The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-13

a!un,es a. rqs granted poiitio,s preno1erous, I'M.
iour'e snd unfubls.ntai, iuch pniy As a blinking
nan COULD not well graveiy, but which an arr
nj or IN n;dious might calculate - rbElh w;:h
Tonne proipe3 OF fucceis-We infer from on. fyik.ss
Ja9f, that this CLAY comes from iource which we
honld not have expected fire ii,lyug the pure co.
lumns OF the Enquirer advert 10 the re. o,gA4sk
ire ye in which The 7ra.ss f:cula:ion treated Of
as matter involving qre.tion connected with
republican frineipLesi We had ever coniiercd iytae
as the balls of republics, and could hardly have ex-
pected TO find in the Enquirer any eay emporiiing
with icheme OF punder and iniqnty 70 far
Germs the degn, the execution, the progres to
Elimination, the inmeaiureable and comprehensive
icope OF It's corruption, the Gifregad or national right
OF private reputation, of human life as far rs it was
invo!vsd-in AL theie points equal in iquity to airy
ichene of fraud and oorruption thar has ever dif-
graeed '"c'ety; we know that to coniunln'ate this
plumber the maiority of whole egifature mas been
corrupted-Indian wars have been excited and hui
man blood cruelty fplled, TO facilitate IFS aceoapli-
mentby its baneful influence the votes which rvet-
ted on Us the Britilh treaty obtaned-amd by it
at this moment the glory and the virtue Of he Aneri-
republic is put in danger Of eternal diigrace 1t
is not queition of federam ,uryilm, OF this or
that parry, of this that AMBITIOUS man.-But we
maintain that itis C"effion in which every man who
feels The glow and the glory of repuboaniin, NUT
feel deep and immova(ie ipteref; it is que!tion
with which no man of morally oomprouliie, no
niau who loves virtue above gold can hear Of with
out adherence. We ihall take an opportunity very
ihottly of going into examination of the 7azes
queiten in in which all clalIes Of readers
may comprehend it,"
The Editor of the Enquirer avows hi,nfelf
the author of the Efay =" on Federal Policy ="
- in me convertite Forum,
-. inca fraus omnis.
And for what, has this (ufpicion. this political
anathen'a gone forth + It that tbs, Editor of
the Enquirer has made the nghteN attempt to
conntenance tl1s ftupendousiaeeu To
deny, or to paliiate this moe uJprincipled and
mott unexamPled coirupSkafSf the legifla-
ture of Georgia Isl that he has ATTEMPTED 70
vindicate or to conceal the prohieate audacitv
ofthofe fpeculating harpics, who dared to con-
tanina:e The holy temple Of lesi1aton (? Is it
that he delired to conceal the wes and hvDo
crliy OF thoie adventurous agents, who, hav-
ing eXtorted the patents Of the YaZoo conn
try from the cupidity of legislators and the
trembling fpirit of the Governor, extended
their falss and their fubterfuges to the re-
moteit corners OF the union, enlifting all
into their ferv;ce who were profligate G.
nough to advance their fchcme of rapacitv, and
impohng upon every man who was too honeit
and hnple to fuipect the fraud In this diff
cutting catalogue of bribery, corruption, impe-
netrable intrigue and profound hypocrify, was
there Jingle incident which the Editor of the
Equirer attempted TO deny 10 modify or pal
late! Was it for this, that he has deirrved
the opproorious epthet of ga Wolf in Gbseb's
: cloHtbing"? Had he indeed advocated thefs
damuable herciies, ne would have deferved al,
the centuries, maledictions and curies, which the
, aurora could have pronounced upon him. The
phial of wrath could not have been too full to
rSI
fuch tentiments are not to be attributed TO the
Editor of the EHqnirer. He has never avowed
them; he has rot once entertained them. lie
knows, as well as the Editor Of the Aurora. that
g z,irtae is the (only) bsis of republics;'' and
he knows, that bis virtue wouid be sbut an
empty name" if he could think for moment
of temporiting with (fuch) fcheme of plumber
and nquitv.
Was it that he food forth the champion of
the rights of the Pre/ent claimants Was it that
! he United upon their right to retribution from
the juftice OF Congrefs? Did he even mention
the frauds which they had filtered, the fortune;
which they had loft, the irretrieyable ruin which
lowered over them (; and did he then invoke the
compailion and the charity of Congress No
had this been the quefion, he would have gone
as far in his oppoiition to comp7omife or a do.
nation, as the Editor of the Aurora himfeIf. 8,
even further than fome republicans, whom the
aurora Wouio not dare to iuIpect of &" art
| tnl or in!idious" defgns. 1t is his decided
conviction, that Congress fhouId not give a
Eng!e cent to the prefent Yazoo claimants
Let them feek their indemnity from the
men, Of whom they purchafed their deeds
Mott of thefe fellers have the ability to refund
the purchaie money and there is not court
| OF jultce in the Union, who would not force
them to make retribution. Ii is true, that theft
men when they draughted deeds for the land
had the precaution and the cunning to intro.
duce into their body not general but a fpecia
warrantee but it is equally clear, that H.,
fraud which they employed upon the innocen,
purchafers would NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ever,
obligation, which they would otherwife have
pohefed. The patent irfeif was originally de.
tective, becaufe it was obtained by the roG
corrupt means. No title could have refult.
ed from the deed which embraced it, and each
purchafer was confequently entitled to retribu.
tion from the precedngfeer. But the inftan.
ces and the proofs of fraud were not con-
| fined to the original felers. The whole dra.
ma appears TO have been confident in its pro.
grefs, and fraud was its predominant feature
1t is an indifputable fact that the agents of the
Georgia companies, who traveried the New
England itates in fearch of purchafers, were 2,
firt baffled in their fpeculatiDg proie6 thatthey
bad afterwards the cunning to effect by a deep
! laid policy, what the act of GeOrgi of 'o6 anJ