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THE MINERVA:
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"PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM BOYLAN.
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TWO DOLI.t. f IR A Nit..
Payahh tn Arhanrt. .
No. 593.
frem (A Batiimrc Federal Gazette.
Baltimore, July 23, 1807.
Ltr Zcbtdon Hollingsworth John GiL
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1 rina irom the public papery that on
fcLii of July, Tou refpectively officia-
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ing of the citizens 01 l.jecii coun
, fjgiJxK'ktlvto celebrate theanni-
rfcry of Amerjcawnaepenaerice, ana
is ns perfon who dciated in thofe
,-rirtenV-an.d it is in'enfrquence of ;
t ur foniuctron thaTccafion, that 1.
IL take the liberty of aHdrenWjrouy
ron tne ipuiui wi jm) '
Lv, om elves independent ttateste
M,w . j ji ir.- -I -N
rom the tyranny auu ueipouun 01, any
nation 0" U1C Crtuu,.uiiu (Jiututu m
eitabWRovernincTUJ' ,u 1 uc iat'cu ,c"
curry of the property, the reputation,
theiihervt and the life of every perfon,
via ftoiild be fo far bleft as to be citi
ltnsoi thofe government.'. We then
paed ourlelves to the God o the uni-
erfe that te property, the reputation,
the liberty and. trie me or every citizen
ftouid be lafe, mould pe protected a
flinh the tyranny of thef or the mavy
and Ihould only be taken from them
ly the laws of theirpuntry, faithfully,
jmneltly and impartiallydifpqiled, by
C0pen,'fV, impartial irial, dectdedupon le
fwtkmfvx which every beneftrtobe
k from cmnl'el, is fecured by the coii
ftution to the citizens, who is as tb ei-
liier affiiled.
Let me now alk you gentlemen, to
what u!e, or more properly, abufe, did
you tuin the 'Miiiverfin sfthat day ? Was
jour conduct calculated to preferve and
lecure thole bleflings, for the enjoyment
if which the people of America herero-
fore hazarded all that was dear?. Or
was it calculated to render them more
inlecure than even under Afiatic defpot-
I f me examine this aueflicn. I have
fonyour lilt of l oafts drank that .day,
is pub ifhed by yourlelves.
On your volunteers 1 fh.ill make no re
marksafter leventen bumpers had.
fcee!LdraukJ,-can inake area't allowan
ces for any th:ng; that took place ; but
for the Toads deliberately prepared, and
agreed to be -dranlon that day inyfelf,
kllow citizens,- and-the world at
'g do andvill hold you anfvrei able.
Three ojho?e toafts will be the fui;jt;ci
ofmyiti-madverfions.
. fhe ;th is ir the following words :
The grand jurors lately impannelled at
Richmond to inct the traitors of their
foimtry, May their zeal and patriotifm
the caufe of liberty; fecure thenra
crown of immortal glory, and the iruits
w their labor be a death-wound to all
conlpirators.
I he 8thLuther Martin, ex-attorney
Per;d of Maryland, the mutual and
Wed friend of a convicted traitor
Uy his-exertions td preferve the Cata 7
Not Americai procure him an humble
coat of far and a piumage o feathers,
pat will rival in finery all thefmumine-
1W Of Egypt. . : '
1 he gth -Aaron Burr, the man who
cr.ee received the confidence of a free
people May his treachery to his couh
'ry exaU fiiin Wlhc fcaiK)ld, . and hemp
Oj his eicort to the republic of dult and
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J3ny perTbn of common fenfe; who
Ncfles one fentiment of candor, one
Mffie feeling of the hearr it would
je!Jppcfed, that none but dlemous from
,lel pquldonTucVahcafmhave de -rately
oreoaredanH Vlrank rhLlnre
T- i Gt KwtedgeTB'fr ct.l;;Biirfsgui!t:
a friend" of the gentleman indicled
blames the grand jury. ' But are you to be
informed, that the grand jury can only
fefs fhat you have ho perlonal know
ledge ofj any 'thing criminal, that has
been committed bv col. Burr, but that
in the Aurora; the' Argus, and many o- j" aft upon evidence eUElfd and lent to
ther dembciatic papers, you have leen 1 them for the very purpofe of proving guilt;
him charged with not only mifdemeanfcj examined exparte ; and that perjury can
orS, OUt treaion.- INay, you wri puna- uicit. jjcu uuddiicu ; auu juu
bly fay, that the prefiderit 6ffthe Uni'eci
States in his meflage to congrels, declar
ed his"jfV to Ire placed beyond diubt, '
And after the length of time you have
lived, a length ol tine which has whit-
enea lunic vi your ucau& xxtiti u.uii-
p to be ihtormed that the Benign Spirit of
our laws, even after-mdictmcnr, pre
fumes inrioecnce ? 1 bofe laws that are
:faid to be our gordian knot'which you are
;bound to Tupport, and yet you, good,
'virtuous upuhlicars, who boafl of ycur
ferent public appbintntents -which lorpjlovc of hbtrty, your lacred iL&a lor
of you have executed, ami now to put i;the Jav s; and wl o call yoiirfeves the
vou inmind. that not one .milling's I rrottacr?, the u uxiiar.s of the right?
