Portland gazette., 1805-06-11
From the Vermont Herald.
= Mr. ELLIOT to Bis Con5fifaertj.
LETTER vfr


the following words.
Rs''fUfd, Thar the fate Of Georgia were at
| no time inveAed with the power Of alternating
thc right OF foil poIsd by the good peapc Of
| that itate in and 70 the vacant territory OF the
lame, bat in 2 rigafull mAnn1r and for the
senerl good. <
Tins is not Objectionable as an ablhaa
ProPoiition hht il needs the addition
ptoPof-d by Mr Lyon, viz. q of which
iuch legiilatares (the ieeilatures of Ceor.
gia3 are the contt;tutional Judges. - They,
and not Congrels, are the conniuuional
Judges of the szsent OF their own power.
SStS"d rsfSla'iao--That when the goy1rnots
OF any peoplc ihall have betrayed the trua re-
Foted in them, and ihall have exercifcd thst
| authority with which they have been inyeRed
ior the welfare 70 promote their own private
| ends, under the bsfeii motives, andto the pub
nc detsiment, il is the inalienabls right Of peo
| pie thus crcumitanced, TO revoke the authority.
thus aJuled, and rrfume the rights thus attempt
ed to be bsrtered, and to atrogat1 tbs ACT thus
endeavonrng to bctray thsn. "t.
II was proPoied by Mr. Lyon TO amend
this relolution in iuch manner as that
It ihould not jufifya a violation of public
iaith, and every hone(t man ought TO be
oppoied to it without fuch republication.
Third ,eftnes A-.Ir is IN evidence to this
houie that the a6f Pailtd on the 7th ofJahuary
| 1926, entitled, &c. was paGed by perions IN
| der the influence Of grofs and palp pable corrup-
tionf pra6tiisd by the grantees Of lhe lands at
tempted TO BE aIenatcd by the aforefaid act,
| tending to enrich anu aggrandize to degree
almolt incaiculabie, a few individuals, and ru-
inous to the public interch
CongrelS nave no power 50 receice ey-
ldence OF the corruption Of ltate legic
ature, or to act either as acrul5rs or iud-
ges in fuch cafe,
foarfh rs5l"tisn. That the good people of
Georgia i..'Prefed with general ii dignation, at
this att.of atrocious perhdy and unparalleled
corruption, with prompiiIde Of deciion high.
lw honorable to them, did, by the act Of fub.
icquent leginature paid Oh the r3th day Of
February 1876, under circumstances Of pecul-
lar ioemnity, and finally lan0ioned by the peo-
piewho have lubirquently engrafred il on theif
conltlturion, declare the presiding at and the
grants made under il in themfcives nuu and
void that the fad ad fhould be exDt,nqzd
from the records Of the fate and publicly burnt
which was accordingly done proyifon, at th:
iamc time being made. for rehoring the pre-
tended Purchate money to the grantees. by
whom, or By Perions claiming under them, the
greater part OF Ihe faid parchafs moncv has
been Withdrawn from the trealury Of Ceor-
gia-
Congrefs have no power 10 iunify the
legilatpre OF 1895, than they have to
condemn that Of 7os.
Fifth rsalsfior That . fsb(equent legislature
Of All indiyidpsl fate has an undoub;ed right to
repeal any a6t Of preceding leglfature, pro-
vided fuch repeal be not forbidden By Tie con
csnttitution OF fuch fate, or Of the United
States.
A lucceeding lcqiElature has no power
10 repeal law Of preceding one, BY
which the public faith w4s -.tged, al
though the conaiiutioh may be Glent on
the lubie6.
Sixth re5Is'iod.-- That The afdreraid aa of
me itatc Of Georgia fjhs refcindiug aa) was
forbidden neithcr by the c9nititutinn Of that
that fiate, nor by tha; of lka United State,
his congteE has no iight TO fay and
It they do fay il, it amounts to poihing.
SfVsntb yr50lati.n.-rhat the claims Of per
ions, derived snder the aforefaid at The COR
rnPt at} Of the 7th Of January, I7o5, are re-
cognzed, either by any compact between the
Unted, States and the fate Of Georgia, nor by
any aa Of the federal governments.
ms is not tue in fact, upon candid
contribution OF the inirumedts alluded 10
AMI a view Of all the circumstances of The
CAFE. Al leait it,aPpsars 20 to me 70 the
honorable mover Of the reioluticns il ap-
pears diffarently