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a,.:-1 m SltST, PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WJ LUAM BOYLiAN. TV 9 COLLI. ML AMU. 7Py!J Atftanre, ..- rtlBt 1 V-ij fVoKl 2. : H f ire It. tab! fate trcri Af- At. 'Olid A; RALEIGH, (N. C.) THURSDAY, , 0C7VBERt 2 2, 1 807, No,. 693.. fRO.M THE VIRGINIA GAZETT EV t X' - X Gee ffrd h to bed in. on the perial creff of treafon, delights to letter firebrands, pert ilence and eathiimong all characters who chofe rather to lup- orr a republican form oKGovernment a in the dull puyfitjtsfif civil life, than a- morwr choice liuntt to MiAce. war aeaimi . - . w ' ..i - ."- theirjcountrymen in queft of principali ties. There are ftronfr crounds of reafon to believe that sKaubl cation in the New York Gazette and General Advertifer of 24th ult. aid to he an extmil of a letter jrom a gentleman $f vehurity and hmors. dated t Richmond, i jth Sept. barely calculated to vilify the character okan offlcer of high rank who is ailo in tpublic in quifition, will be traced to the fame pu trid lource as (he publications oflnyefti gator and hi&Phikv If there wcrevno otner reaions to induce tnis Deiier, Richmond or elfewherc the gentle Martin excepted whatever ..part he may have taken in the prefenf ihveltigttion, is thought capable of fo improbable, bald faced'and infamous a ti(fue of falle hoods. Without being any man's ad .vocate, fuch I know and pronounce that publication to t e. It is no part of my intention here to kenterinto a vmdscation or any part of my own conduct. If the contraditlhns and hiemjfjencies, with which Martin marches into the prefs and hails his fel low citizens, can iSe made to appear a gainlt me, no doubt they will -be. ult d for the benefit o the defence. It ii fuf ficient for my repofe that, at length, fufficient truths will be laid before the public, to enable w fellow-citizenS to judge com ctly of the propriety or im--propriety of my conduct and intentions. In perfeti confidence in rhe juiUce of this tribunal I bid eternal adieu to In veltigator. , WILLIAM EATO. October, 6'. from the Virginia qazetti. ' - To the Editor. Gen. Eaton jiai anticipated me, for which I thankhim....! was about to have publifhed thole depofitions,-nd had procured copies with that intent, but being informed that the General had determined to give them to the public 1 preferred that through him, injbe firlt inftance, mould be obtained the knowledge of the kind wt,titjff towards me of that admmiltratipnv f which, it feems, he has bttome fuch a fa vorite, and I jralj regret, that while he had the pen in, his hand, he did not alfo inform the public, that rritnrfles werc fummoned to attend the grand ju ry, in ordtr to have me indicted lot , thaj you are not in turn prolecuted for i Treafon, but, that as prefidential fyco- pnancy naa not given miormauon time, fuch witnefies ai cime. to Rich mond, did notrive until the day after the fare--moft unfortunately, the grand renu- 1 . j:.La;j: i ui - .l.on tn fflg in the city of Baltimore, makeWiTJn'. . v"tt16"" ... 0 oathontheHoly Lvangeliftsof Almigh- "mjIiU; . 1 v , ty God, that fometime during rhefum The truth is, rthat as I had dared to mer of 1806, he, this deponent, was interpofe between government and a ftanding at his ft' re Hoor in Market ! friend of mine, who was deflined to be Street in the faid city, and Luther Mar- U. vidim; either -government, enraged 1 tin came upand addrefled-himfel' to by, this interference,. ioughr tor teltimP- . rnis deponent to the lollowing erfect. Jiyior ine pious purpyie yi -uiuuig iue That Aarqn Burr was to divide this to the number of its vidims, of fyco country, and that the Alleghany Moun- Lphantsv whoThought it the mofl certain tain would be the divifional line. ' I mesns of recpmmepdms themfel ve tq . Sitned PHILIP OR AYBF.LL "! Prefidential favor, volunteered in giving cfWni.f. klr- q a m nirr ru a qv 1 information againfl me In confequdnce Sworn before SAMUEL CHASER ; oJ which witbnefl were fummoned to " cy aTWng-aTe cop.es of affidaviTs attencj