The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-21

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sese'"' ted as a spy anda traiiert TO Burr
, a'", he not, al least, have been COMMUNE
W." ,,as .ooughio Inform the 6'aod jury "a."
e1'' hef,re il, sworn totei " tue "n'"' ,"s
ne a,d nothing bat ibe truth
upon Burrs actions ana
- BY pretended friendship '''
- ,,;o,ance with his views 1t he ''a "''
"sf .o,sunfnare the inlany OF char"e
'a'e"' -, III, undertaking of such an Of
'et .ay supposes by performing the mos
,aaoy,ant duty ola spy-'he 'e''"y" % "s
and receiving the reward oil MS ''se
''e"'' ,s.aoess All these tales are ,ncre-
"'''' h. asked 10 splse Gen. Jack son
a''" ,wledce of Burr's designs as early
j., Ia,h November 1906, with his '"''""e
us y" ,,,h him in December afterwards
ALI do il by referring IL 10 the only cause
VIZ u,,,h,bility with II. Aud II IS the
wtiep .'..,,,, which no ingenuity can e"ade, a"a
,oob,,lry disproye. IL is tins knowing
a.rr object promised great advantages !"
'3'' ..srnad IN it., if II should be successful
s,;ll 10th 10 Ilanse boldly into the De
.a,,oi.ed to save piant TO seize hold OIL " Tue
.hould be wrecked and therefore 4oh's,
~ ,sa. he continued to associate with BUR
a.. he had written his ambiguous ep's'ies 10
,.i.;hnrne and Mr.. Jefferson. Bad as tins
min, Of view presents hun IN. IS SIN much
cr.di,aelc 10 his character, than that when
,e b,o, AS "a spy who but half performed
and traitor to the man whom lie de
eoyed
,c,. ,.,ters of Alr Baker, and DR.. Watkins,
:, III. Charlottesville Advocate, are very nnimpor-
a,,,nt That of Mr.. Baker Is d mere fecapitu
a conversation hed with Mr.. Caifrey,
,,bo we understand. is relation ofGen Jack
can and tina, merely relating 10 his (Caii'eys)
,.ood opinion OF Jacksons patriotism, /" lis
,,ost im,oriant assertion, 1t is evidently moor
rect HI. states that, as soon as jackson ascef-
t,ined that Barr was engaged III ah illegal pro-
iec,. he recalled his young relations WHO had e"'
.a,,ad with Burr. Now, il is we'll known that
one of his nephews (otokeIy Hays) did go down
the Mlsslssipppi with Barr, and was with him
vben the affair exploded. This inacuracy Is not
"a he wondered ut. however iHaslnuch AS Mr.
Baker admits thar the length of time which has
elan.ed since he conversed with Cafrey has OBJ
literated all remembrance of dates, and that he
did not trea sure ", the facts
DIR. Watkins also alludes to his defective mem
ory and his letter is valuable HIS beng as conhr-
,uatory ofJudge Williams S narration OF the cf
attending Burrs exclusion from the
pall.room. as, under such circumstance could
have been expected While he does not re-.
collect that General Jackson entered the
ballroom arm in arm with Burr, he does
tecolleci that there was suggestion made to
exclude Barr. Why tins suggestion, il Burr
had not been suspected ot something wrong
And low can jackson association, admitted
OH all hands, wth Burr, after he paS thns sus
gected, be reconciled.w with his claims to inno-
feuge There is another circumstance alln-
ded 10 In Dr. Watkins's letter, worthy of
some notice. He makes Judge Overton the
.uust conspicuous actor in lnis matter,and the
The managers OF the ball, precisely as JUDGE
Williams represented it TO be. A writer, too,
Ia the Richmend Enquirer (over the signature
OF Brai as J. remarks that Jackson and over
1on, hearing remarks oi Burr, leading to some
suspicion Chat his views were illegal,
VA ei on hm, and told him OF these MINORS,
snd as due 10 themselves rs we'll as TO Bnrr's
own character they demanded an xplanution
oil bis views" ~. Nov, which is 10 be be-
lleped, the positive assertion of Judge vii
ans, fortified as il is by d. Watkins tesll-
mony and hat of grutuS, that Judge Overtou
DID communicate with Burr or the fo,low-
ing unequiyocaI denial, made of this assertion,
by Overlon himself The Nashville Repnb-
lican says: We have Had a CONVEX salon
with Judge Overion. judge Oseoton never
spoke 10 Aaron Burr III his whole lie he ne
Yer was introduced 10 him. When Is 10 be
Jadge Williams , Tor II is evident Overtons
denial was medc to give Others the cue
but some OF JacksOn's more eager friends
had already given The contradiction 10 ii be.
lore they received II.
We notice these centractions between ten.
jacksons defenders in Charlottesville, Rich.
mond and Nashville, 10 show, from Them, that
Jackson must be guilty of the ACT charged
q he were innocent, nothing would be more
easy than 10 put his accasers down with
PLAN tale. But, being guilty, III the efforts of
his paItiSans to clear him, they stumble. as
guilty perso"s invariably do, on contradictory
s'orIes--each appearing 10 It's coiner 10 he
the most plausible defence that can he made
We close with the following additional e.
'dence of Jackson's quit The sohoined let
er in Gen. Jacksou's own handwriting, has
been forwarded 20 the editor of the Richmond
Wing BY gentleman of Nashville, who re-
marks that Us authority " cannoi be denied, |
IND stall not be without detrction:''