Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-04
From the NezU York Evening Post.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
No. XIV.

No. XIV.
Proofs ofthe corruption Of gen. 9ames
Wilkinsoa and of MS connection Nth aaron
B4rr," Sc.
The last query is, whether Burr did not
visit New Orleans in 1905, and whether /
was not then there? If the affirmative an
swerto this question is to imply guilt, eve
ny part of the continent which he SO rapidly
visited in that year would be involved in 1t,
and my immaculate accuser himself would
scarcely escape suspicion; for might, IN
my turn, ask-Did not COL Burr, IN the
year 1905, visit ST. Louis, and was not gen.
Wilkinson governor there? Was he not re-
ceiveo with distinction, and sent down with
military barge to New Orleans? Did not
general Wilkinson correspond with colonel
Burr; and was not that correspondence IN
CIPHER? But / anticipate another branch OF
my enquiry. | am now on the defensive,
and illproceed to shew, that not only the
generals witnesses, but the general himself,
has attested nv innocence of the charge ne
now makes, and that long after must have
known every thing he now pretends to
know. On the 10th December, 1906, he
writes to me from New Orleans as follows ::
refer you to the bearer, Mr.. Donaldson,
for the interesting scenes which agitate our
darling city and poor devoted louisiana.
am here to defend her against revolution and
pillage from hand | have loved. Suspi-
cion is ahoat and numbers are implicated.
Tysank God, gear adbice to Beliechasse, II
lour character zras not a sufficient guarantee,
ao0ttla 9indscate yoa ag,aiass any 1mtutat10n."
AT the time this letter was written general
Wilkinson had received all those letters, on
which he has since founded his charge
had the post Office at his command-he had
exercised. an inquis;sorial power IN Procur-
ing evidence; and yet he was SO tar from
finding Any against me that he cites that OF
lWr. Bell@chasse as being sufficient to vlndl-
cate me against any foul imputatiOus. (See
No. 7o.)
On the 9Th day of January, 1907, as ap.
pears by the post marx, he wrote letter,
without date or signature, directed on the
outside TO my partner, D. w. Coke, at Phi
ladelphia, but designed evidently for me,
and directed within to D. c. Esq. This
letter is in the hand writing of Wilkinson,
and is highly characteristic of the man. He
wished 10 create an obligation towards him
for supporting my character, which he false
iy insinuates was implicated, knowing the
facts possessed against him, fearful that l
might discover that he had broken the en-
gagement entered into at Loftus's Height,
OF quitting his Spanish connection, and that
/ might then feel myself at liberty to eX-
pose his guilt; and he, therefore, while ne
acknowledges my innocence, wishes to make
believe that he has been at some pains to
support II. IS
!" 1t is fact" he says. I" that our FOOL
has written to HIS CoNrEMPTIBLE FABRI-
GATOR, that you had declared, it you lad
children, that YOU would teach them to
curse the United States as soon as they
were able to lisp, and he gives the mayor
and Gurlcy for authors. Get Bette is at
present up to the chin in folly and vanity.
He cannot be supported much longer; for,
Burr or no Burr we shall have revolt, It
he is not removed speedily. The moment
Bonaparte compromises with Great Britain
will be the signal for a general rising OF the
French and Spaniards and if the Ameri.
cans do not join they viii not oppose. Take
care! Suspicion is abroad; but you have a
friend 1uorh haping." (See note no. IT,
Let US stop here to contemplate the f.
nishing per6dy of this character. AT this
moment he was cajoling Claiborne, & fat
tering Mr.. Jefferson, by the most fulsome
adulation yet he calls one tool and the
other his contemplate fa6ricator-he was
assuring the people of New Orleans of his
highest confidence and regard for the old
inhabitants, yet he anonymously denounces
them at the seat of government as mal-con-
tents, ready for instruction. The truth is