The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1805-03-15 00:00:00, page 1

Surttoit fe>ale$,
THOMAS TAYi.OR & Co.
> *\TTIIX in future Ml at th ” re ot ufiied by AT. If'
' Hancock Co. oo ’’r dr ’aft in end' •week ;
m.-id at their office, on Tuefdays at: 1 F id:vt at ufual.
Def. 1, 1804. eptf
NOTICE.
r7 'HE elefl’on far Common Council-men w'tl
® take put re on the fir/} W-dtirfdav in April
ft • ‘ "• the different Wards of this city, to wit t
1 ~~rfon Ward, at the Court-Houfe—In Ma
tt’ '!ard, at the F.a<rle Tavern, and in ATon
i ( Card, at the houfie occupied by Air James
0& ilvie as an academy.
J. WHTTELAW,
. Serjeant of the Citv of Richmond.
March 12. (\st winer)
CUMBERLAND December Court, 1804.
IN CHANCERY.
William Clarke, Plaintiff.
A gain ft
J an- att Rtsoy Thomas I.igon &
Thomas Dent, Defendants.
r l T1IS ii v came the plaintiff by bis attorney, and
• i..e .' f..ci ai.i Jj'i.nt Kifon n t having entered
t his appearan s and given ft irity c irding to the sd
of Affembly an,I nil s of this court, and it appearing
to the fatisfa 'lion of tilt' c-itirt, flint he is not an inha
bitant of this fta'e. on ihc motion of the t lainriff, by
his attorney, jt is ordered, that the defendant, Janatt
Rifon do appear liere, on the fourth Motidav in April
next, and anfw< rthe conml.iinant's bill, and that a co
py of this order be forthwith inferted in Tone orte of
the ue'vfpapi -* publifhed in the city of Richmond, for
two nv.-nths f.iccefftvely, and ported at the front door
•f the Courtho'ife of this county.
A copy, tefte,
M. WOODSON, elk.
Ft !>. 23. epSir.^
TO RENT,
AND POSSFFJON GIVEN ISIMF.rUTF.I.r,
fy ' ! ''*']• "•. EN r »>r Shocker Hill, adjoining the
■J- . r.(,w occupied hv Mr. John M'Credie,
latei - .. i‘ ih f hv the Suhfcriher. There is on it a
conve" ,r M o< den Houfe with two rooms, aclofet
“j1 ,l ' » . on the firff floor. Two rooms and a
c.ofc* ai iv . a kitchen and three cellars below with a
Smoke Houfe and Garden. Wm. LONG.
January 17th 1S0.5. eptf
THS"1 RECEIVED, and for fait at the Office
*' ot the EnquikER, a few copies of the fol
lowing BOOKS:
Moore's Anacreon,
* l ife of I)olio r Darwin,
Report of tbs Trial of Lord Head fort.
Graviton's Uiyf} 0f y/)c. Laws of the U. States,
Terrible TruBoration,
. Volne/s Ta w of the United Slates, iVc. ifc.
February 5.
BANK OF VIRGINIA.
r ®*,‘,rel,°1(krs ire hereby notified, that the
fourth inflalment will become due or. Friday the
6th of April, ;.nd will be received at the Bank and at
the offices of Difrount and Der.ofit ,.t Norfolk, Peterf -
burg and iTederickflnirg. Certificates of Stock will
after that day he ifTurd on implication at the Bank.
' March », 1305,--(eplM.)
BRADDICK Sc SKIPWITH
TLfAVE this day difTilved their pattnrrfhip; for
I lett;.-n1etit of all account' reference is made to
3. 1* BRaDDICK, who alone i»hereby authorifed fo
tha' effect.
S. P. BR ADDICK,
Wil.LfAM SKli’WITH.
tyfafch flth. '
Fo Mi . CIIR " ■" OPI : R KOHNSON^ OF
EOUTil-CAROLlNA.
Sir,
ft M you arc not a r fident of this Common
Jr’[. wealth, ami have no a,: ut or Attorney j
within the fame, to vhont r. legal notice can" be \
given } you arc hereby inf rated, that by virtue ,
of a conunfjion if rd f"0'n i/e• office of t he High'
Court of Chancery, f.r the mi Idle di ft rill ofl’ir
', I’Y last’ di relied to be i olden at the Capitol
ihi the (illy of I’ll end, in the frit in Chancery
depurii•<" in bn id court, in which you are ( omplai
itaut, an l am Defendant, I Jhall proceed on
theft ond Monday in April next, at the Tavern
*/> George in the county of Good.laud and
flat • of Virginia, to take the drfo/itimis ofTho
nia , y •' r n, f ihn fohnfon, 7,achariah Pulliam,
y bn h ret well, and li Mi am Chick* to he read
us evidence in the faidfrit, and that if the Jam
cansrt hr tak, a on the day afore fetid, the taking
thereof will hr continued ly adjournment from
nay to day until the wi th are fo np/efed ; when
n td whet you may f you drafe 11tend.
l / amfr. Tours, i f c.