; Voj 1 h;o y ou r d'u h property can, be taken
lfroriryu, without your having an op
portunity of being perfonat'y heard,
nor without legal evidence delivered.' oath
our brefence. with. liberty on your part
Uoss examine, and by other evidence to
cwtrmtf.. And yet you h aye to the ; ut
moft oryour power, wantonly and wick
edly all sileck the good name, fame and
reputation of cql. Burr, upon m evidence f
You have done vfrac rs Itifl more w,ck
ed you have witlir'any evidence, a
ailed his lite ! For, are ou now, for the
firlt rime, to be inftrucleck that when
ever a perfon is to be tried for charge,
which is punishable with dath, he who
endeavors to prejudice and ihllame thp
public mind againft him ; he who drte;
any act of a tendency. to pt event the ac
nifpfl from havinrrn. fair, dilnaflionate,
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impartial -trial, is in the eye ot Uodvf t )ne iuuic irom n;m wouia naveongm
ot every nvm. r-ave.tnruvht proper, r.o
Only pr?mt;cgtTi, ItCT hwfc pr'elurred
to held up t(' the indignation of your
courtry him whom the laws of ycur
country preiumed to be innocent ! ,
And-now let me inquire, vhc is this
geritleman whofe gu.it you have pro,
neunc ed, and ' for whofe blood yocfr
parched '.thfoats fo thirft ? Was 'he, riot a
few years palt adored by yoiynext to
yrur God, 1 mean your e.n(J.dj bod, for
whether you believe in a cfeity, who hae
any government over your 4 republic of
dull and aflxsy I Know not. Were you
not then his warmeft admirers ? Did he
notMhen pofles every virtue? Had he
then one frri even a fmgle weaknels of
hu materia1 uie? He was then in power
-Ifefiad then influence Ycu would
tjttn have been proud of his notice
!ty of as murderous and intennon-as
it neautemprea 10 p ungt; d vavi u
his heai-tTMuiuahy murderoubut infi
nitely more cowiriKyf'te the danger of pun
ifhment in the firfkraleis me:nt to te
a voided fW hat t h i nbyu , gent I emen ,
of the cowarcily retch, who snxious
for the blood opin enemy, but tearful
of danger or of punilhment, flips a ft i
letto into the hand ''of an affiflin, and
points ttrth vicim !v What think you of
yom-felve and the Vdt of thofe who
$r3tnW your lavage rcult s ? W ouid vou
not have fwallowed the bt veia e in your
glaffts, b.ad it been the bio 4 of colonel
Burr, with more plealure ilian the juice
ot the crape? Would not thole, who.
could exprefs fuch lavage delight in tne
hope cf hit deaths could they "do- it witn
in pii dty, rip open his breaff, tear out
his heart, gnaw it with their teeth and
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even m that cafehe;wculd naruraU
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"Hyuiic uie penons 10 n&pivazer or
Piikmer, feaft their inhuman louls
f eVy cruelty of tprture. :1 :
, Jt SFjlemeh, have you anv know-
cbirBuri is cuihy of"treafon
nUk-0Wof me fingTe fatl to prove up-
m rtm irililt nf anv l-rwtWhv tiov.
ion net come forward and informed
v"-.buvtrnnnt. And why had I nox.
i.e; p eafurPA-rrmrV
Richmond ? - .
1 Anow your anfwer. You muft con-
fuck down his blood, as acted the b:ood
thirfly Parifiyns towards the amiable,
the acconmli filed, -the beautiful Lam
baile ! And know you not than he gen
tleman, whole death would be fuch a
ftalt to your lavage fouls, hps a daughter
asamiable as accompiiflied, as lovely as
was Lamballe! And to her you have
been'drinking a life of unutterable mile
ry !. You may poffibfy think thist fan-gira-ge
feyei e, but in a cafe like this, no
Idngiwgt; can be (evere. - ,-s r"
"i would wifii to harrow up every feel
ing of ycur fouls, if indeed fuch iouls can
have any feeling ! -
Yon have toaffed the grand jury, when
you knew not whether they did right or
'wronji ; when you knew . not whether
the perfons indicted are traitors or inno
cent citizens; whether the grand jury
vere actuated by zeal arid patriotifm in
the caufe of liberty, or by zeal and fyco
phancy in the caufe of erlecution;
whether their con fuel deferVeslp;vyi
of immortal glory, or a roof e of immor
tal infanr. : for you have no knowledge
that can enable yon to decide upon the
propriety br impropriety of their con
duct. , 1 he tqaft. therefore, only flahds
Itarmg you in the face, o your eternal
difhTJnoras a DrooL ofJour ferocity
againft cot. Burr. Nbr lgenttemenvwilu
thrrmd jury ihank yciu forme toaft--eyretenT
renrrrjteBor s of1
worth, of h UmamTyY .thy-were! not ac-!
