Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-05-09
[ HhoLe No. 524,

heep OUT OF i'Sng Lbe greater part OF your let~
. ter, and particularly the part on which ana
now commeEting; hoping thar, deferred In
Iyour extraordinary charges against me, come
pretending thofe of exciting sedtiOn and re-
belhon, hould not dare to publish re.
| You iugget thar have perverted your in
vitation to the people TO pray for blebng on
thtir enterprises by fea and land, and ufed Tor
10 take your own world improved il "a
urge them TO feaition add rebellion againss
the goVerumeat of ths nation !" That my
letter appears to you 10 have been fedi-
touS, diiorgani2ing production : That il was
deiigned "to difunite, divide, and diholve The
tnion II That the sum Of AT my labours was
TO excite uneahnels, dieohtent, and diYiGonR
in the nation - That "if there ever was an
attempt in It's nature and c0ufeouences TEND
ing to rebellion and fedition, this i. one %
That my " address evidently tends 20 The oTsr-
throw and diIolutic1 OF the United Statsy AZ
nation" And thar, " Let cur national gov.
ernment be Rad or good, we have nothing bat
thar, under God, 20 fave us frcm aggravated
ruin and yet your eTertions appear 10 me to
lead directly 10 ia fabverfon."
Iheie are heavy charges and your E1cel-
iency, though Fourfelf lawyer, woold per.
haPs have acted prhdentlY to have taken coun.
iel 5efsre you advanced them. To anlver
and repel the whole-Ieeing you do not point
70 Jingle pzlage in my letter 70 fupporE
thcnl--it might be Efficient 10 FAY, fbat f5ey
sSs on szfoHadsd.--if my letter were" fictitious
end dhorganiEing, and tending to excite re-
4 heilion --lt 10 very wonderful thar your Ex.
oelleney thohld have been The frit and only
perion to make the aifcoyery. If | seeded
!. any oLf5orEy Of etisios againil yours, could
quote that Of faieimen end lawyers Of the
| fri diihEeGon in the United States, who have
honoured me with their appreciation and
thanks But however graft ing this najspgBE
fraBt of highly Respectable individuals, need
not noP here. My letter u bsIore ny fellows
citizens IN Mafaehusetts: It Is indeed before
the nation and the decided appreciation &C
the thoul4nds who hate read ii, dtnsonRrate
not only the extreme ANXIETY or the public
Z ind TO obtain lhe information ] gave bur
that the facts aated carried cahvi9ion of their
truth and importance, and iulhfcd my infer-
encas fay not tAefe things hballingly: for
! feel 70 Other emotion than " hat every man
nun feel who aims to ferye his country, and
hnds his lzbours have Tot been in vain
Your reproaches, Sir, and the reproaches Of
other men like You, den / ualhinr. f-onl my
peace Of mind E4ps1dis vasfss0yi, tssaa,1 s,e.
And LEI me allure your Kzce!lencY, that al
thOugh'this kind Of praife will not make me
rain, Il will never make me angry.
fhall Pais over your E-cellency's doctrines
Of paVs sbsaeze:, and Eliad eogJfssHss il our ru-
lers; that the free eiuEehs of the only re-
manning rtpLblick on earth, ought JfleHfy 10
abmit alike 10 a RAD government and eoSd
one ard that Il would be zpsGs If tine to
inquire whether tie embargo j. ,3g5t or
rV,sag only remarking, that avowing fucIa,
fervile teneis (now alike falhionable in France.
and Turkey, in relpea 70 their defpotic maj
tsrs) you charaGeriRicaily pronounce my
plain hiRory Of the embargo, an attempt to
diiunlte, diride, and difIolve the nation.
could I'll volume with JUN remarks on
your ETeellencys letter; but | Gear firing
these WAC may take an interslt III Our CORES
pondence and therefore pats supoticed ma
nv fubeets Of znimadverdon. But there are.
two prominent ones which Mul not ornit.
The 6rt is plain iuanuztion, OF nature
TO excite aitbnifhment, that zoa5 ss,us I'd Nib
darn Barr, "a be xBirafy with which he has
been charged now underlland your Excel
lsncys letter 10 ne of the 24th Of lsa Ianua-
ry which being remarkable for nothing but
lis abfurdIty, had ihrown by, and ne&rly for
gotten--I had tent you the printed papers
laid before the Senate, IN the cafe OF John
Smith, fenator from Ohio, secuted Of having
been concerned in that conipirscy Among
the paper. was the report Of the committee
Ia the cafe, drawn up BY mr. colleague. Mr..
Adams, the chairman (; which, remarked.
" could not fail 70 1ttFaa attention /; efpecial-
" OF gentlemen" like your EscelIsncJ1 Of
9 legal Information" And yox nua have
obferved, that Il has tura6ted very great az
tsGti0n As viii every thing from the pen Of
Mr.. Adams, whs.her il merit ccniare or ape
platile.
| After thanking ne for the communication,
which thought would be intere9ing to your
/ E4celIcncy alHsolt wholly on account Of my
colleagues report YOU dsih away IN the fol-
lowing Nrain. Z" have long been convinced.
that Burr's expedition was the land detach-
fient of Mrsnda's and both ander foreign
influence thar boIh were intended 10 diff.
member the union !; and 40 place he north
srn part Of The United States, either civiliy or
politically, under the guidance Of the Britifa
cabinet. There are MANY who cooperate i'm
this projeA WITHOUT knowing il Burr NUT
have had large [nrs. And have no douht
but that a great part Of il went from THE
northern hemiphere. The few who hate
our forms of government have had addrefs
enough 70 conceal their principles from their
| followers
| On fuch rodOTontade, comment would feern
70 be thrown away ! certainly nlol,d nevft
have noticed It, he'd not your Exceueney a
your letter Of March 18Th prsiented me with
new edition, with additions
! After fuggeEing thar the tendency Of my
letter was TO overthrow the natioe.h govern-
ment, ven thus address me this tlifolu-
ton you viii deny to be an object wi. h YOU :
but you viii not deny that there Is in exit.
ence fuch a man Aaron Burr You v III
not deny Mjranda's expedition, b BuCrs plo,
W. .u..n M. hnGra1a 70 nn., ID at e.. 80