Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-01
CONG ESS
OF THE
UNITED sf1TEs.
HOUSE OF REPRRs ENTATlvEs.
TUEsDAYNssaary2 %.
Debate on the Georgia CLAIMS. q
continued. }

SuppO3cu, lTOIh Tic CouioS "utSh e"io ~
siness has taken, tina. the adversaries Of the
present measure indulge the expectation OF
bling able to come forward, at a failure
day; not to this House, for that hope is des.
perate, but to- the public, with more ma.
tured opposition than 1t is in their pow
er now to make. Butpast experience has
shewn them that this is one OF those
subjects which pollution has sanctihed 4;
that the hallowed mysteries of corruption
are not to be profaned by he eye of public
curiosity. No, sir the orgies Of Yazoo
speculation are not to be lad open to the
vulgar gaze. None but tn. initiated are
permitted to beheld the monsrous sacrifice
of the best interests Of the naion on the al
tars of corruption. When this abomnati-
on is to be- prac,ised we go mo conclave.
DO we apply to the press hat potent
engine the dread of tyran!s aid of Wilt
ans, but the shield OF freedom and o:
worth no, sir, the press is gagged
On this subject we have svirtual sed't'
on law not with speciohs title, but j.
resistible in its operation, which, in tie
language of a gentleman from Connect
cut (Mr. Griswold) goes directly to ne
oLJset. The demon of speculation at ne
sweep has wrested from the nation tel7
bsst; their only defence and closed I'VE.
ry avenue of information. But diy OF
retribution may yet come If their nights
are to be battered away and thur pro.
perry squandered, the people mist not
they shall not be kept in ignorance ny
whom, or for whom it is done.
We have often heard of party flrlt, OF
caucuses as they are termed, to settle ieSIs-
lativs questions - but never hau l seen
that spirit SO visible asat this tine he
out-oi.door intrigue is too pa!lable TO be
disguised. When it was proposed 70 sbo-
lish judiciary system reared ia the last
moments of an expiring administration,
the detected offspring OF a midnight hour,
when the question of repea! was bofofe
this House, it could not be taken until
midnight, in the third or fourth week OF
the discussion. When the great and good
NAN who now fills, and who whatever
NAV be the wishes OF eur opponents. hope
and trust will long eli the executive chair.
nos less to his own honor than to the hap
piness of his fellow citizens: whenae, SIR,
recommended the repeat of the internal
taxes, DELAY succeeded delay, and discus.
sion was followed by discussion, until pa
,ience itself was worn threadbare. but
now when public plumber is the oder OF
the day, how are we ereated' Driven into
the committee of the whole, and out a.
Gain, in breath, by an inAexible majority,
exuiting and stubborn In ia ir srInsth, a
decision must sc had, ins!anter. The ad
vocate for the proposed measure tecis that
it will not bear a scrutiny. Hence his pre-
cipitancy. They vince from the touch OF
examination and are willing to hurry thro'
painful and Gisgraceful discussion. but
1t nav be asked why this tenacious a,'her-
eace of certain gentlemen to each other Oh
every point connected with -hls subject
As i! animated by one spirit, they psftoT'a
! all their evoiutions with the most exac'
discipline, and march 10 firm; phalaax 4:
rect,v up 20 their object. Is 1t that mer
combined to effect some evil purpose, ac'
ling on previous pledge to each other, arr
ever more in unison than those who Sc x
Jog only to discover truth. obey The impi!s
of taat conscience which God has place
! in their bosoms. Such men do no, stsn'
compromised. They will not stiae the sus
eestions of their own minds, and sacrihc
their private opinions TO the, ATTAINMENT O
some con mon, perhaps some nei.rloa
object.
Having given vent to that eifusion of in
disnation which feel, and which [ trus
/ shall never fail to feel and to express o.
this de,essable subject, permit me now e
offer some crude and hasty remarks on tn
point In dispute. They will be directed
chiefly to the claim of The New-Englan'
! Mississippi land company, waom We pro
pose to debar with all the other claimant
under the act Of 1875 from any benefit @
the Eve millions Of acres, reserved by on
compact with Georgia, to satisfy cue
claims not special, provided for in tina
compact, as We misas hnd worthy OF re