The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-16

i. Jefferson intensely, and was not di
posed to strain any point to pleas
him. Burr was acquitted under il
structions from the Court, it not be
ing proved that he had committed an
personal overt act of treason agains
the United St8tes Burr had abl
counsel to assist him, but throughou
the trial he was his own best lawyer
I! Among the outsiders who were thel
friendly to his cause were Andrey
jackson, who neglected no opportuni
ty to denounce the prosecution. Tn,
first suggestion, years after, of Jack
son for President, in order to breaI
down the Virginia dynasty, who hac
had the Presidency for twenty-fou
years, came from Burr in a letter tt
his son-m-law, Governor Allston, o.
South Carolina.
Burr then proceeded to Europe in
order TO either interest England Oh
France in his Mexican scheme
Strange to say, although they were at
war with each other, both opposed it.
England was the alley of the popular
party in Spain, then carrying on war
against Napoleon, who had placed his
brother Joseph on the throne She
would not consent to the separation
of Mexico from the Spanish crown
Napoleon would not agree. to it be-
cause it would detract from the pos-
sessions, as he thought, of his broth
er Joseph. The British Prime Min
lister thereupon wrote Mr.. Burr a
note,. requesting him to leave the
country. He, after wandering over
the Continent, proceeded to Paris
He could do nothing there, and when
he wanted to leave the Empire he was
refused the privilege. He was there
detained practically as prisoner for
some years. King jerome, of West
phalia, the brother of Napoleon, who
had been his guest at Richmond Hall,
New York, in the days of his prosper
ity, refused to see him in Paris. He
was reduced to utter destitution-al-
most beggary, in fact-before he OBJ
tanned his passport of leave
He returned to the United States
under the assumed name of Arnott,
for the American Government threw
every obstacle in his way. His daugh-
ter Theodosia, the wife of Governor
of South Carolina, one of
the most intellectual and accomplished
ladies Of the day, whom he had edu-
Gated on the woman's rights principle
just exactly as he would if she had
been of the other seX-made haste to
Join him with her infant son at New
York. The vessel upon which she
set sail from Charleston was never
heard of afterward.
This was the crowning affiiction of
Burr. He was now literally alone in
the world. But he toiled and strug-
gled on, and made large sums as a
lawyer in New York, the most of
which he gave away in charity. 1t
was not until 1886, after generation
nad arisen and disappeared, who hard
y knew him, that he died.
That he was, in an eminent degree,
as any man who ever lived,
he victim of slandr aud detraction,
S certain. The world seems to de-
light in assailing the unfortunate, who
ire on the down-hiIl road.
Mr.. Burr had the strongest intel
eetual qualities. As persuasive or
,tor, before juries, he was unexcelled.
Asa political manager he had no ri
Taf:- He hsea- great -I<..a.rlea4o s
md remarkable success among wo-
nen. There were few of either sex
Who We're not charmed by his elegant
address, his soft and pleasing man
lers, and his remarkable powers Of
,onv ersation. That he had great NOR
II weakness in certain, yet it is not
by his appearance. He gives
he lie to physiognomy. There is not
,nly nothing sensual about his coun-
but it is exactly the reverse.
It is delicate and feminine in its con-
our, and sentimental IN its expression.
He rather resembles a doctor of di- |
Unity TA I'D ~ =
The sex whom, according to popu-
ar belief, he most injured by his in
rigues, were always his friends during
ife, and to one of them he owes the
ombstone, in the Prirceto Cemetery, |
which marks the place where his re-
mains repose. 1t is generally believed |
o have been the work of daughter
If a Scotch officer, whom, sixty years
,efore, he had met at the siege of
Quebec.
There were few men who ever pos
essed greater moral and physical
courage, or who met with more un-
shrinking fortitude a hostile public
entiment His fall may be dated |
rom his fatal duel with Hamilton. =
The public sentiment seemed then sud |
lenly to awaken to the SIN of dueling,
ust as it did, in the case of Lord By /
on, to the sin of a man who was on
II terms with his wife. Both were
pursued to theif graves by rcmorse
ess fate, and upon both were affixed
tains which, however common they
nay have been before and since to hui
nanity, seemed, in their cases, to pc
uliarly aggravate public opinion
7hich, in general, is utterly careless
nd Indifferent about them. Enquirer.
Ben. Butler,