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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY *l. list?.
BURR’S TREASON.
Vtfiosiiion of iVm. Eaton, Esq. m the
Supreme Court of the U. Scales.
Early last winter, Col. Aaron Burr,
late Vice-President of the U. States,
signified to me, at this place, that, un
der the authority of the general govern
ment, he was organizing a secret expe
dition against the Spanish provinces on
our south-western borders; which ex
pedition he was to lead, and in which
he was authorized to invite me to take
the command of a division. I had ne
ver before be**'. made personally ac
quainted with Col. Burr; and having
for many years been employed in fo
reign service, I knew but little about
the estimation this gentlemen now held
in the opinion of his countrymen and
his government: the rank and confi
dence by which he had so lately been
distinguished, left me no right to doubt
his patriotism. I* knew him a soldier.
In case of u war with the Spanish na
tion, which from the tenor of the Pre
sident’s message to both houses of
Congress seemed probable, I should
have thought it my duty to obey so
honorable a call of my country; and,
under that impression, I did engage to
embark in the expedition. I had fre
quent interviews with Col. Burr in this
city, and, for a considerable time his
object appeared to be to instruct me by
maps, and other information, the fea
sibility of penetrating to Mexico—al
ways carrying forward the idea that the
measure was authorized by govern
ment. At length, some time m Feb
ruary he began by degrees to unveil
himself—He reproached the govern
ment with want of character, want of
gratitude, and want of justice. lie
seemed desirous of irritating resent
ment in my breast by dilating on cer
tain injuries he felt 1 had suffered from
reflections made on the floor of the
House ol Representatives concerning
my operations in Barbary, and from
the delays of government in adjusting
my claims lor disbursements on that
coast during my consular agency at Tu
nis ; and lie said lie would point me to
an honorable mode of indemnity. I
now began to entertain a suspicion that
Mr. Burr was projecting an unauthor
ized military expedition; which, to me,
was enveloped in mystery ; and desi
rous to draw an explanation from him,
I suffered him to suppose me resigned
to Iks counsel. He now laid open his
project of revolutionizing the western
country, separating it from the union,
establishing a monarchy there, of which
he was to be the sovereign, New-Or
leans to he his capital; organizing a
force on the waters of the Mississippi,
and extending conquest to Mexico. I
suggested a number of impediments to
his schemes—such as the republican
habits of the people of that country,
and their affection to our present ad
ministration of government; the want
of funds ; the resistance lie would meet
from the regular army of the U. State*
on those frontiers ; and the opposition
of Miranda in case lie should succeed
to republicanize the Mexicans.
Mr. Burr found no difficulty in re
moving these obstacles—he said lie had
the preceding season, made a tour
through that country, and had secured
the attachment of the principal citizens
of Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana
to his person and lus measures—de
clared he had inexhaustable resources
to funds ; assured me the regular ar
my would act with him, and would be
reinforced by 10 or 12,000 men from
the above mentioned states and territo
ry, and from other parts of the union ;
said lie had powerful agents in the
Spanish territory, and as for Miranda,
said Mr- Burr, we must hang Miran
da. He now proposed to give me the
second command in hi§ army. 1 ask
ed him who should have the chief com- ’
mand? He said Gen. Wilkinson. I
observed, it was singular, that lie should
count on Gen. Wilkinson : the elevat- j
ed rank and high trust he now held as '
commander in chief of our army, and
governor of a province, he would hard-'
ly put at hazard for any precarious pros- j
pecte of aggrandizement. Mr. 14'ht ;
»
| said, Gen. Wilkinson balanced in the
j confidence of government, was doubt
ful of retaining much longer the con
sideration he now enjoyed, and was
consequently prcpaiing to secure to
himself a permanency. I asked Mr.
Burr if lie knew Gen. Wilkinson ? He
answered yes, and echoed the question.
I said I knew him well. What do yeti
know of him said Mr. Burr ? 1 know, l
replied, that Gen. Wilkinson will act
as Lieutenant to no man in existence.
You are in error, said Mr. Burr. Wil
kinson will act as Lieutniant to me. —
From the tenor of repeated conversa
tions with Mr. Burr, 1 was induced to
believe the plan of separating the union
which he had contemplated, had been
communicated to, and approved by
Gen. Wilkinson, (though I now sus
pect it an artful argument of seduction)
and he often expressed a full confidence
that the general’s influence, the offer
of double pay and double rations, the
prospect of plunder, and the ambition
of atchieVv ment, would draw the army
into his measures. Mr. Burr talked of
the establishment of an independent
government west of the Alleghany as
a matter of inherent constitutional right
ol the people; a change which would
eventually take place, and for the ope
ration of which the present crisis was
peculiarly favorable. There was, said
he, no energy in the government to he
dreaded, and the divisions of political
opinions throughout the union was a
circumstance of which We should pro
fit. There were many very enterpris
ing men ann ng us who aspired to some- *
thing beyond the dull pursuits of civil
life, and who would volunteer in this
enterprize, and the vast territory be
longing to the United States which of
fered to adventurers, and the mines of
-Mexico would bring strength to Ins
standard from all quarters. I listened
to the exposition of Col. Burr’s vie ws
with seeming acquiescence. Every in
terview convinced me na . and more
that he had organised a deep lain pl .t
of treason in the west, m the accom
plishment of which he. h it fully confi
dent. Till, at length, l discovti ed that
his ambition Was not hounded by the
waters of the Missisippi and Mexico,
but that he meditated overthrowing liic
present government of our country. He
said, if he could gain over the marine
corps, ami secure the naval command
ers, Truxtori, Prtble, Decatur and
others, he •tV.utd turn Congress neck and
heels out of doors ; assassinate the Presi
dent, seize on the treasury and the navy,
and declare himself the protector of an
energetic government. Tlr: honora
ble trust of ccfrrnpting the marine
corps, and of sounding Commadore iic
ble and Captain Decat me, Col. Burr
proposed confiding to me. Shocked at
this proposition, I droped the mask, and
exclaimed against his view. He talked
ofthe degraded situation ofourcnimMy,
and the necessity of a Inorj by which its
energy and its dignity should be restor
ed, said, if that blow could be Struck
here at this time he was confident of the
support ofthe best blood of America.
I told Col. Burr he deceived himself in
presuming that he, or any other man
could excite a party in this country v. ho
would countenance him in such a plo tof
the separation, murder and treason, lie
replied, that he, perhaps, knew better
the dispositions of the influential citi
zens of this country than I did. I told
him, one solitary word would destroy
him. fie asked what word ? I an
swered, Usurper'. He smiled at my
hesitation, and quoted some great thing
in his favor, 1 observed to him, that I
had lately travelled from one extreme of
the country to the other; and though I
found a diversity of political opinion
among the people, they appeared united
at the most distant aspect of national
danger. 1 hat lor the section ol the
union to which I belonged I would
' vouch shquld he succeed in tire first in
stance here, be would within six vu !.s
afterwards have his throat cut by Yan
j kee militia.
1 Though wild and extravagant Mr.
! Burrs last project; and though fraught
w ith premeditated Slaughter, 1 fi ll very
j eas y on the subject, because its defeat
;he had deposited io my own hands. I