Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-12-11

'this Is also false. The words in III. nro.
saama'ion ,refc as follows, I" We forbid
ah persons to pure hase lands Of the In.
: .S'iaiis, make settlen rents or claimso ON the
es.ern waters, or those that will, shall
.oe napie to our dis pleasure" Ii is evil;
uvh'1ne company was forbid, as we'll a.
=" o'ncr people, from holding claims ON
.pe western waters, ,,nd could DC no cover.
NOW, IN process of time, the proclamation
became cxtinel, for the county of Eincas.
sle was laid off on 6he western waters. n
court opened, justice commissioned, and
The law eStended-ail with the ppproba,i.
~on OF the king. long nough be fore the sur
veying OF l774 anil l775-,bc settlers
: sheltered no more 4 under the comnanv
than under the gran TUX; but this Is q
1eiSned stratagem Il, deceive the absftors
of justice. Now we have pe,;,;or.d n.
sssemoiy diyers tim cs in the most humble
manner and the rea son while so many of
CUR iebow citizens n the assembly des
P'sed our cause, we know not. Wehaye
oeen as brave, IN 'contending with the
nea'hen enemy as my other frontier was,
and we can affirm I'll ere was no, a mar, ON,
vi 'ne STATE OF v!rg MIA, in the battle a.
Es'hs' ferguson on kings mountain. but
.ne fh't'ua OF wash ng.on county, under
the command OF Gel Campbell, on whom
the command devol, ed, with lie approla
ton OF the Carolini, officers. Then We
marched night and lay until we overlook
the enemy, and when we found their can,n.
IN forty two minutes we made them her
tor quarters, killed and took prisoners ne
whole corps; it was he first surrender the
British made in that unnatural war, and II
was the turn of the war il encouraged
the armies of the UBitsd States, and was
ain honor to Virginia.
Nov we win do the company Justice and
tell what they did al I hat dark period
When the first blood v as shed in the wear
IT'S, the company had some able bodied
young men going ,hrons h the western sell
Element, with lie in The ir mouth, soaring
all thu weak and uniufof med settlers, and
surveying their little int ,rorenen they
bid mrde in the wildern, SIS, at the risuue
cits.S.iy iives; ard since 4 AT the company
Z has.,i wicked and feIse representations,
led the assembly and cou,t ofappeal. into
errors, that every good uiln in Virginia
has right TO be ashamed OF. The two
ACTS cited by Col. Smysh in jiis speech last
scssion, were made 10 comp g this scared
people TO pay their money a. the conpa
NJ. whilst their neighbors n Al would not
be scared, shnnld 20 free and ci-ar,) net
wilhstandirg The assembly had laid land
tax on all the western settlerr1 cnts, and the
reopie had paid The land tax Acme years
before the land Office was open; and in the |
yesr,,77e, the assembly rejected the COM
r 1ysSepEnsdthe land Office 10 ;he settlers, |
s}g',s ,yfrediotely surveyed, paid rights. !
art famed grants, in the most legal
yysslrsss,, and by one ofthe eGts above ci,ed,f
these scared people should forfeit thsir Is-
sol patent land f they did not pay the
company IN six months, "a favor never be-
fore nor since shewp 10 The most lust Gre
ditor in Virginis.) BY the other ael above
cited, the company sold the widows land,
that aGl saYe them leave to 90 in, lay
OF, and eSspse 90 sale, as much Of those
scared 'peoP,e's patent land as would a.
mount 10 their injust demands, and when
they saw the widows land that il was poor.
they sod the 1hole oft. How happy was
that company when THEY conid sit and di-
vide,the price of the poor widows land a.
nsongs iheul and their o!f,pring and now
amongst us lives the widow Of one of the
heroes that fell On Kings mountain, and
since ne fell, the company has taken their
stipulated price from her and her Children.
Let Us see how the company settles gith
those scared peoplc~-hcre is Col. John
tate, good citizen Of Russell county
fe coniesses the snryeyoT scared him by
telling him The o!fieers would take his land,
he beng young, so that he suffered H4o
acres cfhIs trael .ob be surveyed, no; know
irg IL was SURVEYED for the company--not
long since the conpaDy's agent has cas-,
up,heir price withintercsi, and the amour;
was e ~ 81. end some pence. Tate paid
him the money. and says he told him ut
thar tune be would have every sh:Eing If
II back, Il it lay in his power. Now We
huDably ask the officers of government and
every good man in Virginia, what tight
has the company to Tste's money--they
never saw hla nor his land, nor he them
there vas no value received nor one word
oi a contract between them.--Toe com
psBy sert man a. dark period 70 scare
him, & then hired another To 20 and get his
money. We remember The company has
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