Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-16
AARON BURR.-The following is th.,

coacltson OF am article in the American Re
view:
But the victims or Burr are TO be numbered
by hundreds. The base and the peaks OF soci-
ETY., alike show the scathing lhnrks of his fiery
visitation. He cherished no friendships; he
returned unhonored the drafts of gratitude: he
kindlcd by The Sefy fteside of hospitality the
flame oil lust, and felt little pleasure In bidding
adieu to the LdreS of his host; until the dearest
that ilourishel In their sacred shadow were
sacrliiccd. The Inaii,s whole teing cent red
on the pivot of ~sclfshness. But for the afcc-
ton which he manifested towards hisdalch,cr.
his sole moral merits seem To lave been cour-
age and GOODNESS; and yet, clustering MS were
the laurels which they welded 20 his brow.
ms paser passions SO predof!inatcd, that he
held II more giorions To seduce a woman than
to glitter III the field OF letters. to scale the
sleeps oil philosophy, OF 10 wave d Ga,inef VIC
t%oriously in battle.
He courtcd the man to corrupt his wife
the statesman 10 profit BY his infuence-the
millionaire to obtain his money-and the
world TO crafty his desires. He was the more
dangerous from the possession of an intellect
massive, piercing and Brilliant, united to n
frame at once handsome and vigorous. His
mind was but the keen and rcsistless weapon
with which his passions hewed a way 10
conquest. That weapon was Protcan. But
lew could escape its ever changing attack. II
the victim fully came under the gaze of an eve
whose sharp light resembled lightning inn
prisoned and forever playing N a cloud black
as death-hc was lost. Burr's conversation
was 'ffesistibly fascinating-for his hand
swept every chord of the human harp. He
strcwcd the rosy paths of the happy with
flowers of n still brighter hue; he arched the
troubled sky OF the dc%sponding with the rain
bow oil hope; he conjurcd up before the wrapt
vision of the ayaricious, mouptains of gold:
and 20 the aspiring, he pointed but the shad-
owy vistas OF glory.
Thus ne stood, gifted, unprincipled, ruth
less and terrible. The want of fortune alone
prevented his presenting nj ole 1urid, dreadful
and overwhelming mass, that evil. which ne
accomplished but too successfully in many
details. Chance confined to valleys. compar-
auvely humble, a tempest which only waited
Tor a release to devastate continents.
1t may be askcd,-'Is not his valor on the
battle fields of his country TO be remembered?'
The answer must bc--"Ycs!' That was a re-,
decming trait. No matter from what motive
his military talents were exercised, our lane
reaped soine benefit. But there are many
persons WHO VIII doubt the real patriotism o.
one, who was so ready To forswear his allegi
ance,t who trampled on so much that wa.
sacred, and who held even his exploits agains
tyranny, as less glorious than the moral de
struction of a human being.
Age is expected to subdue: but with Burr
the winter of Time brought no SHOWS TO COO
the lava of passion. At four score and six
the crater wore a glow as ardent as at twenty
His faculties Knocked at a century:
Age should bring the soothing calm of re
hgion, to enable the barque which has beer
tost by the storms Of life, to prepare for
worthy entrance into another world. Bur
died as he had lived, practically an atheist.
Age should bring respect: Burr died as II,
had lived without the regard of the good. Hi
hoary hairs went down to the grave floatin,
OH the breeze of infamy.
In cunningan lago; i'll lust a Tarquin; in pa
uence a Catalina; III pleasure a Sybarite; il
gratitude a Malay, and in ambition a Napolc
on, he affords the world an awful example o
powerful intellect destitute of virtue. Hi
portrait would fifty appear in a circle o
Dante's Inferno.
Let no one accuse us of stepping with san
dalied feet through the solemn vaults of In,
sepulchrc. AARON BURR belongs TO History
Such was the lot he chose.
sHe seduced the wife and daughter of tn,
man who gave him shelter after the duel will
Hamilton.
His own assertion.
tHe wished to claim his rights as a Britisi
subject when in London. Lord Liyerpoo
rejected the offer with contempt.