The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-04-05

Island, Blennerhasse was absent, having
gone to New York to meet and welcome
to America his former playmate and friend,
Emmet. But second visit was more
successful, and as this interview has been
eioquently alluded to by the distinguished
William Writ, we give it as descriptive oi
the domestic situation of BIennerhassett.
ere he was betrayed into those schemes
which subsequently proved his ruin. "a
shrubbery which Shenstone might have en-.
We'd, blooms around him; music which
might have charmed Calypso and her
nynphs. is his. An extensive library
spreads its treasures around him; philo-
sophical apparatus offers to him all the
mysteries and secrets Of nature. Peace,
tranquility and innocence shed their min
gled delights around him; and, to crown
the enchantment of the scene, wife, who
is said to be lovely, even beyond her sex.
has blessed him with her love, and made
him the father of her children. In the
midst of all this peace. this innocence, this
tranquility. the destroyer came; he comes
to turn this paradise into hell; yet. the
flowers do not wither at his approach. and
no monitory shuddering through the bos-
ON Of their unfortunate possessor, warns
him Of the ruin that is coming upon him.
A stranger presents himself. Introduced
to their cvilities by the rank he has lately
held in his country, he soon finds way to
their hearts by the dignity and elegance
Of his demeanor. the light and beauty ol
his conversation. and the seductive and
soinating power Of his address. The
conquest was not a difficult one. limo.
cence is ever simple and credulous.
"Such was the state Of Eden. when the
serpent entered its bowers. The prisoner.
BURY, in more engaging form. win ding
himself into the open and unpractised
heart Of Blennerhassett, found but little
difficulty in changing the native character
Of that heart. and the objects Of its affec-
tons. BY degrees, he intuses into it the
poison OF his own ambition; he breathes in.
10 it the fire Of his own courage; daring
and desperate taste for glory; an ardor
painting for all the storms. and hustle, and
hurricanes of life. In short time, the
whole man is changed, and every object
of his former delight relinquished. Greater
objects have taken possession OF his soul
His imagin alton has been dazzled by Wis.
ions Of diadems, and stars, and garters
and titles Of nobility. He has been taugh,
to burn with resistless emulation at the
names of Caesar, Cromwell and Bona.
parte." Into Burr's ambitious plans. Blen.
nerhassett freely entered. and soon they
were matured and ready for execution
The result Of Burr's expedition is matter
OF history. Rumors. which not only con.
<ol Il, 4, 4,
nation with whom we were at peace, bui
which dared to fix treason to his name
were rife in the land; and by orders from
Washington, he was arrested, and carried
there to stand his trial for the crime al.
legged. He was acquitted, but his country
refused 10 believe him to be innocent. and
after an unsuccessful struggle to retrieve
his fallen name, he retired from political
life, and died unhonored and unsung
Blennerhassett, as an accomplice Of Burr
was also arrested and carried to Rich.
mond, and there confined in the gloomy
walls OF prison for some time; but as
Burr was discharged on the indichnen,
against him. those against Blennerhassetl
were not prosecuted. He was merely re.
quired to enter into bonds to appear, upon
requirement, at Chillico:he, to answer 9
charge Of misdemeanor, for preparing an
armed force whose destiny was the Span.
ish territory, Of which, however, no notice
was ever taken.
Thus ended the conspiracy Of Burr
But alas! not so ended the misfortunes oI
Blennerhassett. His pecuniary affairs had
become embarrassed. His beautiful man.
sion had been regarded and used as public
property. Almost bankrupt in purse, and
with family dependent upon him, he
knew not where to look for help in his fal.
len estate. He made an unsuccessful at.
tempt on a cotton pl 4ntation in Mississippi
but ten years passed slowly away. and the
prospects of regaining fortune became
less and less flattering. A temporary
hope led him to dispose Of his plantation
and remove TO Canada. But, alas the
hope only allured to destroy. Leaving
| Canada, he returned 10 Ireland, in 1929
there 10 prosecute reversionary claim,
which, in his more prosperous days. he
had regarded with indifference. All his
efforts were unsuccessful, and, finally, he
sunk to his last repose, in the Island o
Guernsey, attended by his faithful, wife
who had shared his every Joy, and solaced
(as far as devoted affection could do), hi.
every sorrow. After his death, the hear
Of that stricken one yearned to embracs
her child. and she returned TO New York
and with devoted slave, and an affec
tionate son, stroye once again to create
an atmosphere OF love in quiet though
humble home.
For few years they struggled on; bu
who can portray the sufferings of tha
lovely and accomplished woman. as Wis
ions of the pastrose before her mind! Th.
lovely mansion, the devoted husband. the
playful. happy children. the troops Of ser
wants. the crowd of friends, all. all woult
pass in sad review, making the dark pres
ent still darker by the contrast; while, a
she gazed upon her feeble, suffering son
unified by his long privation for those ar
duous struggles by which alone he coult
have regained his fathers lost property
and thus been reinstated in his iormer po
sition in society, the future must hav'
seemed shrouded in more than midnigh
4 darkness. Sad forebodings filed that moth
4 er's heart, and planted their thorn in he
I diving pillow. The saddest have all beef
4 realized by that idolized son, who canno
j aven INV refer 10 that ,nder parent with