HER JOHNSON.
t.ouifa cow tv, and fate of Virginia,
I fchruary 'i'i, 1805 (cf f«. )
THE EN
.^ ^
* . RICHMOND, (Pijginui) Published by RITCHIE & WORST.KY, obbosi
Number 94.] . FR1DAT MORXIFG,
Kifljir.oiiti Bri:c?5 &!:ivni!\
D. C. D. C.
TOBACCO 5 50 a fi —
FLOUR : fu/erfm :::::: 11 — all 50
*-/in : 10 — — —
-- X middlings :::::: 9 — a 9 50
IVHF.AT ::::::::::: 1 75 a 2 —
IN FT AN CORN : 5 — _ _
WHISKEY 50 a — fiO
J9-7 :0jV ::: u ::::::: : — 13 — —
HEMP ::::::::::: 170 — 180 —
EAR IRON • :::::::: HO —
CONDITIONS.
I. The Enquirer \v!U appear twice a
week....paring the feffinn of Congrcfs
and the Virginia Legiflp.ture*.either a
third paper or a fupplementary half
fliect, during the week.
II. Terms of payment five dollars
per annum, in advance.
III. AdvertisemENTS,froin thofe who
do not fuh fori be to the paper, fhould
they.not exceed a fqnare in lengthy
fh ill be infilled for feven ty-fve cents
the tirll time, fifty cent ' for each time
during three weeks, and for every ad
ditional infertion thirty-three cents ;
long ones in the fame proportion.
IV. Subscribers (hall have their ad
vert ifoments iuferted for fifty cents
the tjrft time, and thirty-three cents
for every additional infertion.
cash
7 ILL be given for 1L’ or 1.' HOT’S, from
' 7 /'» 15 jmrj old. Enquire of the f*riu _ rj.
D“- 1S- t lcptf-1
CHARLES SPENCER,
AS juft received hy the (hip Induftry, from I,i
* verpool, a variety of Jiffruned and Hardware,
antongft which are Joiner’s Bljckfmirh’s & Bricklayers
Tools ; a quantitv of Englilh Glue, Seine Twine,
Drum Cork and Salh Cord ; lohie Muilcrd Flour,of
fiipdrinr quality, in Bottles of \ and ^lb.each ; Travel
linjt Shaving Cafes, with the very bell Ralhrs ; Blank
Memorandum and Pocket Books,in great variety; a
few n unis of extrafized Wrapping and Cartridge Pa
per, &c. March 8.—(8;tV.1w)
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS
FOR SAFE,
IX hundred and forty acre* of the well known
' ‘ Trad of Land called “ THE SEATON’s FER
R' I RAC ! ;*’ Ling upon the Peanketank river in
Glofter county, adjoining the land of Mr. Johuflon,
tile efiate of Benjamin Marulde, dec. and others.
I liis land is heavily timbered with the heft chefnnt,
oak.luck • •, dogwood, and a fecund growth of p .le,
*■ apar.l 1 bfingconverted into common plank or fcant
lmg. There are not more than i» o hundred acres of
ci. ured land upon the trad. A Bream runs through
tile hod) of thi? land, upon which an over-Ihot mill
might he eroded at a fmall exnence. Nofituatioti in
the low Country of Virginia, has more the advantage
of good water, fidi, oylters, & falobrious air, than this.
The improvements are inconfiderahle. The dwelling
I-Ioufe has lately been in part repaired, and confiils of
three room* anda pafiage hi low,and two above Bairs.
1 he terms will he made known upon the premiles
by JAMES R.MICOU.
Seaton’s Ferry, Feb. 19. eF dm.
TO THE PRESIDENT Isf DIRECTORS OF
THE JAMES RIVER CO MPT.
1 FIND that our lad Legiflature has direded that you
fhall have the Navigation of the Canal conceded
with I ide-water by means of Locks. Much has
hee.i Did on this fuhjed, and many have fuggeBed
their doubts as to the practicability of erecting fuch
Locks as will be permanent, and anfwer the purpofi.
hi my opinion, it is pradicable, plain, and e.tfy ; bui
the coB will far exceed common computation, hut
not more than fnme of you calculate.
