The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-09
POLITICAL.

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| Docam,rts Jur,ished 6g The Nn5filt Jact,oa
! Committee ~ REPUTATION ofHe charge. inlpuiitie
10 zen. lncksou q participation IA NE consfira
cg n idr9H Bur-.
Copy ola letter from \. Jackson to q. ".
Campbell January 18th, lso7.
SIR The late drnnnriai,on of Aaron. Burr.
IA a,raoi has excited great surprise, aud gen
eral indignation. Sill, from the opinion pos.
ses.ed ri The steuscr many there nrr who wait
10, the proof, before they viii pronounce HIM
guilty ot,he charge. One thing is generally
believed. that IL Burr = guilty, Wilkinson has
participated IN The treason. The public mud
has been much agnaicd from various reports
OF BUR- having hren met nj The mnuth OF Gum
bertrand river, with 100 boaIs aud 1000 armed
men aud twas stated Ns fact. Tint the cap
tam NJ Mn.snc and nll the men were going wuh
hun. Subsequent reports stated that thes wrtc
eonr. An express which started On the re-
ceipi Of the 8. OF Wars letter Of ihe--uli. has
returned. aud states that Burr lei, Mnssac on
the 81 nli IN company ten boats, fis men on
board each, without, arms, or any thing TINT
can ailo1d suspicion aud that Captain Bssell
has been doing hrs duty rs ,igilani officer /
had ordered om ~ companies OF volunteers on
he receipt of 3. of Wars letter 10 check
the Adventures, which on return Of express |
dismissed hive 40 doubts that from the pans
that have been taken 10 circulate reports II will
he rumored thet am ou full march to unite
with Burr. This know you never will believe
nntll You hear IL from myself 81 from such n
source you know cannot err. Should Won ever
hear thai am embarked IN cause inltulcal 10
my country, believe II not. Should Won hear
thnt reasonable intentions have come Ia my
knowledge and that | have been silent, believe
them not OF that wond DOT put any man out
a..
me. without on the ground OF discovering ITO
The proper authoiite II Bur has any treas.
onnllc intentions IN view. he ia the bnscsi of all
human beings. viii tell you why. lie always
held out the den of settling Wnshitn, unless II
war with Spain, ~ That event, he held oui the
dea, thnttrom his timacy with the >, oil War
he could Obtain an appointment. and II he did
would reyolutonze Mexico. About the 10Th OF
November, Captain - cnlicd nj NY house
and after the slpy OF nighi, and pnn of day
introduced the subject of Tia. adventures, aud
IN pnrt stated that, their intention WIS to DIVIDE
the Union. ! aernly asked how they would ct
feet II, he replied, by selziug New Orl'nns aud
the bunk, shutting the port, conque,'ng Mexico
aud uniinR the W stern parts Of the luion Ia the
conquered country. !. perhaps wnh warmth
asked him bow thls WIS 10 be effected, he rrpi
ed by the aid ol the federal troops. md the gcns
rrnl nj their hrnd. | asked II he hnd tins i,om
the general, he snih he had moi. | asked him II,
Col. Bun was IN the seheme he answered .e
did not knew, nor was he Informed thai be wa.
that he barely knew Col. Burr aud never had
any conversation with him. | asked him how
he knew this aud from whom he got his infor
nation he said from - - IN New York
Knowing that Col BUR- was we'll acquainted
with -. u rushed INTO my mind lac llghl.
mug, that he, tBnr,) WAS At the head, aud from
the colorings he had hid ont Ia inc, GeneraIs
Robertson aud Dvelton. aud the hospitality |
had shown him, viewed II as base conduct 10
us all, aud heightened the basenrss of his lnien.
deh crimes If he really was about To become
traitor. sat down aud wrote 10 Gen Smith
aud Doctor Dickson | wrote 10 Governor Cal.
borne 10 nin his citadel ina state nf defence
without naming any person except Con, NIlkln-
son. When this was done, | wrote Cot BUR-
IN strong terms, my suspicious NJ hun, aud IN
al Tiny were cleared from my mnd, no further
intimacy wns 10 exist between us. made m.
suspicious known TO Grncrals Robertson aud
Iatmn, with some Others Nnt long after, ~
ceiVed his answer, with the most sacred pledges
hat he had not. nor never had, any views inIn.
zeal or hostile 10 III" United states aud whenev
~ he VA, charged with the intention OF separa-
ing the Union, the idea Of insanity must be rs.
,ribod 10 hun After his acqui,ai in Kentucky
I
ed thu subject, made the same pledge, aud said
thai he had no objecIs IN view, bul such rs were
sanctioned by leg authority ahd said,
that when necessary, he would produce the Sc
cretaty Of Wars oIdefs-ihhi he wanted only
oung men Of talents Ia 70 with him--wth such
ne wished 10 make his settlement, Bs II would
have n tendency 10 draw to II wealth aud rhar-
acter. For these rcasons--fiom the pledges
made II he IS trhior, he is the basest thai ever
did commit treason. AID being torn 10 pieces
and scattered 10 the iouT winds of heaven. would
be too good for him. Bui We will leave nm Tor
tlmc aud evidence 10 versIfy his hue. nave
gwen you the outlines, aud la n few weeks will
give The proof JACKSON.
II il hereby certified, that the original letter
here referred to, was submitted 10 Nj. Jefferson
then president of the unneu States, immediately
after II was received, from when, after pctusing
It, he desired PERMISSION TO copy such parts Us
related to the allan oi Burr. beng the same
tanned Ia the foregoing extracts " hIch vas tee
" given, and when Inc letter WIS returned 20
the undcrsgnpd II" understood from Nj. Jeiirl-
son he had taken copy rs he propose Il dong ;
and those parts OF hch the foregoing is u copy
being all that related to Sud allan, were under.
sco,ed while in his Possession.
u, ". CAMPBELL.
AprJne ID 1928.
Extract al a letter from Gen Jackson 10 the
Hon. Daniel smith Senator ia Congress.
HTHfiage, Nor. II. lse6.
Dear Sir By Tie last mai ! wrote ou leng.
thllv upon subject on which have nca,d no
thug sluce. NJ, mind !, still al firmly fixed IN
the beIlel as possibly can he IN II ,ning at
which II nasnot POSITIVE prot; however Crcum-
stances may arse that may bury tue projec, IN
oblivion.
have nothing new since wrote You last.
Report says Cob BUR- has been arrested Al
Frankfort. kcnlucky. ona charge tor rn,s,ng
men 10 invade MeXlco whether TINS ~ the tact
| cannot say but from the channel through
which the report has come, believe il true maj
he has been arrested
Extract Of n letter BON the same to Doctor WI.
TAN Dickson, Representative IN Congress, dd-
ted Nov. II, lSDfi.