the grand jury, one of which on hied in the Circuit Court of the United lir -ie i ki;w rriA Un viics ior uie v irginramricu- . was John Campbell Whitc-ftlrth-trov 1 elte, Wm. MAKbHA LL, elk. - : cf Bahimore, but not Ion,? fince, a uni : Adid to this j I did myfelf, three years ted Irifhman, engaged in :i;e,afon againfl ago laltrwinter, at the city of Warning- j that government to vhich he owed aile ron, hear Martin predict the difmember- giance, Iv hope it may not be fuppofed ment efthe Unionif on thelatne'BQund-1 that for this reafon I confidcr.him lelsr, ary line which he afferted ro Mr. Gray- ! fr to be air Anierican citizen : but un- I bell by the emperor contemplated, & in I fortunately as . I have obferv?dY M- & V a manner which convinced me he would ' came too fat? phovreverrlieadiriiniP1 l-tonhn&Jvf9tI4if'VirrilXV If it wrkllht I fTlffrVtl finrtinrr . Vi t ,.KJ & minmii t'r . hill KirJ lj gd' to-embarTals the executive;againlt not, intimidate! me frdrri refurningfto; F- I I whom, it annMtpH'hi" inHnloVfl fnnlfr ' Fi irh'rifinf! - uhrf I arrived thp la.k dfav to bfci ccd ioa ro.: t9 rn. tvTr. Davis, ' Thrf c itne a viper out of the heat, an, . ... .r UntiA AnA hit thnnl off tht heait , lii fire, ana jen no norm. lhave laid I would not engage in a pzFl jcontroveny wun j-uuier iviarun, a- huesthator I et as I am cnaitenged Ivhis Pffi :'(aofurname he has prefixed Ihk : flumed fignature) to mow caufe fj I have accuied him of once having 'been p.uilry of fpeaking truth, by ac ow'eding his conviction of the par- lel innocence 01 mm'eir anu nu jawr- olltfricOf mn i aiK you to give piace 0the toliowmg , .- AFFIDAVITS. Baltimore, 17th AugUlt, 1807. PfTfona!Iy appeared before me hamu- Qk, liiq. one of the aflbciate udg- r ,1 inn romo Pnntr r( TTrJrt-I cfarec. lohii Campbell White, M. D. of Cit of Baltimore, and made oath on the Ho y Evangelifts of:Almighty Qod, that on or about the tenth of No vember lali, or fonieti me bet ween the eighth and tvve1 1 th of laid month, in a converf?iion with Lu'rher Martin, Efq of the city of Baltimore, Mr. Martin obfervi d. that he ha.l not the leaft hefi latioa in faying, that before twelve months the W eft ern States would be feparaied from the Atlantic States, that lie Mr, Mat tin had it from the befl au thority. Sier JOHN CAMPBELL WHITE. Swora before SAMUEL CHASE. Strte if Maryland, Ann Aruniell County, ft. &Vw . - July 24th, 1807. '.r Perfonally appeared before the fub fcriber, a Ju dice of the Peace for the county aforelaid, Edward Hall and made oath on the Holy f yangelifls of Al mighty God, that fometime in .tht month ot September laft, Jn aconverfa tion which he had wi:h Luther Martin (la'e Attorney Geneial of Maryland; jelpefting Col. AaTon Burr, Mr, Martin remarkeJ that Col Burr would be Em peror hi Louifiana in fix months. To - w hich this deponent replied, from she cha n&r of Co onel Burr he. had : too high an opinion of his talents arhd judgment to believe he" would attempt fo mad a pro ject as a feparation of the Weftern front the Atlantic States.f o which Mr Mar tin remarked, xYou are miflaken. I have no doubt but Burr- will be declar ed Epesor ot Louifiana in lefs than fix monrhs, and as foon as he s I fliall pay hira a vifit. To which this deponent repliedYou have been in the habit Mr. Martin of profecuting a number of perlonstor different ofTence, take care according to the legalphrafe, pront lexi that I expected to fee Col. Burr enjo? f pcflulat' Mr. Hay wa polite enough the benefit of this purchafe,- and 'hat he 'r to inlcTm jnethat luch depofitions had wpuld become Empeior of Louifiatia'.' : been tranfmitted tohim, inconfequence ; This Mr. Hall has all the merit of be- 01 vvnicn, I lent Mr nay a card me next ing vi&ient Democrat, and, as a re-; day, informing him that it was my .ilh ; v.aTtj; a jew years appointed bf :. he mould aft in fuch a manner as his , lcfferfo!i CommifTjoner of the Loan Of. r duty requiredthat le would ln.ci my hfe, at Ai;napolis ; . notwithftandingl .: Sworn before JOSl.PH SANDS. Dilrifi of Marxltnd viz ! Philip Graybell of lawful age, refid- F or t 1 4 feelirj;ft much lefs inittble, in my own cale, tnan wrere ajriend was intereit-ed- and rfiuiing him of my readinefs, at any time moft convenient to him, if he wifhed it, to wait upon the Chief Juflice at his chambers, and fubmit my which, as he and myfeir have been on intimate terms, it is very probable that i he may have given'me the caution men tioned in the concluding paragraph f 1 his depofition, more particularly fo, af it not only proves his friendly regard for lelf to whatever in the Chief Jultict's j myfej but alfo, his correft and difcri- ujjuuuii luv. lawo ; j. "V" . " nnnaung K.noiecgeot tneiawoi irca' require. I have nofj although Hall depofition has fince arrived, been re queued to attend at the Chief Juttice's chamber's, indeed there are a few un frrfnnafp rirrnniflances nttendinc thofe depofitions ; however well meant they may have been, they do not go quite far enough. There is nothing in them, which proves that I fuygelied this feparation of the union was to be cffcctexl by military force And Ihe times, when thtfe de clarations weremae'e, unfortunately up on examination were.found to be before any overt set of leTyin war is pretend ed hy government tonave Deen com mitfed. Upon the Abject of thefexdepofitions, miferable as they are, I feel myjelf bound from my refpect for my fcllor-citizeiis, to give them fowe explanation. I ha?e bcen'.one of thofe, who totally difapproved of the conduct of our po ernment in the purchsue ot Louifiana. We bad belore a country equal to all Europtevv.ith a population not equal to thatinfular fpeck, Gieat-Britain. It would require fifty or a hundred yrars, by the natural increale of population, let republican enerpies he exerted for that purpofe, wi"ih the utmolt zeal, and eren taking into confidera ion the-6ut fpewings of European gaoIs,to"fendcT the population of the J.J?& their ex. tention was before thepnrchafc of Lou ifiana, in a reafonable pirportiori to fonl .As to MrGiaybelU he 18 a worthy refpectable citizen, of a German de- feent, an intimate friend of mine, who many a market morning, when 1 have no change, or when, as.it fometimes happens, I have no money of any kind, he is my banker.- I pafs the door of his . flour fiore in market fireet,. when I am in the city, perhaps halt a dozen times a week on almofl every of yrhich occa fions my good od friend has bten in the habit of taking me 'by the hand, with an affeclirnate Imile, and afking me " what news ?" And from the time that the name of Col. Burr was intro duced by democratic papers, i have of ten anhvercd him, nothing, except that Col. Burr was about to feparate the weftern country from the atlamic Hates" or, u that he was about becoming Emperor of Louifiana," or lomethingof that nature ; and then palled on to what- foever place I might begoing.If I had :en prefent, when he was examined, I thmk I could have fo far refrefhed his memory, thatinftead of alittle,7?W depofition, he mighr 'haveftrirfned go vernment at ieafl with a wfiple flieet, if not a fnialbvolume, I have referved, for the Iafl, my unit ed Irifhman, and as to him I mofl fo lemnly declare, itiave ever detefled hit principles too mucKto have had any o ther communication ith him, than the mere common -civilities, which every "f-r'' the r extent. -W hen government pur-! gentleman ought to fheot merely to chaied a wjfdernefs, equl alio m extent to aljihope, wih very little populati-' ohekCtpr fiivapes "or hornM frogs-,- ground iquirrels, pratrie dogs, or more dangerous animals, .1 conhderec theac quifition a foolifh, as it would have been if a merchant who had a commo dity on hand, much more than he could difpole of in fifty years, had purrhafed as mttck moie of the fame commodity, at an high price t hereby depreciating the va'ueof the flock he before h.ld on hand and paying mtereft on rhc addi tional flock purchafed. I confidered that every man, who in confequence of this pure haferrnigrated from the U S. to Louifiana, thereby leffened the value of lands and