As 1 have made myfelf well acquainted with two
plans that will anfwer, differing from each other only
in the materials. I hereby offer myfelf to you as a fu
perinrendant of the building of them on the follow
ing terms, viz:
Ten thoufand dollars for my fervices, to be paid at
the end of five years from the time the I.ocks are fi
nifiie-d, provided they Band; otherwife, nothing. It
will he equally agreeable to me, to take a larger or
fn-aller fum, on a longer or Biorter time, adding or
deduding at the rate of one thoufand dollars per ami.
If you wilh to have my plans explained to you,you
will pleafe to addrefs me through the medium of thi.,
paper, and I will attend you in perfon at any lime and
place yon may appoint.
Should you conclude that my price is more than
you will give, in the event lhat you (hall approve my
plans, nothetg need be fai.i by you to me on the fub
jed.
Youi filence for three months, I {hall confider as
full diiapprobation to my propofirion.
A CITIZEN OF RICHMOND.
March 1. (eFlhn)
VIRGINIA:
At a fuperior Court of Chancery held at the Capi
tol in the city of Richmond, tlx- ftrll day of March,
one th»ufan<l eight hundred and five_
llct ween
Marcus lilcun and William Temple, af-")
fig:v;.-s cf Haojie. and Toixr Bankrupts,' Plaintiffs.
And 5
Thomas Stewart andcompanie and Wil-^
ham M Keiizie and Compapie, y Defendants.
III. defendants 1 homas Stewart and compa
re not having entered their appearance and
given fecuriry according to the a<ft of Affemblv, and
rhe ruies of this court, and it appearing to tile fatif
Tadion of the court, that they are not inhabitants of
tins country ; on the motion of the plaintiffs, hy their
coun/ei, ir is ordered that the faid defendant do ap
pear here on the firllday of next term, and anfwer
the bill of the plaintiff, an 1 that a copy of this order
be fin uICCith iiiferted in fome news-paper publilhed in
the city of Richmond for two months fucceffively, and
polled at tiio front door of the capitol in the faid city
P. Tinfley, C. C.
March 5. (eF2m)
FOR SALE,
Bv WILLIAM ROSS, a i the Earle Tavern t
l IGHTV-four yards Fancy, Toilonet, Cafftmere
and Swan blown We-flconting,
cafes Britannias, 1 bale Ticklenhurps,
8 cafes and trunks Chintzes and Callicoes,
1 cafe Cotton Shawlsand Pocket Hhdkfs.
1 y<>. India : atrins, aborted colours,
1 bale Gurrah Mubins,
2 do. Bafta do.
3 do. Coffa do.
1 do. Jaannah Manmody do.
1 do. do. Sannah do.
CO boxes Spanifh Se-ars,
20 do. containing fetts of Tea China, r, 1 pieces each,
H do. affom-d ditto.
<! do. Foolfcap Writing ditto.
Alfo, .-i boxes CilalsT umblers and Decanters.
B Cro!' Tobacco, Flour, or Flax-Seed, will he
taken in payment as cadi.
January ) 1. (lawtf)
A VALUABLE PLANTATION,
IYJNO on Fighting-creek, inthi* county, will he
-a offered for File tothehigheft bidder at Powha
tan Aprd court, which is the 17th day of the month
It ,r fnppofed to contain 80q acres, hut previous to
the day of f»le, a Iitrvey will be made thereof,, and a
plot exhibited on that day ; in the mean time, it will
!>** fiiev n to any perfon dvfirousof viewing it, either
by myfelf or my overfeer living thereon. It is dif
t mt from Richmond DO miles, l’eterfbrrgh 10;
James river I0 ; Apnama.tox I ; and is thought hy
judges to contain a body of coal. A fniall proporti
on ol the purchafe money will he required in hand,
one half of f he remainder on the I ft dav of January
next, m.d the balance in two cquil annual payments,
for which fecurity on the land or otherwise will
l>e expected.
, . BRETT RANDOLPH.
Fighting-creek, Powhatan 7
county, Fek. 17. 180.5. \ dp<w.
Siibfcriher intend* to pra<*Mfc T./V* in the
Couniv Courts n, MeckL-iil.m g. Halifax, l.n
iienht rg and Brnnfw icl ; & in the DlfiriA Courts of
. Brunfwirk • id. Puree F.dwrrd.
