Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-14

l siiion to Siorgan Lewis. ior the guoeina,oriai
| Chair oil New York. To 10 honour to this Union
and in ratification OF the treaty with the Clint0ni-
ans. splendid nter,ainnent, is given to Burr anu
TO De Witt Clinton at Dyde's Hotel in the City o
I N. York at which they both toasted. The
consolidation of these hitherto opposing and power.
full State parties is considered complete and their
reconciliation cordial and sincere.-Gcn. Adai'
entered the Senate OF the United States at the
session of 1905 6 and he Wilkinson, the 9Th
january, 1906, from Washington, that Burr ha,
gone 10 the South. and that both tho ruling par
ties in the State of New for. had made proposals
10 Burr :" Offering to pass law pardoning all tn;
past and TO electshim Governor" SC.
| The year 1906 opened upon Col. Burr full o
hope. He had descended from the second station
ia the Constitution. generous people had oh
scured his errss with the veil Of forgiveness
His services to the Republic were reflected in 9
judgment had placed It's teeblcr powers in crit.
cisn upon his doubtful actions. The record
ed honours voted him by the Senate. the act Of
oblivion promised for his relief by his opponents in
New York; the personal civilites OF President
Jefferson, so late January, 1906; the plausivc
acclaim with which his visit in the past year had
been hailed in the West. presented combination
OF gratifying incidents that with most men might
satate the cravings Of vanity and fill the lust OF an
| arrogant ambition. His elastic temper enable<:
him TO rebound from the depths ofdistress aud
lamity, into which adverse fortune had thrown
him, aud suspicion ITSELF casting of its wonted cha
racter had breathed no whisper, to distrust the
hdeiity OF his patriotism nor tho stability OF his de-
votion to the Union. These attractive causes at
once invited, while they promised TO sustain, the
most extensive contidence-And thus circumstanc-
cd he re-appeared in the Western country, early
in the Summer OF the year l606-To these devei-
opmen,s, others Of great moment are now 10 be u
nited Spain, France, depot Cor Western Conn
merce, and the free navigation OF the Mississippi,
River, rise upon the view, and press themselves
into our deliberations. The seeds OF controversy
with Spain were sown in the general treaty for
peace in lT53-They fructihed in abundance; and
the fruits were, domestic intrigues Spanish con-
spiracies, threateninss, dscontents. and malcon-
TENTS in the West, and irritating obtrusions OF TO-
reign powers, in home relations. In these va
rious Causes Of disQuieude John Brown. Judge Sc
bastian, Wilkinson, and Judge lnnes were implica-
eddy the public suspicious. treaty had been
patched up under the Government, deriving its
powers from the old articles Of confederation, be-
tween Mr.. Jay on our part aud MIR. GardoQui the
Minister Of Span-which conceded to Spain the
navigation OF the Mississippi for twenty five years
This treaty justly oe nsive TO the West III the sacri
hce Ola vital Interest, was attributed oa sentiment OF
jealousy, nurtured in the older, and especially in
the Eastern States to the future prosperity, OF that
restless people, then holding The vast and fertile
Country beyond the Allegheny. Dir. John Brown
addressed letter to Judge Aluter President Of a
local Convention, many years antecedent TO the
times OF which 1 am writing, in which he declares
that this jealous passion will shut the doors OF the
confederacy against the admission Of the Kentucky
district as co ordinate membar OF the Union; and
he further intirnates that Gardoqui is willing
to treat independently with them, whenever they
may be absoved from the obligations of obeyinG
the laws and treaties OF the United States. Ano-
Their foreign power, holding Northern and border
territories, not idle Spectatress OF these dis
contents. The letters of the late Col Thos. Mar
shall to Gen. w ashington in lIS9, furnish clue 10
some apparent mysteries.
The acquisition of Louisiana by the treaty of
purchase in 1903, gave nomentary repose to the
agitations Of seif-interest in the West. But it
did not extinguish the smouidering elements
OF Spanish hostility, either in the Court of
the Escurial, nor in her els atlantic popuia-
ton, that filled her unceded territory in the
New World. In this treaty France had exercised
full share of lcIiberalive will, while Spain had
Instrumental The plots OF Spain with our trans
m0naine people persisted with this territoriei puI-
chase; but these were replaced with the seminal
principles of National hatred and their quick fyu
ton was and felt, IN open acts OF National
hostility. The cession Of Louisiana was asserted
to have sprung up from the necessity of the oc-
casion; and the breaking out OF the war with Eng
land in 1903, exhibited that perilous conjuncture
OF its condition, in which it was thought most pru
dent to sell the country to u.s. rather than permit il
to fall easy prey TO the irresistible dominion o.
the British Navy.
Allusion is here made to these occurrences Of
our History to develoPe the hostility Of Spain, and
to shew that causes not visible OH the surface OF
events, still impeed her to eumity, and shook her
people with the passions OF undated resentment.
The annals Of 1905 distinguished by the indg-
mites of Spain TO our flag, and her entertainments
upon commerce. She levied duties upon our
vessels at Mobile, refused to deliver US possession
Of the territory acquired in the treaty with France,
tore down our National Standard within the coded
limits, seized, transported and imprisoned our cti
zens; her armies invaded country, and her
hostile banners Roated with defiance upon side
OF the Sabine River. Cordero and Herrara acting
under her ORDERS polluted our soil with hostile in
vasion-and her Munster DE Casa Yrujo. irrated
aud offended with every personal vexaticn, both
the President and his principal Secretary-war
appeared to be unavoidable, and this conviction
had seized upon the public mind. The delibera-
tons of Congress in the Session Of 1866, jusi-
fled the general expectation. The sessions were
often held with closed doors; imagination INDUCED
its passion in conjecture, aud evil forebodings
supplied the place Of positive Intelligence. MIR.
Randolph had declared in debate that sSpan was
France"-and Continental Europe was crouching
beneath the vast dominion OF the Emperor Napo-
leon. vi. Portaes. the French Minister fer
Church concerns, was III correspondence with Nj.
Castillion of New Orleans, upon topics Of interest
that touched their peculiar and distinctive persua.
sion-and Religion itself lent its powerful and pre-
vaiiing sanction, to swell the imagination with ad-
ditonal eptions Of certain and belligerent
| encroac hments.-In the Western States and Ter
ritories, these events bad made a powerful i'm
preston. With that people the peculiar chiyalry
Of their character, their proximity to the expect
cd theatre Of contest and their various and inter
woven interests, with such war, filed them
with anxietes, that were at once active and lively,
If not single and exclusive. Col. M'Kee, Judge
Todd, and Gen. Bodley made oath that the expec-
taon of Spanish War in 1906, peryadcd the
West. Gen. Bodley added that there was COM
mon ardor on the subject, that war was frequently
spoken Of al musters, and letters of the Command.
er in " Chief Oh the Sabine were referred 10 for
authority" This and other testimony asserts that