Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-10-25

IN Nashville
81 'h summer ot 1905, but ne so guarded SAYS
ne, I gained but little satisfaction but thourlt he
spoke rather III favor this might have been MS hnuw-
i@ my "pnon i from that time Ind doubts of
MS friendship. Although Gen. jackson, who had
Heen Senat"r in Con grcss. and fran that circuiu
S'a"ce m%ni nave been able to- pass oil Col Burr as
particular friend To renNess,c and thereby create
idVorane impressions the minds of some, of which
number no doubt Gen. Robertson was one vet not
wi'hstonirg. this truly patr;otc Individual doubted
nus irendsap so soon rs H. found him reserved upoa
the subject OF The oyecutiv". and says i'll his letter az
Dec. 2Jd, 1906, I dill moi see him. thourh no was =
nr days III this place (NnShvillcl but last Tall h.,
dlned WITH me, an3 WAS three or four DAYS ii, his
company
The 'a'nr,litt"N Shat Tho Presidents proclaim
ti1n announcing Aaron Barr rs a traitor could not
nave r"sci"" Nashville before tho 27th Dec; 1906
!H2nSsi issued 80 days previous. yet Judge Stewart,
III ms letter 70 Gen. Smith Ut WASHINGTON Civ Sa-
'Ad Nashville Jan. ID, 1897, acknowledged til, re.
ccipt OF Gsn Snuths t'tter Of 18th of Doc. $50 )
rom " Washington City, only 3 days and does not
t9iS sow c"ncusIvely that tl"rc arc mistakes in th.,
oates furnished by the committee and that no r,I;,rcr
should sc placed on tiIonI? The inprcssion which the
coainIttcc c'drovcr TO make ON the public mind
throughout thus publication Is. that Con. jackson on
ly received Col. Burr hoSpi'ahc nnt,,nan wo,!d
have received distinguished ,,ur5t This conclusion
Is certainly prevented by the additional testimony to
that already submitted, OF one tlher own witnesses
tWlllis Alston) who saws that Mr. Jefferson told hin,
that he had received letter from Gen. Jackson In
which he said he had been rendered high command
by Burr IN an enterprise which he, Burr, said was
sanctioned by the Government, asking Mr.. jefferson
the views of the government, &c, Although this
statement of The Hon Willis Alison sweeping as it
s' IN endearorng to prove that Gen. Jackson had no
ohceiI'tnts about his conneXIon with Aaron Burr
u also proves that Burr stood to him in another lqi
IMAM that o mere casual vSitcr during their utter
course III 1906. The mind is inscylsibv led 70 Nh,
CONCLUSION from full view OF all the facts connected
With the affair. criminal uppears to be- that Gen
jackson was deeply involved IN il. We cnu read;I,
account or the ambiguous circumstances introduced
py the committee to prove the innocence of Gen
ackson on the ground OF precautionary stems tnken
Ov nm against any contingency of an untortunatc
caaractor, witch might ransprc during the prorrnss
% tic enterprise, before all completely at hazard
~ very early period find Burr who was then
plotting the very schemes whchhe afterwards ateu,p
ted TO execute, writing 70 Gen. Jackson to furnish
nm the NAMES OF suitable individuals to recciv, an
poiiiti!cnfS officers Tor regiments which no
SAID would ." probably required of West Tennessee
III tie event o 4 war with Spain. That he must have
Iiu some object oI particular kind in nakinp this
request, seems certain lie had 10 general inter
course Wlth In" people of the at that ti,no nnd
'o nos De presumed to feel much interest abstract
from 'iiS views in their affairs. lie rIrs thnro
,ore iev1 occn at this early period even i'll this mat
fer, bpHjowing Offices on those whom he believed
Woid be afterwards sservicns TO his views or those
% Yen JacN:on w'io at this pcriod doubtless
"9quain'"! WITH his schemes. Ihlt such was ;hc
Tact Is confirmed by The following cxtrnct from lot
IGr written by Can't. James Reed 10 the Secretary OF
War, Dec IL, 1905.
he ls7''aeI % BUR- from different parts the Union
iucc liable Generals tvto, and ia kS7r Of Te,ncss aud
and baee lark OF New Orleans Mr. Beo 5 GMe OH
i Il i SION MS sol- law, ali wealth. are u1nons
WI might Sen. Adair use the following emnI,a,;c
!aIg"i'5e II his reply ia MIN iii 1917 about the time
AIS son III law rrnoI.red Doctor NAYS letters tsr his
use IN d'.Icnaiig aUs. TIL Generals abuse OF lie
Kenuckians.
narAN IN his Spanish dish ssl ony OBSERVE that this affair
[aa'es % mn, and myself alone and it only shows his willing
ness 10 rake tom lis ashes an old caumy Olmy
col Burr Whatever the intentions fool Burr neither
yGoats for hin; nor di Ipre eonfat s om,ag
S'3g h'n to friends did think necessary after his
former, or States toitneSs"
He further stated that he was first introduced to
Col. Burr by letter from Gen Jackson as follows:
r the summer oflao5, Col Burr stepped INTO the Registers
ohce IN Frankfort late in the evening anu handed me ;er of
introduction from Gen Jackson He remained but few min
uteS and informed me ne would leave next morning"
Now this introduction took place during his first
Fslt 10 The western states when tour OF discovery
and so we'll were his plans arranged that previous 10
ms return appears Gen jackson assembled his mil
iaT friends to consult about selecting suitable men
10 officer two regiments. About this time no doubt
Judge Williams and Col. WithersroCn were tboucr,,
%! and yet they tell us q Jackson was so Ignorant
81 ms plans and OF the constitution otcourse as 10 be-
iiave Mr.. Jefferson secretly connvai AZ and vonld
eventually, together with Compress sanction his So
CrHt expedition. Some go far rs 20 say. he smoke
OF u blank commission i'll his pocket. Can Won ba-
iieve Gen. Jackson ignorant II 50, YOU NAV be
eXcusabe; otherwise, IN his behalf excuse can he
offered. We all know that the President rosscs..s
TO such power, and that MIR. Jefferson had NJ conf
dence in Aaron Burr-Pcriiups at that time less then
nc had IN any other prominent in the United
States. Burr had deserted the r. publican ranks and
set ut naught the VII OF the people IN iof1 ONLY five
years previous Yet he styled the rrlstv friend
ofTonnessoe and worthy visitant mt the HERMITAGE
III letter betru date 25;h o! Sept. 1905, ana boats
Were blI't 'nr him. and money received from him n
pay for them. by Sen Andrew Jackson M TO the atI
OF December 1906, and his nephew put under his s,c
cal care on board those boats about the I'D twenty
i've days afr IL" uJ'" cf NJ Jr!Icrson's pocl,,
ion and orders l1t las apprehension. Whether eli
these facts and arguments convince you or not t,,
fave fully colIvncedinc Chat whatever were Rn~rsi
plans, they were known 80 Gen. Jackson
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~ TIE PUBLIC
-4H following document, IA .',e form o.. j..;,r -.
has refused TO ars"er. he is now here in Nn-hvi.,,
1 MS noit Z is IN OLD with me- II-tcriy soma
persons in Kentucky halc comnonccd IN inrc.,.n.I