Asy p* rfi n wifhing to eirploy him in their brfinefs
j ,n;"' b ive ready communication with him at I.om
I hardy (ir» vr, Mecklenburg, xxhere !,- will r,
Hit HARD A1 Pi,RSON.
February 19. eTSiv
^l— m \m*~* - tr..
Dchrrc,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
^ EDNF.SBav, January 31.
Debate on the Georgia Claims.
(Mr. Jack/bn’s ftijeeb concluded.)
I will now examine that part of »hc memo
rial of the New-fi. gland Miffiflippi land
company, which declare*that th< y were fpeci
allv mte- del to he provided for in the cooventi
on between the United States and the Pate of
Georgia : and that theadt of Congo f« remains
a corr, fpondent prqvifion. Up< n thi« fnbiedt
my colleague has allerted. that they hav fu.r
gefted^ an abfolute, diredt, and palpable f.dfe
hood.” If they were not intended, .hey aUert
a f.alfehood, if they wc-v f’ ev do not ; a rc_
cot^ence to the articles with Georgia, and to
the ndl of Co-v-r-f*, will place this fu' jedt up
on n* proper hafis. a.-l by them it will appear
vG.eth._r they vv. re intended t-» be fpeciallv oro
vided for, or not. In the agreement with Geor
gia it is among other thmes declared, pa)H. .«>.
>.f l he mi fThge from the Prefident of the United
States, accompanying the articles of agreement
and erffion, which had been enfired into be
tween the conmiiffioners of the United Stat s
and of Georgia, dated on the *2fith April, iso2,
affer the cefiion of territory, as deferibed in ti c
fir(‘ arti.-Ie, upon theexpicfs conditions then-in
Hated, the full of which conditions provides
for the paynuait of the pnrehafe morev. Trie
following additional provifionxare made :
“ Secondly I hat all perfnns who, on the
twenty-feventh day of Odtobcr, onethonfand
feven hundred and ninety-five, were adlual ft
tlers within tl e territory thus ceded, fh.dl be
confirmed in all the grants legally and fu'iy ex
ecuted prior to that day, by the former Britilh
government of Weft Florida, or bv the gov. rn
,V{ ' • of Soain, and in the claims which may he
derived from any adlual furvev or fettlemrnt
made under the ndt of the ft.ite of Georgia,
entitled “ An a .ft for laving out a diftridt of land
fit uate on the river Miffiffiopi, an<| within the
bounds oft’is ft ate, into a county, to be calle.h
Bourbon,” j'.'fied the feventh d.iv of February,
onethonfand feven hundred and eighty-five.
“ Thirdly—Tha* all the lands ceded by this
agreement to the United States, ftnll. after fa
tisfying the above-mentioned payment of on.*
million two hue nr* d and fifty thoufand dol
l'ir* to the ftate of Georgia, and the grants re
cognized by the preceding condition be confi
-'ered as a common fund for the ufe and hem -
fit of the United Stales, Georgia included, and]
fliall he faithfully difpofed of for that purpofe,
and for no other nfeor pnrnife whatever : Pro
vided, however, that the United States, for the
per?oil and until the end of >ne year trier the
tfTi nt of Georgia > the boundary efla! liflied by
this agreement fliall have declared, ms-',
m nu h manner a^ not to inf# rtere with, the
above-mentioned payment to the (late of Geor-i
gia, nor with the granttjherein before recogni- 1
fed, difpofe of or appropriate a oortio of "the
fud lands, not exceeding five millions of acres, i
or the proceeds of the fajl five millions of acres,
or of any par* thereof, fj>r the purpofe of f.ris’
rinnp, quieting, or comp- fifing foranv claims
other than thofe herein hifore rccognifed, which
may be made to the faifl lands, or to any part
thereof. Tt being fullyjundcrftood. that if an
ad o. Congrefs making fic'h difpolition or ap
propriation dial! not he fc a fifed jntn a Imw. Wltllill I
rne above-mentioned pjriod of one vear, the |
United States dull not be .at liberty thereafter
to cede anv part of the Ciid lands on account I
of claims which may he hid to the fame, other!
than thofe recognit. d by *ie preceding conditi
on, nor to compenfiite Air the fame ; and in
cafe of any fuch cefiion nr compenfittion, the
prefent reflion of Georgia to the right of foil
<*ver the lands thus ccdol or compenfhted for,
ilia!! lie confidered as nv!l and void, and the
lands thus ceded or eompenf.itcd for. diall re
vert to the date of Gortia.”
