Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-11

. ,sten ;",1 q project 50 na,;s..,,.
oie, sho'lgh,it necessary 70 s,s,s ,apraed
o. OIL, my own belief: such a, s', ,a. the grou
was bankrupt in fame and ~ fa' .nat Mr. b
saw the impossibiiity Of exan 'or'ai'e Tia,
no ' bou oal'ea statss while his sbi s Ell
81 AIS enterprise, his condition eo os the is
DC worse: and that reduced 70 DUG sou'a not
ml5hf Is 10 form the widest proscs SI sas
rnas II oy any possibility he couII ,os hnoF
might again become an importsnts succeed
II ne failed, that he might BE- 1 a".a man;
which man, Of his aspiIino n e:sea Of
consider worse than death = p0Ver
t such, SIR, was my view Of the NJ
PROJECT with which YOU nave tho ,a sa
lnslnuate that | was connected nv ,,eiAs'lF
believed could so easily acconn naaas
principles to his ambition A nan ~
as President ofthe Senate, | had ;n5 % F.0
infested the usual c;yilities tlfna ,npeedo 4
hod ,,,;th J.,..a s1l.us'ios bat from vbo,
had Withdrawn during his last Years n nnon
cy Of the senate, allpersonaI re- = lFescc
I had purpossly witfheld M a ssssFd. Yes
then reeking With The bIosd OF tse " , his
Hu'miton. - il9rdeg
Hear rae farther. A few DAYS brr,,, /
close OF the same session OF Conpro.. Ne
was brought into the senate. 70 os, .'' IA
Burr tie privilege Of sending and ,.. NJ
letters and packets by tie mai l,ao . -
age, during life. MIR. Burr ,sa,-;;n A. = p'sI
and his presence is imposing. Never 1 ,5s
the bill was opposed The oDDo,;liaa a''S''
begun by Mr. Hiihousc and nyse,f. En-, ~ -
bill was passed in the senate, by we D@, q
of Is to 5. In the house Of renra.an. l !:
it failed at once, by ain indefinite nos' ,n,,s
ment, ''a'
And yet, Sir, with this man. TINS de,o,..
and finally withstood to the face, in f,ra.,
measure, which by means of the post.o,S,'
would have facilitated his projects, .bsry.
they were, and perhaps even then in con,sm
plation with this man you were Ge,iroy.
have it believed that I Was an a,soeiare
What language of reprobation would he ;,
strong for such injustice to my charac;c, !
Doubtless you intended that tie pecoje
! Massachusetts, and OF the United SsQes
far as your letter Should travel, Should !
lieve, or at least suspect, that was clacer
cd III Burr's conspiracy. For whoever res
your whole letter will see that it was DESIGN
Tor the newspapers; but your own rel ia
or the advice OF friends, restrained yoa 10 I
publication OF part
One word more. You say fiat success
Burr's plan, would have divided the nat,
ana placed the northern part OF it under {
dominion of a foreign power, viii you're
cellency have the goodness to inform the ,,
pie Of Massachusetts,, and OF tic i. STAT
how separation CT the zVeatsyn stairs, uq,
have placed The northern STATES under tic 4
r1inion OF q foreign power? To men VII,
minos have the ordinary power Of discey
men, this is quite inco'nprehensibie, y
but your eXcellency would have may .ejj
such separation would induce tie Allan
! States further to dinilisA their strength.
division into a northern and ao0tAsra s.
ton On the contrary, would TO. The nor
el.n and the southern states then cling n,
closely together Yaesc are the thirteen
nited States, which, with half thcir pres
popul2tio>l, dared defy the power Of Brit.
and finally achieved their independence =
Where then is the danger Of their Being n
brought iato subsection 10 tie sane power
Ia be ceatinusdl