Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-04-16
AARON BUAR, ANDREW JACKSON AND
GEORGE POiNDEXTER.

xn0S0 are tno uhInc6 u men WHO muSi
alwAys make figure in American History.
They are. hswevsr, samss which many
OF yoar readers may think strangely asso
eiated. II 10 not ~ in fact. They are
mere nearly sannccted than your younger
readers, a. politicians. may imagine.
nast carry you and them nearly thirty
years back, to give the historical events
which have induced me TO associate the
above names. II / mistake not. il was in
these historical events the Foundation was
laid, Of the hatred and prosecuting spirit
which has 80 discrcditably marked the
ssnduct Of .dndrrw Jackson towards Geo.
Poindsxtef. Its painful to recall some
Of tho facts Of this ease, bat il 10 due to
truth. and to the character ola gentleman
who has heen vilely slandered and basely
prosecuted.
The reasonable practices Of Aaron
Burr and his choice spirits," are now al
most forgotten, az well as the public ser
vices rendered at that tune BY those who
eminsntly contributed to prevent the evils
which at that time threatened the Union.
Seine idea of the apprehensions then en-.
tertained, by the first men in the country.
may be found from knowledge OF the fact
that the suspension Of the Habcas Corpus
Act was seriously proposed TO Congress,
and - seriously debated and anxiously
considered in the Legislature ofthe Union.
When the Grand Jury at Washington,
now before whom was laid the charges
against Aaron Burr, instead of finding a
True Bill against him, presented 10 the
Court that they "Are Of opinion that
Aaron Burr has not been guilty Of any
crime or misdemeanor against the laws OF
tho United States" and fidelity to the go
vernment Of the United States was rather
\ reproacb, than merit, in the Territory
Of Mississippi. At such a period, George
Poindexter was selected ss the most conf
dental and talented man to arrest Aaron
Burr, and he did arrest him, and did de-
liver him over TO the Civil Authorities,
from whom Aaron Burr made his escape
OF the part which Andrew Jack son took
in this conspiracy it is not necessary to
speak in detail. 1t will not be denied that
he was engaged with Burr and trusted by
him-how far we will not stay 10 enquire
II 10 also well known that since his eleva.
ton to the Presidency, he has allowed the
feelings then cherished 10 be exhibited 10
the administration of his office. We defy
any friend of the administration to show
that any man actually opposed 10 Burr ev-
or received favor from Jackson; or that
any friend Of Burr ever asked without re-
ceiving.-It is unnecessary to refer to the
appointment Of the collector Of a neigh
boring city, aud to other similar appoint
meRts; they are fresh in the remembrance
Of your readers. Ii is also unnecessary to
refer to bis attachment TO Van Buren,, be-
tween whom and Burr a connexion, init.
mate, protracted aud mysterious has been
known TO exist
General Jaekson's rancorous hatred Of
George foindextcr has often excited SD.
prise. Why, it 10 asked, should he cher
ish against Poindexter, a hostility so much
more bitter, active aud rancorous than
against the other eminent and able men
who have opposed him P Is it not because
Poindexter was one of the active and eff
Gent means of detecting the schemes OF
Burr? bury's friends have been Jacksons
friends, BUYS foes Jackson's foes. The
attempt recently made TO sacrifice Poin.
dexter, was not merely because he had
defended the country against the usurpa-
tons Of the executive but because he
had, in an early period of his patriotic
life, protected it from the treason of Burr
and hisasssciates. HISTORY.
Phil. Gas.