The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-20

sion wonld moi he invariably ~
when IT touches a riiai p ,ri. the DIV.
'ence must he regarded as nothing =,
nation 10 which we allnde relates 10 III. d
iediet Col Burr srd in fisr- autl. irc..
Iackson's witnesses be credible. Col
ihsiead oil being allowed credit f,r -
ski aud tact, deserves 81, most storcb;.
dicnle, as the vcriest onneler TIM, ~. -.
willing hand 10 achieve great exploits. -,
OUT a mead to direct aud control it,
ments,
thnt was .9aron Barrs obises9 ybi.
noo' we pect, viii never be answered. r.,
Burr may himself possibly bequeath thu =.
ia'io1 10 po5leihy, when all tie actof.ia
scene shall have been removed bv lin
oil death. Until then. however, enonirv
speculation will be useless aud pna.ar
Our enquiry, therefore, is not directed ,on
Tact. as II IONS, but as il was regrsseyte5 ,a
It's moi only probable, but il is aoi,rot
Col. Burr, whatever was his DESIGN
held oat 10 those WHO had either yol,,,..,
entered into Il, or who had been won oy.r
~ MS " tGuu MN IltlF aid -
one onjeet and one destination. II is not nrs.
sumabie, from the weIl-known charae,er
the man. that 10 one person he smoke of -
guests TO be made in a foreign couniry-,oa
mother, OF lands 10 be settled in his own
TO a ihird. of returning TO his home, al Ma.
tork, oy the way oil New Orleans. No. A.
ron Burr had not been schooied in ii. :.
erce OF political intrigue and cunning. n
little purpose. Nor had he, while years h.
tore, maturing his plan-lhis plaster for II.
wounded vanity aud pride,-meditstet
aus means and selected his men with so Ii,,Is
judgment, as to render such n dsno.ro..
cous5e necessary When Gen. Jackson f..
nished him a list OF young men, " arden
restless and enterprizing, aud fitted for am
expedition analogous 10 their characters ~.
and they all knew their common aim. Jbor
all knew that these young men were no, ami
romantic fools ms 10 leave the comforts ~
their homes and l~iresidrs, 10 seek for weai,h
~ a distant territory, by following the nlouol
anu oe'Si"s az the hoe. Far diFeren, were
the temptations offered TO their imaeiealio,.
- Mesico' was their watchw ord-When thai
name was pronounced, they saw wealth, glory.
po"er-In short, every thing for which men Low.
to live, OF dare TO die. 1t became convenient.
however, after Burr was arrested, and when
those who had been suspected of associa tin,
with him wished IN purge themselves of the i'm.
purity which attached TO thai suspicion. TO Saa
some excuse for their conduct in their ,IIegst
ignorance of Burr's real designs. But, 50 inti.
mate had the " arct-intriguer'' been with the
nos' conspicuous oftbeu, that they were com.
PEELED to Xix on SONG point of drstinaion sbict,
Burr had represented to them as being his ult-
Inmate aim, They preferred f~al.ehood 10 COM
tession-snd II is not wonderful that where so
many were concerned, SO many different tales
were told.
Ten. jackson was amongst the Grst To sheltef,
''''Seh oen'nd the convenient screen OF clatso,
against Burr, " he wa, guilty of tr.ssoo.n-.
Ink y child, who, " hen some % its little deyi,,
mons IRON proprteiy have been discovered. ba
"a very eagerness 10 escape detection, the more,
certainly ensures II, SO Gen. Jackson. by hs lona
oufc'ies against Burr Ia public, f.hil.t il ia re-.
c0'ected TOW he eodeavored TO screen him sn6
""P''cate Wilkinson before the Grand jury. in
h'eolhond,) early awakened the apprehensions
oil TIE public as to his fidelity to the country. Il
any 'h'ng more be waning 10 establish this Guee
thdn The assertion Of Col. John Williams. e.
tennessee, that when Jackson ,e,n,ned 6.oo.
III : om IN 1897, h was iooked on WIN dis.
"us' ana celdneSs, We appeal 10 the Generas
himself. lie says, in his leiter to Mr.. C.n,oheis
OF The 10Th Jan 1907. "Ihaue no dottt;t ,cIy
" r9@h'fedh that I an on full march 10 loin Burr
ana, - y you hear that Reasonable iuieuiio,s
HHre come 10 nay haoEiedge andtha l hare BEEN
s"sH'' 0fftse then. not" No wonder that there
were such rnmors for, had not Burr been ar
reS'ea IN the mid career of his expedition-ir
Ne" Orleans had fallen into his hands and IS
The hsie flag had keen planted on the soil a.,
'''A'eo' we should not now be threatened wit,
'e carse' OF the election to the Presidency Of,
such a man MS Andrew Jackson. His anh;tion
anu his 'slor, and his ignorance. aud his vice.
would all have been transplan,pd IN q conorg
mere consenial with such enyisbla afributes--
" 'e oh'oh Would have saved its escuichz
enneirom the foul blot OF the e~iectisn to ,be Chief
Nasis'racy of a man whose early life VAS mark
ed by every species Of immortality which de.
srades orr nature, and whose later wears have
o'en characterized by sly cunning, dupIici,y
and deceii-not only towards his f~eiIow.mera
both IN their social and political relations, bui.,o,
wards his Cr'a'or-exhibitiug to the disguised
spectator, a politician without ixrd principles Of
policy d a processing follower of God. daily uts
te'Irg biasphemous oaths Is this a caricaturea
"e' at least, believe it TO be a graphic delinea.
tion of the man--nnd we yonld qo avor ;c ,hcr