The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-06

q "ortiiy hscaute tScA have different 5oS>soe
law x that the :noraltY c:t',e Same nation Sc
ter9a.ly chane'ls, tccagtc The law is etsrs,;,y
n'it2'ie according 20 this bean;iii,i ,icS3,in..
Tire deirotifn Of TIE Turks ana tie liberties Of
an q American ssc rgaailv proper, hecaDfsti,y
are equally legal. according - ,hs ti,tt::nc
no law can be oppr,}liye and conitoocrtIy i'm.
moral hecaufei j; IS the iaw. had lives,
poird be'orc, that the ;.,on.;rty OF every law
was TO b- l',ei'n'ned ny its morality. Bu, Mr..
Weod hasnow taught he to rcyerfe this opera
t'or. Would you know what is iior.tity, you
,rpit no. ieek it in the fcrptures. in Psy or in
SoDawln But you muIt devote all your re-
iearchestothe Ita,u.e-book.
= ~ Why all this parade OF principle' |. is
10 p,ove'that Mr.. Wood acted from pa,io,i1
1lotive, as he Afterwards declares Is MIR
Wood however unab,s to discriminate between
NE terdenty and intention OF an action? Becauie
his iSecriation.fnay he accompanies b. r.rfrl
reiutts, did 1t therefore originate in commend
able motives /? Is there Il man in ;s CITY who
viii believe, that its furveycr intesd OF fItcul,.
tug for his own private emelument, was meye-
~ anxious 20 make an experiment for the pub.
lie benefit /? 81
(a) Mr.. Wood did not then win to be ffiq-
matiied as the {" feon;ous receiver of folen
goods! {"
W they had no right of Erant 81. &C.. be-
caui@ Il they had, this location cock. rot r,or
hbiy affect t'i' IA Ingenious areumen, ndees. -
AnditcoulGn no, effect them! Is Mr. Wood We. TO
learn, that the fear of loiing psoperty is cai-
cuiated TO affect man, as we'll as the actual
lois OF It Is he yet to be told that an extreme
apprehension has lately prevailed III this very
city among men who have the uoit ursiifputed
title to their land .aad that by f9ec;es of
practical bull, feverai propri9tors have actually
lad warrants upon their own land
have no inclination and no leilure TO pre.s
theie remarks tarther.-I am unable how
ever to conceal my wonder, that flr,evor
inch AS MIR. Wood rs reputed to he, fhonld II, .
dopt the ridiculous contribution of Mr. Bvrdss
Patent, which ilrtt conducted him into his En-
rors. How is it poiiible that he hiould have
confoundsd its expreiions, relative 70 the
courtes ot the boundary lines That the cor,ics
OF The hrlt and the COURTS of the c,cliuu lines
ihouid be indefinitely Regretted bv the word
betzveen and the courfes Of the intermediate lines
lii onld be nlaraed out by definite terms, ard
yet that iurveyor Clould MAKE AZ ths C con,fes
equally definite; ihouid rake fer iatancc be-
tween w. and S. W." fynony nous with w.
.. w. appears to me to be among the n.ult
curious INTAKES which any mathematician
has ever committed
Little as the conduct of Mr w. is ca,cu,at-
cd to command my appreciation, an vilncto
believe that 1t may have desirable tendency
IT has led to an enquiry into the land law Of
Virginia which has opened Il iiene OF probable
speculation and ruin, which an enlightened le-
giiiatlre only can avert. May their prudence
occasion the imaginary acquisitions of another
sett OF ipecusators 20 melt away like the eha.c-
ieis fabric Of a vision"