Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-21
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turuay iast,anu alter iuuster,t Wa proposed To TAX
the vote oil the company on the Presidential Elec-
TONES Members of the Company present-Gen
Jackson received 53, anu ]. q. Adams captain
Cook has upwards oil 90 men belonging to his com
pany, and 1t is said, not more than six, are IN hNor
OF the powers that be. A Bi-STANDES.
tive und rstand from a very respectable
Correspondent, (3ih inst) that Notwithstanding
the unprecedented exertions, and the very excep.
|tionable expedients, that have been employed by
sthe Administration party in the county OF RICH
tmond, the friends OF jackson will get a majority
there, il the People will but turn out TO the Polls,
The Coalition have long counted upon Richmond as
one OF their frdined-bdnd counties. Will the
friends OF Jackson suffer this reproach to rest upon
their respectable county? While the Citizens oil
Virginia al large, and the friends oi Jackson and
Reform elsewhere, are marching with victorious
banners 10 the polls, will they permit the county of
Richmond TO be LEFT III a meagie mjnority-aban-
|doned 20 the miserable service OF an -xpiring Goa.
f3ition ? No; no. To the Polls 10 the Polls =
II and.rescue your county from such a
] eproach
HENRY CLAY AND AARON BURR.
ihe following letter, evidently ,cyiitsn III order
TO be published, appears in both the Officials OF
Saturday last
~AsHINGToN, 18th October, 1928.
".ny Dear D1cf0r-l observe that some OF The
jackson party in Kentucky, tor the purpose OF
Withdrawing public attention from the. alleged
connexion between Gen. jackson and Col. Burr.
- 90 NV - "a ttNiDG-
ton IN the schemes Of the latter. ! have not, my
SCH, thought 1t necessary to notice this uew and
groundless accusalon, but, prompted by the ovin-
IONS OIL some oil my tsiends, and actuated, also, by
the desire to vindlcate the memory of an iaestima-
bic but departed friend, Who fell in the military
L%eervice OF his country, ! communicate the follow.
ling statement, whici. you are at liberty to publish:
"fuolic prosecutions were commenced in the Fee
oerai Conlt ci kentucky against Col. Burr, in the
iai ri 1896. He applied TO me, and l engaged as
ms counsel, In conjunction '.s"l the late Colonel
John Allen, to defend him. The prosecutions were
conducted by the late Col. JOSEPH, Hamilton Da-
siess, a nhan oi genius, but of strong preiudices,
who was such al adrnirer OF fool. Hamilton thar ar
Ter he had attained full age, he (col. DN ,,lopt.J
a part oil his name as his own. Both Col. Allen and
myself believed that there was 10 ground for the
prosecutions, and that Col. Dayiess was chiefly
moved to institute them by his admiration of Col
Hamilton and his hatred OF Col. Burr. Such was
our conviction of the innocence of The accused
tnat, when NJ sent Us Il considerable fee, we re
solved 10 decline accepting it, and accordingly re
[!urnsdit. We said t. each other, Col. Burr has
peen an eminent member Of tn. profession, has
been Attorney General of the Stat. of New York,
Us prosecuted without Cause, in a distant State.
and we ought not 10 regard him in the light of an
ordinary cuiPiit. The first prosecution entirely
ISiieo' second was shortly afterwards Instituted.
betweehthe iwo, was appointed a Senator of the
United States. In consequence of that relation TO
the General Government, Col. Burr, who still
wished me TO appear Tor him, addressed the note TO
me oil which a copy Is herewith transmitted. l ac-
coidingiy again appeared for him with Col. Allen 4;
anu when The Grand Jury returned The bill of in
dictinent not true, a scene was presented in the
Court Room which | had never before witnessed
III Nen'ucky. There were shouts OF applause from
an audience, not one OF whom, | am persuaded,
would nave hesitaied 10 level IA rifle against Col.
Durr, IT he believed that he aimed to disme mber the
Union, or sought TO violate It's peace, or oyerturn
lie Constitution.
I" 1t is not true that the professional services of
either Col. Allen or myself were volunteered, al
though they were gr0iuitous. Neither of us was
acquainted with any Illegal designs whatever of
Col. Burr. Both OF US were fully convinced If his
innocence. a better or Drawer man, OF a more
ardent and sincere patriot, than Col. John Allen,
never lived. The disastrous field OF Raisi.t. on
which he fell, attests his devotion to his country
The affidavit OF a MIR. John Downing has been
procured and published to prove that | advised him
10 enlist with Col. Burr, and that 1 told him 4 was
gong with MN myself. There is not one word o.
run IN II, so tar as ii relates TO me. The ritlicui
ious tale will b. credited by no one who knows
ootn OF us. The certificate Of some highly res
pectabie men has been procured as TO his charac
ter. This affidavit bears date oil the Sd, aud he
certilcate, on a detached paper, on the 18th instant.
1 have 10 doubt that il was obtained on false pre-.
fences, and with an entire concealment OF il. oh
biect. 4 was, at the period of the last prosecution,
preparing TO attend the Senate Of The United States,
at the seat OF Government, many hundred miles IN
m opposite direction from that in which il after
wards appeared Col. Burr was bound. So far from
my having sent any message TO MIR. Downing,
when l was last IN LIE yington, did not then even
dream that the ~malignity Of party spirit could labri-
CAKE such a charge a. has been since put forth
against me. It's not true that ] was at the bali
gwen TO Col. Burr in Frankfort. was at the time
IN Lexington. 1t is not true that he ever partook
oi the hospitality OF my house. II was at that time
o matter OF regret with me, that my professional
engagements, and those connected with my de-
parture Tor Washington, did not allow me TO extend
10 him the hospitality with which il was always
my Wish to treat strangers. He never was in nv
house, according TO my recollection, but once, and
Shat was the night before ] started TO this city,
when, being myself; q stranger in this place, he
delivered Inc some letters OF introduction, which [
never presented.
y my arrival here, in December 1906, I be.
came satisfied, IRON the letter, in ~cypler, OF Col.
Eurr to General Wilkinson, and from other infor-
%'nation, communicated to me by DIR. Jeffe rson, that
Col. Burr had entertained illegal designs. AT the
request of Mr.. Jefferson ! delivered to him the
original note from Col. Burr 10 me, of which d
copy is now forwarded, and presume 1t ia yet d.
mong MIR. JeIierson's papers. / was furnished
with a copy oil IT, in the hand writing Of Col. Coles.
his private Secretary, which is with my papers in
Kentucky.
"This, my dear Doctor, is a true and faithful
eccouni of my connection with Col. Burr.
=" am, ever, your faithful friend, IL. CLAY.
On. X. PINpELL."
(EIere follows A. Burr's letter Of December 1906,
t0 Mr.. Clay-which we published in the last En-
quirer)
We have not yet givcD.placc to the affidavit Of
Mr. John Downing referred TO by MI. Clay.-Itis
published in various newspapers; and among the
rest, in the Cincinnati Republican as follows
PROOF POSITIVE.
Z" Since the article from the Kentucky Gazette,
showing Clay's connection with Burr, was IN type ,
Ne have received The following deposition OF MIR.
John Downing, OF Lexington. Kentucky, which
PROBES eoncttsipeiy, that HENRY CLAY WAS