Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-01

Conduct since your acquaintance with me, coui.i
be so lost to cVfue and to truth as TO have orgi-
mated and put in circulation so base 4 caluinuy.
With these impressions, send Mr. Daniel S.
Donelson to you with this communication, having
no doubt, as an honorable man. that you will scad
me frank and prompt reply.
am, very respectfully,
Your obt servant,
Signed ANDREW JACKS.s'. g.
The Hon. Nathaniel Williams.
The above is a true copy from the orignal
Sparta, FED. eth. ISIS.
SIR: have Just about fifteen minutes since re.
ceiyed, by Mr.. Donclson, your letter o. the .:,rJ
inst. in which you state as by letter from " ash
ngon, g Ii may be well to say that letter
handed about at the Adams Convention, l. learn,
accusing you Of being concerned in Burr's con-p-
racy, upon the authority of Judge Nathaniel Will
liam OF your State. The report is that this ledge
Williams writes, when young man he applied to
you, then Judge, to sign his license a lawyer
that you did SO, but recommended to him, you
conceived bin to be man OF promise, to push his
fortunes by joining Burr, tOho then in yo,T
house--promsing, ifhe would do so, to procure for
him commission Of Captain in Burr's army. This
story is going the rounds from the Adams dele gates
| who have returned home, notwithstanding they
ought to know that you were the hr-t person TO
put Governor Claiborne his guard again the
schemes of Burr-cer5iAn sat-"
can frankly deny ever having written the fcT-
ter Tor any thing like) the one spoken off by the
gentleman who wrote you from Washington. /
did write letter to a relation of mine, Nathaniel
w. w. Kerr, at that time in Richmond The let
ter, il seen, would show that il designed as
confidential one. do not at this time remember
| accurately what the letter did contain. believe,
though, can remember part, fnot the whole Of
what intended at the tme--and will state il, as
| 1t is but just that what has been, by my means,
privately circulated, should be publicly avowed un-
der.the necessities OF this case.
" Some time alter Burr had passed Nashville
once or twice to the lower country, some time be-
fore Mr.. Jeffersons proclamation, in riding from
General Jackson's house to Nashville, Gen. Jack
| an. i'll reference to that conspiracy, what
afterwards called by others a conspiracy, Gen. j.
said to me, that could, if would accept, obtain
commission Of Captain.
J " Afterwards, (some time afterwards, how long
/ cannot tell,) during the sitting of the County
Court OF Sumner, at time when Patton Ander-
son told me either that Burr Adair, or both OF
them were at Gen. Jackson's house-in a room of
Edward Crutchers tavern, as believe, General
Jackson said to me, Il think Judge T. Stuart was
present at the time,) take notice, gentlemen Tor
remember, gentemen,) the division Of the U. States
, has taken deep root.-Yon will find that a number
| OF the members of the Senate, and a number of
the members Of the House of Representatives are
deeply involved in the scheme"
am not certain that the above contained
| in my private letter TO my relation Mr. Natha-
MEL w. w. Kerr. But as have made those pri-
u"te statements privately, it is but Just that /
should now avow them.
| l am in hopes, sir that this letter will be al
together satisfactory to you, for Gen. jackson may
tbe assured that can be more justly bound to
him than myself, (the Presidential question aside }
for the great services conferred by him on my
country.
have the honor of being, most respectfully your
humble servant.
Signed NATH. WILLIAMS.
Maj Gen. Andrew Jackson.
The above is correct copy from the original let
ter of Judge Williams in answer to Gen. Jackson
| w. B. LEWIS.
.ifuiJresborough, March LIST, 1928.
! DEAR SIR: In answer TO your letter of Feb'ry
18th, 1928, in which, among other things, you en-
lqure whether L ever heard Gen. Jackson offer 10
obtain commission for Mr.. Nathaniel Williams
under Bnrr any other person, SC. sc. l res.
pond that never did, that to the best of my recol
lection, never was at Gen. Jackson's house when
Burr there, do / remember of ever being
there with MIR. Williams. | never heard Cen
erai Jackson say to Judge Williams, to any
other person, that Burr wanted men to Join him
| in any project whatever; nor did ever hear
General Jackson say any thing in relation to Burr
| or his views, from the time he first to \ ash
vile until after he prisoner do not exactly
| remember the time Burr came 10 Nashville, but il
was after he ceased to be Vice President, and had
killed Hamilton, and no suspicion was entertained
by any body, so far as L knew, that he cngag-
ed in any Illegal, reasonable project The citi-
zens of Nashville gave him public Ginner a.
which was present presume Gen. jackson had
resigned his office OF Judge, some years befoi g
Burr first came to Nashville; Of course he must
have signed Mr. Williams license, and held con
versation with him, before Burr's conspiracy was
set on loot. III had ever heard such converse.
ton that above stated, ii would have excited my
curiosity 10 know what Burr wanted with an army
and when, in a short time afterwards, his treason.
able projects were talked of, should have recol-
lected it strongly, that would not afterwards
have forgotten it. / recOllect that after the pub.
lie began to talk OIL and 1.-THE unlawful view,
OF Burr, certain MIR. Pease came 10 Nashville
sent, as understood by the Post Master General
to enquire into some matters relating to the Pos
Office he consulted me, Attorney of the Unit
ed States for TINS District, and after that business
was ended, the conversation turned upon Burr:
conspiracy; he asked if ] thought Burr haC
many friends in this country who would he likely
to join him. told him no., thought few noI.G,
that majority were republicans, who were dis
pleased with Burr for intriguing 10 be elected Pre-
sdent by Congress, when lie had been voted for
by hem, as Vice President. He asked if there
were not considerable number OF Federaiists, who
would favour him as they had heretofore done il
the Presidential eIection--I replied, their number
was considerable; but, SO far as knew or believed
he would get no support from them; they disliket
his political opinions, they doubted his integrity
. aud they dsliked him because he had killed HaIn
ton, and did not believe they would support any
man against the lawful Government OF the country
He enquiredi if was well acquainted with Gen
Jackson; OIL replying IN the affirmative, he said he
had been informed that Burr and Gen. j. were OF
terms OF great intimacy and friendship that ht
Burr lived much at Jackson's house. l replied
that there need be fears from that quarter; tina
!, Us house was open to all respectable strangers
and he was in the habit Of treating all with hOsp
taty, attention, and politeness, and this he would
continue to do so long Burr acted correctly
but the moment he would venture to deveope
his reasonable purposes, General Jackson wouIt