The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-28
EtflE SaEssaENRNS.
LYNCHBUaG. JrLY ~, 1925.
JACkaON AND KrHE

Williams and Mr. Hoover. be- must be made oI
inpencrrahlr stud. he places the lcttcr samp
tmr since trnnpetrd to the world by pud Green
and his milor satellites silh So much eclaf. rs
having been Addressed 10 Gen. jackson by A
corps of suporannuafed veterans, o1r,ing to Mace
themselves uadcr command oil the Hro. ~ its
proper footing. Al the time of its publications,
W. suspected tito he aforgrg; aud. althon.
It turns out to be true copy, yet the m,unrr II
which It was twisted from us original purpHt
vas equally criminal as II 1t had been forged.
Inc reader IS left 10 form his own commtnfar,
on the fact, detailed by Judge Williams W
have neuhcir tune nor room ior remarks. If IN.
deed any were necessary.
To the Editor otrhc Sparta Rcucp
JACESpN n 3uRR.-ln tou h1,t number ri
the Review. you defend Ecu JacD On or.aasay
the Telegraph defends nm 90 tn. ground that
a number ofrespretabe seHrrans oi the Rc,a.
luton, lCol. Koht HAYES among tine nnnlbr,.
The brutncr law OF t,enrral Jacl,SpnD address
ed tie General with view 70 AID MIN IN his
effort, to suppress the degradcd Aaron Burr
The Telegraph dors not hS the trnc At WIN h
the al iras, vas mad. bat SAYS It was madr il
few weeks after Jackson wrote Ia toy. CIais
! borne. Claiborne letter, yO1 say, Vds ~ tie
l2th November, I6tHb aud a ieYv wertS after
tn, time would be about the lSt OF p,ocnbcl.
| SOC II would be important 90 know where
burl va, Al that iime--ibe furc Of JackSons lri-
TER 10 Claiborne. At whai port Of Cumberland
ms boats were bultlns--wnethe' at the mon IA
Of stone River, N hlsher mp the Cumberland
Rlver--h"ar 10 u II. JaekSou's house. IL wun nj
be material also to know. Who the Generals
friend, aud relatives wtfr who we're preparing
10 90 off with BUR, and Who did in tact go of.
With hun See 4 copy ii John ilooyetS ritter,
here enclosed.
Now, from Bnrrs Trial, It appears that the
ConspWator, on the Oho fled from banner.
has,eu'> island on The lou December. lsuh. aud
we're at the mouth OF Cumheriaud, as soon ~
they could couvenleutv epI there where the,
met with Col. BUR, VIM hardugued the men
and told thcm he would drvrlopp his sci p, 10
them more fully than he could with safety 10
h.s interest, do there. 80, il IS believed, that
at the precise tlaIe when thu letter was address.
! ed nv Col 4 obt Hayes. aud nthcr Reyoluilona=
~ veterans 10 tac trrnrrd, Aarol Burr was IN
the ,g hnolhood Of Gen. JacNson',. building
boats and mauy OF the Generals near relation,
aud llrads we've preparing To 90 OF with hunt
! Ihs Telegraph makes Col Robt, liavr> exIaoss
the language IN the address At the precise tlme
when his son, Stokelv u. HAYES. was preparing
10 90 "A in boats bull Tor bur at the mouth oI
/ stones NlVer a point o. the Cumberland ncal
/ 10 General JaCkson's house. | hvcd IN Nash
! ville At the tine wien that address va, lrs
4 published IN the papers, and according 10 my
recollection. II was before lhetc was any tail
/ oil Burr Conspiracy II now occurs 10 ne,
/ that II grew out otlne prospects of Spanlst
! War aud the relation OF Wilkinson aud III,
! Spanish Army, on the RIVER SABINE, and hr
E., iete II had AT The timr OF It's fast publication
! no other connection with Col. Burr. He IS b.
llpvcd though to nave been somewhere IN tin
! Western county perhaps near Nashville.
reurmbcr have he'd a conversation viii
Judge John Ovrlfon IN the same evening, OF th,
! next morupL. altet Gen. Jackson led BUR- into
the Bail Noum At Talbot, 'aycrn. Ovrrtnn
Jackson. aud vet and other friends belor,
tha. u!ur had peen III terms OF the Strctest III
timarv. and II ~3ts tn, oiicr of Judge Uvrrton
on t3at occasion ~ demonstrate with ,ne, on sc
count OF the pat then taxing aeaIns
Bur ! rr, object distinctly, ~ tat ,ouyersa
ton his reference 10 this company of old men
" hose ad ir'sS had been signed aud delivered
Ing before, Ia Jackson, aud asked me n sup
posrd such men were tnnnlcal to the country
aud willing 10 commit IroaSon. Il ! Huswerc,
any thing must nave answered as now be
hcvr that that address nadnO councctlon with
u alhSon 10 BUR-. fhr> CONVEX ,aton wi
perhaps the very evening Judge Os,,jon cam
To nc, with the informaton that Cot Burr woul,
not attend he Ball, as his company would b.
dl,agrceable.
State also, you please Nh Editor, that il
the town of McNlmyilc, there live, a man ~
the name Of heoderIc tin ton--a man OF tfuth
and responsibility, A. | have heard hcre--hi
states that ia lst3, h. laos one Of Hur's ntn
aud wasmuStered inta service at the Clover Bot
tom, with arms IN their hands--ihar about Sc
vpnty-fve men slgued the list Of enrolment Il
the same time with n mself-that at thai TIM,
Gen. Jackson and Aaron Burr were ON IN
ground and that Patton Anderson was hls Cap
tam. Burton says, when the men under An
dersou separated. II Was under an agreement
/ ~ 10 the time when they we're to march oil viii
Burr as his men-and that before that TIM,
came round, the mat ca hnrstcd. This is a cau
draSed view Of what Nj Burton SAYS: VINO r.
fused to give n written statement, Now, whri
/ Gen Jackson was summoned aS a witness L
Rirhrnond against Bun. line had called on bur
ton as another witness the G"Veiument wonl'
have been enabled to nave proved an overt &C
LOT rrpasoa nn Burr-irraSon when cnruecte,
vi Gen Eatun's and Commodore lrnNton
Evidence. Why, let me ask, did he faii TO do
So When | recodect, that the destruction o
the American INSTITUTIONS was the oWrct 81 Tn
Burr Conspiracy, aud mat Gen Jackson was II
the possession Of facts and circumstances whicl
would have convicted the Conspicuous and v
improperly withheld tbcm, whoa summoned 4
Richmond 70 give testimony, thereby enabhn!
them to escape from punishment, | am hiie'
with a.tnnsnment, that the American Naiol
should think for moment, Of supporting bi
pretensions 10 tine highest office IN the gift o
the people. In view Of ms state OF things,
tremblc for my country's honor and safety
II MIR. Jefferson. invested - he was with sucl
political power aud authority, had been a
fr,pntlv 20 Burr's schemes as Jackson is beiiev
I'd TO nave been. 1t IS impossible tor the mud o
man 10 conceive, the disasters that would haV'
threatened the safety Of TINS Union.
NAIH. ". WILLIAMS.
McNmnvle June 10Th. lS2s.
Ru,hsyiord County Nrtrfegboropgb.
Dear sir Bv your request, enclose you