History of the United States . to set up a new country. It is believed that hewas at first encouraged by General James Wilkinson, governor of the Louisianaterritory, who himself had intrigued with Gates against Washington in theRevolution. Wilkinson, however, turned against Burr in 1806; and the latter,learning that President Jefferson had ordered his arrest, tried to escape. Hewas captured and tried for treason, but was acquitted. JEFFERSON RE-ELECTED 183 that the influence of community and State might be wholly lostin an over-powerful central government, the increased preroga-tives of which
History of the United States . to set up a new country. It is believed that hewas at first encouraged by General James Wilkinson, governor of the Louisianaterritory, who himself had intrigued with Gates against Washington in theRevolution. Wilkinson, however, turned against Burr in 1806; and the latter,learning that President Jefferson had ordered his arrest, tried to escape. Hewas captured and tried for treason, but was acquitted. JEFFERSON RE-ELECTED 183 that the influence of community and State might be wholly lostin an over-powerful central government, the increased preroga-tives of which might, under a hostile majority, be used for purposesof oppression. 119. Jefferson Re=elected ; Further Plans for ContinentalExpansion.—The presidential election of 1804 followed theseevents and Jefferson was re-elected by an overwhelming major-ity, receiving 162 electoral votes against 14 cast for the Federalistcandidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of South Carohna,George Clinton, of New York, was elected f^;-0^.^-
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