Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-17

no. 10 consnt uboat Co; BUR- Of ais business: oc.
cause when the supposed treason Of Col. Burr " as
iirst conjectured in Tennessee,in November, 1906,
Gen. Smith, then Senator in Congress from this
state, WAS not At home. Ia letter OF Gen. Jack.
sons. written to G. w. Campbell in January 1907
he employs this language: "From the coioriugs
he Burr had beid out to me, Gems. Robertson
aud ovcrton and the hospitality had siewn him.
viewed il as base conduct to US all, aud height-
encd the baseness of his intended aims ii he really
was about to become traitor. sat down and
wrote to Gen. Smith and DIR Dickson I wrote to
Gov. Claiborne TO put his ci:,del in state Of do
fence" &c. Here We are shown to whom Jack
son gave the last intelligence OF his suspicious
gainst Burr, soon as he had ascertained them, 10
wit: to Smith, Dickson and Gov. Claiborne.
His letters 10 the two first named gentlemen
have not been found; NEST likely as the commit
tee suggest both being at the time members Of
Congress, they were handed 10 Mr.. Jefferson, aud
by him retained. Tho letter, however, to Gov
crnor Claiborne, has been already published 10 the
world, and bears date on the 18th of November
| 1905 Most clearly then does it appear, that at
and about the time of the building OF boats for
Burr, General Smith could not have been in the
coun'ry, and OF consequence, it could not have
been at that period. or upon that business, that
Gen Jackson had to &c see Gen. Smith in the
morning Of his house."
But again! General Smith having been elect
ed to the S'nate, to supply the vacancy occasion
ell by the resignation of Genera! jackson in 1888
had in March 1898 returned TO private lite and
| had become private citizen. In Nov. 1903 then
he was az home, being that year not a member
Previous TO 1906 he was again elected, and con-
sequently IN Nov. of that year when the suspec CT
cd treason and boat building of Colonel Burr took
place, he must have departed for Wasl,ington,-
NJ could not have been al home-for at tliat ear
iy period 1t will be recoecteJ, neither steam boats
nor stages were in use, and that the only mode
Of transportation was horseback, which to per
form the journey required no less time than
twenty two or five days; of course when jackson
declares as he docs in this undated letter. that he
must ''sec Cen Smith in the morning at his (Geu
SiithI house,, II shows clearly that 1t must have
been in the fall of 1908, and at after period;ce
| tainiy not IN November 1906, when Gen. Smith
evidently was on his way TO the Federal CITY,
where 1t was necessary he should be by the com
| mencing Of Congress the lst of December
But il i jec.ed, if this letter be in reference
to boats ordered to be built for the u States, why
! say, as the letter does say" The cash now sen,
is in part for the boats; the balance on delivery,
either in bank bills or DRAFT on New Or
leans, the $1,000 being all the cash that can be ad
vanced." The answer appears a very PLAN and
rational one. The boats were to be built in a few
weeks. They were TO be ready by the 10Th De-
cember, and all was hurry. 1t became necessa-
| ry to divide out, and to place them in different
hands, tor the purpose OF greater expedition. Be.
side this, provisions to be obtained from, diff
ierent places, and from different owners 1t would
not DO 10 be drawing various drafts and for small
! amounts on the Secretary of War Accordingly
1
| hce, that some mercantile house should take the
whole draft OF $500, with an s'a,iding that
the money should be furnished as desired or bills
drawn upon some point for the particular sums
wanted.
| The amount paid, by the showing of this letter
being $500; and the draft in favor of Deaderick 6.
Tatum being for So $500, shews that the $4,000
spoken Of was all the cash that could be advanced
tor and on accoun. Of that business. The letter
does not convey the idea sought to be impressed
that all the created claims were to be adjusted by
drafts drawn generally New Orleans: il expres-
ses no such idea. Ii proceeds upon The ground
mat the person to whom i, was written (COi An.
derson) had agreed tojua1iish fire boats and SONS
PorEj and says, that for thrS the balance of his
coDtrlci would be met TO him lin bank bills or a
draii upon New Orleaus." Meaning and saving
this anu no norc-when your work is done, Dead
rics & latum, IL whose favor the draft will he
drawn, will advance the balance Of your claim. or
give you a bill OF New Orleans, as may comport
with their ability, or as may suit your conreni
e"ce at the time; for it may mean the one lust as
clearly as II does the other.
and l. not this reasoning and these differences
rs IL regards the words, "a draft upon New Or
leans, just as fair that il should he adduced a,
c;rcumstance standing in connexion with Col.
Burr and his business: 1t is no. pretended. ar
least nothing has been adduced 10 shew that Col
Burr had any funds at New Orleans. Indeed
one OF the "tries light air." brought, forth. &.
urged against Gen. jackson, as GROUND of his par
hciPduon is that he endorsed draft for Col. Bur,
York. Ii was but act OF friend ship to a stran
ger, and 4 distinguished man, at time when no
suspicion abided agains Burr, aud which i'll soci-
ETY., one man, and one stranger, indeed, not I'm.
frequently performs for another. But if Burr had
FUNDS in New Orleans why were they no; remit
ted TO him, tor it seems he needed them so much.
as to be under the necessity of negotiating draft
here for $500: and il he had them there in such
abundance as to place $1,000 or more in the hands
Ola SioGl" associate, why draw UPON New York,
ain ask iiat same associate TO endorse, where by
the Subsequent protest and non payment OF the
OH, n evidently appears he ha'i none? Taking
Tue whole arguine nt-the references and the facts
OF the case together, and we are satisfied il can
not be questioned, but that this perverted and mis-
represented matter, relates alone, and exclusive
~ TO the order OF the Secretary of War Of the 3Ist
Of Oct. 1903.
with this matter We DONE believing we
nave said and shewn enough to satisfy auv one
mol absolutely increduious. Nash Repub
nj s.rf 10 n.