The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-21

.,;s5,er.i 10 Inn. that he should cast 90 Hu al
y.5nawatd." that hp might avail himself
or is aid. no matter which way fortune should
kick Tie beam.
. f.. TO hegule the lime,
-. ,,,k,d IKE Tie tiue bore welcome IN his rye,
,".hg1 HI tongue lOot d Ike the iHaoosat g0Isr,
"a r,t ~ IA the stisfHi Atdtr a.
10 ral,s laee must indie What the faise heaii knows
Arguing, then from the well known character
.ff;en. Jackson at the period Of BHrs enter
,rze. We contend that he was the very man
'.,,o,, in such a case, Burr would have sought
co,aintor. Burr wanted spirits, such a he
,to.,,ed Jacksons to be--braVe y tearless-un-
,b,ckled b, those nicer restraints winch OPP
,,,e on society IN a more advanced stage of re
e,.urnt than could be expected from the FROM
ia, settlers Of Tennessee. and willing, so far
o.. o,re5aal hazard was involved TO meet the
,o,.eauences ofany course he might determine
o, nnrsue The frank aud open demeanor OF
t,cl.nn towards him---smiling ON him whilst all
,,hers lrowned--shcltering hun under his roof
,od feeding him at his table, whilst all other
,oor. we're closed against Illuminating public
.onti,neut, and introducing him to ladies aud
Gentlemen who had openly declared their disin-
i;,,,,, 10 associate with hm--induced Burr
90 con6de in hun with less scrupIe. Burr could
., helieye that a man who wore so tair an ex
,.r,or was, AT that very moment, preparing To
,,o from ns grasp, II he should fail to realize
his snlendia dream. Yet il was. This
=. roodIy outside" was gloss and hollow. heart
.dness aud ne who exhibited IT was painted
,.,,bel--rotten al the core. How else, we ask
can his premonhory letter to Gov. Claiborne
=. accounted Tor The friends of Gen. Jack
can have reduced him TO the dilemma of an ac-
know ledgemens which must degrade him IN the
.,ss Of every honest aud honorable man in the
community, who has not lost all moral Pcrcen-
,,oo m the zeal Of party strife, decide winch
way he may. He was either traitor 10
Burr IN November, 1896, when he wrote his let
fer to Claiborne, or he Was a traitor 10 ms
country in December of the same year, when
he took BUR- INTO his house, and appeared IN
III. streets aud public places with HIM as his bo-
som friend and pledged supporter. II IS not
,,rstsnded to be denied thai hls letter to Clai-
,,o,ns iS d,ted N0Ucm5er l2th, 1906 - but
IRE nave heard that it Is ienled that Barr Was al
Gen Jacksons house subsequently. Ii tIl, be
,,,e n, ,.ho dene5 it Is not converSamt win
the facts, snd should therefore he sdeut uuld he
investigates them; on he must question the accu-
racv of the Nashville paper OF December 20
1896 degree of ldeocy which we should be
,taa
NASHVILLE, Dec. ~.
Col Burr arrived on Sunday evening last at
Gen. Jackson's, nine miles from TIN, town, and
IA, been in tins place several tunes this week
fle appear. to be pteparmgtor some movements,
We know not where.
We observe, nv an article in g." TrUtb'S ddro-
rate, ~ thai, IN 1896, the 2olh of December was
~ Saturday--and that, consequently, Cot. Burr
must have arrived in Nashville on the l4th 10
,he same paper we are indebted for the follow
,ng extract of letter, dated " Knorritie, Dec
10. l806,o and published in the United States
Gazette of January 20. iSo7
q" A few DAYS smcr Col Burr was at Nash
vile Arrangements were making at Nashville
for descending the River with a number OF pro-
y,sro,, boats SAID To be- To accompany hlm IA his
Unknown expedition. Last evening man al
rived from Nashville, who says Nil Is 60
iuc nd several others. Application had been
mad, 10 1 antalh - 10 descend IS pilot. lie
refused unless he was informed of the place o.
destination; he could not receive that niorma-
non, aud was not employed.
These TWO extracts the authors of which could
po,slbi, have had no collision with each other
...,,. n ,,,nnC ,unre uprptearvA that Col Bum