This plan was partly exposed by Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was serving as a state District Attorney.
This plan was partly exposed by Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was serving as a state District Attorney. During the trial that followed this plan, the president was accused of "let[ting] slip the dogs of war, the hell-hounds of persecution" by Luther Martin. Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout served as message bearers in this plot, whose leader gathered troops at the private island of Harman Blennerhassett and surrendered to (*) federal troops at Bayou Pierre. This plot was betrayed by the "Cipher Letter" sent from its leader to his co-conspirator, James Wilkinson. John Marshall presided over the trial of its leader, who was acquitted because he had not committed an "act of war". For 10 points, name this 1807 plot to create an empire from the Texas Territory by a former Vice President of the United States.
This plan was partly exposed by Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was serving as a state District Attorney.
Burr conspiracy [accept Aaron Burr's plot to create an empire or Aaron Burr's plot to overthrow the government or similar answers such as Burr's treason]