Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-03-20
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GEN HAMILTON ANDCOI,. BURR.

Dur thanks are due, and rprdsifk rendered The
wsruf dtrt irtn ulnm derive III. sut med inietes
ting rnnnibnfti; ! t.rt VA. BE WINS an mi
girs anecdaie 81 Gtn. Hsnlltn so CT Bu,f v hiel
VOC may rely upon authentic. L. ass related h.
party ~ gentlemen. at ~Luo | was 80. bv the lai.
.Indge X, wsn IT keniurkv ~ his NJ. d,frr ~ pr,.
DDS distinguished me her { hih huns Congress
from that STATE and celehraei 10 the western .nary
the first criminal lawyer ,fh dss-ni even excepting
Mr.. Clay himself. Al lhe time IT The relnlinn in
the winter of ls40 he had passed his .ishielh y.ar
hut he had retained his eminent rall quail faculties IN
ampsifed and he told the slurv with m en pha.,s ,nd
manner peculiarly his H. remarked that he had
retained IN hrs memory The fNsci wards 81 the parties
and that he The nnly living terilIsnt ~ hem But
four persons up 10 that moment had ever had c,pni
vance Of The circumstances these were Gen Ianilnn
CD Burr. their mutual friend. Gen u and
himself He had lis information trsm Gen u I.
and he was pledged Ia secrecy during his life. line
The injunction of secrecy VAS uua removed nv IN, ~
cent death Of his friend, and he tel lrrls Ia speak
Tie had been silent fr hr,y years, he young man
when he hoatd the anecdale; he an md man nav,
when Proposing Tn relate II fur the first lime. 'G.nrle
mea.s said he, his cirenmsts nee nlI.a IN in my
mind. The outlines of the character III these iva nelebTs
ted men. want no other history ri Them. You may
write pIndernus tones euhest of The and denun,
ris,ory u he other, bat have fact in my head aud
At Is the ceu;ts oi npinia: Cod Barr when arraign
ed for trial did The hunor invite ms Il, became
his counsel sad advocate, but remembered the fei and
refused.
III wss at that period IN history when The con.
fsdeFsia, having cast on the inn hop Of war sermrd
10 have 10 Other band ii strength MEMS minds w.r.
nnse''le--,hefe ~ss M rrasi'sihn Of prncple u
MY u rurpse--no centre Of moian. Pairiu,nm had
expended ITS Enthusiasm liberty had hist iis viisly-
and i,itsarence It's standardization Burr alevrd ths,
The Staggering elemsuis would fall in cnfus,an wriihe
for seas ~ 10 anarchy. and emege In munsrrhy lie
believed that the fermentation " allowed !, lake ils
conrse would ffnh AMI servesre and rrctfy by cb,ys
tsiixinu fha dgsife In nut Washinot,.n II.
lie Thought however, that there shorter ''sahi
~" by inrgpe by The cunufsiiun If sdver. influences.
way less sInuous Ia his own advancement lie he,
esed that There Was M man wiihuni his price, while
lis acute discetnment ibid him Hamilton was char
aeer which even his parzsns wuuld lnrn To In les
rar, and prefer II 10 his In testing experiment or Try
ing theory.
We had a proposition 10 make 10 General Hamilton
II wss VAS patriotic il lrai,oous il was inll If
meaning, nvvtrfscng the words. balancing the smhiuu
lily nicely bu, searching enough Ia find The weakness
hsd l. existed. lie knew h. would t@ aodersto. " nh
cut being committed; answered. withou, being be,ta ed
There was treason IN H. but II was In The trcas,n
sle lhe words. II Yum please and vet /, was mo-
whert, II he oh Use 10 dsclaim il He had prap,,si-
rim To make, hui he ", Md not write IL down Max
The nsn; he could mol be- prevailed on 10 put IL up,n ma
rrr. He gave his friend the words. the epeh,s.
and made himrePeai both. INIT, they told rish, 10 hi,
nwn EAR. These were the exact terms:
"Cs"sl Burr presents his cotrpiim, nts /, General
Hamilton; VIII General II seize III. present ,pp,runi
" Ia give stable government 10 his couatry and pyo
ride FIR his friends ?"
''Grnessl Hamilton did not hesitate a mnm.ni . thi.
was his ANSWER:
"Generai ilsmili'a presents in reiutn his connli
menis Colonel Burr. c,daa~ Is thinks General n
auh0us: he is right General II is one Of III, ,s am
bous hut h,s mhoe ambition Il, deserve well a
his coeniry."
There is an answer. "raniinnel ihr narf,or .ahieh
would hsve deh'd Roman; there he first It ,hs of.
frnces which he expatrJ ~ Weehawkenv