The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-21

self was certainly apprized 81 W,lkmsoa's DE-
termination 0fNIlnsnn Was not. As Ne btlicys
he was, most grossly slandefed ny ali the part.
zans Ut bnrl to dissolve the ualon. ns earl, as
the l2lh nov. 1906 Il month alter which iinr
he had II N his power o dlsulge his knowledge
at that intention 10 Burr. while tie latter was ~
Nashville on his way 10 New Orleans. Nhs
did ne moi 10 It Or father. /. II not ncredi-
cham Of circumstances istoa strong 10 be- broken.
which goes TO prove that Jackson aud Bur
we've alike eniity--but that thu former less di,.
posed than HE httcr TO stake his all on the ha
gard ol sing'c cast, OF more prudrntjy derer-
mlned 10 guard against the consequences of
defeat, wrote his letter 10 Claiborne. To bc nsrd
IN his Nmdlcation AS circumstances might Re
qute. And certainty he exhibited no utle
lorrCnst. rs events have smse proven. though
even he could not have anticipated that his lrlter
would ever have been adflneca II shnw thai he
had Intended 10 guad New Orleans against the
designs Of AARON Bum
But, even lflthc Admitted tint Jaclson's lct
ter to Claiborne was intended II pat the Gov
rrnoro ms guard against Bun still we deny
that he Is emitted to the credit Of prioruv IN
conveying The Information, as Will appear from
the following narrative extracted from the en-
cnah idrocaie, aud which is sald by the Ed,.
tor O that papcrto have been " eaejuiiy cola.
ted from authentic Documents"
Col. Rung travcrscd The western counr,
| ia the sumner Of 1905. aad visited the ptmrt
pal towns al OHIO, kcutucky. Tennessee, and on
the Mississippi he had an interview rih ten.
Wilkinson aud associated with most of the pm.
! clpal men. In August. 1906 hr icu Fhtladri.
phla tor the west, was nj irlt>hurg or the ; Isl
of thai month aud lcll II IN the 2lth proceeded
| by Washington and Wheeling, so Marietta
where sH 4aalsed about the lstot SrptcmbcI
! Tie remained with BlaunrrhaSsct some days
and about lie lst Of September, tic publication
! of In celebrated ESSAYS sisned QlHIRteI, was
! commenced IL which thr po 10y Of dividing the
| Union was discussed Some ilue ~ The samo
month, he reached Cincinnati from whence he
proceeded 10 kentucky, aud rs brhcVrd To Ten
rrs,ce- On The 10Th Of October, he was n Lcs-
I ington. aud on the on ot November. he was ac
J cusod hetore the icdeial court at kentucky.
! grand jury was convened 10 meet on the sib
| aud adjourned To the 18th, when they refused
- return a htli, aud Burr was discharged. He
Was prosecuted again ltten November, aud IA
| ~ N December again acquitted. On sunday
| the ltth oil Dccrrnbrr, he arrived At zen. Lack.
| sons aud renamed there aud At Nashville un
! I'll the 22nd when he descended the cumberland
| river viii Two boats bat without any body o
men
( HIS narrative thong brlef IS clear and eE.
piicit, aud fully establishes the truth oftne posi-
ton which We promised abo,r 10 suhstanllate
that Gov. Claiborne must have been "tluils
blind and deaf If ne did not ser aud hear the az.
proach oil the storm which olong threatened the
| particular portion OF the Unonthe protection o
which had been conGded to his vigilance aud
patriotism. Certainty, hr must have heard
Of the accusation preferred against Bun
before the federal court Of Kentucky ON
the 81 O. that montb, Tire TN day OF which
Gen. Jaekseu5 warning ieaer was written
with a, much certainty and rapduy through
the REGULAR and drtct channels Of communi
cation between k'pJucly aud New Orleans
by the e.fe,1ioH ,o1ta oil Nashville And
az certainly he must have known. that. leI
nearly lHo years aulecedently, the plot bad
been in citation aud that some OF the mos
/ Jsrina Of the traitors bo5 openly. in the n,,b
/ lie papers, adgocatcd dissolution Of the L
4 "l'h % maj, " JACKSON ) letter was not
I as We contend, designed 10 inform Claiborne
Of the immediate DANGER which Threatened
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/ ne" 'f'taos' "''" '"e 7'oi'' s'n"''"heau
descent OF Burr down the Mississippi, il mus
have been intended as a upaps ri s,bspau.nt
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~ '', ~ ~ N"'' Il
/ was 50 designed, as his friends contend, he
/ deserves the marked reprobation of every
t.ta,,, c.,.,.i.,.i,.., H.. ..., ~ -.
w. ~ va W. " ~
ana a TRAITOR towards II mr.
| The last " bntchcs .4rsF furnishes Us will
/ coma additional aviJ.,re in ,elat,nn Ia H.,
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