increaied the. price of labor in the U. S. and particuiaily in the At lantic part. -That, the more exrenfively our citizens" were Jprtad over an im menfe Territory, by', fo much ere we rendered moie vulnerable to the attack of a foreign enemy, and lefs capable of giving protection And alfo, the more liable to have an oppofifion to our laws, and difficulties in enforcing them. I al-Ih-confidered that, when' we purchafed Louifiana, we purchafed a, certain dif member ment of the union for I cve'r have, and do yet believe, that it is as certain as that the fun will continue to rife in tW ealf, that, when tnerpfmlati on of that country becomes in any de gree equal to-it& extent, it will leparate ineir jrom tne union ana carry wiui u ail the trans-alleganian territory, -Arid 1 have ever confidered it ridiculous to - little, mean, perfonal hatreds and refent- merits, rather than manly fentiments of r political, 'oppofition and to . gratify which he would make any nationaLfa ctifice. 7 ' ' ' ;- t his is the man Who tremblinsfv alive to every touch which tends to level the irn of ifulyor firff day of Aucuft, for the purpofe of at ten (ting the tru ; govern ment Tent on, the'" feveht eenth day of Augufl or Tome fhort time fter, the de potitions of the aforefaid M. D, White aniJ Philip Graybell, to the hon. George Har with the view," that he might act, fuppofe, ; that any of, the powers of Eu rope would pay greater icfpect to rights, which we. had acquired-'by purchaTe, rtbari f o thole whicLhaHbeen'ciirxd to u by treaty -Sentiments, jn which, 1 believe, every candid man, who has as much brains as a Boneta I urtle; which" ras naurauffs tell us, qoth not exceed the fize of a wmdfor bean, ' will agree "with me - With. lVIr. Ilall, mwhofe company I have frequently been, at ABnapolis, I havfcoften converfed on this fubject and, after the conduct of Col t?urr be gan to be a fubjeft of public difcuffion, have fiften amujed myfelf by telling him, a flranger, but to a ftranger whoe ac quaintance they ardently with to fhun. 1 am confident, that 1 never hadany po-. litical converfation with him upon any fubjeri, much lefr any, in which the name of Col. Buir was mentioned I will not fay he may not have een in the CcfX e Houfe, or fome o'her public pace, where I may h:;ve bten conveifing with others, and may have liftened to my converfation but I falemnly aver that if I ever in any place laid-that before twelve months the weltern fiates would be feparated from the Atlantic ftates. t never didridd, "that 1 had it from the hit authority" and that whoever has or fhall fay or fwear fuch a ileclaration to have been niaile by me, h?.s or will fay or fwear to what is absolutely jalfe. . r (hall here add that from the time -Col. Burr firft went to the weflward, until he was wantonly and unconftituti orially deprived of his hbertyi by he" military, not a fingle letter ever pafled between us and that from the period lie went firft to the w eftward, or at any time before, until the time of ris being thus deprived of his liberty, he never directly 'or ipdiredly compiunicated to imcTfiFplans, whatever theyjnight have been. In confirmation of this I could give the potth Col. Burr's attellation on oath, but I fcorn to do ir. My own declaration will be believed by all who know me, whethtr within or without lheUnited States and,ifs territories, e- ven the tools and fycophahts of the ad rhiriiftration, iLany .'fuch. there be, :not excepted. " " ''' ; One-rtmarli more and I am drne. Froin the information -the public have now obtained, through General EatOri and myfelf, ir rnuft be pretty evident thit my friend the Prelident. Mou hang me if he co fd but if he fou: ihatnoLja hulpott ere-wouldtpriizzjt j me of my liberty. Kow to that hp c T folemnly declarert hat if rhe Pt er-r11-was entire y, and abfolutely at r y ent "W,-nor would I hurt one P',Pri,P of his head ) I would do rJ0r with him, than to nd. Wn tb Mottt ceuo, mere wjpig; himfcJf, in pace. r. - . - -r. "IB it & 1
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