Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-08-13

Army on the River Sabine, and believe Il had
~ the time OF its first publication, no other
connection with Col. Burr. He is believed,
though, 10 have been somewhere in the west
ern country-perhaps near Nashville. ] re.
member 10 have held a conversation with
Judge John Overton. on the same evening. or
the next moining. after Gen. Jackson led Burr
mo the ball room at Taibot's Tavern; Over
ION, Jackson, and myself, and other friends
before that time, had been on terms OF the
srIcies; intimacy, and il was INC Office of
Judge Oveiton On that occasion to demonstrate e
wKa me, on account Of the part | vas then
taking against Burr. l recollect distinctly, in
that conversation, his reference 10 this COM
pany OF old men whose address had been sign
ed and delivered. long before, 10 Jackson, and
asked me II | supposed such men were iniu.icaI |
! to the country, and willing to commit Treason
II answered any thing. must have answered
as now believe, that that address had no
connection with, or alusion 10 Burr. This
conversation was perhaps the very evening
Judge OSerton came TO me, with the iniorma
/ ton that Col Burr would not attend the Ball,
as his company would be disagreeable.
State also, II YOU please, MIR. Editor, that in
the town Of McMinvile, there lives a man by
the name of Theodore Burton man oftruth
and respectabilny, as have heard here -he
staies that IN 1906, he t1os one Of Burr's men.
, and was mustered INTO service at the Clover
Bottom, with arms in their hands - that about
IS men s,gned the list Of enrolment at the
same time with himself- that at that tne Gen.
Jackson and Aaron Bur- were on the ground,
and that Patton Ande rson was his captain.
Burton says, when the men under Anderson
separated, It was under an agreement, az to tho
time when they were TO march off with Burr,
as his men and that before that time came
round, the matter bursied. This IL a condensed
view Of what MIR. Burton says: who refused to
give written statement. Now, wnen Genera
Jackson was summoned as a witness to Rich
mond against Burr, II ho had called on Burton
as apOther witness, the government would have
been enabled to have proved an overt act Of
Treason on Burr-Treason when connec cied
with Gen. Eatons and ComE odore TruAlon's
evidence. Why, let me ask, did hs fail TO do
so' When recollect that the destruction Of
tho American institution " as the object Of the
Burr conspiracy, and that General Jackson
vas III The possession offa cts and circumsi ances
which would bave convicted the consPrators,
aud ye, improperly withheld them, when sum
moned TO Richmond 10 give testimony, thereby
enabling them TO escape from punishment, /
am filled with aston shment, that the American
nation should think for moment of support
| ing his proichsions to the highest Office IN the
gift OF the people. In view OF this state Of
things, trcmble for my country's honor and
safety.
If Mr.. Jefferson, invested as he was with
such political power and authority, had been
! az friendly to Burr's schemes az Jackson is be
loved to have been. it is impossible for the
, mind Of man TO conceive the disasters that
would have threatened the safety of this union.
NATH. w WILLIAMS.
| McMinniville, June Goth, 1928.
Ruthe'j jord County, .Nufreesborough
Dear SIr--By your request, ] enclose you
| few lines respecting Gen. Jackson's conduct
| towards Aaron Burr, about the time he was
| suspected Of a conspiracy against the govern
| ment.
Whether or not Jackson was a partner in
Burr's conspiracy | cannot positively say. 1
can only say, there was to my mind strong
circunstantial evidence, that he was; I was
often iE tho neighborhood of Gen. Jackson's
while Burr was there. l recollect it we'll that
Burr made Jackson's house his home; and
what considerable intimacy existed between
| them. Burr had some boats built near Jack
sons; and when he vent down the river some
Of Jackson's relatives and particular friends
1 went with him. From the character Of those
relatives and friends, was always Of opinion,
that they went Off at Jackson's request. What
still further tends to convince ,uc that there
was something in the conduct Of Gen. ia clson
not right, was, that the object of Burr's expe-
dItIon, and the object Of those friends and rel
atives in going with him, were unknown.
The general character Of Jackson, and his
standing in life at the time Of his intina cy with
Burr, strengthens the suspicion again HIM. He
is daring and exceedingly ambitious; and his
standing IN lie at the time above mentioned,
was at its lowest ebb Ho might then justly
have conceived that nothing he could do,
would lower his standing very much, aud he
was bold and wicked enough to attempt any
thing.
These are the principal circumstu unces which
induced me to believe. that Gen. Jackson was
a confdant aud associate Of Aaron Burr.
| Yours. &c. JOHN HOOVER.