Smyrna times., 1858-02-04

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saying he made 1t a rule never to nominate n
man in whom he had no confidence, and he ha
none In Aaron Burr. Loud applause7 Th
lecturer next alluded to the time when Jeffei
son became President and Burr Vice Pres
DENT before which time party of young me-
was organized under the astute Jefferson; true
washington kept them down, but as soon as h
retired, and Adams became President, the cho
| rus from this new party was heard with fearfl
dIn. The eXaItatOn of such man as Matthew
Lyons, an obscure aud unintelIigent foreigner
Tor his speech, made. in the Senate, by punish
ing him with fine and Imprisonment, causet
THIS chorus to swell louder, and elevated Lyor
to the rank of martyr. Aaron Burr, in hi.
own single person, may be looked upon as the
author of the change of politics in this CITY, in
the State, aud in the United States. In 1899
Burr betook himself to the management of ;h!s
affair, and succeeded in carrying an election
Tor EIce-President, the duties of which office
he discharged with great rropriety and correct
ness And now came tie famous duel, which.
without dshonOr 10 the dead, the lecturer con-
sidered to be the murder of Alexander IIamll-
Ton. Burr had been nominated for the Cover
norshlp OF New ork, when letter WAS writ
ten by Cooper, in which it S stated that Burr
mad been spoken OF by Alexander Hamilton as
man OF no probity or honor Lewis, the op
ponent OF Burr was elected, and Burr's hone,
OF rising TO any further dignity being gone, lie
wrote an arrogant letter to IIamilOn in June.
(Coopcr's letter was written in ApriN demand
ing OF him TO state if he had ever said anv-
thing against Col. BIS honor. Hamilton an
swer:d, politely declining to do SO, aud the un-
fortunate duel was fought on the 7lh of July.
Hamilton did not want to fight, aud the even
Ing before wrote paper saying he would pro-
badly throw away his first, second, and even
his third fire but at the first fire, the practiced
hand and eye OF Burr sent the bullet through
lI1mlllon, which erased his spine. Without
saying word Burr left the ground, and went
10 his residence in Richmond Hill, going on
there with his avoca ions in quietness. DIR.
tiosack who attended on Hamilton, came TO
burr's place, saw him refreshing himself in a
bath, and reading the book Emile he told him
Ueneral Hamilton was dying, and asked if he
would not enquire concerning him; he did
write cold note Of enquiry, actually dictated
by uosack. Hamilton died next day, and his |
lealh threw the whole country in gloom
Finding then that verdict of wliul murder |
Was fouHd by the coroncr's Jury, he fed and |
vent about until he again assumed his high
':tlce III Washington, and as President Judge of .
he Senate acquitted himself bly, When the
senate was about TO adjourn he, the absconded
elon and VICE President, with warrants ready
rom two States to take him, stood up and
made speech Of twenty minutes duration
WIN The utmost GOODNESS, so that Senator at.
erwards said that when Burr finished he Ohe
'enator) felt as if he had wakensd from
rance, and ne and others were in tears Burr
topped dGwn from his high position, and wen,
n, step by step, until he filled a dishonored
'hd
y touched on, and Burr's flight, in lSUG, when
o bail, after learning that he was betrayed by
Wilkinson. very interesting incident Of
'urr's fight was his detect on by Perkins,
1hie most completely disguised, and in the
ompany of another horseman, by his sharp,
lack eye, and his peculiar foot. Burr and his
ompanion had awakened the hostess of a par.
ocular house from her Sleep and she bcinp
lrewish, was IN no good humOr, until Burr bv
IS power of speech, completely fascna ted her.
ne sheriff brought by Perkins was al lso fasci- [
ated, and Perkins, who was waiting in the
Do, suspectlng the state of affairs went for
le military, who met the sheriff, and instead
trying TO earn half Of the reward for takip.r q
urr' were actually won over to escort him to
ensacola. lAPpluuse The sheriff then go, t
most cross-gralned guard to attend with Per |
ms as escort to Burr, and swore them on the
Ible not to speak to Burr on the road, nor let
I'm speak to them. Laughter.l The depart
re of Burr was humorousIy described, as also n
IS journey with his guard, and several interest t
g anecdotes connected Herewith were rcla- o
d. One OF these was the sudden jumping of
urr from his horse on the road 10 Fredericks- Il
lrgh and then calling on the citizens to aid u
n' whereupon Perkins jumped off and order. o
MN TO retnount, which he refused, although r.
Vo pistols were placed at his breast, until
efKlhs nung hlm on his horse, mounted his
w. ana gaIloped into the woods. Then, for
e second time in his life, Burr shed tears
e was tried and moved away in u box, wnich
T. FRANCIS to whom the lecturer acknowledo
himself indebted for most of the incidents Of a
le iecture) saw. The lecturer then descr,hed "
e wanderlngs Of Burr through Europe and h
g unlUnored return to New York; the death
BUR- AstOn, son of his daughter, Thcf,dos,a q
arr Aston, who SAID that Omniputent God
'uld never make amends for the loss of her -
MA; the sending for that daughter, The los.
the schooner IN which she smiled, whIen
FUSED the iron TO enter hrs soul. and Il
ade him to grieve for the loss Of his hA n
we'd child more than all NJ earth or iraVen.- :,
e died on the l4th September, IS365at s;ta
n Island. Administer attended h m in ocath.
I'd the last act Of HIS life WAS 10 point ihe t,, Il
er and cur the lip Of mockery and ae4s,ot. II
e faithful and eafnest Efforts ~ H.. {. n,t ..,lt
turn his heart 10 God H. WIS bdr,i.d wi,f
It stone or monument 10 mark ne eppi. uutll =
tely, in the silence of rhc Gight, a m"rnuriai
as placed over hlpt cont' 'sgpg,hs name, a2e ?
ID date of his death. II" was munlicgpt .tu
any askers, generous I" many seekrt-, thjfghl q
& slaves to read and wrIte but his getr,6ostyl n
ID kiBdHess were impufslve. and, therefore,
1t 70 be thought, much of bht his pa sons1 -
emed to be the chief fadirof bls life. e.a-.a4 Il
The lecturer concluded by summing up the a,
Ialities of AahonsBuFr d vfsg .aaaa pas-toas ;,
oIninencesas ihessai'. .fiafls - dIfaisiIia,I :,
a,ca. A,!a5h.aic1 c fmg II fa@lH ~tl!- l. "
enSSf 'e<As@'HS iSoASlhslSIsi I.S, H&S lUDOlSL III
m grea applause.sls III slois .a..,i. b... ~. !,
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