The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22
AARON BURR'S LETTER TO GEN.
WILLIAMSON, WRITTEN IN CIPHEk.

DR.. J. Il. Wilkinson, of PlnQuemine,
has supplied the Picayune with Il copy
of the following letter addressed by !
Aaron Burr to Gen. Wilkinson pend |
ing preparations for Burr's ill-ftted cx-
petition. The letter will interest our
readers, and is as follows:
Yours postnarkcd 18th May is rcceiv-
ed. 1,Aaron Burr, have received funds
and have actually commenced the en-
tcrprISc. Dctachments from different
points and under different prctcnscs will
rendezvous on Ohio fst of November.
Everything internal and external E,vors
views. Protection Of England is secured.
i IS going to jamaica to arrange
with the Admiral on that station. It
will meet on the Mississippi-Englan
Of the United States are ready
to join, and final orders are given to
my friends and followers. 1t will be a
host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall
be second to Burr only. Wilkinson
shall dictate the rank and promotion of
his officers. Burr will proceed west
ward LIST August never to return. With
him go his daughter; the husband will
follow in October with Il corps of
worthless.
Send forth an Intelligent and conf
Dental friend with whom Burr may
confer; he shall return immediately
with further interesting details this is
essential to concert and harmony OF
movement. Send I: list OF all persons
known to Wilkinson west of the noun
tains who may be useful, with note
dclineating their character. By your
messenger send me four or five COM
missions of your otficers-which YOU
can borrow under any pretense you
please; they shall be faithfully returned.
Already are orders to the contractors
given to forward six months provisions
to points Wilkinson may name: this
shall not be used until the last moment,
and then under proper injunctions.
The project is brought to the point so
long desired.
Burr guarantees the result with his
life and honor; with the lives, the honor
and fortune OF hundreds; the best blood
of our country. Burr's plan of opera
tions is to move down rapidly from the
Falls on the 18th of November, with
the first 800 or 1000 men, in light boats,
now constructing for that purpose, to be
| ut Natchez between the 9Th and 18th of
December; there to meet Wilkinson;
there to determine wheather it will be
! eXpedient in the first instance to seize
on or pass by Baton Rouge; on the re-
ceipt Of this send an answer. Draw on
Burr for all expenses, etc. The people
of the country to tchich re are going are
prepared to receive us; theiragents, now
with Burr, say that if VIC will protect
their religion, and will not subject them
to Il foreign power, that in three weeks
all will be settled. The gods invite to
glory and fortune; it remains to be
seen Wheather we deserve the boon; the
bearer of this goes direct to you; he will
hand u formal letter of introduction to
You from Burr; he is I, man OF inviola-
bic honor and perfect Northumberland
to execute rather than projcct--capablc
! of relating facts with fidelity, and inca
pablo of relating them otherwise; he is
thoroughly informed of the plans and
| intentions Of Burr, and will disclose to
you as iaraS you require, and no further;
he has imbibcu Il reverence for your
character and may be embarrassed in
your presence; put him ut case, and he
will satisfy you.
Philadelphia, Ju(y %, 1906.
DIR. Wilkinson makes the following
comments on lSurr'S letter:
l am satisfied that neither Aaron
Burr nOrGcn. Wilkinson ever mctiitatcd
u revolution against the United States.
Aheic Is every PROFANITY 10 l;lEor the
| belief that they had concerted Il plan in
connection with parties in Mexico to
overthrow the authority of Spain in
that country Gan accomplishment effect
ed by lturbitlca few years latcr,) and
in the organization of the new republic
that Burr should be the grand civil and
! Wilkinson the military chicttain. The
appearance Of the English fleet in the
Mississippi was simply to convey forces
collected in the United States to some
convenient point on the Mexican coast
probably Vera Cruz, (IGngland was then
at war with France and SPAIN and I'M
der the auspices of British protection
cstab!isha government whose Sympa-
thies she could expect, and which Eng
| land came very near doing With the in
FAINT republic ofIeXas. The precipitancy
of Burr i'll seeking to enlist the military,
land the naval, of the United States
thcn at peace with Spain) in this object;
was destructive to the whole scheme.
| Gen. Wilkinson, shortly after tho ter
! mlnation Of the war Of 1912, loft the
| United States for Mexico, but did rot
survive long after he reached the Cap
| ital