The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-08
iuaisu,ions. than BY the exhibition Of ,oy IA.
tieable or perfea plan. -'' Pug
F- The word Utopia it derived from two Gr.rt
words: e1: well or happy, aud fefa, place.
ON YAZoO CLAIMS.
PARhcRArnIaT, No,IL

:" ihey nevertheless believe that the irteyef of H.
o. 4" zoe tranquility Of ofe 7c5o s,ry Es,tafer icbaka
re ir,if0,y, and va.riou, equitable confdera,;ors
winch may be urged in favour of mot of the vrefen,
n'ife on Reasonable terms"
| Such is the opinion of the three comm;fro,.
ers or the U. 5: an opinion, which 70 far "a Il
reiPects the two frf reafons, appears q, me r.,
nave no fold foundation. why is the in,ersff
or the U. 5. to require this coinptomife he.
cau'e we preiume, the denial of theft. cI,ir.
once IS not enough to prevent their revival NJ A.
nother time, and the confeQner,t depreciation
or the lands, belonging to the US. This ar
gument appears then to he the 6,ye with ~.
next mat follows II; becaufe the fame chance
OF revving the demand of the prefer. claimants.
which depreciates the land of the u. $. won,d
interrupt "the tranquility of thofe who NAV
hereafter lnhablt the territory" But in zykc.
qVGr IS TINS revival ever to be produced, with 2.
ny PROBABILITY of lecefi9 Two ways for this
purPo'e are apt to occur to the rtGeff;n,
mind: Either the prefent claimants mas, hr;n
Jwf aga'hit Georgia or againlt the II. 6. for
me fuhilment of the contract or bv Ist,;.
tue members Of Tome future Conyrefs me-
marc OF their claims, they may difpo!e them In
an admiifon of a compromiCe
ne hrif mode is Of no avail, becaufe XIV The
Watachuietts amendment of the federal conf.
cu,'o..' henner the general government nor
no doubt would be refortei to, and the f,enr
"nicb IT Is likely to lead to, becomes met
important argument for fubmiting TO a com
prom'ie. 1t is enough that one legislature of
Georgia, has been given up to corruption. It
would be too much, if The fame mitchell Mould
be ai,a'i'ng every future Congrefs, andundermi,.
ing tue very foundations Of public virtue.
But Is this calamity, which admits of mo
rtmedy ? Muft we be driven into 4 comrrou;c.
WIN 1900 Spectators, becaufe the virtue Of
.pe I'eSuIature rs unable toiwithfand the temp
tae'on Inc catattrophe, which is here an
Prehended, rs of itielf diitant and uncertain,
but there is an expedent, which, if we have
the energy to adopt it, will releafe us at once
rom an iuch approximations: 1t will do more
II VIII dehoIth one OF the mott fpecious ar
euments, which have been taken in favor of
when the people Of Georgia difcoyered the
corruption of their allembly, they did not
COMING themfelves to legislative proyi6ons.
but they expressly put it out of the power of
any future afembly TO content to a compro.
'nfe. And how did they dol ? By migrating
u on their Contribution BY taking il out Of
the hands OF the Legislature, and Duttingit into
the hands of the people by rendering il ne
cetary, that the majority of the people them
ieIves thouid br in favour of a, comprcrn;ft.
oecau!e without that majority The amendment
to their contribution mutt for ever remain mn
on 1t. Let Us now boldly demand, why the
lame precaution may not be employed by tHe
people of the Union? Why may it rot be en-
grated on the federal contribution, that no
compromife is ever to be made with Yazoo
Spectators Let the claim be rejected by
Congreis, or by the Preident, and then let
the Legislature of Georgia, come forward with
iuch an amendment to the federal conttutiop
through the medium of her f.nators IN con.
grefs. 1t may be faid indeed that conaitnti
onS are delisned for general and not partial
purpoies for marking out the power of the
government and the power of each OF its de-
partments, and not for deciding fpecial clsi.n
about land. But in anfwer it may be faid.
that there areoextraordinary evils which REQUIRE
extraordinary remedies and the Yazoo Spec
ulation is one of thofe.