Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-02
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from Judge w iiliI..s 40 ,.!,,cb Ie an;..rs 80, 80 a.;
an ;y man cau resist The force of The facts uarra
Tea os Judge Wii'sarns and Dir. l:noyer LIS mus, be
nade OK iipeDeliaE!e stuff lie y!ace ta .er some
,'ne since tiunPetcd 10 the woI! by Du Green and
o' s"'e!'rs with sn truCh ec!at, as having beea
""ufessen 10 GeD. Jacic=on, by cnrps OF s,ocro,,,
~ ''"'""s' oHotin2 10 place themselves under tEs
command oiu'e IcTO, IT'S 'p,oper feo,inr AT lie
e '' us puohcaiicn, we suspected il to BE Tj,ge,
a'';!ousa IL tntus out 10 be tue copy vel the
h'"''ef 10 "'itch Il twisted fTcn its ORIGINAL mr.
port was equally criminal as nj :, hal been f.1.I NJ
,caaef Is let TO form ms commentary on the facts
detailed by Judge W illiaus We have neither ,,r,a
uo' room Tor REMARKS If Indeed any were necessary
To the editor OF the Sparta Re,iev
! JACHsos q EURR.--In ynuI ast number of tho Re-
view you defend Gen j. you say tie TeIerr.ct de
oe h'' on ''s isToGnd that number of Respectable
Veterans OF the revolution, Col Gubr. Hays among the
hioeF. l'te bTot!ia IN tam u Gen } at!.:re ,,,e
with all Ein his efforts In sv,,ros
/ The CeSr0dea Aaron Eurr. The TeIcyrarh ao.s no,
TX the time al which the address was made bur say -
was tnode few weeks after Jackson, wrote In Gov
Nt-'oG''e' CiaihNinc's letter. ,uu say was on the
-h Nov. 600, an! few weeks after dat ns. yon,a
oe "'o" lie h'es 81 Dec. 1906. Ii would be lnpor-
''I't 20 hho" where Burr was at that t.me-Me ta:e
on 'achsons letter Ia Claiborne. 1T what rort az nm
oefland ms 5oss we've building neither al the ,onr
% Stones I"er, or higher up the Cunbe, land river
near 10 yen is i.'iise Ii would be material also "a
i"oW, who the Generals friends aud relatives ,,o,c
VINO were preparing 10 go OH with Burr and who did
IN TACT go oil with tisn See Il copy Of John I!,uvar,
letter be:e enclosed.
NOW from Rnrr's Tri"l il appears that the. Copspi
iao's c the Ohio led from i5Iann.r has,.i,s Island m
me iU Dec. 1905, and were al In. month, nj en-,
"t''h'u, Us so"h as TREY ccGid conveniently get there
where ney met with Col. Burr, who hararsucd ia.
men anu told tiein lac wGuId clone his sc;ar,.s ia
;'h mote ity shan lie could witt safety q, his inter
es's DO heis So, IL believed, that at The p,cciso
ti'e when ths letter addressed by Col Rohert
e. an" o'Hcr Revolutionary TO the Gene
"i, aaron Burr was IN lie neighbnrhood of Gen Us
building boats; and uauy of the Generals near rela
.,''s ana irieods were preparing Ia go off with h,r,
"a '"''Srarh "akes Col. Robt. Hays express the
IA the address at tie precise time " hen his
sen, otoheiy - Hayes PREPARING TO co off ~,
oi't Tor iidrr, at the mouth Of stones R,ye, no
on me Cumberland near to Gen IS house / ved
!" ''hshVhie al te time when that addres, was first
published IN the papers, and according 10 nv recoilec
o"' ~ was before there was aGy talk of Burr. Con
i ApScY tines: occurs me, iat u ,a,v o,t az ;i
prospects Of aSpani-h War, and lire relation of VIII
'1i', ana t"e Spanish Army The River Sabine
an" oeiieTe 1t had al tlie ae nf lis si pIhlc tnn
90 o'heF connection With Col Burr lie "a bsEcyc,l
'"sh 10 have been somewhere tho Western, com
~ perhaps near Nashville. ] Remember 10 have.
