The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-15
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED STATES.
WEDNEspAY, Tanuarr 81.
DEBATE ON THE GEORGIA CLAIMS.
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Company, winch declares that they were fi,eri
any intendedt to be provided for in the convent
on between the United States and the Fate Of
Georgia and that the act Of Congrefs contains
a correspondent proviion. Upcn this fubietf
my colleague has afierted, that they have &c f,q-
gefted an abfolute, direct, and valuable f1Ifs-
hood: If they were not intended, they a4iert
faiiehood, if they were they do rot; re-
currence TO the articles with Georpia. and to
the act OF Congrefs, will place this filLiett IN.
on ITS proper bats. a,,ti by ,hcm il will apncar
whether they were intended to be fpecialIv pro-
Vided FOR, or not. In the agreement with Csor-
gia 1t is among other things declared, pace &.
OF the meilage from the Prefident the United
States, accompanying the articles of agreement
and ceiilon, which had been entered into he
tween the commilioners Of the United States
and or Georgia, dated on the goth April. 1902.
after the cei6on of territory, as defcribed in II
hrtt article, upon the express co19it;2nf tber-in
itatcd, the firf of which conditions provides
for the payment ofthe purchdfe money. Tine
following additional proviforsare made
" Sec2ndly-That all perions who. on the
twenty-teven'h day of October, one thoufand
even hundred and ninety-ive, were atlua, c-t-
tiers within the TERRITORY thus coded, mall he
confirmed in all the grants legally and fully ex-
ecuted prior to that day, by the former BritiCh
government of Wet Florida, or by the govern
met OF Spain, and in the claims which NAV I've
derived from any actual fnrvsv or fettlement
made under the act Of the fate of Georgia,
entitled " An act for LAYING out dirrit4 of lind
ltuate on the river Miflifippi, and within the
bounds OfthiS Rate, into county, 70 he called
Bourbon" pafied the feventh dav of February.
one thoufand teven hundred and eightv-Gve.
"IbrHLy-Tha all the lands coded bv this
agreementto the United States, fhsll after e.
usfying the aforementioned Daymrnt Of one
million two hundred and fifty thoufand dol
lars to the fate Of Georgia, and the grants re-
cogniZed by the preceding condition he conf
dered as a common fund for the uCe and herr
TT of the United States, Georgia included. srd
HAIL be faithfully difpofed Of for that purDofi..
and for no other ufe or purpole whatever: Pro-
Tfded, however, that the United States, for the
per1od ana until the end of one year after the
aiient of Georgia 20 the boundary e(lahln,ed bv
this agreement fhall have been declared NAV
IN 'uch manner az not to interfere with the
aforementioned payment to the fate of Geor-
gta' nor with the grantsherein before recogni-
leo, aL'poje OF or appropriate a portion of the
faid lands, not exceedingly millions of acres.
or the proceeds of the fat five millions of acres
or OF any par thereof, fr the purDofe of fltis-
lying, quetlng, or comTprf4ting for any claims
other than thofe herein b,fore recognized, which
may be made TO the fail lands. or to any part
thereof. 1t being fnllylunderftood. that if an
act OF Consrets making fIch difpoftion or ar
preparation ihaIl not be bafffd into I law within
the aforementioned period of one wear. the
United States fhalI not he at liberty Thereafter
TO cede any part of the frd lands on account
or claims which may he hid 10 the fame. other
than thoie recognized by ne preceding conditi-
on, nor 10 compenflte Tor the fame and in
CAFE OF any tuch ceflion or Compenfltion the
Preient ceiiIon OF GeOria TO the right of foil
over the lands thus cedei or compensated for,
mall be contidered as uVll and void, and thr
lands thus coded or compensated for, 0lall re-
vert TO the fate of Georsia."
Here, Sir, is fpecial provfon t" for the an
preparation of tract" not exceeding five mil
hons OF acres, for the purpofe of fatisfying,
luet'ng' or compeniating for any claims, other
than thoie therein before recognized, which
mor he made TO the faid lands, or anv Dart
thereof" Nothing can be more clear and bet-
ter fettled, than that the claims Of 1880. and
1905 and ESPECIALLY ofl795, were fbeeiaIYy
intended blythe articles ofceilion. IF. however.
we could doubt as to the meaning of the arti
Giles themielves, 1t would be entirely difIiDated
on reference to the report of the commj(Tion-
ers III page IS, Of the fame mefiape-fneal-;no
OF the PROPORTIONS Of the claimants under the
act OF 1875, which they deem nadmifible and
~ their title. which they fay, cannot be fun
pOISl, hey add,
" But they, nevertheless, believe that the in
terett Of the United States, the Tranquility OF
thofe who may hereafter inhabit that TERRITORY.
and various equitable considerations. which
may be urged in favor of moR Of the prefent
claimants, render If expedient to enter into =
compromie on reafonahle terms.
Under that imprellion, a plan is refpeA
fully fubmitted 70 the confederation of Copgrrfs.
which although it docs NOT give full ndemni-
ty to every claimant, is believed, from fuch in
formation as has been received, 10 give, in the
aggregate, nearly As much as has been paid in
the whole, by all the prefent claimants.
" rs II is WderRood and psnSraHg ogreed
fb0f TIE f7'e millions of aere5 reJerzed by tie u.
greemenf zviib Georgic, co1Rifnfe the f17d from
10bicb the indemnity is To he bod it is Of primary
Importance, IN order to guard againA any de.
probation, that the nominal fun in money
which may be offered as an indemnity, fhouit
not exceed what the fund may be thought am.
ply futfcient to diicharge. The probable A.
mount Of the annual fles. and the price af1ixef
to the lard by CoDgrefs, furniil the only dat;
by which that fun can be determined. TIL,
| commiiioners have fuppofed that the fales coulc
not reaionably be etmated to Weld more thar
| three or four hundred thoufand dollars ANIMAL
! ~; and although it has been prefumed that II
opening land office, the price Of the land will
~ prcient, be fixed at two do lars per acre
they have believed that it would be Improve