The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-27
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THE YAZOO SPECULATION.
No. VI.

terring from further attempts, appears only TO
have invigbra.ed The fpirts and determined the
purtuit of other means, more dCfperste and a,i-
darous. new project appears To hare been
devfed during the felton, Of the legillsture of
Georgia IN l7o3, and put in motion in different
parts Of the United States in the fnnyner OF the
year 1884 Gen. Gum, Of Georgia, man
whole character is too well known 20 require a
particular hi!tory our part. Especially rs the
,n1p is "gone to his account"--this man ur;t-
ing daring fprit with an utter contempt for
morals IL every circnpG ance of life, appears TO
have been the grand agent or leader in this ftu.
pendous frhene Of fraud. The mon influential
men in GEORGIA were founded. Many of them
who had before tuitained characters above re-
rroach were drawn in by the temptations OF i'm
renre wealth 70 be acquired by 10 cheap a pur.
chafe as their z'otc and ;.fmnee fer tire pafiage
of,he law! Many indeed were ignorar, Of me
real merits of the title TO the lands which were
the Objects of fpoil; but many, to the honor of
Georgia, very many proved themieives hyperion
to temptation.
In PHILADELPHIA, where Congress then ct,
fcps We're ia ken TO provide future interet.
Members of The ttnate and of the houie of re-
prefentatives were made iuterefedn the Yazoo;
and it is very generally believed that the late
MIR. Hamilton and his rival Mr.. Bar,. were both
deeply in,:reaed II. It is certain that Judge
Nathaniel PerdYc.o': friend OF Mr.. Hamilton.
was ore of the prime movers and contr:vers OF
the eXtenhon Of this fraud and the late Judge
Wilton. Whole life was otherwfe 70 honorable,
was ftduced into an iynrrenfe participation of
the meditatrd fpo,l. After making arrange
mentS in different parts of the union, it was de.
ter'nined to begin the operations o. the fpecrla-
to- at TIE winter FELTON, Of ths Geory;a leeirIa-
ture q i7s4-tfefe we fha introduce the ofFei
aireeord5, though they arc tedious and circnr-
ttantiai, hut as oiici1l records will fpeak more
ilnPerat've'y &c the Judgment ofthc reader, than
r the mere allegations of neuf)aper editor-we
ihaii prefer the detail however tedious to apv
abifratts which might weaken the Authenticity
ofthe kaeis or ciminiih their force. The extracts
which we ha'i here make are officially anthem
iicated--"hen the fraud was detected and mea-
lures taken by the citizens of Georgia TO f,nf-
,ra.e the fraud aud fave the fate from the dC.
grace, enquiries were made in the legislature of
Georgia, in the riot formal manner into the
mode and extent OF The corruption by which the
machinery OF fraud has been put into notion
the authorization is in the following form.
c52Stt efiri efibs boys IF yep,1fntetiq'rs,
GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE,
25tb AEggg, 1901.
DO certify that the annexed 8 fhee.s, conta;, :
true extract from TIE journal of the houfe of rerrefep
tltivcs of this ata, FELTON, Of the general aIembv
) in January, 1895.
GEO. r. CLAYTON, ia,
Hines Hour
CIR. II. p.
From the eight fheets here referred to we take
o"iy n part, init 10 much rs will enable the
reader 20 comprehend the neans, the ertsyt.
and the aa!'rs Of the ccrrupfon-,ve have alro
given the Names Of he peifons who were chen
mott prominent and particularly the names of
the men,5rrS fire keeifztEre who rad bce, Lr;5
ed and were partcipators 10 the frand upon the
public.
EXTRACTS
RoBERr FLouR NoY, elo being dplv f,or, c;.l
that at the lat felton, of the legature before the ,
he made an acquaintance with jpre Peffsg thar ,be
taid jn9ge PsraEOa contemplated and made proDofas
to the Legislature purchafe part of the vacant FOR
ritory that he then offered the deponen- flare pro
sidsd the buiineis iuccesded; that being the ca
the deporent attended at the lat {, ion vybeo 49,
fu5jed came OF the carpet agan,--That then W;,y,
Jongilreet called the deponent one nnor,,;nu =,
his lodgings and Informed ham, that he TIE depone,t
YVES let down for aIaF. OF rs 600 acrea in the Geor
gia company; that the deponeut was informed ina, h
was let down by the iragfrcs aE Cl1 Cggz-tha do
ppient uther aHh, that the meetings of the Georg;s
Miiiiiipri company held the deponent', quar-
tiers; that he prefen at fome of their r,,ee,in
and during the Paiage OF the a for the dipoi of rho
weisorn lands he thinks, general Gum fent for te de-
poneiu, and aiked him if he wa. Intimate yyirb J.nr
Mitchell eiquire fnato, from the county of War
rem. The depooent aHfSere6 he WIS Cen Curn
then requeled the Opponent to go to him, the fa;d
Mitchell, and P,ea9r 10 lin 10 tair a Rg,r oC75Oo0
acres OF the lands tie fame terms of the other 6,,
t5grJ, and az the fame time 10 urge hint TO q,.te 6
telling Re laH6he laid Gum mentioned that e,st;
Rains had harc of Sc 700 acres or there abous who
5yotbey-i1-ilzc to Mr. HliiebcH, but thar Mr.
Mitchell ihould have Pare exeiaG.e of that. Tn.
deponent did make iuch propoGa which MIR
Mitchell rsttfd The depoYent further faith thar The
fId general Gum requsited him atioule t;nedurino,
that fellon end before the bill for telling the land was
paiIed to goto Roberts Thomas member of tbe for
ate from Hancock county, and know il he was oayee
in the bufne(s, for that he fearful he did NOT IN;
tend to be Dasnn far Le 7DyS a2iS fie Jijyove ,o,
ffc5feeei, words orthlt nature that the depopent
did cali on Mr.. Thomas for that purpofe, who told
him that he meant to i,s mif5,m The deponent IF.
ter the rifng Of the Legislature, faw the iaid Thonas
30 the frees Of Augufa, when the l4d Thomas made
this oervation -. Tbey 6fc ne far EbeesL1fiaa so7p
zeW Iee0ifei Fooysoy ,ou hgoc bese loseyL7f;g ell
Jovy NE, ant I-0W mof- geosy IN f4ro war, liam
v'0 baDs ,0a2s IN yor, 4obeeG f." The deponent re-
pred, beieve you have made more in two months,
or Its tirue.
(ssned) r. FIoURNoY.