Here, Sir, is a fpecial piov:fion “ for the ap
propriation of a trafl,” n«>t exceeding five rr.il
lions of acres, for the purpofe of' fatisfying,
quieting, or com pen fa ting for any claims, other
tnan tliofe therein before jvcognifed, which
may be made to the faid lands, or any part
thereof. Nothingcan hr more clear and bet
ter fettled, than that the claims of 1780. and
1795, and efpecially thofe of 1795, were /oeeially
intended hv the articles of cefiion. Tf, however,
we could doubt as to the meaning of the arti
cles themfelves, it would be entirely difTipated
on a reference to the report of the commiflion
ers in page 2.5, of the fame mefTage—fpeaking
of the prooofitions of the claimants under the
a.ri of i 795, u ! ich they de.-m in.ad midi hie ; and
of their title, which they fav, “ cannot Ik fup
port--1,” They add,
“ fin! they, never*helefs, belie vc that the in
tereri of the United Slates, the tranquility of
thofe who may hereafter inhabit that territory,
and various equitable confidcrarions, which
ujaybe urged in favor of mol! of the prefent
claimants, render it expedient to enter into a
cornpromifr on reafonable tern s.
“ Under that impreflion, a plan is refpeft
fully fubinitted to the r. mfiderafion of Congrefs,
which although it dm snot give a full indemni
ty to every claimant, is believed, from fuch in
forma.. Oi. as has bten received, to give, in the
aggregate, nearly as much as has been paid in
the whole, by all the prefent claimants.
“ /Is it is under Por'd and generally agreed,
that the five millions of acres re/erved by th ri
ft r cement with Georgia, ronpitntc the fund from
which the indemnity is to he paid, it is of primary
.rrportance, in order to guard again!! any de
preciation, that the nominal fum in money,
v hich may be offered a« an indemnity, Humid
not exceed what the fund may be thought am
ply iiimcient to difeharge. The probable a
mount of the annual laics, and the price affixed
♦ o the bind by Congrefs, furnitli the on’y data
by which that fum can be determined. Th
commiffioners have fuppofed that the fillet could
mn I'.vtumauijr nr emmateci to yield more than
three or four hundred thonfand dollar? annual
ly; and although it has been prefumed that in
opening a land office, the piiee of the land will,
»t pt< fent, b;' fixed at two do lars per acre;
th-4 have believed that it would be improper
*o adnme C e payment of any fum out of the
proreedf! of the land?, which would bind Con.
grefs not 4o reduce the price hereafter, if other
■onfulcr.ttiens ffial] render that reduction expe
dient.
“ It is af'er having ronfidered the fiibjeA in
!..at point ot view, that the commiflioner* bavi
/ %
, been induced to fubmlt the following propoli
■ tions a* the hafis of a comprivr.ife.
“ 1ft. T hat fo much of five millions of a
cres as fliall remain after having fitisfin
the claims of fettlers and others, not recogrifi <
by ^e agreement with Georgia, which fli ill h,
co ‘firmed by the tlnited States, be appropria
ted for the nnrpnfe of fa'isfying and quieting tin
.claims of the perfnns who derive their claim
fr°"'m aft oft he ftatc of Georgia, palled on tin
7th day of J anuary, i 7f}5.”
T hey were fin ia!!y ii-teiided bv thecommif
(loners of the lb ife<i Star-s, who negoeiatec
*ht treaty with G"->rg?a ; and this intention, a
I have urged, plainly appears on the fare of the
treatv i-felf. The remaining branch of this t n
c|uiry i«, were thev fpecially intended hv the
pmvifions ofthenft ofCongrcfs. On thetliird
day t March, ISO.*}, the law upon tl i fuhj -aft
w;,s enmfh'd. and is to be found in volume Rah,
p:a»c ‘27:1, of the laws ofthi United States, the
Rth ri! 9th fefti »ns of which have reference
pariiclil • rly to this fubietfl.
