Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-07-13
ROY nE AYR ora.
THE YAzoo SPECULATION.
No. ".
C0NTiNuRD.

- 'S vi .he iouian Title To the domi.
mum yerum, or sovereignty of the soil
and we have given a view of the yariou,
Claims which lie against the whole and
various parts OF the Mississippi territory,
under the received laws Of na,ions and m.
PROVISIONS of treaties which we have no
4 right TO disturb, nor consistent with nuh.
TIC iaIth to question. For example aitbo,
our principles of government aud policy
are repnsnant TO that of European nations
abd though IN aets originating win ON,
government, and depending upon its yo
iition, we should not countenance the ,,snr
patton OF the lands ofthe aborigines We,
as other nations have done it, and befor,
! our national existence, and as we coule
neither prevent, nor would they undo,
their usages relinquish what they conceiv,
TO be just rights, but which we conceive
TO pc unjust; in order TO promote peace
and good understanding, and as the leas, q,
tive evils, we have been induced accori;no
TO the received law of nations. 10 acc.n,
their construction so far ais concerned
,hemselvesan and those deriving from them
yet when Obligations due to parties IN
whom we are thus bound by treaty have
not been involved, we have pursued the
principles and acted in the liberal and na
nervous spirit OF our own laws and govern.
men. These different modes ofadiastine
princlple 5 TO necessity on one hand s iona,
turAl justice on the ether, arise OUT orire
original nature of our national assoc;a,;o,
1 he adoption OF those adventitions rule
OF action, must cease at a certain period
when white population and the arts Of so.
cial life, shall have either removed III. =.
ooriglnes without the Bounds Of the Uni.
ted States, or Incorporated or lost them
and their descendants in the mass of So
ciety.
Plunged as these states were into ,,.,.
AGAINST Great Britain, and driven bv ne.
gccssity TO become an independent n.,;,,,
the states which accident had or;c;n.l,
founded under the confused and rn.r,,a,
denomination OF colonies, afforded no re.
neral or common standard by which the
extent or The rights Of one colony were n
be REQUESTED in relation TO another. al
was desuliory; and it was no, until s6e,
obtaining 2 triumph as a people and indr
pend as a nation, that The iaconqrui
iy otihe colonial system was loond IN =
dapted lt not inconsistent with the nrinc;
pie oil social concord and the union 9TH.
states- 4 o effSct Totally new oroan;z.a.
hob Of The states, was found imprasica.
Die, And here arose a necessi,5 - Tbs
which rendered il expedient for The con.
isdera',on to submit 10 the lesser evil.
me hanits and attachments of the oripj
nal colonies to their several Institutions
and the want of resemblance between any
Two, liked the original colonies unde, their
hrs' names as states, and rendered any
new distribution or enlargement OF Terri.
tory impraeticabIe.
The eastern colonies were cornr,r.,;vs..
ly small--the southern admitted of claims
TO vast regions, and these were sarA;on.
cd by absurd charters granted by British
monarchs, which the cupidity even of
some OF those who supported American
independence would not abandon. Tbe
confederation found it necessary tn Jeay,
to time and necessity The development 81
a pohcy more congenial with the harmo.
ny and security OF the union. Exber;.
ence soon Taught many of the new STATE.
the necessity of circumscribino iheir h;
mits, and Virginia, North and south O.
roiina, by liberal laws contacted IN
bounds oil territories, and in Iibera sp;rt
lrelinquished lands which under yarions ..
thorities ancient and modern thew he
}claimed--Bentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee
have since risen as states out of these &c,
SONS; which were made in virtue of n,
concurrent eufioyify and agreement Of III
legislatures Of the stafes and ofthe Unite
States. The discussion which arose S
early as the year 1882 concerning Croe
hans title to the Indian part of the pre-
sent state Of Ohio, very easily eyinced Ill
necessity OF establishing some known prin
ciples By which the sovereignty oflhe ne,
nation shotid be recogDized, and known 4
over the territory which il was destine,
occupy and the following resolution o
congressin 1882 will show what those prin
lcipIes were understood to be.
Resolved, that if the said lands are f
naIly coded or adjudged TO the. u. s. il
point of jurisdiction, that congress wi
: confirm TO such Of the said purchas
who are, * shall be citizens or The Unite
STATES, or either OF them, their respect
i've shares and proportions Of said land
, making a reasonable deduction Of ou