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

nifty. have stepped in between treason and the
union, ard have ventured my life and fortune to
preserve Louisiana and shall my fame be lchcti
| from me by surmises and suspicious Shall the
daring Vaccinations and matchless contrivances
of rufiians prevail against my innocence WIN
the Americon peeple-will my countrynen yiev'
the unequal conflict with indifference Win
they torpidly look on, behold my struggle against
the boodhounds of conspiracy, and verify the re-
mark, that Republics are ungratc.,Ii Am Ito
tall, and treason triumph on my ruin II so, 1
know how to meet my fate, and having sacrificed
myself to my country, viii enter my claim upon
posterity, for that protection and that justice
which my contemporaries deny me: and OH may
my example fail to damp the arolor of those
whose duty tmay become, in an hour Of similar
perls, to devote themselves to the puOl;c veal.
Enough, we presume, has already appeared
to fix upon MIR. Clark, beyond the possibility of
refutation the stigma of being secretly AN asso-
ciator with Burr. But this, by no means consti-
trtes the whole OF the odium which the generals
vindication has thrown upon him. The case OF
the Grand Sachem, presents him in a most dark
and terrible aspect And combined with cir
cnmstancc where Mr.. Clark appears To have iorer.
ed the name OF Power ina LETT the general (the
hand writing having been compared s. recognized
by several respectable gentlemen,) demonstrates
that Mr. Clark is capable Of resortinr to the most
dStestable practices to serve his own purposes Or
to ruin an enemy. Il is much to be regretted that
the whole indication cannot at this moment APP
pear before the public 1t is Of great length, suf-
hcient to make a handsome volume, and is very
specific IN the investigation of every point of &C
cusaton. shall not Ill TO lay before my readers
such parts of IL as can at any time procure Tor
conceive II 10 be solemn obligation on every
journalist to give currency 10 the facts il contains,
IN order tn the people may understand who are
their real enemies and may treat with merited
contempt, sccrn and indignation, a band OF the
most daring consprators that ever insulted free
country. The following is the conclusion of the
Generals address
Gentlemen, j few words more and have
done. j know you are not to be instructed in
your duty, but will beseech of you TO take to
your breasts the Importance of the tecisioir you
are about TO make, as it may affect your own cha
of an individual, and the honor Of your profession.
If guilty of the foul charge aed.sed against me
IT have not more than done my duty, in the ar
duous instances of service which have fallen I'M
der your observation let your award be cxem-
Plary, and may my punishment be correspondent
divorce me of my sword-strike me from the
rolls of honor-banish me the lists of fa!ne-let
my services be forgotten, and my crimes only be
remembered. But, Gentlemen, should my inno-~
cence be apparent, aud you discover that am
victim ofpersecutiOn, because have cut the tolls
contrived to ensnare the pence and happiness .,f
our country; then do justice to my accusers--
rescue my character from the fangs of detraction
heal my wounded honor-coniirm the conf
dence OF my country-and let me live and die
your Chef'