tuatedi by the bellifh wifh, that the per
. fbhs7 rcbhcjeniKg rvfho1e7coffduc';lllf"
, were to enquire ftbutd prore :o rbe
guilry ; nor did 'thty, in returning thtf
bills truel feel ah mleriial pleafure.Mo .
firs,-not a man of thn grnTruty;affunr
ed to the finding of the bills, whofe heart
,did not feel a pang, nor is there one of
them whofe hsart vil ,not enjoy exqui
fi;e pleafure fh1 Mild rhejr inn icence, on
a fiir, imranial tn il before a petit jury
(if. indeed, fuch a tral cn be had, and
which you have rmjrdcroufly endeavor
ed to prevent) te rriade uianifelt. Not
ened uiHll your faces One frown have
ltngrhenecball your vifsges .
But he is no. a private citizen he is
now no longer irt power he is now pcr
leiuted ! - And behold he is now a Oa-taime,-
be is i novv a traitor, your pray
tr are now that he maybe; cxalied to
the Uafu Id that hemp may be his ef
cort to fie republic of "duft arxtTdhes,"
and to ti tle inv'ocatirns you have prof
titu;ed ...the annivtrh-ry of a dayi whiph.
0117 1 i-ht to be held dear a, Icr.g as
the .oveinm nt. conltqnenrly eftahlini
ed, fha'l lacredly'prf.tcct property, reu
tati n, lil tny iiiid life.
Co, ye holiday, ye runfiine'-friends,
ye tirne fervers,- ye crit rs of Ho'xnna
to-day and crueily to-morrc w go bide
you rTeatilTif Tnffib1 e , 1 To m ; he ccn
tlmpt and deteltaticn of every virtue us
every honorable inhabitant of every
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Your eighth "ton ft, as it per for at 'y re
lates to my.e'S g: v es rre no uncallnefs.
I oi,iy not ce it as p-oviig rhe iic. urk-d
malignity of your l.cars tcvjgftk colo-1
nel Burr. j
AsT'to myfelf I hav never infu'tcd or j
injured a fihg e ..ihjlividual, who oil t! at
occafion celebrated ihe day In the
whole company 1 1 ad not one perfenal
enemy, nor i?was there a man amt ng y ou
that h.d reafon to be fo ; with mai.y of
that company, perhaps with all, I had
been pcrlonally acquainted, I had been
in habits of receiving and returning po
lite attentions ; on lome ,ar leall of the
company I had conferred benefits, nor
was there one man in the company on
w hom I would not have conferred any
benefit he needed, and in my power
with propriety to havebeflowed. -Nay,'
fo well do 1 know you all, and. the good
wilUhat you pofTefs for me that I have
the maft perfect confidence, had I arriv
ed at Klkton the moment after you had
drank ;:your eighth t,oaft and entered
your, room you -would have received
me in the rhoft friendly manner7 you
would have requefted me toihare in the
feilivai, and your poiitenefs would have
ind uced ' you to have fupprefied
-ninth and-tenth 'ioafts.;-':''. ' ...
Havi rgit lsone.;youjufticeayjijg
aequittedthe company. tOKarman ot any
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thereby depriveii of a conff ifutiona
rights and if Convided, unconflhutibn
ally convidted ?
But I appeared in his defence as his
friend, not merely as an attorney for
my fee. And how long has if been, or
upon what maxim is it eftablifhed, that
to-do-an. authorifed act from-thrnjo-K:
tives of fnendfhip, is lefs honorable tKaii '
from motives of fordid intereft ?
