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


thiS country
i ne following c1tra6t from late publication
Will explain yhe Examiners afimat;ops
concerning the Norrh Weftcru donation.
We did nos win, AZ this time, 70 publifh
i'i but have been obliged to do 70, by the
heat Of MIR, Jones,
{" On December aoth, IS, tse aff:mbiy Of
v tsgihia pait law, whereby they authorized
TIER delegates IN CongrefS to convey to the
tJn 1et States all righe Hhich this fate had TO
fSe f.tr1f''y sortb 0eRtoayd of TIE rf0e,.
on:9 he whole records of Legislative all
iurdf-Y DO not perhaps contain one fngie ha-
ette moro perfectly wild and diitracicd thar
thiS exsravagant cehion. The law (ays thar
me a'ierlbly had agreed 70 this u1cafure, upon
the recommendation Of Congress, who would
no doubt have been equally diipoicd TO accenr
as a donation,of hentucky, et,cycn of Viryir,ii,
idelt Advile your neighbor to make you a
prefent Of the bea horfe ia his team. and
gueis his aniwer. But here comes the per-
fectioG Of flmplicitv The law luboins that
ing grant was given { in full e7nfGs,qcs that
, Conrrets viii, in jufice to this fate for the
. hoefai ceilion fhe hath made, sarheR} pycL,
upon the other ttates, claiming large tra8s
] ofN2'te and uncuitivatcd territory, the pro
, PIietS OF m9EiRg eelFaRf cqhaHy H6ernf for
, tNs common benefit and fupport of the
union he law proceeds, in its ufual form,
10 2uL~lgiis the Virgini2n DELEGATES IN Com
S'et, 20 make over 20 that BODY all RIGHT
uua and claim, as well of foil, as iuriGdic-
. tioH, winch this conrelouiYealth hath TO the
territory, or tract OF country, within the
. limits OF tie Frginian cGartc,,, fituate, "
{ Ohio = ''io
Before thc aaenbly had made this Rranoc
grant, they hould, ut leaf, have been cerf33n
g : other ttates were 70 copy their example.
ou' even tnen the bargain would have been
phequal' Jertey: Maryland, Delaware and
the four tates oil New-Enpland, neither
gave naJ had 70 give, the breadth Of an hoe
G&ke OF the wettern territory. Vermont kent
her waite land for the benefit Of her own c.
tzens and New York was careful to keeo
as well as to gel an cxtenlive addition, ub6n
the Canadian frontier, which had been fur
r,e.de'ed by the Britfh, at the cloie OF iaff war
lhe conEequencc TO New York is, that Nv
taiS, ami iome othcr aeliures Of o.conorny
Inc IS rePnted 70 have become the ricbeG nore
IN the union. She fold yat quantities OF lanj
Tor continental certificates, and then had them
emnodleo IN tho national debt, at FIX, ter. ar
potlbiy twenty times the price which they coa
he.' tor lnitance, an old officer gave Ger
tinc2teS TO the fate of New York for tract
q iand, which WAS worth one hundred pounds
lie paid this fun in deprecated paper. thor
YVES nof worth more lhan, perhaps, half 2
crown per pound Thus, he cave eiehf hun
dTcd H0miHai pounds, in order TO pay 94e nun
cred. In 1890, when thtle certificates were
funded by the iiyit Concerts, New York louf-
ed down upon the treafury for the full nominal
y2'ue OF her paper. Thus, il fact, that fate
received tour, fix, ten, OF twelve times the
price tor which O1c had aGtualIy dif1olcd of
Certain lands; while this paragon of knight
errantry, the commonwealth of Virginia, had
made preieHr of her Immenfe rights TO she
genera! governments. The coniequence is.
that the citizens of Virginia find thernielyes
haralicd with ttace taxes, TO the extent,upon
medium, OF two hundred and ffty thou(and
dollars per anuum; whilt, for ieyeral wears
previous 20 az95, the trcaiury of New York
poilehed fpc9 fuinefs OF money, as wholly
fuPericded tie nsesG.ty J6r. f4tr taxes.
he graat by tie aflemhly of Virginia IS
made upon CONDITION that the tcrritoi,
10 ccdcd fhail be i2id oue anI formed infa
itatcs, containing fnfable extent Of terri
tory, not lcfs than one hundred, nor more
tf'ao one bundled and fifty miles Couare, or
as near thereto as circunhanccs will adj.
NIT The act then euumerares f.veral
conditions of subordinate Importance. mon
wncn this fdyrcnder was TO be made. Viz
5inia was 70 receive compensation f,r her ex-
2snie ~ tubduing Britifh potts, and main
,2inlng CARTONS in lhcm. The French and
Naa&7'aa iet''ers n Vincennes, and orher ad-
.dcenr villages, were to be protected in the en-
I'yfaent Of their rights and liberties. An
'aaa'ea aud Nifty thoufand acres Of land
"; retsrvei for tn ufe of general
CiaTE and his resimcae. A fecoSd re-
.efVation was made in favor Of the Viroinjan