The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-16

ienlod. but q not ejea lie i slitesi lini II
Burr. ar eftbt boats tneu hu,lting and provl
sion,ng x. nj ~, I,ru"s then collecting al olu.
yer Bniam. Eat this i. mol The only G.
Of defence A. very sirense me. u placed
Cen Jack SOU IA dilemma from which he
could uni he p,trct,rJ without ihe ,nnnla.
ton II dishonnrn,ls conduct. For. II, by
against Burr how can the fact he rttoneiled
with the notorious cifculnstart,s which an.
cared afterwards With his assoeiailon,
Tor rxamp,e. on terms OF intimacy with Bur,
At least u. late IS the 2tnh 81 December. i've
week after the date al The letter Ia Cla'..
borne And " It'll his ,illl continuing 10 aei
- Burfs agent u fact pru,ei by tue account
current between the tvo woithies. recently
found y, Natchez-.one item uf which is dated
o late Ms the 9Th Of December w say ~.
thing Of the meanuess towards Burr himself
which such conduct Voul necessarily implS,
heranse II IS n conspicuous ieaidre III u code
Of morals h,ch we lately heard bronehed,
that. IN such casa as thai Of Burr. the eh''-
aeter aud Office of n shy. Who slvlv worms
himself Into the confidence ol annthef, Win
the intention To hntrnv his victim. ARE hanora-
BILE and g-n,lemanly, We do NOT choose 10 assehi
tn such doctrine tor. 40 mnt,er what may he
the object in view, 40 character is more detes-
table, uniting neauness Ia co~aidice, than one
who Is - traitor TO the confidence which friend
repo.e In his honor. Such is Inc dilemma into
"bicl, Gen. Jackson would inevitably be thrown
by the construction which has friends would pot
on his letter Of ,he l2th Of November tho6--
and against winch we have always coniended,
| and do .liI Contend II any thing. however,
10 prove that that construction 49, IL nn"af-
rantahe ia uuth ~ il was degrading 10 the cha
| ractrr fGrL. JactSnn We me- furnished Win u
hv the Crurral hiu,.ef - the express conirhdic
[ - l5ih Of many 1897 u Geo W Camp.
bell, aud which !, inserted in the Dffenee oil III"
Nashville Coutmiuo". That letter. which the
reader y IL perceive NV the deie. wns written
tw months aud three days afrr tie letter TO
| Claihorne is 6lled with dnubis which he, tren
hen, after 'a,rr's arrest ~ Bayou pierre. enter.
| .ira nc hi. ~ n--This deuinl ~ Jackson u
| - important Cu,dii0h from III" defence orig'.
ually set ~ b, h,, TRENDS. to vii, thai 'hf mho
| first gnye earning Of Brr's dssglR, fond not
! hare been his aNgciaie and ~plrh "m the
only decnce then Intended ~ be ~, up. But
when the fact of Jaclsoa's Subsequent sssocio-
ton wan hln whom it was pretended he had
Illus denounced, became To be Developed by such
evidence ~ could neither he cyaded or denied.
| il was seen 20 be- nrcrssary 10 look fir some o.
| ther shieId--aud what isl ! A batch of contra
dctory certificates, from men by whom the Gen
erai IL SURE uudrd--who, for augh We know, are
pensioners on his Bounty or slaves TO his will
. they may, Indeed. BE- worse they may be those
very cert Roatr men" whom Gen. jackson
1uondam Zoe. Coiond Thomas II Be1fon, so
graphically DESCRIBED, MS beng ready 10 swear
! TO any ttlschood which might he eaIned and pni
! into their mouths. where the character of III
great Idol was Implicated We me willing Ia
ADM, all they say, however, to be true. " ooI
otther own mouth, we vii condemn them
! We had intended 10 close tins subject with
this No.-Bpl, Is long essays arr treso'ne "a
new spaper readers generally, We have coo5iud
ed 10 defer tins branch al the lnyestfg aiion, t.
getacr Win o,,e o. U,o minal points, sath our
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