The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-16
JACKSON s. BuRR-Np. 3.

JACKSON s. BuRR-No. 3.
II would seem to Us, t,ai when suspicion
@s been excited against inaa Who fills
large space ~ thr pnhlic eye, of participation
~ An aci Of sIGA character as Burr enlrr.
pr'ze Is generally opposed II in,e brtn, an
when that suspirinn IS fortified hy may CON
curing circumstances, eome better defence
might and would br set up, il were uniour-
Did, thsna variety IT vagt rarohectinna u,
;he devoted par 1ans Of him upon whom The
suspicion rest the most important Of which
r"cnllectous are stated ,,ithout rrtrrruca 20
Laos, aud many others are ,apatiy coufra.
1ftory ami ur"cnucieabl. with each other
pliin narrative Of the circumstanras. rs
they occurredat the period, wonId have been
efficient 70 stamp the charge rs calpmny
and TO rescne the character of thu subject
Such defence IA NOT that Of thu Nashville
com a,,tt"". Several Of the most important
links III the CHAM 81 evidences a diced by lhe
opp mcns OF ten. jackson 10 fA tho charge
tende,2, whilst others are very un,ati5laGtar,
ly explained, Or eqIirocoHV dcnied. Indeed
we thiuk that Gen. Jackson shnnl4l mol havp
u sfrrted The liga,on of drfendina his
/ character against serious ppniaion from
himself. to- bo " whose exclusive duty 4
| seems 10 be, to protect his chnracief
| sch tang, we bcl'y', was meyer be
fore heard OF IN this or in ANY Other roun
try. When our eminent men have been
heretofore es,a,led, thev have pither treated
their assailants with silent contempt, or r.
poll the blow aimed NJ fnefn by the vipoI -
! their own pens. 10 relation - tn. Busr
| charge, too. an additional considnraiinn.-n,
less 'uan = promise to tdh efyect ---esfed D.
The General, IN >hiysrs' ir3st onr lance IN l.. /.
own vindicaiiou--Ior, in his letter 10 JUDGE
Williams. ter prnuoruring emphaiicallp the
charge itself 10 he unfonndei, he nledye. him
sell to" expose II ~ n rH'rpirU' ! he onlp
wav ~ whicn We can reasonably account for
that his friends in Nashville feared the eercia
OF his violent passions, operating ON a mind
which has never given any Indications Of
Extraordinary strength or hr,'lnncs Even,
however. # this were the case, we think II
would nave iookod hrrer If the signature ri
.4ndrew Jackson had been appended 10 IN.
Defence, instead OF the names Of the member,
of the committee. II would not have been thr
-. .,.t..x Il.
been prScrispI, and the Defence would. assured
", have carried with it more weight w, hope
the General did not wrap lfup in his dig1i-
", as PER sous who suddenly acquire some star
ding iu lie are too apt ~ do--far he should re-
collect. That, in this country. no candidate for
public office or honors is elevated SO high n, 10
look with Indifference and scorn on the proper
invest CATION, by his fellow cirizens mo his
for the present, wth the single remark, that, in
vo ing Tor thei- chief magistrate. the people
should he ccrta u. As they have always hercto.
fore been, that te is 4 man Who place a Just e.
innate on public opiniou. and thai he has Al
least intellect ennSgh to vindcaie his o.rn chan
actcr When efforts made to detract from his
reputation as good and loyal citiIen.
The two most important contradictions con.
,a,ed in the evideoce furnished to the pubic by
the defenders OF Gen. Jackson are, .J;rsf. rs to
the fact of the Generals kno~ledge Of Burr's
designs as soon the 18th Of Nov. 1906, wi,en
his letter to Gov. Claiho,ne was uri,ten--and.
seeondiy, as TO the trae object fBnrr
First 1t has been coniended. eyer since
the question Of II come N'"nheiwepn Jackson
and Burr has heen sgitated, that. i was tho
,eei ofthe former 90 gcard Claiborne H.
ga.est the designs of the lat'or. Il .,dmav.
seemed To us tn be a very .1ngr'ar aaanrn ntioo,
inasmacb az that letter enokr 1t Hi,a .son
anil ofenem'es 'gdh'a h- city Of Ne;g Or
iears, trom whom danger was % h. appre