Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-06
From tie Ysymoat YournaA.
MR. ELLIOT,
10 HIS CONSTITUENTS.
LETTER VII.

The first of Mr.. Randolph's resolutions
Prospecting the Georgia claims is in tIefol.-
lowing words.
Resel2ed, Thatthe state Of Georgnwere
at no time invested with the power of air
enating the right of the soA possessed by
Iths good people of that state in and5to
the vacant territory Of the sane,-but IN
a rightful manner, and for the general
good.
This is TOT Objectionable as an distract
proposition: bat it needs The addition pro-
posed by Mr.. Lyon, viz.--.sot which SUCH
Legislature (the state legislature of Georgla)
are the constitutional ridges they and
not congress are the constitutional Judges
of the extent Of their W powers.
Second Pesalution.-That when the So.
%vernors of any people shall have betrayed
the confidence reposed in them, and shall
have. exercised that authority with wilichN
they have been, invested for the general
welfare TO promote their owa private ends,
under the best motives. and to the Pablo
detriment, it i, the inalienable right ef a
people, thus circumstance, to revoks the
authority thus abused, to resume the rights
THUS attempted TO be bartered, and to alb
roga,e the act thus endeavoring to betrsy
them.
1t was p roposed by Mr.. Lyon to amend
this resolution in such a manner as ths1 it.
should not iustifya violation of public fath;
and every honest man ought to be opposed
to il without such qualification.
Third ReSohuhon.-That it IS In eyi-
dence to this house that the act of the le-
gislature of Georgia, passedthe seyenthsof
January one thousand seven hundred and
ninety FIVE, entitled, sc. was passed by the
persors under the inHuenc of gross & PAL.
pablo corruption, practised by the grantees
ofthe lands attempsedto be alienatedby the
aforesaid act, tending to- enrich and aggran-
die, TO a degree almost incalculable, a
few individuals and ruinous TO the public
interest.
Congress have no power to receive evi-
dence of the corruption OF a state leglsla-
ture, or TO act either as accusers or Judges
in such case.
Fourth Resofufon-That the good Peo-
pie of Georgia, impressed with a general
indignation at this act of atrocious perhdy,
and unparallelle tt corruption with a promP-
titude ofdeciaion hignly honorable TO them,
did by the act of a subsequent legislature,
passed On. the thirteenth day of February,
one thousand seven hundred ard ninety
six, under circumstances of peculiar So
lemnity, AMI 6nally sanctioned BY the peo-
pie, who have subsequently engrafaed il
on their consultation, declare the prece-
ding act, and grants made under it IN them
selves null and void5 that the said act
should be expunged frem the records OF
the state and publicly burnt which was
accordingly done ;-.proyision, at the
same time being made, for restoring the
pretended psrc1ase money to the grantees,
by whom, orby persons claiming under
them, the greater part Of the said purchase
money has been withdrawn from the trsa.
sury Of Georgia.
Congress have n more power TO justify
the legislature of one thousand seven huns
dred and ninety six, than they have to con.
demn thatot one thousand seven hundred
and ninerT-6ve.
Fah Resolution. THAT 4 subsequent
Legislature of an individual state has an
undoubted right ,orepeat any ac. Of a pre-
ceding legislature, provided such repeal be
forbidden by the constitution of such state
.or Of the II. S.
A succeeding legislature has no power
TO repeal a law of 4 preceding one, hy
which the public faith was pledged, i.
thoughithe constitution may b. silent on the
SUBJECT.
Saith Pesohsion,--That the aforesaid
act CT the state of Georgia, (the rescind-
| ing act) vas forbidden nei,herby the coa-
stitution of thatstate, nor by that CT the u
States.
This congress has n right to say and
! if they do sayit, it amounts { o nothing.
Seventh Resofution.-That the claims of