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Volume IV.J WEDNESDAY n
A *, D ncc m r e r t, 1802, [No. ißr.
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From the Raleigh Reg'JJcr,
The VICE-PRESIDENT.
Our readers will recoiled feeing
in the Reg.iter of the 12th
inft. a C’orrefpondencc be
tween Governor Bloomfield
and Colonel Burr, in which
the Colonel unequivocally
denies the charge of having
negociacing with the Federat
'd:* co prevent Mr. JefFerfon’s
Eiedion to the Preddency.
bmee this correfpondence
was pubhlhed, Melds. Den
nidnn and Cheetham, the
Editors of the American Citi
zen j publifhed at New-York,
have addreded a fei ies of let
ters to the People of the Unit
ed States, wherein they pledge
themfelves toprove the above
charge. In order to intro
duce their proof with more
f fifed, they give an hiftoric
fketch, which occupies fe
ven letters, of Colonel Burr’s
political condud, in which
they charge him with being
a fcheming, ambitious poli
tician, and allow him no cre
el t for his Repubhcanifm,
but charge him with having
left toe Federal party from
intended motives. In the
e ghr letter, they produce
their proof of his ncgocia
tion ‘-a ith the Federalifls or the
Idefiilency. Their words are
as follow:
<c We then declare that the
Federal gentleman who negociat
ed with Mr. Burr, and who
was authorijed to do fo by the
leading federal members of con
greTs, then alu mbled at Wafa
ington, is David A. Ocdev,
Fdq. councillor at law. Mr.
David A. Ogden refides in this
cuy, and is profeffionally con
nected with Gen. Hamilton; we
believe they are co* partners.
They, however, both tranfad
profefTional bufmefs in one of
fice. The Rev. Mr. Abcel and
Dr. Linn* are known to be in
timate with Mr. David A. Og
den and Gen. Hamilton. 1 lence
when the two Reverend gentle
men dared to Mr. Burr that their
information (reipedmg the ne
gotiation) was not derived from
common refort , the aliufion mud
to him have been very obvious,
and the fource of their informa
tion, though never that we
know of by them mentioned,
will not now appear to the pub
lic lefs lb. More than eight
months ago we knew that Mr.
Ogden was the negotiator ; aivd
* The Gentlemen who frfiga ve
the alarm rejpefting this negocia
ticn.
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
and ~
REPUBLICAN trumpet.
it is now Hated as an Undeniable
truth. There is reafon to be
lieve that the negcciaticn with
Mr. Burr was fit it planned in
this city. T his is, however, a
fumble, not very material in it
fdf, but proper to be mentioned.
On the 16th day of December,
iBco, we received information
that the ek dors of South Caro
lina were chofen. From that
day the fuccefs of Mr. Jeffer
fon and Mr. Burr was no longer
doubtful by either party. —The
laft re fource of the federal party
was then to effedl the election
of Mr. Burr to the prefidcnry.
M'-ans were immediately divif•
ed, and we think in this city,
to accomplilh that obji-61. On
the 2,71)1 day of December,
eleven days only after the South-
Carolina news was received,
Mr. David A. Ogden engaged
a feat in the mail flage for Phila
delphia. It isptobable that pre
vious to his going to Philadel
phia, he conferred with Mr.
Burr on the fubjedl of cffcftmg
his election to the prefidency
by the tHurts of the federal
party, and that he went to
Washington, to confide with
the leading federal members of
congrefs on the fcheme. It is
believed that Mr. Ogden had
no profefTional bufinels to tranf
acl at Wafhington, and it is
therefore difficult to conjecture
what induced him, at that bleak
fealon of the year, to vifit the
feat of Government, unlefs to
confult with the federal mem
bers of congrefs on the projects
to negociate with Mr. Burr the
terms of his election to the pre
fidency. We believe that Mr.
Ogden went to Wafhington ex
prefsly for that purpofe, and
that he previoufly conferred
with Mr. Burr on the defign.
Mr. Ogden did not remain long
in Wafhington. While there
he was authorifed by the leaders
of the federal party to negoci
ate with Mr. Burr concerning
the terms on which that party
propofed to elect him Prefident
of the United States. Thus
commifiioned, Mr. Ogden re
turned to this city early in Jan
uary, 1801, had an interview
with Mr .Bun , and fubmited to
him propoficions which fhall be
by and by explained. To thefe
propoficions Mr. Burr affented
“ Immediately after Mr. Og
den’s interview with Mr. Burr,
a letter was written by a leading
federalift in this city, to an in
fluential member of congrefs at
Wafhington, giving a full and
accurate detail of the negocia
tion. The following letter ad
dreffed to a gentleman in this
city, and writted a: Wafhing
at the time, fully explains
the one penned by the leading
federalift jufl mentioned.
li ajhingten , 29/6 Jan. 1 Sot.