oc.c. S. And be it further enacted, That fo
much of the five millions i.f a<-r< s refervetl for
f,i;d pnrpofe by tl: arti.-les < fagreement obovc
mentioned, as may he nccUlary to farisfy the
claims not confirmed by that agreement, which
are embraced l>y the two find fictions of this
a.fi, or which may he derived from Kritifh
vra-os for land which have not been regran
ted by the Spanifli governnn nt, he, and the
iame is hereby appropriated for (hat pnrpofe ;
and fit much oftbe rcfiduc of the faid five mil
lions of a» tesor of the nett proceeds thereof as
may be necefTary for that pnrpofe, fltal! be, &
ts hereby appropriated fir the pnrpofe of fa
ti -fiing. quitting and coin pen fitting, for fueh
other claims tothe lands of the United States
fouth of the ftate ofTcnneflee, not recog ni fed
in the above-mentioned articles of agreement,
and wb» h are derived from a tty art or pretended
aft of the ftate of Georgia, which Congrcfs may
hereafter think fri to provide for. provided,
however that no other claims fhall he embra
ced by this appropriation, but thofe, the evi
dence of which fhall have, on or before the Hrft
day of January i ext, been exhibited hv the
claimants to tlic Secretary of Slate, and recor
ded i- books to he kept in his office for that
pnrpofe, at the cxnet.ee of the party exhibiting
ffie fame, who fiia’l pay to the perf>n emplov
e.l by the Secretary of State for recording tile
fame, at the rate of twelve and a half cents for
every hundred words contain, d in each docu
ment thus recorded ; nor fhall any grant deed,
conveyance, or other written evidence of a v
elairn to t'e faid lands, derived, or pretended
>n he derived from the Hate of (Georgia, and !
aot rteognifed by the above-me» tiond articles
.f agreement, ever after he admitted or cor.fi
'ered is evidence in any of the courts of the U
litcd S'ates, unlefsit fhall have heen exhibited,
ind recorded, in the manner and within the
ime above-mentioned ; and provided alfo, that
lothim: herein contained, fhall be cr.nftrued to
recognife or affect the claims, of any perft n or
m rions, to any of the lauds above-mentioned ; j
ind provided alfo, that no certificate fhall iv
granted for lauds lying taft of the Tombighy ri-!
vcr. nor for land fituated without tip; bounda
ry lines eftablifhed by treaty between the IT. S.
ind the Chodlaw.s, made the 7lh day of Octo-*
her, in the year l sv>2.
See. 9. And be it further enabled. That the
Veretarv of ftate, the fecretarv of the treafury
md the attorney general for the time being, be,
ind are hereby authorifed and empowered to
•eceive fucli propofitions of comnroi. ir. n.-d.
retriemt-nt, ns may be offered by' the levtrai |
companies, or perfons claiming public land: in
the territory of the Uited States lying fouth of
the ftate of TcnnefTee, and weft of the ftate or
Oeorgia : and report their opinion thereon to
Congrefs it their next f (lion.
They were mod certainly intended here, if I
thiy were not the f dlioi.® are mt re nnnfenfe. I
claims derived from any a FI, or pr> tended aft of
Georgia arc none other than the claims < f i:r>,5.
My roilengtn contending that the claimant*
have afferf ■! a falfrhood in flicir men orial, by
alledging thevwercfpecially intended tohe pro
vided for, in which I ‘ruff, I hav • proven he war.
miffaken, added, and thev too talk of national
faith, and national *'onor, as being pledged to
make *he r- compenfation. Sir, I do not think
with him that the appeal thus made, isa proffi.
tution of virtue and truth to vile ptirpofes ; but
that national t nth and national honor are pledg
ed to them ; not thefiith and honor which my
cdb-aci.c aferibes to infamy and bafenefs ; I ut
the faith whi h for the honor «'f my country, I
hop- will endure for ever, and the honor which
co-extenfive with our faith, will be the belt pat
rimony we can hand down to pofterify, at once
their pride, and national glory. In fupport of
the opinion I have formed, I refer to the arti
cles with Georgia, and the report of our cum
miiTio iers advifii ga eompromife ; and that the
claimants fliould within a limited time regiffer
their titles, as alfo the aft of Congiefs making
provifion for the cj 11icfiand • ompenfiting
claims derived under any aft, or pretended aft of
Georgia. “Any aft nr pretended aft.” II. re is
a mnft explicit reference to the 0.5 c>a>m«. The
le .Mature of that Rate, in that year, wetc guilty
of profs fraud and perfidy ; their aft was re
pealed ; expunged from the re •«*rds of Geor
gia, and burned. It was called a pretended aft
by the repealing legiflature, and it has never
been con*ended that any other aft of the ffafe
was illegitimate. It is alluded to by ‘he appe’
I ition of pretended all, in a i ftrong terms as f,
En.difti language can conveythe idea. And tlit
0‘h f. ft ion which I have read, holds out (he af
furancc o! a wifh to comptomife, by authori
ng the Serve* iry of State, the Secretary of the
Treafory, and *he Attorn, y General, to receivc
propofition* (ruin the fi vei al con panics or per
fons claiming lands. I repeat it. Sir, I think the
faith of (he g ivernment is pledged to make a
eompromife with the claimants, if it can be
dope, if not, I afk, why were the- d umants re
quired to regiffer the evidences of their titles at
tluir own expenfc in the office of the fecretary
of (late Why did wc fay to the ft ate of Gcr
, g'a ; you muff give us (remember we did n.<t
j purchafe it) five millions of acres of land to
quiet thofe, and other claims ; if we had no in
tention to allow any of them ? Whv did we
pafs a law refpefting the compenfation for claim?
