The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-27

'i't'N "SdiI K tl!pt r-ID.c. f.tC ll,.-E.'iV,
I7of, CongieiS caE the ccunrg iato ga
eoYcrnnesuj and the charse Of dis hapj
citabliu'reut forias burden ,,ui-e as heax
rs che ii'haoitarS, ara able 10 bear lin
propoied arrangement ug,sf hayc ploduce
twenty, thrcy, OF forty feperate governments
lhe Aiienlbly did NOT reR-0 th1t i yer
tiong period OF time was to elaaf. hc!orc hi
Formulation Of thar 'veitetn ccunt.y could d,
expected 20 iuppo;; 10 ckargcahie ivi}en,
/ hcY ipc!ee Of dividing IL. nons-yfl itcrf
territory with che .pomp au3 pro,npritude OF
/ ION Q-iixote bsftowino inaids UPON San
tcho i'lii6a; with ihe exactn3is and teaaQui-
tty OF grocer cutting pound OF cheeir.
! In 1857, Corsteis erected this wilderness
info iingle government rhey hated, alto, u
asteit their venegation Tor 1he;r VirginjzI, be
n.'actorS Ik-y oraliacd ,hac E" tscre fnaii
Be formed IN ;ile iajd terrific e, rot les thzn
y t5ree, nor more than FIVE ltascs; and tbs,
Boundaries of the Gates, Is foon as Virpi-
! " IA ih5ii alter Der az Of ccai1,, and con,
lent 20 the fame, fhail become .hxsd and
eitahiihed as follows. . &c. Congress ,aisht
/ 4. leatt have fufpcnded RE paa;rg II ahis iav.
sih they had hrit obtained the coifcnt of the
| Propcetors the Coil. An act Of aiierlbly
fatIhed the alteration. Fhns Virginia, Ike
the lon OF jacob, renounccd re. 5,reh-righ,
nuf without receiving Ike him, r,ef$ OF
pottage
Here itLnay be worth waile to make an
cit1nate Of the actual vaiue 81 the tsfritory
thus wantony calf AWAY. The Whole tratf
IS about nne hundred miles long and fever
hundred broad: It contains four hundred ana
e'eVeh thouiand iquare mics, aid two
nu"ared and iixty tire millions and fortv
itnoe''ud acres Of iurface. Os 5his nlr'enfe
| area, forty three millions and forty thnu{}rd
acres are water, and two bundled and tweirrv
millions ct acres are DIV land. This is he
computation of Mr fiutchins, late geoerapleg
OF tbs United States During tbe lait war,
the nofth wettern territory was conuuercd
| ~ the Rirginians, and Especially, by the Ia
tents AtrePdtp land perfevcIanceo Of the ruer,o-,
faoIe lTtorge Roger Clark Nuw-I OK and
Fennt fi"aAia had not the lcait claims upon
rms country, IN confeqaencc Of their antigua
ted and ridiculous charters from the crown Of
England. The Virgihian right of ~
preiented mof intelliqibie and lubi}anris
tpecies Of tenure; and hy This tenure, The
might, w'th certainty, have held tnat in
menle tgrritory. W5th regard to Psnniylya-
nia, that ftatc iwarnas with (cGtarians, VINO
deny t.4e lawfuineis net onlv of conoueff-
nue even OF ieif- defence After itrugd!t. OF
'nifSy years, Pennfylrana has cot yer been
/ aotc 10 exncii tron nor boionl a imail but re-.
out eody OF emlgfalt> fson Coine1hicuy.
/ rom tuch an antae0niit, Virginia could
/ !L'' nave entertained anprchqniion. AS for
Inc citizens Of New York, t}Ieg have &. i ~
a9Hhdancc OF eXcellcnt land, ana they gained
70 largely o. the peace OF 1888, thai rher
Woula NOT have tcit much ambition TO combat
/ me nights OF chs commonwealth.
b1t LEI US make * !appo!ition shat VIZ
: ma ia. ceded % the.c Two rival States fe-
yehtY millions of acres, and had relervea a.,
hundred and fifty millions for herielG The
P.o2Aalc number Of white families IN WRIT
MA IS about eighty thouland, LET'S or more.
ana ms nQrth weftcrn territory, if par
'!t'oned equally, would have furniihcd each of
mem I with farm OF fcv sntcen hundred &c
w 3at do You think Of hi, Aa,! yyge+har s.
1t better to keep ftyents hundred aces Of land
70 you1eif, or TO hsitow- them l. ION enosher
who plnnders and icfames YOU
But farther: the ai}eubiv OF VIRGINIA MIGHT
nave retained this invaluable acau-. -;on
under their own immediate mana Ecornt. AMI
IiaVc told II of, 1t All eafy qu:t-rcnt, tu pc,y
l,tsierS: ny this means, the citizens q,
Virginia, Ike thofe OF New yorl,. vyoniI
nave been delivered FROM the burden Of narc
faEes, or at leah from great part Of ther0.
. enconla@e adrenluicrs from The old vvnr,5
the terms Of ale fhould have becn pubf,aoad
III the Dutch, the Briyiih, end Triih nsws-
papers. his woulc nave augmented the IN
hu% OF emigrants, ana have ranaod greatly
70 brace thcnervss Of the white oopnjafinn
j IN order 20 rid thiS commonwealth IS :, mo
portion of is enormous mails OF rearr.ee. H.,
pie plan would have reen cfeajy-. The
blacks ate mott nunorous UPON the (ca Ia
nc pre- .5us race gradual vanilbes. as W,
saYancc 20 t5e westward. rae oo,,,,2; =,
mi ght have be-a dlvi5ea into three rs,.,ss
and a bounty of-re3 for tts exaortat;~-s7 - .