Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-03-21

oil order. His opinion was that the ques-
ton was divisibic.
Such being the decision OF the chair,
the question was pu, on postponinr to The
I lst Monday of December the following re.
/ solution
"Resolyed, that the legislature of the
state OF Georgia were, a, no time, invest
cd with The power of alternating the right of
soil possessed by the good people Of that
state III and 10 The vacant territory Of the
same, bur in rightlul manner, and Tor
the public good"
Nir. Rodney rose, and in speech OF
considerable length opposed the postpone.
ment, and advocated the adoption of the
resolutions. In doug this MIR. Rodney
entered fully into the merits Of the main
question, and commended strenuousiy a
! ganSt any premise Of claims founded
( in fraud.
lie was followed by Mr.. Thomos ".
Randolph On his maiden speech) on the
same side. He tonk bold view Of the
pretens'ons ofthe claimants under he ACT
oil Georgia of 1928, depi5ied in terms Of
: indignant cioQuence the Freud OF the trans
action, and, in a strain of ner,ous arru
! Hent opposed their allowance. The
! speech was replete with pathos of Ian
giage, ennobled by metanl,oricel iliuslra-
! ''cns, original, chaste and .,lowirr. u is
with spaTiug hand that We minrlr re-
a'Hri;s with the reported proceedings OF
/ The House; nor should we M thus occa.
SION have ieViated from ougorc,narvt~ack.
/ but tur ths satisfaction we always fee! ~
icndeavoring to draw modes, rlsrit from
the retirement in which it Delights tor
much % dwell.
( ar. Lyon next spoke at conside liable
length in defence of The settlement Of the
CLAIMS, and Ia opposition 10 The reso!u,i-
onsT intima,ing his readiness to ac( on
/ chem and his consequent opposition TO
/ their pos'ponement.
Nh clio, and DR.. Elmer made concise
speeches against the pos;ponenent,a and in
favor Of compromise OF the claims:
When he question wcs taken b. Yeas
ard Nays on poslponing the lst resolution
as above stated, and passed in the ncea
uYc-Yeas 5i-Nays 50
Inc question o. pustponement was then
pat on the following resolution:
=" That when the governors cf any peo
PIE shall have betrayed the confidence rs-
2oNed IN them, and Shall have exercised
I hat authority WIKI which they nave been
, clothed fer The general welfare, TO pro
mote their own private ends, under the
3ssest motives, and TO the public detri-
mcnt, 1t is the unaIienablc right of q peo
PIE, 50 cirCumsianced, TO revoke the am
( 'h"r'ty thus aCuscd--'o resume the rights
| thns attempted to be barterea, and to 4.
1r1Eate The stl thus endeavoring TO betray
! thcnl."
/ Yeas 52-Nays 81.
The Speaker said he voted with the
nays; and that the postponement was
there.ore lost.
/ the question OF postpor ement was thcn
taken, and carried-Yeas 54--Nays 30
on the following resolution:
! That II is ~ evidence to this HOUSE,
that the acl Of he Legislature Of Georgia,
+ passed on lie 7lh Of JANUARY, l795, init
tuled g ~ al Tor appropr.atiYg part Of
the INDICATED territory Of this state, for
the payment of the late state troops AID
Tor other purposes" was passed by per.
sons under he influence of gross aid pal
/ pablo corruption practised by the grantees
oil the lands attempted 10 be aleua;cd by
the Aforesaid a0t, tending to enrich and
aGgrandisc to degree, almost inca!cula.
Ule, few individuals, and ruinous 20 the
pubic interest"
The question Of postponcment was next
taken, and carried--Yeas 53-Nays go
on ihe following resolutions:
That the good people Of Georgia, i'm.
pressed with general indignation at this
'c} oil atrocious pc fidy and ofunparalieled
corruption, with promp,itude Of decision
highly honorable to their character, did
by the acl Of a subsequent legislature,
passed on the thirteenth Of February,
1895, under circumstances Of peculiar So
'emnlty and insliy sanctioned by the peo-
pie, who have subsequently engrsfted Il
on their constitution, declare the preccd-
ing acl' and the grants made under il, in
Themselves, null and void, that the said
act should be eXpunYed from the records
oi The state ard BE- publicly burnt, which
was accordingly done provision. a, the
same time being made for restoring H..
pretended purchase money to The grantee
By whom, or by persons cloiminr under
them, The greater part oG the said pur
chase money has been Withdrawn from the
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