under any aft or pretended aft of the ffafe . I
Georgia : if no claims whatever underfheaft.
or pretended aft of Georgia, w< n to be com
promifed and fettled ? And why did w rail ,.p.
on the claimants to incur a gre. t expenfc in re
gifterfrig the evidenersof their tit vian I to (halt
propofition of eompromife u.ilefs w. intend, r
that thev ftmuldderivefomebcm fi* f o;n acorn,
pliSlice . Unltfs, fir, Co* gief- d'd intend tf
1'
- makr fume cbmprotftife with th. rl .braids,' i
was t language of deception as it ivg.ndcd the
- bate of Georgia, unworthy the Arf'iic«•■•)
I vernment, and it wh* adding infi
‘ a,,f! t’xpmfc to both, as it regarded the cl aim
™t;—“ declared in effect, “'commiffioncrs of
- Georgia, we require live millionsof .vies of land
• to ,compensate t' efe and otlur claims—;/ :• cb
' ta,,‘e<11 claimants, regiber your tit 'v s at your
own expence, or you will I c barred ; this i*
d.iuc—ilm I peculators, Twindlers, public p'un
■ derers begone, you have nothing to hope or aT
I pelt from us;” is this conduit dignified, is it*
hnn ■ 1 b »» no*, and will not he
• I mart tied—M y colleague ali.dgcsfh.it the wil
• j mignefs of t' c claimants to take one tenth of
; " hat they claim is conclulive evidence of the
irjuft.ee of the claiir—Sir, the claimants imtheir
meinori il ft fte a Efficient anf.ver to this :,rgu
inciit,“th ■ del iv of ju/rice is its denial.” What
rational expeltationv can they have to acquire
a lufficu at indemnity unlefi in this v y ?—thev
may indeed wait until t!.e Unite i States Iliad
difpoft; ot the lands in queflb n to Ibn,- perfon
h ir. y enough to purchni'* ,• difmv-! title; as
until then they know t!:ty c n have no oppor
tunty to try their titles; and then t •: e great
C*.‘V del iv; ;mrl the multiplicity
oi fu:ts neceflaryto obtain a ,'judicalions to the
extent or their claims, will produce u:;avoida
ble rum—There is another fubftantial r afon •
they do rot with to conte- d «wh the ftrong arm
of government ; and iuftead of their wi in nefs
to t licit an amicable compromile operating as
an evidence of the inj..ftict of their claims; ic
affords a great proof of their mn omimitv and
pa-nor fm—-they confidcrthemfelvcs entitled to
a mil comm utation, but confiilting the intcrclts
or tile nation they are willing to accept a pit
* >’ collrigue fiys he bill vear Droved
t it Georgia had no right to make a gram of d'e
hmd in queftion, this is an immaterial poin*. it
n- however not conceded. I contend we have
obtained a recognition of the j -fti e and equity
of the claims, & ire bound to pn vibef rt* er .
I'lu fame gentleman not f:t; tied with tf.< ,,r*
guments ;>c has ufed endeavors to make >t a
part- qiicfti >n, and depfor< s the abfeiiee of
. /v C. ,r t~J ftice, Mr .Spe. k r. like the dew of
j r'*Y‘ n* rhow.-ied down upon all men
.mI,frriminat«•:y S c f ar ,1 w, tlu horizon
of political Ipe iilatwis, and difdiinr to be told
of any diftmllions : and u t t i* fhe dc -ides in
| ravor of any man, it iv becauft truth, 'nmuta
| hie from the beginning of the wm 'd t., the end
j thereof, ii on h'v fide, arenmpa' i- I h” re foil
co-extenfiv, with time itf If—•«-" ,m. no, tfKn
w-l-cm we mv ke her aid that this or that man
is g-odor had; 0, is blind to naitie but eagle
cved to fearc out 'ruth—Wb it is it to me if
the poll m.ift. r gemral, who is one ofth a
gents, has a many millions as \ . ftj bal.'aiwe
the wealth of the old world? if he is entitled,
furlv ami hone ft ly entitled to more. I wid give
i . But ‘ his ofirda! powers fc irter confnfion,
men can be found c ot bed with f.-natorial
honors who w;M abandon them, md !„•
mg mnci • " i hin li>s gifr, proftrnt,- Ihemfdvj *
at his feet, and others are ready to r c-ivr the
mug co ratfs which ht car. bi fr wv—Hence-f
the meafure which he advocates lv adopted, it
wi.l ht* proof of c rnmt iiCuetice which “/V"'
tcri confufion.’ Is the gent ;eman aware of the
tendency of this doctrine? t!ie executive recom
nuiu meal re., an.; a a t lie executive has many
valuable officers In its gift, pref med corrupti
on may be urged in all c if- s of their adoption :
although as , the cafe of the poft imftrr'ge.^r!
