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Volume IV.J WEDNESDAY n A *, D ncc m r e r t, 1802, [No. ißr. LIBER rtI to OUR MOTTO TRU'TH OUJi GUiDR (GEORGIA)- I’ubliflied every Wed nefday. by AMBROSE DAY & JAMES HEL.Y, Side Printer's, 3 cellars pv. mn. Wnere rX.iys, Articles of Intelligence, Advertifements, &c. &c. are thankfully received, and i aLN 1 1NG m ail its variety, executed with neatnefs and difpatch. 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.