The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-12
FROM TIE AURoRA.
THE YAzoo spEcuI.ArIoN.
No. ~.

N@'"'e Claims Whch lie aSairt the whole and variou
parts oil the NIiiapri territory. under the receives
laws Of rstions ard the provions of treaties yh;cl
we have no right 80 d;turb, nor coniiitent with pub
lie faith to quefion. For example atho' our rrine;
pes at governments and policy rerugnsnt to tina
o. European nations, ard though in aeis orsinatn,
with our government, and depending Upon its voltion
we ihonid NOT eour,enanee the uiurpation oil tn,
ianos OF the ahorignes; yet as other nations hav.
done u, and before natiork exinence and as ",
could neither prevent, nor would they under their u
iages retuduih what they conceive to be- iui rights
but which We conceive he urjuil in order TO pro
mote peace and good understanding, and as the ieal
oftwo evs,,e have beeu Induced according to the
received law OF nations 60 accept their conjunction
ioisr as concerned theilv-s ard thoic deriving from
them, yet War the obligations due to parties to
"aom we are thus heund by treaty have been in
vowed, we have puifued the principles and acted il,
TIE liberal and generous iprit Of our own laws and
government. T!isfe different modes of a,;;uGnr
principles TO 1y on ore hand and TO nasarai ;ui
see on the oser. arife out Of the original nature Of
our national asiociation. The adoption of sho.e adj.
vent'tious ru'f Of ACTON, nun seat at certain peri
gu when White population and the nf focal LIFE
snail have e'.her renewed the ahorgipes withou, the
bounds o Tic u. States Incorporated or Ion ,he,
aud their dsfcenaents in the MATS ofiocie,y
Plunged rs thete hates were into war apsinn
Creat-8ritan, and driven bynecenity 10 become an
independent nation the Rates which accident had ORR
gnally four Jed under the confufsd a.d unequal DEMO
p'pation OF eeuaies. afforded general or common
f7ndard b,whch the extent the rights Of one CO.
ic'y were 10 be regulated in relation to another all
wasdelnltory; and il was Until after ob;sininp
triumph as people and INDEPENDENCE as nation tia,
the accngruisy OF the colonial Rem was found i'll a.
dared if not conGaent with the principle of focal
concord and the unon of the oates. To efea to-
tally new organization. Of iates was found i,,pra6ti-
caole. And here atoie neceili,y imilar to that
which rendered irexpedient for the confederation 20
inbnit to the LETTER evil. The habits and attachment
OF the original colonies their frveral i,ia;tu:or
and III .'t OF fefefi biat'ce etvcrn any two fixes
Inc ORIGINAL colonies under their rit names as hates
ana rendered any naN diitribuion enlargement OF
terrieory npraaicable
re estern colonies comparatively fi,ial--the
sonthern ant.ed OF clar,s 20 vaG regions and the;
were IN Stoned by abfurd charters granted by Britt,
,onarchs, which the eup1ity even of foe of ,hoie
who snpporfei American independence would rot a.
Sandon I he confederation found i peeeary to leave
to time ard neeefIty the developemert Of a policy
more conoenei with the harmony and lscurity Of the
prisr fxpere',ee foon taught many Of the new nates
RE reee!'itv cf crcnmfcrbn@ their limits ana V;r-
gn'a, North an. soash Carolina, by liberal laws
the bounds Of territories, ard in liberal
ffiTt repGuf'ei lands wfich under various asthori-
ties ancient auA modern they had eain,ed--Kentuc
8 Ky Ohio, and iennelee have face rien as Rates
odt o' thefe eeifions; which mad. in virtue of
me e''erraf agt5arit andas,1me the legislatures
cs lie frfrf and # rhe United States. The difcuions
,whsh arofe 20 early as the year 1882 concerning
ro2hans ti;'e the Ind part Of the pyefent fate
o. Ohio, very Sly vincedthe elity OF efabiine
Tome klcvn principles by which the foyereignty OF
she rev nations !hould be ognzei. and known O.
Sr the territory which twas defined to occupy; &
TIE following ret'ution ofeongrcfs in 1892 will flew
what thofe printip.es were rnderfood to he.
Refnivr THAT f.he faid land. are fnally coded or
adludged TO TIE Y. il point Of juri(di6ton, that
tconeres VII confirm to fnlh of the fid purchafers
who are and nall be citizens of the u. States or
either Of them, their Respective hares and proporti-
nTs o. laid lands making a-eafunablc deduction oe
'eut-rents referved to ,he crown of England -
The conduG Of the fetters in the counties of Waih-
'rSton: Sullivan and Greene, in for,h Carolina, in
1855, afforded another sfefu admoni: ION TO the Uni
re- States The people o. thefe counties bad de.er-
m'ned TO eIe9 fate under the name Of EyanI!ia
which was 20 comprehend al the country between
the Mountains and tne Whrl nt,e Tenncilee river
lheis dipureswe nor terminate, Ill; 1888, aud the
uste has been Gnce eftsblihsd called TenneIae.
Between S. and NJ Clroina differences haze ezihed
Tor near 50 Years. n. Carolina ieparated from
South IN 1928, and in 1882, all the land lying be-
tweeR the nertheru fream of the Savannah liver a.
along the fss coat tne moa fouthern Cream to ,he
y tSarnaha, T0l7v1rd from teGsaaS i5ec yiv.,I rec
q fs7'Ssly Hie7 jaes 10 tie jsat6 ea inefvely ui!L
siiie srd. z;iibi1 20 hsggcf On the South Sea y
- were grartsd by charter o. George II !i!''
We quoe this, at once to Asw ths morllrous alb
furty of furh hes, ind the receGi;y which the con
federation lay under Of fixing known rules or prn-
eiples BY which the bounds OF Eases houl &c deter
nsed
The governor Of the colony ~ South Carolina made
grant Of ftveraitra&s OF land lying foul Of the Al
timaha or ocaress river within the preient bounda-
fies of Georgia. This was made matter Of COM
plant to the coyrt of @. Britain, and produced a
e'aue in the reclamation OF 1868, aDnexing Geor-
pa, 81 the lands living between tie Altamsha and ST..
Mays rivers. Tine boundary of North and South
Carolina, Dot fe,tled for great length of time,
coonniopers were appointed for the Furpoe in 7s7.
The boundaries ef Georgia and s. Carolina, appear
not 20 be completely fettled yet.
From Ihefe hiGor;cal facts, it viii &c found that
mach coufufon exh.d in relation the territory oc-
eupied ny the indians; that there necehity in
the firt iananee, dat the rights of nature Eould b..
regarded by government eaabh!hed upon thole
rghts--Tlat as % ine>use could be efeSiuay devil
fed az the era o. tic revolution for regulating the 5oun-
daries II ftates afoicy oud be pur.ued which might
gradually irmouot the difficulties IN which pre-exiit-
ing ntufois apd educated pre;uditss had found the
ration on the DECLARATION ofindependence and at the
peace Of 1913. Dsesey due to the fsveral Rate,
from zach 9th tnis aud experience were nseeffa-
nv TO he~ to tie asfes rhemlelses the wiJoa Of a
determined poicY.rs,The eonGtutoa of the United
States. By placiug IN the hands oil the general yoyern