Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-18
JACKSON AND BURR.

We have read with great attention the mass
Of evidence that has been adduced TO support
the charge that General Jackson was connected
with Burr, and he proofs relied on to support
his innocence, and the result has been firm
persuasion that the alledged connexion did tx
isl, and that nothing but sense OF his own
danger induced The General 10 abandon Burr
and his associates. We do not pretend to say
how far the designs Of General Jackson extend
ed, it is sufficient that the fact of his having
been engaged with Burr, is established. The
testimony brought forward is strong and con-
clusive.-Thr editor,oi the Warrenton Gazette,
who was in Tennessee a, the time, declares that
il was the Common opinion that an improper
conncxon existed between Jackson and Burr,
A friend Of Ger. Jackson, in Virginia, upon
pcIs, sxclaimed-"By Cd, they have got i,
at last knew of it lpng agile is done
The Rev. Mr. Smith says that she speaks from
Il positive knowledge of facts, tina, Gen. Jack
son had complete unders anding with Burr. "
Judge Williams restlfies that Jar ksoI offer,
him commission in Eurr's army, and also
that when public opinion was so strong againsl
Col. Burr ~ 10 induce the managers Of bali
| in Nashville to exclude him from the company,
he was brought into the room and introduced
by Gen, Jackson. 1t Is notorious that Burr
made JaCkson's house his home while he Was
On his reasonable expedition to the west. 1t
is also Known Iha' the boas for the use Of Burr
on the Cumberland River were built on Gen.
/ JaCkson's land and with his timber. General
| Adair accuses ia, kson OF saving himself by
stunning states evidence" abiding 10 his letter
to GayeInor Cloibourne--Ihis same Gov. Clai-
bourne in d letter 10 Mr. Madison says, II hope
Gen. Jackson's conduct in relation TO Burr's
conspiracy has not been improper, AMI if in Wis
business he has done nothing incorrect, (,Ch'ch
hope 10 God may BE- the case,) &c" Capt Read
vino had every oppor,.niy ior judging correct.
y, expressed himself most firmly persuaded
OF the truth Of III statement, that Generals
DAYTON and JACKSON of Zen and one other per-
son not named TO me, are said 10 be his Burr,
chief officers;" and further, That "the States OF
kentucky and TENNEssEE are entirely devoted
to Colonel BnIr, and from these States he will
acquire considerable bodies of troops 10 be
beaded by General JACKSON" sc.
Ii is also proved, ,ha, Jack,on became involv-
ed to soms amount, in coassq uence Of ndnrsins
notes for Burr, which, when The afisir ~ as
blown" he was compelled to pay Jaokso"'s
nephew ais left his house, and joined Burr,
exp dition. Added to all this, the Richmond
EIQuire, AID Virsinia Advocate expressly adj
nit, thai Burr deceived The General. Here is a
chain # testimony that proves, most conclu-
sively, all that is charged To destroy it, Jacks
sons friends have taken for themseises) an I'm
wise course. Three explanations have appear
ed without any concert or agreement, in the
Richmond Enquirer, the Virginia Advocate,
and Knoxville paper. The consequence has
been, the attempted refu lion is most bung-
ling affair altogether. Contradictions, confu>
sion of dates, and when necessary a most LAM
eptahle lack of recollection ("non mi recordi")
is displayed throughout. The general may
we'll exclaim "save me- from NY friends" if
they always get him off as badly as they have
succeeded in this. However, they have done as
well as the nature Of the case admits, and al
though the pious Hero thought in 1924 that
Richie, when he. declared "his election would
be curse upon the country" was tie "d-dest
rascal that walked unhung" 1--WE use his own
words} he feels under infinite obligations TO him
aoty for his kindness of heart, as well IS change
of opinion. We repeat what we have said be-
fore, that If Gen. Jackson's friends had The evil
dence to support single one Of their charges,
which we have 10 show the existence of CON-
nrxion between Burr and JIckson, We should
never hear the last oft. And we beg II 10 be
that this is no new thing. The
splendours which surrounded the oonqueror at
New Orleans threw in the shade this, with ma
nv other "dark deeds" But the time came
when II was ne essarv they should be dragged