The Virginian

collectae ims a the Weat"nt bp obtes?

ais toaafuaat hs rsontces a ten, dhonev,

asms bod avadujtion,by te adidgont of his

pariansinthat t (o he as ;by ming the

banks: adby toad auvantgo of the cot-

raphean ud dsaflecilon woeh uad crept lato

the atmy sattoded at that I ace uaer Wilsi-

son Ifie did not kuow i, why create unne-

cess tiv alarm by bis favorie sy stem of faafe

dot But auesrressiom in bus Io tter to Giov.

(fadeotae,inedatcly poece i g that whach

we have qno'ed a srve,wll set this u aterright

I have (says ne) " ali that hrienslp to my

former frieuds thetI ever had, and their momo-

ry has been moe cpleaued to sby iie treqch

eryI haveexperlenced shce I sa yoa, br soste

ntalyarqaedons Imdeed I ter Ireackery

has become the order of the di. Thes inluces

meto terite totoa"hhusey rnd, we have the

whole secrrti Gr Jaksors sauideaiy awa

kened patrpotism, wiit, losever was shll par

tally soa thered mod kept d own by his mte rest

inte Teat exoeliten which wasthaen hatchm

Im the busamutte Lcn, to parposts whteh

will pruhably wever he divul ed, it, tadeed.

they nad ever been dennitely fixed. Iie sew

tncuis ailuded to, whuse "w acgrry thaus

ttnced hrn to writo toGiov. Claibosre were

dougiless Burr nd Ls assgeates I or. wby

shoouid the teiery et any ather uhvgadot

mdvuitalsmhae suct. acarse? stl, bowev

et, seweatt btt nalt-way. He had pledged hun

-elt sodetply a hs concta)th Bur,that

i tuund wa. col ulttoreole gpdy. as

to gosn Aad doubiiss, he stii ioit a luger

In bop teat ppmy hiatten Be raah

esdery ies atrnagtedt atposudly he had

wjast gned tu sdapecti the frirutstap ol

Bar tewards ham -and ciseq uths , it the

gossib hity should cohe to pass, aid tho copjec

tue shootda peove trur. he wonld dot be foreclo

sed tron his share ot the glory and probt by an

tanptodeat disclusore ot names, while, i defeat

shonld attendst. or sf Burr shouid uroseuafath-

aut toits baegain, he would brmg. or ad this

Itter to Giov Claubarne asevide ce af lis deep

devotion to hs country. ani as proot ot hs pat

rotic interest in the stabtlty of the Union.

" Ihe Devt cauquote seripture for his parpose"

Lest we shoula be considered uncharitable mn

our ju igment -aa t its deliberat comietion bas

been candilly slated-we must reler to one or

two oter pomts, evenat tae expense otour own

and the readet's patence. We have aireuds re

terred tothe exttact from the Nashvile Gazette

announcing the aitivad of Col Buur at (eneral

Lach sou s tesidenee.un the noanth of Jah Iso7

It wall be perceived that Jackson's letier to (lat

borne is dated i Norenaber IsO6, two. mnonths

previouly Now, we brmg Gien. Larkson and

his fiiends agam to connfessiat Did he, or dhd

he not en Not Isod, kuow any thuag ot Butrs

destgns onNew Oueans? Pjhe did, what ex.

cuse, what pallhation can be found tor his con

duct, fon allording, on Januarg, Iso7. (ocd and

shelter to a han who bie kuew was prepatmg to

cotdait treason aiainst the United states-to

seize on one of its prmcipalcitt: s. posstbly atthe

expense of many valuable lives-to rob us banks

-to setuce the soldrs ot the governnent trom

thetr ailegiance--aud either to attempt a disso:

Iuon of the Unon,o.Iikea lawless frerbuoter.

mvade the neighboring Spauish territery, tor

purposes of plunder ? If he dut not, what did

he mean by his letter ' Was it mtepded as a

scare-crow to shake the weak rerves of (iover-

nor (lauborue ? Or wastt merely a playful elort

ot the Grneral's spouuve imagmation, to alaim

the old women and children of New Ohleans?

In fne. did it meaa anv thing or noibing And

if there wasany meaying ti. was tt not that

Burr, his " newly acymed tnt,' had been

gulty ot teachery'"to lann, and. in couse

quence ot thst treachery. he had determmed to

thwart his designs by tuthng the Ceovetor ot

L, cuisiana on his guaid 7 And, do not his s.

