The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-19
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the committee printed in tire Journals, which
few read II was MOI pub,;:ed in tx, laws which
are more generally read and publ;H,ed in the
papers, 1t might have been difcerrcd that Con-
sro'S had icme dcfgn CT acquiring the fovereign-
| ~ of lone Part q that territory, yct no man
| gould inter that there was any intention TO ina
Scriere with The leqa appropriations Of tie foil,
or 10 what eS.Cnt the United States would claim
or Acquire the territory. Therefore il was iui-
'lhab.e to o0no!dc, that no public notice was
| given Ci any direct claim of the United States
either 10 the tol or foycrciguty Of Georgia. Is
| 1t well known that the newspapers &C Gcoryia
circulate very little i'm the middle or eafern
Rates. Though he read nrwipaptrs more than
many oilers, lie did not recollect ever 10 have
teen Georgia paper hut with fume OF the meli.-
hers from that Fate, with whom he hen ioslced
but though they and himfclt difaopro,ed q flch
an enormous iale OF land, he heard ma facts dattd
of fraud or corruption he had hlayd indeed
that '-ver@l Of the members had been Il, pur-
chaters, hui chat lad been the cafe in p.nrrylya-
ma and otter itates Of which IL dif0 difaDrlov-
cd, bu, could nol prevent.
NJ. /. laid while The cafe was f. ftua.et
the New-Lng.and purchafe;s or long legged
ipecu'atorS, did not rs his colleague Or. La
cas- had iad, 20 to Georgia, but the iupg L.
ged contractors or pecuiaturs NJ Georgia. went
above thouiand miles to l!aaachui,t,s, IN
cid thick tetled country, the citizens OF .r' ch
needed land for their families, "a country which
annually fcut forth numerous eui,rauts an ~
neia!ly purcE"fed in large quantities and fe.ted
IN large bodies together) ard fold thc aUd at
ieven or eight times the Gricinal price hr mich
they gain5d hear lO0O,GCO dollars advance.
Trey Weit with TIE pltens from the fate az
Georgia, and The law, and probably the ccrGi-
tEt'on ct that Gate, j. their hands; this aiu.
was iGttcltnt to encourage purchat~rs among 4
people who needed land bit this was net al.
The rc!pectabi.ity cftte ChdraGters oftht It.
tiers was fuch would reafonably induce an c.
Pinion, that they could rot then'eives I've d.
ceivec, and would not deceive others. Amorg
thett were very rotpt Gtahie Judge of tie ia
prone court of the United States, who had
been member ofthe Old Conqrefs from a'u.oh
It's commencement till its GifClut o., Tor as
long period as the Nat. contribution won 4
permit, and lad been an efficient y emil ,r Ct
the convention which reNared & ( contribution
OF tie DATED State', ard icvera tate cCivtU-
tons, and gentleman WHO was ter, ard OH y
before and -iier that ti:ne it0at.r OF the Uni
ted States, ard marv other very reir cable
characters. Whom, however J. = Acknowledge
cd had by that act, forfeited tie character tlry
had formerly enjoyed, and We; 4 ,auga TO tel,
neither before u,r after he anIutiilg atl, lie
could not cali It a law, ior no i,i,h law q, aid
he made under the contribution of The United
States. / he tae was anuui>c, f,.t AZ, itG-s
fad to have been corrupted, rot the icderal
judge was ;mpeach-d, nor any 9th, members
ct whom i was tehiied that they Rad received
brides, or were Garers in tie fpoi were iaditt-
ed, but tiil enjoy the confidence rs much as
they cihcr"ie would have done, Of that Fate.
Not one az them were removed from Of CO. or
~ any Official manner couhsaed to iutauV. nv
The courts of that respectable fate, Or 10y IN
pcacilraent
The lands fo'd at BoGcn were yet in pofcfi-
on OF the Indian tribes, ana the Ipcian y nv hot
lately e%t'neuiihed, while at the E3r,c tin.ttie
lands IN Pennsylvania were fold, the FRI rate
At one ihilhne and fxperCe, tie repu;ef fc,tud
rate, Tut in fISt equal if not hyperion H. qreI-
ty and itua;ion, at one ihnF the acne, aui
what remained uafod in t. e old f-tlcuers,
at hXpence, and in Nrw-Y0tk, fin cisar g.
the acre, while the Georgia putcEai- WITT ai
rs di@dvan,aGes is fated and admitttI 20 fave
been fold rough ard fncoth, good and 90,
and OF which 4 large proporiioni is aloVcd fo lie
bad, at melting above ficcu percc m ac,e
on the amount r.ierveC. Criaig.y fact = { e.
cnlaiion If II was ore, was fIch a. hc would
not have had any flare in, and therefore no
proof Of ,he fupelior GINNING arcriLedto tI,m
by his colleague ard others.
Mr.. T. taid that 70 FIR the lareaiA and fae
were fair aid legal, Whether it was GOOD bar
gain or a bad one was the lcck on @. :fe par
chaflrs, il it was q bad orc gog,rumcr. would
have given them no relief Had uo.ai.y e.f~l-
ordinary or out Of the CommOu reed tatcn
place, he Eeheveo the attention OF Con refs
would never have been called 10 H.. fl'istt.
Soon, however, after This contract was mad,
the lecillature &C Georgia declared q G couiiatt
and the LAYS under which ii was made, to be
void or annued and in fiort time after a
ofthat r,fPedable fatc d.naprov-
cd of the cnnd'tl'ions az Of the le.,l Gurc
but as long as " pay refD,G TO constitutional
obligations and tie ddribuion Of Tie powers
OF government, and as long as we refpeG fhe
federal contribution which expressly aner;s
that no export faSto law or laws importing the
CT CONTRACTS Gal, be made, We mnh
agree that one l,Giou ola legislature cannot an
rul the contract made by lie preceding ii3n.
If that could le done The patent for his own
plantation might alfo be fet aide, for he &C.
il is worth more now than the
price he paid Tor it. This doctrine had never
been entertained even in the revolutionary PEE
rod. 1t thai iolSmn period all contracts were
protected.
MIR. Findley flid TIA: be cteerfully aclnow-
legged that The amount Of land fold urLcrthc law
of Georgia, Of 1876, was 60 enormous as that
if that Hate had been 4 frparate and wholly
government, would have unified
in fonIe degree IN aer7rian law, a;id u 'fe fraud