The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-08

AIiS is Out Il part OF the buSiDcSS-HeaYenS
what wonderful doinys there will be in these days
But how the devil have been lugged into the
conspiracy, or what assistance can be of i'm it,
is to me incomprehcnsible. Vous our sAvEz
TOUT, can best explain the riddle. Amuse Mr.
Burr with an account of it bu; let not these
great and important objects, these ALMOST I'M
PERTAL doings prevent you from attending to
land busness--reco!lect that YOU great men.
it you intend to become Xiaes and Enrpe.
rorS, must have us little men for yassals. and if
we have nothing to clothe ourselves with, flor
wc can be clothed with the produce of our lands
only; aRd if Congress take the lands for want
Oh tormaiities, we shall then have no produce)
we shall make avery shabby figure atvour courts
Think of this and practise those forpaIities that
are necessary, that l may have fiomthe produce
oi my Illinois lands, where with to luysa decent
COURT DRESS when presented ,.yo,ir fRvEr
hope you wall not have KENrUcKI ANS for your
masters of ceremonies.
remain dear sir. very sincerely,
Your !hle. sery't and friend,
Signe2) DANIEL CLARK
Brigadier Gen. Wilkinson
To this letter combine the following from Mr..
Clark, bearing date the 18th April, 1906, which
speaks of" the Lard fPyontise'' ofthe suspicious
and periis he had encountered in going thither.
and of the communications he had EXCHANGED
with the inhabitants and theallusion to some
expedition OF magnitude and If q secret nature
IS obvious. What else but an enterprise Of the
highest moment and most Tutoring promise,
could Lave induced a man of fortune, with his
eyes open to the dangers, to hive exposed him
sell to such hazards OF his pcrion and his life ;?
&c Nesc-Orleans, i4tA .dp,ii, 1906
. DEAR SIR,
" wrote to youln the month of Au-
gust OF last year, inclosng plots and titles of
sundry tracts of land O wn N the Louisiana ter
ritoiy and requesting you would be kind enough
to have them registered and approved by the
board Of commissioners | have not since then
heard from you, and bcirg uncertain whether
the packet reached YOU, feel very uneasy on that
account be pleased to di,spate my fears by Civ
ing ne some information on the subject shall
remain here during the SIMMER, and your letters
by post will not fail to ieacn me. have been
twice since last wrote to Won in the IA>;D OF
Sc, but what is more surprising have got
safe back from it, after having been represented
30 the Vice Roy, 40 i person dangerous to the
Spanish government, ard who had visited that
country with no othcrvicw, than that of acquiring
ior9n0toH ct its strength and hos, ard zpiere it
n'fSht be Gssailed yvih the gre1tcst bro5a5ity of
s"ccess k'ic" ali tins i'viorc undertaking the
last voyage, but was FooL HARDY ENOUGH to
atten,rtit. have made some money, and acyufy-
Ell more hnoSoIedgs of the cotatry, its productions
and resources, and made those of o country better
RHo7vH tn them than they before. There is
YOU know, no harm in this interchange of useful
INFORMATION, and at future period l shall com.
nuncate TO you, all have picked up during my
stay there Give me some news of what is pas
sing in your country, and how you are situated
lin it.
Yours, most sincerely,
(Signed) "DANIEL CLARK.
"James Wilkinson, Esqr''
| Garoled extracts from the preceding letters
'9cre lost .'!ate" i;itt,'Stse, IN thc Fhiiadep Ia
Gazette. The equiyOcal parts were omitted
3 tN-- AF- Etn.I al
furnished by himl should, at that Period, have re
sorted with his own private correspondence to
! the press, can be explained on no other ground
than that, conscious of the weak part of his cha
racter, he thought 1t advisable to attempt to fore
stall public opinion, by being frSt to breach the
| "uoiect: The conceaiment OF part Of the con-
tents oFthose letters argues strongly against him
but 1t was necessary prccaution-ior, had he
given the whole ct them, person could have
in'stooS the purpose for which they were writ
ten, to W.T. 20 sound the general ps TO y cOnnec-
ton wih col. Burr. hut Il is not upon these let
iers, noryet upon the reritabIe testimony ofIieut
Murray, already Published, that Mr. Clark was
implicated by the general. The following cx.
tracts from the deposition Of NV Graham (pra
sent chief clerk in the dep1rtmentof state) cor
lrohoratc and confirm tie charge OF coEnivancc
with BuTr This deposition was submitted 70 the
court Of Enquiry
9 MIR. Graham declares, that Mt Clarl. sought
an interview with him, and voluntarily fur
niShed him, sometime in the winter Of 1866.
estimates Of the military force IF the Mexican
country. regulars and militia, Particularly OF
the glriisOned towns between Vera Cruz and
Mexico, and also Of the naval fprce of Vera
Cruz, and gave him the opinion, tliat the coun-
| tyNuight be invaded with every prospect of sue
eess'--' cnquired Of him. says Mr. Graham
| whether, If the United States would undertake
! ;'ic in'a7iUn, iIc w0uid bear part, Mr. CLARK
evidenced an unwihmgness to haze any thing to
| do with an expedition ca,yiet IN By tie govern
| n'saf, but expressed himself zpiHing to join in
SRch an eitertriSe, prdersGkeH and carried on b.
i'airianaES !: lie said all they would ask would
be tine PERMISSION not the aid OF government ;
that they would cut oil all connection with the
country they left, and establish a new empire of
their own. lie said alphabetically, addressing
| ihmse!f TO mc--now, suppose such person as
yourself 10 Join in the expedition, you might
be made Dul;c--t0 which I replied that nv
! republican notions would not allow me TO aspire
TO any such distinctions and th:t | would have no
( Ting to do with any expedition not conducted
/ By the government. Here the conversation ON
thst subject ended, and Clari, D,ayk tie art of
CI1rf ia acquire Information, and vet conceal his
90" kaopledgr-l asked me several questions a.
I bout what Burr was doing
| 9 In the various facts stated by lieut. Murray,
Mr. Graham, AIr. Alston, lieut. Spence, Mr. La.
trobe, and even NJ. Coke, and from his letters to
me OF the 7th September, 1895, and the 18th A.
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