The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06

81 LOUIS ReueiUe6
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COL. BURR & GEN, HAMILTON
The Kuickerbocker contains an orig,
nal anecdo,e concerniag these cclebral'
ID personag $, which is pecularly y 10
ereslng from ils authenticity IL was
relaled TO the X lckettock,r's corres
leuI by the late Judge Rowan, of Ken
ucky--d gentleman OF distinguished re
IOWA as ju,isl, aud who filled al variou
times the officers OF Judge Of the Cuur
I1r Appeal, $ cretary of State, member
If the Legislature 10 his own Sau
which he also represented wIlh marked
ability 10 both Houses Of Congress. Il
relating The aneedole, the Judge said h'
remembered The exact words vf The par
ie., and that he was The only living re
clpienl of them. Bul !our persons hal
aver had cogo zance Of them; these weri
Gen. Hamilton, Col. Burr, their mulu
al lrlend Gen. D--,and himself. H.
had his Information from Gen D.
Who bound him TO secrecy during hi
lifetime, The injunction was removed
0y hi, death, and alter forty years ST.
Ience he fell at liberty TO speak. JuGgs
Rowan is now dead also.
In relating this anecdote, Judge Row
Ian, who was man of wonderful colo
quail powers, prefaced it by saying:
'Gentleman, sald he, rhis one cur
cumstance filed up, 10 my mind, lb'
outlines of the character Of these tw'
celebrated menj want no other history
Of them. You may write ponderou'
tones, eulogIslic OF one and deoLacjalo
ry OF The other; but | have .fact 10 my
head, and it is the centre of my opin
ION. Col, Burr, when arraigncd Ior
mis- trial, did me The very great honor ,c
invite ne 20 become his counsel and adj
vocale, but | remembered The (qcl and
refused.
'lt was at that period in our history
Nhen the Confederation, having cast OF
he iron hoop OF war, seemed TO have
40 other bond OF strength. Mem
manuers were unsettled ;there was NJ
sravllaton of princlpie-no unity o.
,urpose--no centre OF motion. Parrot
;sm had expended its enthusiasm; hb
.rly mad lost lis vitality, aud tol bear
,oce its subcrdinalon. Bun believed
hat the Staggering elements would fal
10 confusion wiItne for a season IN sn'
afchy, and emerge ia monatchy. II
believed that The fermentation, iTaA0t0
I'd 10 take lis C0lTSe, would tuIh anC
eHervesce, and rectiy by crysIaIz ~
the desire to put Washington O" lht
,hrone. He thought, however, TIA
there was shorter way 10 stability by
I,ntrisue; by the corjuralIon OF adve'',
Influences; way less sInuous to h'sow'
advancement. lie believed that there
was no man without his prlce, while hi
acute dlscernment told hlm that HamII
Ions was a character which even hu
own partisans would turn 10 in despai
and prefer It 10 his, 10 testing an experI
meul or trying theory, lie mad props
ton outon TO make TO Gen. HamiIlor:i
was patriotic or it was raiIorous; it Wa
full Of meaning overreaChng the word
balancing the ambiguity nicely, bn
searching enough to fnd the weakne'
Ihad it existed. He knew he wculd b.
understood, without being betrayed
There was treason in it bot it was it
he occasion, The manner, Ihe words, i
you please; and yet it was no where, i
Inc chose TO disclslm l!-He had prop
Ito make, bu, he would not write it
Mark the man: he could not be prevail
led on 10 put it upon paper. lie CAV
his friend the words, and The emphas
and made him repeat both, until they
told right to his own ear These wen
the exact terms:
Col. Burr presents his compliment
Ito Gen. Hamilton. Will Gen. H. seiz
he present opportunity to give StaJh
governmen, to his coDnlry aud prOvld
y0r his jriend.%
Gen. HamIlon did moi hesitate mo
ment, this was his answer:
Gen Hamillon presents, in return
his compliments to Col Burr: Col. B
links Gen. II. ambitious: he is righ
Gen. II. is one Of The most ambitious o
men; but his wh0le ambition is to de
serve well Of his county.
There is an answer continued th'
narrator. (which would have d. fed
Roman, there IS The first of The offence
which he expialed al Weehawken.'
.sssasss-sn-ass~s-
| SHOULDN'T MIND THAT,
'Whs, would our wives say, il Ihr'
knew where we are!' said The captain .
down es.l, schooner, when they wer
lba,tipo shout in q thick fog. fearful OF 90