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993. BURR'S (A.) TREASON, Fearless of.—

For myself, even in Burr's most flattering
periods of the conspiracy, I never entertained
one moment's fear. My long and intimate
knowledge of my countrymen, satisfied and satisfies
me, that let there ever be occasion to display
the banners of the law, and the world will
see how few and pitiful are those who shall
array themselves in opposition.—
To Dr. James Brown. Washington ed. v, 379. Ford ed., ix, 211.
(W. Oct. 1808)