The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-20
F,sr tie A"o,a. A4yyf 10.
TnE YAzoo SPECULATION.
No. u.

: co nbined with all that was WORTHLESS, WHICH had
mad republican principgs ,hepaiport to their unuf-
N p.aing conh !esce-thc Gas:'s and the Gia9;efks--
the Longs and the Longfrecs more, they are
g,e 10 tt,;r asssuet bu, die sAio..s and the z s.
8 t',e Hwpe,'s and,he LIONS, the Granger's and the
DInss furvive hcn,and the iDiqnity OF the founders
B soe the Yazoo fraud is received inhsr,aiice b.
their Lsirs and }aesajIssi
= Wehave not delayed the lifcvlor OF this iubjet,
merely throue conv eaeace !ince took 1t M orr
girally, We had sxpcS, before this ;ille rnlber
Of iliatrztve documents, which though ihai TO
certainty yet he poHeiied n! already hold eseiai
d5c1uen,, fully competent ;he difcuiou of the iub
isti, and TO the enaSlAn;cnt of every point, which
Involves the iziyri.y or Re frrsiitfioa.
10 thS former nunbars which we have pubihed OH
this iubjcet, We haze taken i, up on grounds which
we arprehend have not been touched by any former
Sw-er by any public c,iGra6fer thar we have the
Leaf re, !lsaon Of; and If we have not ulaken III
force OF the arguments which we have produced,
have hewn that il lepeutsn, Of any preurnptive plea
or pretended tide which might be Get UP By Georgia.
and to which from afprit Of accommodation, the u
nsed States might have len partial ear that no valid
or real ttb could exit in the fpeculator under the
eoaltituton of the United States, in eqDiy iagv or
saccnrdingt to the law of natio,s-to any land within
= the limits of the United States.
1. Without tie content of the Indian tribss who
we've in poEelon.
= Without the concurren; authority of the Unit
ed States or through their grant by law
The Yhzoo tpecnla.ion more of the numerous
Z and auPendous ro'Sts and fchemes OF public ay-
grsndizenent by public fraud which are generally
known under that NAME had fhadow os title from,
RE United Ssstes from tie Indian tribes--bciicie
fhsiea val extent of the very lands fpecalated upon
ware already cianed udtr titles from eirs 1.;ony
%shich by the loemn obligations Of treaties we are
bound to male good.
has waEtte rate Of the t.rsitory to asine ies
" wher tie vaN proje9 OF ;iIuity was conceived :.
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osf'Nt7iag was arranged and put in motion.
it our Purpoie no. TO call public attention more
farfieriAriy to OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS than TO any
re..stioas OF eson; hut wherever elucidarn is
required IN she couric OF the exhibition of daeu.yeis we
fha not hciitate 20 Aide TO make them--ye f,aIl
give then--and if tie people difregard the fa9s
winch we tai thew, and through their indifference or
\ 1-sLS o. luch iubjva--we hail indeed be appre
henAve that the eproach which is coBlanlv can upon
Then, by eorr.~ OF ombiisps men is in fon,e meaiure
founded
~ The fraud are about to eypofc-uas in its var;
ons "aes 'upported, Ivy the following execrable FRA
-emiharies we're tent an,o the Indian tribes
--'innnn't'on, arms, and money were dGrihuted A.
roag ther--audf for whati To bring down the In
oia.is upon thc white Inhabitants Of The frontiers
| sHa they were brought down-hundreds of families
were ra'lacredard for wi,at 10 order 10 din,;nG,
the value oche ands-.o tsrrfy the neopI. of Cor
g,a--and 10 afford an opportunity for ftecuators m
eb;an the territory Of thoie indians by vote of the
iegi.atnre nj GEORGIA under the eon;ont operation
OF horror at the Indian avages and the temptations of
! ucre
Weoar Prove by the mott iatisfaa orv evidence thar
E.Fen ChH one OF the great architects OF this fraud
Dr. hoait os heie rnaGacres on the frontiers ,f f
ga Is oneo themeans nv which the fpecn;a,io, yas
iuaines and that the fame means were 70 h. re-
ioried 70 &c ieduce the United States into recorr;.
on ~ the title Obtained under this terrific fyiten:
more execrshe than The raicsir. Or TIE FRI"
names tla even the echo Of VIII CHI rcverberate IN the
ears and CONVERT the dosny pillows OF 1r=aO ne.vL.
f2,s into pillows Of term
s. ne azou Ejaculation conlecrated by the MAT
facr's of the frontier Inhabitants of Georgia
ih' y. States was iaddcd with the burden The ey
Y pence incidental to the defence Of the frontier a
gainf haie threads
Inc 'Peep'3tion was Carried through the eciGaturc
bytae palP15le aud proven corruption Of e4.yy ne1
Der Of the leglatiwc who voted for IL
ia vii i've time enough for to argue the oueGion
OF morality when the advocates of this fraud have
IeNyn US thar the lanctifcson of fraud is mar, of
b our fytlenf ofgovernn,cn,
itwiiihe time enough for us to argue the opeaio,
o. rgtt IN legislature purloin tho public prcpertv
~ their fsiio~ citizens much l,fs the ororpr ~ ~
union N whsh the Legislature of Ceoraia held 70
more than then proPortona,e flare in the union
We ho'diS that no legil4ture-,in covDr,n,e,,
has 'ignr to DO wrong we hold it 20 he an iod,,,
table prncpIe that every ACT founded on raud-s y,Y
arg oa oy Tie very operation Of that frsnd and we
ho'a to pc eiienal to tie future esls7. bege, and
Y glory OF this repubcthat the patton by its on,ni
potent voice condemn ard annihiate the Yazoo foe
su!Aon as an at of rational fafetyleeurity-n
idy,aud republican juilee.
we ihsii o@ proceed to narrate the progrels Of the
inqtty from iis origin 10 the preicnt ttnefor this
purFple We ii'.i uniformly refer to the Official docu
ments
~ report laid before corgrefs on the oh Of Fe.
brnary 1903, by conni'ioners appointed in purfn-
ance OF An al for the amicabls fetiemeut of l;ros
With me hate Of Geor ia" &C. we find chat the fro
'tteference Of the rate OF Georgia with any psrt Of
he territory now called the Mlhppi within which
the Yszoo ipecpla,ous all e) was by AN at4 of the
TN rem i755s ilyiHg Ut trsta Of country ex,end
'og aiorg The MdidisP rirer from the 2 dsyree IS
afitade, to the roi,h Of the Yazoo river 10 ybcb
the i-f1H IRE sa' 6ee7 rasiaggGsP'--this tract vas
cai'Hi the cot3ty of Bgg5os but the an enlbl;G,.
ing this county, " was repsaed By the fame leq,Da
tore Of Georgia on the n Of February l7ss"
Theie Is therefore are No more than mere b;ao.
real 9eidsnts which Ike the hours have paged A.
way, leaving no other clf,G than the record tba,
Dcy zVcye.
Iic lc5i'afuse Of Georgia, however, by what In
tnqrnru's wiil te .hevr, did again, on the gIG Of
Decem'er, 1850 pAis an ait for dilpofing Of Ger.