The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-13

ht" our CoHttS ~ nothing ellie would dc, 7
would have even given my voice sar ic.poGng
he%ey penalty on TIE man who f'iuud due 70
aiieri iiich evte0ahlc claim to the ind;'pu.,-
Die property OF the nation, and thereby diff
paraSe TIA. prorer.v." would tsv,. even aG-
ranced I itep further. l would have carefully
excluded from my btfom every rsn.inient (
compatiion, and would not have Welded from
g-r,roii'y, what Infice could n have f:,ncii-
cnrd. In this re;roct the Ei.cr % the Eroui-
rer would have gone as far as tie Editor OF he
Aurora himielf, and lie would hive gone fur
ther than fn.ne Their uDilfpeS;cd republicans.
Let us uo farther. and diif1y the r1N,e -er,i-r-
neis tor the future reputation n the 1-ricar peopr
nf our time, which Individually feel for own pr;
rate fame hereafter. We at.rva-,i. weld 20 ,he
in,puie OF charitable feelings, and relieve by ,ocefa
grants OF land (and land only hope al! ;hs.e CLAIM
ants ho Were entirely innocent OF ;h;s fraud AID fir
cereiy Ignorant OF s preparation. That iuuucepce
ana siiorarce, or the contrary gu or ,lnom ledge ue
the fraud, may ne colcSted with co,.i,erah,c certain
ty by attention TO the times aud places chere they
are named on the written evidences OF he pretended
cainis thoie mpt diiplay the inform, ,-ioa abou,
the origin Of the traniactcn, which might have hs4r
aud therefore probably was, pcl.frd BY the rurcha
iers. Some afonen,c-'t due from, the fste Of
Georgia FOR the perdy of 10 many OF her exalted c;--
zens. She has acknowledged that il " IS due i,s
has provided for making it BIZ placing five millions of
acres Of land in hands, as fund for thar ,,urpoi
aiinned Is it poiiibe ihoud cody refolve IL,
performing the confidential iervice, TO inlut, mott
groisy to niuit, that respectable fate BY granting
part oi the fund 70 men whom it has c.pu,ati.el
Whole cnnduf in this affair il has iolemuly pronouc
I'd infamous, and whom its Representatives ON tin,
aoor continue, by the part they take in this oueon
It'll Ia denounce 1t Is not potible, fiirely we lhoud
give this iniuit the fate Of Georgia we know ih,
mutt have intended that il not an aull dfcrinrati-
on, at eat an Szcon OF ali the partesto the origi-
nal fraud, and all notorious propagators Of the mis-
chiefs OF 1t, ihoud be carefully made. What would
think ourtrves, of truitees who fhoud 70 coplre
ali ritruInent Of trait, beow upon the robber,
or neendaries themlelves the bet part Of donation
placed III fher hands, by charitable perfors Tor tine re-
lief Of iufcrers b. robbery by hrel t.uR we
ha apply the fund for the relief of the real frrS
know 1t to be both ample and apt enough for that
purpole; and hope the United State. viii not W.
forced to contribute to farther and urnacearv anti
tude, by large creation of flock, for an ;ndcrimi
nate indemnity = tock If is true apparently 70 TX.
redeemed through the proceeds of the lands granted
by Georgia, but really he paid directly from the
treaiury thoie lands will remain unfold or an G.
qlivaen portion eliewherc nun remain TO- till a Pc
rod n,menley beyond the time Of payment of me
principal oft.
But will the Aurora prefume 70 fay, that NTr.
T. M. Randolph is not an inflexihle republican
in heart and in fentimens? Will he derounce
him as ga qvo!f IL, Besp'5 cloafbige ?'' VIII
he declare that he too, "tem3orifs with a
! lt5eme 9t'Pfnndey' and iniquity ?" And yet the.
Enquirer has the fame authority to apply thele
eXpreiiions to Mr.. y. at the time when he deli
vered TINS ipeech, as the Aurora has TO appy
them to the Enquirer. MIR. K and the Endt,.-
rer differ on tll quelton of r. lief bccaufc M.
Randolph does not 60 f1 far in his oppol,ion to
the YlZoo claimants.
What then are the Iab,iGng and r,.rrftes
facts, on which the Aurora has erected ihef.
iolemn denunciations. Let US quote them
! from the original eiiav.
" 1t IS not every difference of opinion" which s
difference OF principles; and the character of the
advocate does not always confer its nperfeefon up
on the opinion he iupports. Where then let me ak
was the jutioe OF eating upon The conlcientous adj
vocates oil Yazoo compromiCe, the charges and re-
proachss OF federal corruption Where was the pro-
prety ct entering Mr. FndIey upon the tit of pro-
lcrlptions until Tome iatsfa6orv opinion had been
collected, that he ALTO had partakcn Of l. corruption
OF the 4ahoos, or imbibed the tenes OF federair ,"
Does this extract aflert, that the Yazoo claim
was not founded in corruption? No. That
the preient claimants ought TO be remurerated
No. That the men who voted for referricg them
to the arbitration of commiiiioners. were cor
rect IN Their deciiion? No. What then does
| 1t declare Merely, that fome of the adyo-
Gates of Yazoo compromile" MIGHT lave bern
conscientious ;" that Mr. Fiendly might have
been III that number: and that it was impro.
| per to procrlbe him, until iome fatisfactorv
! teftimony had been collected, &c. sc. T.
the editor of the Aurora yet to learn, that there
IS broad determination between the motives
and the actions of wen? That the very men
who may have performed the moe detehabl-
actions, may have been atfuaied bv the NOT
conicientious motives! MIR. Findey's vote was
improper. Were An ele6tor of Pennfvlvania.
/ would uie every exertion to exclude him from
a feat in Congress, 70 long as this Yazoo oucf.
ton was pending. Bat would not on that ac-
count, proicribe Mr. F. would not at once.
declare that he was actuated by federal or Cor
! rupt principles. But the Aurora may fav the
immortality ofthe metive is apparent from the
innate ImProPriety of the aG' No man couLf
conicientiouly fupport mealurc, which was
10 notoriouiy vicious. If an impartial man
however will examine the debates of Conerefs
on this iu'ject, he will difcoyer that Great
deal may be fad liz favour of the Yazoo claims.
Let BIN, for iDiance, perufe Menrs. Roots
* Jacion's fpeecheS, 6, he will ut once perceive
the very numerous and fpecious arguments bv
which they have been fupported. But it nav
be iaId that the syaraJeC Of tie men, WHO adj.
yocate them, is at once fGfTicient to denonRrate
| the proiiisdcy vi theu motives.
| WhotheD are thele advocates? Is Mr. FindIvthe
| only one No: James MadifOu Albert Cali.