Portland gazette., 1805-06-03

ces, ihould be expursed fyom the faces ard
indexes of the book ot record ct The itase AND
the enrolled law, or u:rrpcd act, publlckly
bs-nr.' - 2iv- greater solcmnity to a iccnc
70 extraordinary, Il has bsea fad ihlr ,hc law
and records, lisr tie fnlfiengtrs Ct Ahaziah,
src cons. ned pyith fire ronl heaven hy flames
eicitea from the fun il his meridisa. Width
er this account De corIcc& oy not nioit certainly
tae iun neYer 1iore Oh a mor- tnsnlar traniae
ton Admitting that the members OF the le-
r,aEnsc Of ~; were interettcd I'm their own
rrant Is con;cndsi BY their tacceeers, and the
terms of the farnis,, aide froh .osher evidence,
ltrorg prelumption aganit their ipt.gri:y, ye;
1t canoJ be doabted that the isglAsure Ct 7s7
would have had the fame right TO anpuil the !c-
ending az or 795 Yoacf-d to dettroS the gran
ting act OF I795, and to on ad i,7'aaf.0'. = Unth
now il had never been doubted that the ipprcmc
i-giharivc power Of every community, If they
can be refcinded by fucceediug icgiaatlres, or
the people ttl<mtc YES, pdbIic faith s bpt narae
o. at mott flare fqf the uuwarT, pelldes
it IS rePagnant 10 the principles OF Neutral
eaaire, chat lceihatiys body flould fit IN
iudgernsnt upon the acts OF their predecelors,
and = damn then, 10 eyerlatting fame" un--
heard ant rnconyi6ted. Whe5hcr or not the
grans OF 70; was void on the ground Of Cor
ruptioh, was judicial ard nor legifaiee qaei-
non.
hc United States have always held claim
or pretended claim, 20 this erritory.-l have
been told that it was the opinion of one of our
ableit politicians thar we had q good tite; but
this may wei! Be doubted. 4. Many proceedings
Of the general government, however, IRON tlna
TO tin,cr gave ftrong color of title TO Georgia #
they did not expressly recognize her claim
And as prlnciplc 10 govern il the cafe it IS
tatea, that IN ooGfts of equity i has been eftab-
liihed :. that the true owner Of land f.all be
bound by iaIe of ttranger who has no title, If
the owner fufFsr the faic to 20 on by an inocent
purchafcr, without giving notice Of his tide
whcu he has il in his power and that the cafe
IS much ttronger agaiait thesowner when he has
given color Of title 70 the frller, and thus he'll
ped to deceive the purchaler.' - ise clam, Of
the United States is not Immediately connected
with the eueaion between the iegifatige gran-
.ors and the private grantees of Georgia. Otn-
cr claims of an earlier date III favour Of sther
companies, in relation to lands il that territory,
exited upon the fate O. Georgia; ihe finding
herieif enb2rraEed by theic various claims, and
the very fiDgu!ar iituation OF that bu6ne sceded
,he whole territory to the United States for
very imal confederation, accompanied witha mu-
tuaI Stipulation thas the United States ihould
appropriate, 5000, ,ooe Of acres TO fatisfy the
claimants, at The dilcertion the United 5 tatcs.
lr is plain principle of law that no fabisquent,
ipurchafer ihail ayoid precedent purchaic on
the ground Of fraud, but purchater for valua-
bic confederation. II the United States are pur,
Chaitrs for valuable consideration they are.
ipurchalcrs from Georgia, and they noy claim
under the title of Georgia /. Few If any believe
that thy claimants of an earlier dare than 10;
have any juft claim upon the ifa,e, Of Georgia
the public faith on the union muft therefore be
Iconidercd as az caa tacitly pledged to appropri-
ate the greatet part OF the five millions Of acres
for the claimants under the act of I7o3. A bill
lPa6ed the preliminary ifsges, authorizing COM
Imiihoners, to lcttle wi hthc claimants generally,
limited III their operations to the appropriation
Of The five millions Of acres. Mr. Randolph op-
lpoied this bill with all the powers Of his elo-
quence, and when he found thar il was likely to
pais, he arreited il, progrcfs BY the introduction
Of iet of reiolutions, calculated eitabliih an
inquiiitoria and cencoriol power in congreis over
the itate governments, declaring the iegiAature
lei Georgia of 7o5 to have been corrupt, juiti-
tying the proceedings Of the egilatnrc Of 1896,
authorizing the Rate lesiilatures or even the peo-
pie tben+eie es te refeind contracts in which the
;pubc faith is pledged, and declaring that the
United States were under no Obligation to ap-
Propriate any part of the Eve millions Of acres 10
the fatiSfa6on of The cIainsnts under The att Of
1875, End that no part ihoud be 70 appropriated.
hat may not be accufed of milrepreientating
the language or the object Of thele very extra
ordinary refolutions, will tranicFi1c shem from
the ipeech Of the mover and reierve my com.
ments upon them for my next letter 49,, N.
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