Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-27


This writer says, that after Burr had ,,esce,,., u
k'ver hs ieg 'tinatc son arrived at Nashville Jack
son immediately wrote Ills letter to Claiborne and
10 MIR. Jefferson" Now, very unfortunately, for this
most Ventaoie letter writer, Jackson wrote to MIR
"e"e'soh' and Gov Claiborne, too months and more
before Burr descended the River and one month be.
lore he arrived at the Hermitage.
These ansopbistica,ed facts blow the sh,mo,,,s
statements OF the Nashville letter writer into shred
and patches Ills effort TO s1reen Jackson behind his
belief OF the legitimacy Of Burs views and their SANG
ton from Mr. Jefferson, is conluied by every fac. in
the case The letter TO Caibo, ne cannot avail him
because month after written all the transac
lions occurred between Burr and Jackson upon which
ha suspicion of tue participation Of the latter rests
III VIII not answer to say, that Jackson supposed Mr.
Jefferson had sanctioned Burr's views because a1er
jackson had MIR. Jederson's proclamation DO
hnuncing BUR as itstor. he admitted Burr TO his
house ana ms intimacy Tile story OF his writing to
MIR. Jcffsrson aud Gov. Claiborne ch.r Barr had oon,
GOWN The RIVER IS still more silly, Tor his letters to
them we're written in Nov 1906 and Burr dad not ro
down The River, uniill Jan. 1907.
is 1t not strange, that the Enquirer should publish
Such ounderng stuff as this, and expect intelligent
Pooi'c 10 oeieVe 1t! is Is not strange, that who
pretend 10 responsibility, should publish and try 10
persuade the public to believe. what they themselves
are Obliged to know 10 be false Is not Ls the most
reprehensible OF all sorts Of lying?
The Editors of the Enquirer reurga in llei, own
"oio'' the statements OF the letter. They say $50
long as jackson believed Burr have the sanction of
The government be treated him lberaIly-but "a soon
IS he suspected he acting his own bottom he
wrote to Jefferson and Clahorne." According 10 the
letter we have examined, this Suspicion did not enter
.'acksons head, until after Inrr had gone down the
Cumberland river tJan la07lyet it is certain, that
s letters to Jefferson au Claiborne were written in
The previous November The Editors of the Enquirer
are not ashamed to lay such halde.dash such living
aud irreconc;lable stuff this before their readers
They have dnped them, until we do not wonder a,
their attempt 70 make them swallow any ahsurd,v
We have anothor tac told for the first time;
'ianeiy that Major Lee in s biography had written
!'e history OF this affair before any charge appear ed
~ the papers. IL this be So which we do not believe
~e undertake to affirm, :hai the Major will revise and
drec it, before he publishes, He has rather mole
sense than TO prin, what every boy detect 10 be
false.
The truth is, That think and The Public thinks
much worse Of this matter than We or it dreamed t,
Are 1; vas investigated. The iInpotent efforts of
.'ackson's friends TO prove his innocence have only
served 10 make ii evident, tina; there was some.
thing nefarions TO be concealed They have tried 10
emoarrass the enquiry, by confusing dates g. elias ing
fcs under date, that they know belong to another
On the other hand the conductors of the enquiry have
proceeded book in hand Every action is assigned 70
lis proper and known date, and entire consistency
marks every part of t!er statements II is iaDossi,
10 doubt t1at Jackson knew Burr's desgns-lhat he
aided him 10 the purchase Of hGats-that he was his
dishurser of the funds raised for the cxpetit:on,a,
his nephews tnned Durr-thai troops we're oIeanZs ed
snh drilled on his land that he procured Patton An.
derson communicative he entertained Burr after
Jefferson proclaimed him traitor, and after lie lind
obscurey denounced him as such 10 :ov Claiborne
with the knowledge oi these facts, tie world ,pnst
believe, tina: his letters to Jefferson md Claiborne
we're written 10 avert suspicion from himself and a.
evidence OF nnocenc" to which lie might appeal In The
event Of the failure Of tie enterprise lie first ioIned
Burr, las Wilkinson and many others dit) and then
betrayed him, when he found his treason prenatureIy
detected ana bis eoterprizc desperate.
Jungc Par12r Having awaited ten days TO sec II
tire gentlemen referred 10 IN e letter of orr CORES
Innden, from Norfolk, intended say any Thing III sup
port of his statements, and they were no, subs.r-
hers TO this paper, thinking il possible that they bad
not seen tie article in which iley were referred to
We wrote 70 friend in Norfolk requesting him TO as
certain il they corroboEaed not what it had beer
alieoged they could establish. We felt il our duty &c
take this because the gentleman who informed
Us of Judge Paker' threat, if Mr. Adams could no
be put out by fair means, he ought to be by foul and
81 II came 10 tlIat, by c. lie would be among the frs
TO lend his assistance, had subsequently removed from
Norfolk, and was no. on the ground TO attend 10 the
case in person. We Lad placed him unexpectedly il
The attitude OF preferrng charge-ttIat charge hat
been denied by implication least and WI conceived
the alternatives were presented of sustaining him o
suffering him 10 incur injury fom The failure TO do it
With these feelings, We addressed TIC letter 10 friend If
Norfolk, TO which tie following IS the reply. We were