Ie uce afterward, and h- hospitality to Burr, af

ter he had unus by iuuendo, conveyed mlorma

tioaof Bur s intontious to Clatborne. prove that

Burr satisfied lam when he arrived at Nash

ville.in Jaayary. Iso? We have seen seu

hung on circuin-tanial evi lonce not hnlt so

stronf: asths. Bat we have stll further evi

deuce. By a cimparison of dates.it would

ajyear that Col Burr must have arrived at

Nashville abont the Ist of January Iso7, and

remained about eight diys: as. on the

12th of that month, we find him at Bayou

Pierre, on the Mississipta, wherce he address

ed a letter to Cowl. Meal. then Governer

of Mistssinpy Territory. whotsued a Procle

mation guarding te ptople over whom he

raled against Burr's diabobenl plet,-in

which fetterhe assgred the Governor. that

nis purpose was merely to emigrate with n

oombep of his friends Does it not o cur to

every man, at the firs! statement ot the fact

that this was the tioe tor Gen Jaekson to

soundthetocsia Yes. Now,ifeverhe should

ve waraed the Goverhor of Lonisiana, of

the impending dangrr. Col Burr bad jast

Irf lin-bent on high empnze"-in his

wn enphatie Lauguage. "the Gods unvi.

ted to elory and fortune—it remained to be

ren whether we deserved the boon'-we

say,this was the momont fo Gen Jackson

natriatismu to have exerted itself to guard hts

"old friend"froin the " treachery" of hi

new. Why did he not do itWe answer

heay e lieo mouths hnd brought alout a

wugo inhs vu Pacon Bury had ristted

the H milage. and Andreu Jackson cns sa:s

hed ta no other possible way cau his pre

mature and ambigmous divulgoment in No

rember. Iso6 ho ceeoncilal wthlts strange

and ominrs silence inJaauary, Iso7

We have candudly stated above that we were

mistakeniasnyingthat Swartwoutol New Yotk

bore an introductory letter fronn Bur to Juk.

son. Bat what of it? It does not destroy ano

ther fet which we stated, of much mar consr.

quence, and that is. the mutitacy now erisling

sctueen Swariuout and Jackson. That "wart

wout was concerned with Barr, no one will d

ny-that he wasat Nashville during the piogt.s

ot E's cnspiracy is adoontted-and the concn

ston is nat a striined one, that he then and there

becaine acquaiuted with Gen. Jarksop Who

then, is General Samuel Swaitwont ' Of In

private charactor we know notinng. and we

have uothane to do withst But. haviog (irtst

hmseli on the arena. as a champonof Gea

Jacksan. it shall be told ot iim to the lenguige

of on of the most emmeat witesses in ths aa

af Ea, that us a patznn ot that man. ie yas

endavorinng. be ore tevlutionzing Mexice,to

rsioze Lod as (thaponon

th, I ejm:) the peple oi whleh trritory. h

atleged, were ready to join luta. and " he supps

sed tht there dailti oe asa h q

aNe Orleans.pbtratory top-I

1s, m phan language.we will eadeavor to a

tch Istana from ta L nn bv Creaing dh

satisinlon amongte people w shal the

revolutonhze Mexton, ddas todotas,money

wihtb nerrv whv we will rob th banks

and soi the weetfdvherever we fiutt It is

true, he atiien. that thev sscant on', toho

rote, aid woula adtrn it -ss if cpendeuce

wer. tobe placed on thomtogrity of a ms the

hrstatoi etgse caterpze wds Ioibery an

pitndr! Tits sI. Swartwoat we repeal, aa

Auon Bur's colleague, and is Gen Jachssi's

Imsom frenl We leave the ieador to diaw

wat inferere he r piease trmuth- faet.

We wud up this a sele, which we have sp un

ont to an uexpecte ngth, with the elditos

et, stated by C'ot. Wilhans in ihe Sonate of

femessee, durng tie last session, that when

Gen Jackson retuned home inn R chmond.

where hohad ben attending Burr's trial, he was

treated with coid neglect and toifieteaer, sich

as all wet with dyho were coicerned win Ut

great and lleta red min-and toat he. (Co

Witliams,alm alone greete Jacksom wath a

war nth inspireby c stupassion for his lacined

fu

inn 4.

Ti theyreiont, we have dome witite sah

j. ihaving started n broweyer, we sliali p.oin

it to toe bottom.

(it. Jackson's Letler. —When, in dhecourse

of tue publtcation of the Dosunients Iro dhe