But you will fay, that you believe him
guilty of treafon.. I reply, you haveno
legal evidence on which you can found
this belief 1 will further lay, that I, j
who have .infinitely bctrer information;' :
on the fubject, believe col Bur r to be
as innocent of any thing treafohable, in
r. et ot i nrcnv aniTeinfanrunb
that I believe the executive -bnErVnjt-ed
States is at this time of the lame opi-
nVn And for the truth of this afl'evera
tibn I appeal to my God. Andfur
ther aril wer, that if col Burr was as'guil-
ty of treafofi, ass you, without a ;y know
ledge of the fad, declare him to-be, yet
he is entitled to a. fair arid'impartial tri- '
al ; and the conltrution lecures to him
the benefit of couniel. Ycu will per- '
hups, as your 1 aft reiort,?for in truth you
have ro other, tell me, that at all events
you wifh hinito be Rung, and therefore
are enraged at every thing which inter
feres with your wifhes. Then firs, ycu
ought lo proceed in the true French
ftyle, for which indeed you appear qu te
ready t Hang firft,. and t?y after
wards :' It would f ve a world of trou
ble, and gratify many a revengeful, ma
lignant f.rud. ' ' " ,T .
J he whole bmthen of my crime is re
folved to this That 1 have, in, a cafe
where the honor, ihe life of a frttnd,
and the happinels of all who are dear tb
him, are at Hake, had the hardihood,
even als-hough it might prevent you from
fea fling oh bi blood to ofhr to him,
from motives of triendHvlp, thofe fervi-
ces, whi.Ji the. trifling abiH'ies my God'
hath kindly bellowed on me, tr ay enpble
me to render him I have thrown my
bodyasa fbield between the dagpei ot
the aflallia. and the heart attempted to
be pierced 1 ' y"
And for this conduct, for which, if
'hiffoiy ; records thVeveht, I fl);ill be re
fpcct d as long' as the p.ge of hiftory
mail 'all. by all. the worthy and ood
yes, tor th:s conduft, not oiiiyjnnocenr,
but praifeworthy, it any cofiduof man
ran I e lo, you, the advocates of rKeon-
L kiUition yc il exjcluhve republicans--
you, the fuppo.rters and ruvneatts of the
tights of manf- and o' a govtrnment of
laws you, the iv crn enennes of de.'pot
jfm, in whatever fhape it may appear
would, if in your power, arm ?;n infu
riated mob sgainft a .private .individual,
who never gave you thejlight'eff caufe
of perioral complaint- and; would be - , C' fa
ghd to fee him, if his life was tparedj to ' " )U
i rr i .1 J- :-. . .U K.il f im
lutt r irnuu ana n jury in uic iau ex
treme which couU fie ii.fl-cted ! Re
member, gentlemen, 1 only hold up to,
vour view the mil ror nbl trudi ; blame
yourlelves only for the monllr.- us ima
ges of deformity which meet your vifion.
In your toaft you have particularly no
ticed me as " the mutual .and highly re
flected friend of an indidcd trairor."
Remember,' genjlcmen, a few. years
only havei called fmce ypu bcafted f
vourfriendfhiD for coirBurr, Your
'tongues, at that tinK,.nibynl a'saalft-
and with as much e?.!e. as doth vhe alpeil
leaf under the influence rif the ,armof
nhprp. in his6 braifei and had I then
nreCnm'f-il tn Ha VP TrmfPif his h$f8&a9J . T7Z-
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pc r ibnll . r e ! enfin oirDgatnftTr;e-f aTTnr
liate what was my condudt which indu
e13;yuydiberately to prepatearictdeli
.BeratelyJorink the eighth toaftv
I had appeaTecl as- one of cot. Burr's
couafef: an d pt ay doth nbt th e conff i
tution rnofl facredly fecure to him the
benefit of couniel PGan t thsri be kid:
that a perfon fhall be criminal, or even
cenrurabe Jop dihg wh
tu'lbn-am horxGes him to do ? Nay, if by
piiblicflamor counfel is to be intimidat
ed and .prevented from appeafing: for
tfieaccufed,ris not the conftitution't here
by violated? And is rAOt.the accufed
vou have' treated it, I Oiouid noH;av f '
our i- been lurprifed had I been taTred and f ea- '
thered ahdthdeed fhoufd have thought'
that I richly defer ved. it.. He was. then:..
VOUllSlittml fhendluch he never ivaftii . r
tXurMcTimmTr-fras
I h;n
youT
filitici have ever beej diff&cnt-lm
t hen, i f my heart vv&.f uch a heart as-'
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poUeis-tnat- my irrenaimps were iorm
ed from political, motives" only and de
pended entirelyUpon the fltuaiion"of theti
perfon whether hew as in powr px a
nr i vote citi zen w h ether he-was the ob
ject of executive favoritifm or perlecutj-.:!
on ; Cannot you fuppofe , fuch ajiearr'
might be gratified in t h e ex tr em e, to fee
th at power vhich He did lej"m which
only cnld bavepfoweJlvftolx'lo&,Xkh6i
now' pofTefs pcTrer, z t- tith nofbrioiis,.
and which democracy hath bftea .at:
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