Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-12

P!an OF sham defence which woe s, ,sa
him by Bollman. He alarm sd @Ars
~ reports fthe expected inv,s;s Is sSs
bove, and yet he drew down . ~ i, hoq,
from the upper country. which f !. ht.
nature and whore the mos, ,f,e IL S'a ~
ton could have been made, sl to wal M n.
it in town, situated in plain , ,S9 y.
without defence. He Construct a 's
the centre Of that towr, SO si,ua, su 'tat.
is impossible to fire single p,O q, ,as
destroying a house. And He ep 81" wv
more to weaken the upper courtr, s'o'
QUESTION OF all the militia to be- ~" ,.n. oy,s
at n. Orleans. The tirmnyss Of NJ, NM % !"
defeated him in this par, OF the pra;a We,
governor Claiborne, with NOR. T DoI;'
invested him with full power ovs, , ~
effective force Of the TERRITORY u ms s's
employed in the degrading dr,idr. ."" a..
Illegal arrests. Burr, he said, o Womb s'S'
.cend with two or three gun bo, n''d e {.
knson had tour and least Burr should I !,
TOO much trouble in taking them, thew s s''
distributed at the distance Of sey.rJi y =. W.
from each other up the rivers. But n.
ter stroke still remained. He k,dl-
from Swartwout, as he tells us, that ,S I%'
tent was to provide funds by the pln,S, , !,
New Orleans, and transports, by shr,, t,
of the shipping; he therefore Drr,,,'.,
Claiborne to agree to an embargo, and
any of the ships SO necessary to III ih;,s, gym
ton, should sail, and carry away tn. mn,
or merchandise which was to support,
vessel of any description was suGt,I
depart. Here then every thing was prem,
ed, if Burr could realize the hopes he /,
strongly expressed. If he could hay. 4.
scended with a competent force. he v,c, /
have found not the least impedimsn, to b
progress. The upper country wa. d,eu5
Fort Adams disman;lcd, the gun.boas n
stationed as to have been successivslv cL
en-, and the Notifications at New 0]ml
calculate: only to awe the town. in case i
citizens should have been inclined 70 res;
the invader. lie would have found i
stores filed with merchandise, the mon
untouched in the vaults of the bank, and
fine fleet of merchantmen waiting to congr
him 10 his final destination. Wi'Iin
could SOON have convinced him that all tas
dispositions were the effect of hs: ideiiBt
his engagements, and might have fond
much better excuse for the Partia! d!;ao
sure made to government, than he cannon
give to his country for these worse thnt'
quivocal arrangements. But Bur did N|
come down at the head of military tore
he became wandcrcr, almost an ou'IT,
and a convict; and his worthy sssoci
fearful OF the same fate, became pd'T,
a faithful citizen, an honorable ''!aM'-|
Grea, God, what proclamation Of 'f:mS|
sacred names! We must hereafter inVa
some new terms to express cur admEsIH
OF public worth --thcse have been nls'@
by their application. ARMS
Rod, then, the copy of this letter was ~
the first time sent o.. 20 the seat Of govern
ment. A copy did I say? No; 1t was aa
yet time-the generals PATRIOTISM n'1 ~
vet attained so strong a growth aSI er ".
he shock it would receive from ''I o. y,
closure of the contents of that ls0f'. ~ ~
accordingly GU, it and scraped II, aDu
orted it, to his and his couns:'lors Iaa..'.
~ suppressing a sentence here, altering.
word there, and inserting one wllers'a |
;ound it necessary, he tbonght IT al III; ii,
ed to his purpose. He then e0p'.e a'n,rs
md swore by the HONOR OF A ,s Svrc
2on, that i, Substantially rso, IS a ARA
as he had been abe . . b;m mr. :
IS this true do you not sa,'oN' .,rorss
IAN this mons:rous accusation Dc '' n mi
" proof IF known to YOU, wnv "'s ,.m
lot sooner disclose it to the go'S;d ,r, 70
Why have you suffered the r1', d;,bo,ol
|isgrace himself and the natlon'sto Wv If ID, |
he army, and endanger the SAN, ,nJ \ 1875
eople, by continuing in con''''''