“ It is not true that there is
c ‘ an inequality in the vote of
<: South-Carolina favorable to
<c Mr. JeHerfon j and the (Jni
t( on, I fear will have deep
“ caufe to lament it. The
<f pro I pedis are far lefs bright
<( and dedfivc than could be
ft vv’ifhed, which makes it more
“ intcreflmgthat rhe real friends
(t of Mr. Jeffcrlon’s eledlion
“ fhould be Watchful againfl the
“ intrigues which are in train
for the purpofe of defeating
“ it.
“ The following information
<( comes to me througi differ
<c ent channels in which impli
, I 1
<f cit confidence may be pku cd.
“ Mr. David A. Ogden
t{ of your city, when not long
<f fmee at Wafhington, was •
sc authorifed bv fume leading .
J U
<l men on the federal fide in
r ‘ Congrefs, to have a confer- ,
“ ence with Col. Burr, for
“ the purpofe of afeertaining
“ two things ; firft, what w ould •
a be the condudl he would ob
“ ferve if elefted by the means
“ of the federalifls, in refpeft
“ to certain cardinal points of i
“ federal policy ; Frond, what
“ co-operation and aid he
could and would afford tow
<f ards procuring fuccefs to his i
“ own eledlion, if the attempt 1
“ fhould be made.
“ Mr. Ogden, having made
{< a communication accordingly
“ to Col. Burr, was anfwcred
“ by him in fubflance, that as
“ to the firft point it would not
“ be proper or expedient to
“ enter into explanation—that
tc the federalifls mufl rely upon
“ the fituation in which he
“ would be placed if raifed to
“ the Prefidency by their votes
cc in opposition to the adverfe
“ party. That as to the fe
“ cond point, the federalifls
“ might be affured that Ncw
“ York, and Tenneffce on a
“ fecond ballot would vote for
“ him, and that probably New r
<f Jerfcy and one of the fou
fC them flares might be induced
<f to do the fame.
<{ In a fubfequent conference,
“ he referred to a gentleman
“ who he laid would be en
“ trufled to fpeak more parti
“ cularlv, and was to be his
“ confidential friend at the feat
“ of government.
c< 1 lie material points of this
u negociation, though not w ith
“ all the particulars mentioned
“ above have been communi
<r cated in a letter from a high
“ federal character in your city>
; and one who has long had a
“ prcdorninent coiuroui in hia
party, to an influential mem
“ her of congrefs.
“ 1 ims is the well known
“ wilii of the people bartered
<f to promote individual intereß,
“ and a man elevated to the
<f great office of fiate who has
“ been railed to notice by the
“ well earned popularity of him
“ he would fupplant.
cc This comes to me in a
“ lhape which renders any
“ communication of it embar
“ railing in the extreme, and
“ requires particularly that the
1: name of the negoaaror fhould
t,: be a profound fecret; but it
“ appeared to me effe ntial that
you fliould be apprifed of if,
I <f the better to enable you to
" olderve the future motions
<r of the parties.
Means of a very prompt
i “ and imperative nature mult
“ be adopted ro counteract the
<c feheme. You may remote
“ ly hint the poflibility of fomc
; <c overtures from the profliga
“ cy and defparation of the
, “ party.
‘. c Your delegation fliould be
urged from different quarters
“ to remain firm, regurdlcfs of
j “ temporary appearances or
' “ the opinions of wavering or
“ timid minds. The federal ifts
fc difeover a concert ftrongly
j “ indicative of fomc important
“ object.”
“ by adverting to the dare,
it will be leen tiiat the above
letter was written immediately
after Mr. Ogden’s negotiation
with Mr. Burr, and a letter had
been received at Walhington
from a leading federal character
there, detailing the terms of
that negociation. It will alfo
be feen that the letter is of a
highly confidential nature, and
that confidcrations of peculiar
delicacy prevented its being
made public to the world. No
thing but the importan.ee of the
fubjeft, and the bold and un
blufhing denial of the negoci
ation by Mr. Burr, could have
induced the gentleman who
wrote it, to permit its publica
tion. Nor was the writer’s
confent to give it publicity, ob
tained until a letter ivas written
to him by a friend of ours for
that purpofe, and to whom the
the following is an anfvver :
“ yh OtJcler, 1801.
“Dear Sir,
“ I was abfent on a vifit and
“ did not return till this morn
“ ing after the mail had cloftd,
“ I perceive the importance of
“ the requefl which is made of
<f you, but 1 am under rcflramts
Cl of peculiar delicacy.