Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-10-14

Donovo uAtii you near 1t from myself: q,
from such a source that you know canno,
err. Should you ever hear that | am em.
parked IN cause, inimical to my country
believe it not. Should YOU hear thai
reasonable intentions have come 10 NV
knowledge, and that have been silent
believe them not or that would not nni
any man out of existence, who would
name such thing to me, without on the
ground of discovering it to the prone,
authorities. If Burr has any reasonable
intentions in view, he is the basest of ali
human beings II will tell you why. HI
always held out the idea of settlino
Wasllta, unless there should be war with
Spain. In that event, he held out the idea
that from his intimacy with the Secretary
of war, he would obtain an appointment
and if he did, would revolutionize Mexico
About the 10th Of November, Captain -
called at my house, and after the stay of a
night d part ofa day introduced hesubiect
OF the adventnrers. and in part stated, that
their intention was to divide the Union.
| sternly asked how they would effect it
he replied by Selling New-Orleans and
the Bank, shutting the port, conquering
Mexico, and uniting the western parts Of
the Union to the conquered country. I.
perhaps with warmth, asked him how this
was to be effected he replied, by the aid
OF the federal troops, and the general at
their head. I asked if he had this from
the General he said he had not. asked
him IT Col. Burr was in the scheme; he
answered he did not know, nor was he in.
formed that he was-that he barely knew
Col. Burr, and never had any conversation
with him. l asked him how he knew this,
and from whom he got his information /; he
said from - in New-York. Knowing
that Col. Burr was well acquainted with
- it rushed into my mind like lightning
that he (Burr) was at the head, and from
the colourings he had held out to me,
Generals Robertson, and Overton, and the
hospitality 1 had shown him, viewed it as
base conduct to us all, and heightened the
baseness of his intended crimes, if he re-
ally was about to become a traitor. I sat
down and wrote to General Smith and
Doct. Dickson; / wrote to GOVERNOR
Claiborne to put his citadel in state Of
defence, without naming any person ex.
cept Gen. Wilkinson. When this was
done, I wrote Col. Burr, in strong terms.
my suspicious of him, and until they were
cleared from my mind. no further intima.
cy was to exist between US. I made nv
suspicious known to Generals Robertson
and Tatum, with some others. Not long
after, | received his answer, with the mos
eoorod Ploagea that lac lad no., ..~.- ---.--
had, any views inimical or hostile to the
United States, and whenever he was
charged with the intention of separating
the Union, the idea of insanity must be
ascribed to him. After his acquittal in
Kentucky, he returned to this country
and to all who named the subject, made
the same pledge, and said that he had nc
objects in view, but such as were sanction.
ed by legal authority; and still said. that
when necessary, he would produce the
Secretary of Wars orders-that he want.
ed only young men of talents to go with
him; with such he wished to make his
settlement, as it would have tendency to
draw to it wealth and character. Fol-
these reasons-from the pledges made, il
he is traitor, he is the basest that ever
did commit treason, and being torn to
pieces, and scattered to the four winds Of
heaven, would be too good for him. But
we will leave him for time and evidence
to verify his hue. I have given you the
outlines, and in a few weeks will give the
proof. A. JACKSON.
6 1t is hereby certified that the origina
letter here referred to, was submitted tc
Mr.. Jefferson, then President of the Unit
ed States, Immediately after it was receiv
ed, from which, after perusing it, he de
sired permission to copy such parts a:
related to the affair of Burr, being the
same contained in the foregoing extracts
which was freely given, and when the let
ter was returned to the undersigned, he
understood from Mr.. Jefferson he hat
taken copy as he proposed doing; ant
those parts of which the foregoing is ;
copy, being all that related to said affair
were undersigned while in his possession
G. w. CAMPBELL.
April the Sd, 1925"
NASHVILLE, Aug. IS, 1928.
By request of the Nashville Commit
tee, do hereby state, that Col. Burr
when in Tennessee in 1906 and 6, repre-
scented his views to be the settlement o
lands to the south, on the Washita river