, de-
clareth and saith, that the foregoing an
swers to tie foregoing interrogatories con-
/ tain the truth, the whole truth, iii the subject
| matter according to the manner therein stat
ed.
(Signed)
D. w. COKE.
Sworn aud duly subscribed before me
this 18th Of June, 1903.
(Signed)
THOMAS SMITH.
NOTE 3.
Here is a fresh and most Notifying in
stance Of that odous and despicable vice, of
which the present chief magistrate Of this
country has several times lately been convict
ed.
1nthe message Of the President to the house
OF representatives, dated January 10th, 1908,
after cnumerating in compliance with re-
quest Of the house, the various pieces of in
formation wieh he had received after he rornoz
into office, relative to General Wilklnson's
connections with the Spaniards, and OF which
this from Mr.. Ellicott is not one, he goes on
thus -" ~ Other inform alton withiA the per-
view of the request of the house, is kno7,n to
have been Received by any department OF the
government, from the establishment OF the
present federal government That which has
been recently committed to the house OF re-
representatives. tmeaning that by Mr.. Clark is
the frst d,rect testimony eyer make known to
me, charging General Wilkinson with the
corrupt receipt OF money. .
And what then was the Information, mace
known 10 him by MIR. Elliott, one OF his
friends and supporters, In Sol Does no.
the cheek Of every honest man IN the nation,
burn with shame at this new detection lho'
this instance unfortunately. does not stand a
lone, it is far more hagitious and alarming
thar the others. They, as in the cases OF
Bollman, and John Smith of Ohio, were false
hoods, deliberate indeed, Dat told by thomas
Jefferson, in his individual character, TO other
indi yiduals here we ht,d the President,
in his official character, and in an Official mes"
sage to another branch ofthe governme :, ON
! very important public concern, sta,lne--le-
| liberate and wilfsl falsehood, Fer the IL ase
ef screening guilty tool and iavoilte - Gil
! might Fauchet exclaim to his government, In
his famous interrupted dispatch No. 10 tho.
| speaking oil different person, w hat VIII
/ the old age of this republic be, when Its youth
/ exhibits such scene. of depravity and corrupt
| on 90
| It may be proper to add, that Mr.. Elllcotts
deposition, it is believed, has been taken
If he Ia, not confirmed this statement OF Mr..
Coke. let it be shcwn by the production OF the
i deposition, which no doubt is IN the power OF
General Wilkinson. IF the deposition was
not taken, why was it not
! Mr.. Ellicott's letter to General WILKINSON
himself, long since received and pnolisned'
states the fact, though not its communication
! to the President. Editor North .dmer'caH.
NOTE G..
! Thus il Sc ems that the authenticity OF these
most convincing and unanswerable documents
3! was proved in the most lesal and technical
{, form, by most respectable witness.
I ,rl .,,,.,;opc +o pNwer heinp thus pro.