Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-03
Character of Aaron Burr.
BY WILLIAM WALLACE.

N Blennerhassett had been the only person ruined by Burr, cnarity would suggest apuIIsI of our remembrance ni the Exile drs"latlnn But the victims of urr are Co be numbered by hundreds. The base and the peaks al socl | ety, alike, show ihr scatIdg marks "t his her' visitation iint for the deep ats, cti"n which he manifested toward hls daughter. his soh me, it's seeln 10 have been cOulness and courage; | and yet, clustering as were the laureIS winch they showered on his brow, his bAser passions so prcdominsteG that he held it m"re glnr'"''> 10 sednce woman than to shine in the field ot letters, to scale the sleeps of philosophy, or ( wave a banner victorious in battle
 He c"urted the statesman to profit by his
 nf1uence-.the millionaire to obtain his money: d, d the world tn graiiiy his desires. He was ihe more d ngprous from the l'"sspSsinn ot an intellect massive, piertin and brilliant, uni ted to d form at once handsome and vignro IS Hls mind was bu, the keen weapon with whicI he hewcd path to conquest. That weaP"n WAS Protean. 1.-the victim fully came undt, the gaze of an eve whose sharp light r"srn bed lightning imprisoned and forever playing
 in clnnd black as d.ah-he was forever lost Rurr's conversation vas irr"sistabIv fascIna-
 .ng--for his hands swept every chord of the human heart, lie strewed the rosy paths of the happy with flowers of a still brighter hMe he archrd the troubled sky of the dr>ponding. with the rainbow of hopr-he cunjnred up be. fore the wrapt vision "f the avaricious. golden C;0lcondis-and tn the aspiring he pointed Out the illuminated visas of Glory.
 Thus he stood: gifted and unprincipled- ruthless and terrible The want "I great for tune, alone, prevented ks presenting, m one vast Alpine r,ass that Ev,L which he scc"rn. ,l-hed but Co" successfully in many detai,s. Chance confined i" valleys. comparativeh humble. the stupen.i"na glaciers which "ni! needed the rays of the sun of forture to devas. tate continents.
 |, may he asked: els not his valor on the 5aitlc-6eld. 0! his country to he memhered" Yes that was . redeeming thing. N" matter from what motive his military talents were exercised, our land reaped some benefit. Bu, we are forced to dnubt the patriotism of one who was 50 ready to fnrswear his allegiance: who irsmpled on 90 much that men hold sa- ,red. and who regarded his exploits against royal tyranny less gl"r;ous than the moral de. .trnciion nf a human being.
 Age Is expected to snhdne but with Burr. the winter of time brought n" snow 10 cool the lava of passion. At four score -and.Six the crater wore a glow as ardent as at twenty, His faculties mccked at century.
 Age should bring the s"Othing calm of relig ion io prepare the tempest.t"st bark for it's en- ,ersnce into an",her and faal Sea: Burr died as he had livrd--a practical siheist Age shsuld bring respect Burr expired as he had existed. without the regard of the gotj. His hnary hairs went down to the grave floating on the breeze of infamv.
 in cunning. an iago: in lust. Tarquin in patience a Caialine in pleasure. Svbarlfe; ia gratitude. a Malay: and in ambition Ma. pnleon. he affords the world an awful example of powerful intellect destitute of virtue. His portrait wnuld filthy appear in circle of Dante's INFERNO.
 Let no nne accuse the speaker of stepping with sandalled feet through the solemn sepul. chre. Aaron Burr belongs to HIsroRY. Such ,cas the OIhe choose.
 R.scard for TIgiiance.-We learn from late continental jnu, nal that the Government of Austria with wise rrovisi"n against ae- ridenis incurred m railways. has issued ." Wiia iaance declaring that every engine .dr'S"r ,n the tailroad af The State, wh" shall nae. lor the space of one year. perf"rmed ms dn. ties without hevinx eaused any arcldent. shall he entitled f., . rew ard of I0I dorins (26'h and that every rnxine.drivsE whose trans nav" me, with no accident f"r ten consecutive yeaTs shall receive 1. .ooO GSriNs (a,soo ) and gold medal.
 NN.Ths Fsast"n Whig contains letter from Hon. David Ssars. of Rsslnn, addressed to Hon. Inhn O Adam., in which he lAvs d'wN plan 'nr the gradual emancipation of Slaves in the