Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-11

!. - "seru ctdeS- iCI SIX years tnereAltcf
il's equally true, MIR. Speaker, that tn.
notorious British treaty was ratified by tha
focnator's casting vote, And as the va,
zoo speculation then carried thro' the Bri.
tish treaty, now il. seems, the adherents
I OF that treaty are to drag the Yazoo, .spe.
cuiat,on out OF the mire. The conneS eion
oil the>two questions al that day is too no.
torlouo To be denied. That very senator,
We're he now here, would disdain 10 DENY
th With alIhistaulsx, he was man OF some
noble quaiities., Hypocrisy, at least, syas
not IN the catalogue of his vices. The
coupling. together fthe British treatysetks
fazoo business, cannot surely be unknown
( TO the gentleman from Pennsylvauia. He
was member Of the House OF pepresen-
tatives which voted the appropriation FOR
carrying that treaty into effect, and is un-
ders,ood to have acted conspicuous part
on the OCCASION. Can itbe matter of sur.
priseihet the same Senator that ratified The
Britishtrea,y by the casting vote of one OF
the principal grantees Of the acf of G. G oreia
OF i795, should refuse to cooperate with
1.-THE House OF Representatives, in measure,
! Tor obviating the mischiefs Of that aef I
When you see this corruption extending it,
sell 10 two great departments Of govern
ment, can you wonder at the bitterness Of
Its fruitss With theirleaders il, the Irgis-
lature and on the Judgment seat, well
might the host OF corruption feel confident
m their trength even YET they have
scarcely laid aside their audaciy.
A gentleman from Massachusetts (Dr.
Eustis,) has said, tina. the claimants from
ihis state had no nctice osthe fraud, a,hat
he knows they had not'.-I cannot have
mistaken him, for took down the words.
Sir, would ask that gentleman, whence
arises the prpyerbial difficulty of proving a
NEGATIVE, but from the difficulty Of knowing
one !
TOR. Eustis rose to explain. II he had
said that he knew the claimants had no, a
knowledge of the fraud, he had said too
much. rt was imposs;ole that any one
should know all that was known or passing
IN the mind Of another. Without tecol-
ieciins the precise words used, ne had IN
tended to srate his Own belle that thew had
no such knowledge or information. He
/ was resident and conycfsant with thosx
concerned In the transaction. il was the
subject of general conversations, and II
there had been any knowledge or repor, ri
the kind, he thought il mus have come 10
bis knowledge--but he also recolleeicd to
have stated at The time tina, this circum-
stance did not depend on the knowledge
or opinion of any ndividusI--As the price
] pad Tor Tie land precluded any idea or be-
lief that the purchasers could have had a.
ny knowledge of the fraud.]
Mr.. Randolph resumed. The faels
which am about TO mention are derived
from such source that could aIr1os,
pledge myself Tor tbeirtrut When the
agent OF the Georgia Mississippi Compa-
ny (under whom the New England Land
company clainn) arrived in the Eastern
States, he had great difficulty in dsposing
OF bis booty. The rumor of the fraud by
which it was acquired had gone before him.
People did not like to vest their money in
this new Mississippi scheme. lie ac-
cordingiy applied to some leading men of
wealth and intelligence, offering 10 some
as high as 100000 acres, TO Others less,
Tor which they we're neither TO pay mo.
ney, nor pass their paper, but wers 10 stand
on his books as purchasers, at SO much
per acre. These were the deeoy BIRDS 10
bring the ducks and geese into the net of
speculation. On the faith OF these per.
sons, under the idea that men OF their in
formation would not risque such vast sums
without some prospect Of return.-oihers
resolved to venture and gambled in this
new land lund,--laid out their money in
the fazoo lottery and have drawn blanks.
And these, sir, are the innocent purcba-
sers by whom we are besei purchasers
without price, who never paid a shilling
and never can be Gated upon for one
the vile panders Of speculation and ~
what do their dupes differ from the losers
IN any other gambling, or usurious trans
acliop' The premium was proporiioned
10 the risk. As well may your buyers
and sellers Of stock, your bulls and your
bears of the alley require Naturalization
FOR their losses at the hands Of toe nation.
There is another fast, too litne known,
bat unquestiopably true. in relation 10 this
BUSINESS. This scheme Of buyirg up
the western territory Of GEORGIA did not
originate there. Twas hsiched in Ph;Ia-
delphia and New York, (and believe Bos
ioG--ofthis however ! am not positive,
asd the funds with which IL was eli. cfed