Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-09

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chased plantation, and that I knew well
both the plantation and the vsnder, would
not offer by any means to purchase tina,
very same plantation from the original
.yender, unless waswell convinced tina,
the former conve vance was a mere nnlhty
and then should l purchase it, my honor
and reputation would forbid me TO com.
promise with the pr etended vender con-
tending against me, lest It should be t4e't
that had purchased what knew my vend :
had legally conveyed before; lessilt should
be thought that l had made that purchase
with the view of reserving . part' Of the be.
ne6ts Of the bargain of another; this be.
ing the :rue case which the United States
are placed in, on the present occasion the
regard which owe to their high digni.
ty and interest does not permit me to
give my consent to compromises.
Mr.. Speaker, the agents of the New.
England Mississippi company, have at
tempted TO prove in their v,ndicasion,
page, 3oth, that the sales of extensive
tracts OF vacant territory are not inja-
rious to the Interests of a nation; they
have said that the state of New York
hath been settled under the patronage of
land holders; they have said that Virgi.
mia, Massachusetts, New York, Penn
sylvsnia, and Connecticut, are distinG nish-
ed for the extent of their grants. do
not pretend to say, thst these states have
escaped the calamity Of land speculation;
that will say however that those OF them
wherein land speculation did prevail the
least, are the most Furnishing. Gan it
be said indeed that it is through themeans
of land speculation that thsse states have
attained the advantages which they now
enjoy; their Aourishing condition orores
certainly the unconqueraale spirit efiadu~-
try and enterprise Of their inhabitants,
it proves that Notwithstanding the shae-
kl.s of land monopoly and hard bargains
which was lying in the way Of the yeo-
marry OF these states, they have been a.
bic to reach by hard and perseverins toll,
the comforts of life and independence.
Who did clear their land, and improve
thei, farms but themselves who paid the
price of the purchase of their land, bat
themselves, was it necessary for their
prosperity and that of their cuuntry, that
they should pay eight or ten times more
for the price of their land, than they
would, if monopolisers had not stepped
between them and the government of their
country? The same agents observe also,
page soth that in Pennsylvania, . com.
plete system existed which to be sure ha h
produced embarrassments equally PERM,
cious and distressing to the settler and the
land holder" Isuppose that the agents
allude to the sale of the unapproEYia ed
lands of the commonwealth of Penn,ylva.
MA under the act Of April, 1892, situate
north and north west Of the rivers Ohio,
&c. however, l begleare to saw that they
are mistaken in giving the system az the
cause OF the ADVERTISEMENTS, the system
" sn, more complex. han what was abso.
la,ely necessary T. provide fer The accom-.
mediation Of two classes Of persons, to wit,
those to whom it was more convenient to
pay money in the first place and labor after,
and those tina, couldibe ter afford labor at.
first and money after; all those had their
respective mode ofcontcm latiug and COM
pleatiHg their titles devised, the conse-
quence resulting from their neglect to per
torn certain conditions werer amply pro-
vided for; aPartision saificient.o prevent
the rights Of such persons as the law con-
templated, from interfering or clashiug
had been erected. But this partition was
partly thrown down by the irresistible force
OF diversland companies, combined toge-
Their. shall not relate a. this m men, Z e
VACATIONS and suffering which tie indus
tr'ous and iuofensive actaai settlers of
Pennsylvania have borne and are daily ex.
periencing from several land companies,
| shall only say that the wolve. have made
dreadful havoc amoagthe lambs.
Again, Sir. Ieannot believe that il is
good policy to give away an immense pro-
perry, nay, ! believe it to be mos1 DANCE.
rous to give it to few families. the idea
Of grantees of large tracts Of land, brings
always TO my recollection multiplicity Of
other persons without lands, and vi,bou,