The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-09
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We willingly comply with the request oil |
some ot TIM friends Of Gen. Jackson, to repub
lish the Documents winch have been recently
nshered into The world by The Nashville Com
mltee, Ia disprove the charge maize by the |
opponents al the General, that he was impli- !
called in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr We
should have done so without being request
cd as, notwithstanding our decid.d opposi-
ton 10 Gen. Jackson, we are determined TO
do him justice. THIS can only be done by gi-
wing our readers an opportunity of hearing
both sides
Believing that the day of conpiciion has long
since passed by, we ,halI moi, in any luure re
marks we may have occasion To mike on this
subject be Influenced by tie expectation of
advancing the cause 10 which We are attach.
| ed, 50 much as bya desire TO visit upon The
heads of those who have sinned the punisI
menl they deserve. by pourtrayng them t.
postcIity in their true colurs. II any man
who was concerned in Bnrr's cons piracy, has
made alonement for the offence by snh.e-
qnenl services, we are free 10 admit that Gen.
Jackson ia that man. And, therefore, we
would willingly have seen him go down TO
thy grave, chcered by the appreciation ard
! plandits oil his ountrymeh, il be had not pre-
lsnmrtnonsly a1ired 10 guide The " chariot
OF the Sun Feeling somerespect for man
the latter part of whose lite forms so strnng a
contrast Ia the immrraiilies and vices of his
youth-and gratitude TO him who has led our
| armies 10 victOTy,--we were disposed 10 pass
over his toibles IN silence. But not contenled
with The honors he has won.--hc amttionsIy
seeks an ofhce for which he IS IN no respect
qualified and we cannot, therefore, by re-
naming silent, lend our aid, feeble aud impo-
tent as il may be, 10 his enaiation to the Pre-
sidency, merely because he has " done the
State some service when we are convinced
that he is clearly disqualified 10 perform its
duties. by his limited education, his paucity Of
intellect, his violence of temper, and his vi
! cious habits.
We have already shown how extremely incon.
sistent is the defence made by the Nashville
committee with the claim which they and others
satup, OF Gen. Jackson's agency in revealing to
Gen. Claiborne and Mr. Jefferson the fact of
the existence Of Burr. conspiracy The reader,
when he peruses the e,er Of zen. Jackson to
Gov W Campbell, wonld very naturally be
disposed 10 admit that man who rallied at Burr
~ such "roundset terms" on the bare sugpi-
ci0is that he had been engaged in some unlawin
or traitorous purpose, could never have done
any act in furtherance Of the design! But, does
this appear with regard to Gen. Jackson2 On
the contrary, it has been conclusivey shown,
that long after he must have been aware Of
Burr's real designs, he assisted him very male.
rally in the construction Of boats, in the dis.
hnrsement of monies and in purchasing ptovi-
sions For instance, his friends have contcnded
most earnestly, that he suspected, as early as the
18th of November la06, tina, Burr ras not uhai
he seemed 10 be--and that, in consequence Of
this suspicion, he wrote to Gov. Claiborne the
letter of the 18th of November, and also to Mr.
Jefferson, a letter Without date, which, accord
ing to MIR. Is memorandum on the back of IT,
was received on the eth ofihe same nonth, aud
must have been consequently written about the
sarne time. IT, therefore /, be admitied that
these letters were written with the view Of indn-
cling Gov. Claihoine 10 guard against Bar, and
Mr.. Jefferson to issue orders for hs arrest, how