hr'o conversations with Judge John Overion on the
"t''H ''eh'% or The next morning, after Gen j. led,
i'hiI ''io tis ball room ut Tatos Tavern 0v,,tnn
son a'' myself, and ether friends before that time
~ ote" d" terms ct Inc si.ictes intimacy and was
''e "h'ce vi Judge OYeTtoa, that occasion lo ie
,'';' 'Fa'o with tee on account Of tie pa, ,vas then
'"h'hS against 'nrr Itcol!cct dIsfi..clIy IN TINT
e'Sa'i"h ms reference 10 this company OF old men
whose address lad been signed and dever.J ,o,o. b
'ore TO jackson, and nSk ed me il supposed such ue,
we're IE,iCal to The country, and IS Hing 10 commit
treason ~ answered shy thing, | must Lave an
s"''" as new believe, that Mn1 address had no con
bcc'I0n or aIjusiOu 10 Burr. This Courn;s IL u
perhaps tie very evcDrng Judge Oyertou cn,cc to
NC, "i'h tie Inflammation that Col. Eurr yyo,i!n NOT
a"ehd ne Hnn as lis company wonId nc sagreea BILE
'2:'''s 'd'o yna please Mr.. Editor that IN the town
Oh ichV"i", iLers lives by the name OF The
oG'ic bnfon--a man Of truth, and 1esrcc,abuv nc
pave beard herc--Ie states that in 1903 tic cas one Of
'" ~'''' ana was mustered into service the Clio
yer Bottom, wth IN their III; nis--tlat = hout cav
eny I'VE nen s'gred The list Of enrolment at the sa,,c
'hGc win i;nfeltt;al at The time Cen acl,sop ard
"'o" hnF, were on ihe ground, and that faiicD An
ger s"h was lbs Captain. Burton says when the mon
uH"er Anderson separated, under an nc rcrrut
~ 10 The time when they to marc, On " ltl Bar
as ts Inen--and dat before that time came round a. =
n'N'ef hn'sct Tbs is condensed view Of what SIR
Euficn SAYS who refused 10 give written siae,,cp,
NOW, when Cen jackson was Summoned ne ,rtrc..
to kichmond against Burr if he had called on H,r,r
rs Another witness, The Government would In, been
t''ot" L" nave proved an overt act Of Treason OF,
DuTr-- reason wien connect witt, en- ,ton,s and
toH. iruHiUn's Evidence WIN let me 2sb did be
iat' to do so' When nlieci that the DESTRUCTION
~ the AineIcan institutions the object Of tho Barr
"''r""cy' and HAT Gen. Jackson was in the ro.-
session OF facts and circumstances which womb Iavf
convicted 'Ie cnsriraiOrs, and yet nproperIy With
held them, wien to Richmond 10 give fcs.
''m7ny, thereby enabling Gcn TO cscape from
PUNISHMENT am hilrd With asloUisbIncnt fl,at The
hr'sriCan nation should think for a moment ri snnDnr-
ting bis Preteusons the highest Office m lie g,h Of
The people In view Of dis state of things tisin6e
for 10y countryis honor and safety
II 3r Jefferson invested as lie was will such politi
cal power and authority, had been as friendly 10 I};r
schemes as jackson IS believed TO sve been IT Is TN
possible for The mind Of man 10 conceive the disasters
dat would have threatened tie safety nf tins Union
NATH. w. WILLIAMS.
RIcMinville June 2Bib, 1895
h}prhcyord County, .TUfj5ce,B,,orGh
Dear Sir: BY your request ] enclose Won a fr,y
lines respecting Gen. JacksoD's conduct towards Aa-
ron Burr about the time lie suspected Of consp-
( yaCy against the government.
/ Whether or not Jackson was a partner in Burr's
J conspiracy, cannot positively say. ] can only say
there was TO my nlIud strong crcu,ns,anfial evidence
that he was was often IN the neiebborl,ood Of Gen
JacksoD'5 while Burr was there. recolleci Il ,rou
that Burr made JaciSsons house bis home; and what
considerable intimacy EXISTED between them, Burr
! bad some iHja'- built Jacksou's: and when hc
Uent down The river, Of Jacksou's rclate. and
particular friends wet with him Lrnn flo -bo,,-to Il