t..c . .Utviuuai nwnhers RlVci receive the lmal
,,emfirtfl™n t e power ot .,Ppoi tment to
o ice and a! hough the nation. I f v, aiul
i the integrity of the memberi- forbid !'<«• imputa
I —A* to the contracts fpo!:e- . ’, ,A’e
of difpofal is to prefer the loweft bid... r , t’ e
1 principal clerk in the pdf office-dep-.r- e;u is
a tederalift ; and dif.ppo'r fed appiica -s, v. h-n
others were pr:‘erred from mofiy, . of f.,v r t
ifm. would |i«- found ready to protru'ce the
Pi -h • ou• i ecs
w ,m- t are irtufl import.mt c'-e. ks. and that n«.t
w'thftandinn- the avidity iwth which the pr.fs
« oi’ occalion* o fuppofather pri. t v i- the
tils of the govern-re •, or a tv i f Its .igent* •
not a Angle folitar.- cafe of ma'-fiafutr ■ I V. .- ver
lieen charged again ft this officer, I !m confident
n >:ic ..as -xtft d. And lure allow me t add
t t.’t tri,m!s ol this meafure whom mv col
lea uc h is reduced to a level with 9,7 Yt7oo
' ir
nifct nty, that 11-< Prefident m' the Unit, ,| Spates,
and the co-mnitfionirs have for th. irs_th -v r«
commended what we approve, y. s ,«;r,’ this
meafure which if adopted, he declared m de us
.1 par n t<> a n<. f 1 nous fwundIi,*g—— the approv -rs
nt fr ud tht felons who filch from the poor
their f tpp nt—which reduce-! 11s to a level
with the Corrupt legifiature of Georgia in the
year 179*—and m.idt lis the patrons of a ftu
pemlous robbery : has been recommended by
the Prefident of the United States and by the
feerttarv of ft ite, the fecretary of the tr- ifury
ar,d the attorney general.—The Prefident of
I the Uniu 1 States in his meffa »e to C.ingrefs at
, the fecund fefiton of the f< venth Congiefs aftir
Ifpeakingof t lie convention with the ft ate of
. Georgia which was then ratified, and of cer
tain nepociatmns with the Indians, he adds “we
are to view this pofition as m out p ft of the
j United S ates, furroun.ied by firong neighbors,
and diftant from its fupport. An«l l ow far
‘■’nt monopol which prevents population
-nld here be guarded agaiuft, and act 11 d ha
:on made a condition of the continuance
will be for your ronfideration. A
|, *7tlrmrnt too of ali rxi'fh>;» rights and
rt. ‘bin this territory, prefects itfelf as a
firr. operation«'member, Sir, that
this i van made on the i.ph December,
|lso2— mcfTage containing the conven
tion wit, a and tile iep >ct of the < o.n
miffioners, ly mentioning all the fpecies
of claims, a 'tilarly thofe Under t no act
of I79.1. beat he aOth of April inf)'1,
long before th of the communication
containing 1 nidation I have V
-read.
mi in u? . rc'iorr nrcom**
the mefTag* » quoted, (to w't tb
of *26*b A* to'.t) the comn iT
expief- trf y “he'icveflta* ,tf,ie
Unit' d S be tnnquilit* r,
hereaf'e »t that tc* „ f.rio-fr *.
i quit a hie (rations j, . •(,, j ;l
■ favor (i of the .nrinfy -
■ r\f>eda fnt' .ntV.vK
‘ M*" W ' or, v <M have
’ hood \ .dm* r>f the Un
I and' tr^i .ndfthe government Save
• bee* enced by (iniftrr m<<ive* Jt jy
i my gun) the fpirit of fiJer^liftn which u.