The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-17

N language well calculated 70 excite alarm ~
the punl.e mind and irat IA his Own.
Bui secondly The iutna nv existing be-
tween ten. ssartwout, OF New York, aud
Con. IHshsnn Is cnrr0harat.a. ii the suspicious
which the abaye trc 'ided act j. rairu sted to
excite cen. swsftwouI w. one oil Burt's as
socitte> whether With or without know ledge
Of his designs we know no. Ia the Appendix
90 Bnri's Trial. is a letter from Aaron burr to
Andrew jackson, Nti,tcu IA tspher, untrodu-
chg % the iaffar fhs Sane Mr. sHatwort, wit
ton shortly hplalr the rXpipsinn winch tcrmina-
tod the enietptizr, and ruined Bun. 10 this
period aud tbs cirCumstgutcs Ne presume, Is
g. ice traced the commencement ofthat friend
snip between hrs>ls. SWartwout and jackson
which has continued unih ted. ~ appearance al
least, to tn present daN, aud @h'rh lrd to such
incorporate Il nuuClat;ons Of Nh, Clay by the
former, for voting ag must the latler. We would
ask, why should Burr introduce his agent,
Swartwont. To cen Jackson, II ! were not cog
nzant of thu whole design. aud II he ha moi ex.
pcctcd To be n participates IN II llsVartwout
was introduced mersiV because he wo',ld hnd
himself IN strange country, among strange
peorle aud for purposes Of hospitality alone,
why write the letter OF Introduction IN CIPHER
Whv furnish Gen. Jackson with kfR 10 unlock
his CorrrSnanlencc, aud consequently furnish
him with the mcanS OF hrfraymg him, as IT
would have been his duty IL, II, rs was thru
supposed, Col. Burr mcdltated a dissolution Of
tn Union, uniess his adhesion hadbe"n occurred
\ould II moi nave been an act Of foil, and mad
~, which a much less aounn man than Col
Rnrr would never have committed When
81. circumstance are combined. welhnk there
cannot be- "A rational doubt that Got Burr add
IG,n.Ja,kson veil nnderst cd cach other. We
have nislaid the volume of Bufl's tiiai contain
ing this letter, aud cannot trust To onr memory
10 recapitulate its contents. We shall lay II he
fore our readers. however, At some iniuie day
II NAV he urged against these strong ctrcum
stances, that, about the time OF the descent Of
Cot Burr Il uwn the Mississippi Gen. Jackson
,ddies a letter TO Gov Claiborne, Of Louisi-
ana, warming him ol some threatened danger
20 New Orleans, and cautinuing nm 10 be on
his guard The questions arse, how did Cen
eral jackson kRoptha New Orleans was IN
danger if the fact had not been communicated
q him by Burr Aud lthe did know hat New
Orleans was 10 be the first point of attack, n
order to coerce money from het banks. and
obtain arms ammunition, &c why did he dea
in such general and indefinite termSl Why
did he not point out the exact dauger-the
source from y hiCh II might be eNppctrd--and
the means which would toe necessary 10 repcl Il
Ne can only perceive one re son why he dld
not pursue thls open, straight forward course
rud hat IS TINT he was preparing 10 take adj
vantage CT cumSrauccs rs thy afosc--to IL
mite his fortunes with Bur II the latter Nnou
prove successful, aud 20 abandon hun 10 Gis fate,
aud bring forward his letter 10 GOV. Clai-
borne 10 prove that he had no CONNIE xion with
MIN. il he should fail
We shnl hereafter rccur 10 this subject In
tie mean time. eau the Mas vile jackson Com.
ntice, OF Mr.. Lee, ,r III, Nashville Republican,
4 "A Ien,, (Nh n WA a
the Tennessee G. hrttr) furnish us with any
ftcts connected with the intercourse bclween
& N. Jackson aud Col Burr We shall with
pleasure, make public ayowa Of any change
which may be made IN our present impressions
by any facts they may bring forward.
-.Sl3s..-
SIrphen Simpson "A man OF this name,
nrints u newspaper in Philadrlphia, bearing
the title of the " .MercWy / may be worth
while t. shy something ot hi political course,
| nat he may he known, and the characters oil
those who EMPLOY him appreciated During
| the last Presidential election. senator Eaton
| loaned him CISCO 10 start with, md 81 STAINED
! him as long Ms his falsrhoods swcre Of any
tdvantare 10 Gen Jackson. Bu the pre,r.
dental election resulted in the defeat OF III
| General, stephen was abandoned H. his thie
! and the Columbian Observer las lily papet
was duhbed) fell, for want of sn-teuanc :
| We have heard il stated (bnl We do not vouch
| for the ruth of the $ atemenD that stephen
| was high, incrused at being thus thrown by
| like usrlasa lumber aud went 70 far as TO of.
fer TO bpeome editor otan Albums paprr some
| where IN Pennsylvania, hot his elinr was -.
| nv urnprrly rel ctrd We hear no more %
| him for some time ill the political storm beglns
! to rage. aud "A demand springs mp for writers
WHO will not sickle at - lalsehood, aud who a1e
c Iebrated 70, brazen faced impudencc and har-
dIhood of assertion. Forthwith stephen IS
seen in the field This bankrupt suddenly finds
| his pockets replcni,hed, from ohaf source II 0iH
mol he diHeidt 10 guess aud he IS AGAIN seen nj
his Editorial desk fabricatlug fRlsehoods and.
when his own fertile brain is AT fault, selecting
those of others with which to enrich his col
umus Such Is Gen. Jackson's champion IN
Philadelphia.
| He has the mpudence TO say that whenever
the my stery which hangs around The fate OF the
kidnapped Morgan. in New York, shall be DIS.
sipated, il will be found thai Mr.. Adams aud
| Mr. Clay were concerned IN his abduction anh
murder aud that the man blood Ic-ts on thcr
heads his. which even Il conjecture, would
stamp him rilldm who made It, simpson boldly
asserts. IN impose on the ignorance at lha loi'
ton OF the people who are generally MS pat
rnns We we're astnni>hrd to fnd the Enqui-
Ter taxing us cue from sHCh II ieI'i"' ~
was time when it would have felt itself disgfa-
ced by the association, aud when it wouIl
not have de> ccnded 10 such low game.
Simpson also says, in justilyne the execution
of Jonn Woods at Fort Strother by order oil
Gen Jackson, (knowing that upon the facts II
could not but he condemned) that Woods de-
serted, was tled, sentenced 10 be shot ond par.
donrd by Gen. jackson previously TO the OIL
fence for which he was executed. And mat beng
a second time tried, and sen encedto be shot,
Gen. Jackson rods to the spot as be- was about
TO br executed and second tune offered him
a pa don. il he would profoise TO behave him
self in future To say nothing OF the total i'm
probability Of such tale, 1t Is IN the face 81 all
The cvide &c both from friend and loe OF Jdrk-
,on. Woods never was tied but once-he did
mot desert at all-r-the Offence for which he
suffered was rather rude resistance 10 the IN
science Of an upstart oflicer-one of those weak
fail Nuit dressed 1T