The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-10

os matter OF iurpssto that the fame Senate that
ratihed the Britiih treaty by the eating vote of
one o. tue principa' grantees of the ad of 0xor-
gla OF 1875, fhonId refufe to cooperate MN,
the Houfe of Representatives, in meafures for
ooviatlng the mifchiefs Of that atf when you
lee this corruption extending itfelf to two great
departments of government can you wonder at
the bitterness of lis fruit With their leaders in
the Legislature and on the judgement feat, well
might the holt of corruption feel confident in
their 'trength; even yet they have fcarccy laid
Aide their audacity
gentleman from Mailachufetts (Or. EuItis.l
has laid, that the claimants from his Rate had 10
notice OF the fraud, &c that he knows thew lid
NOT cannot have miitaten him, for took
down the words. Sir, would ak thu: ccn;le-
man, whence arifes the provcibial diificu;,, of
proving negative, but from the liiEcglty OF
knowing one?
Dr.. Euais rof- to explain. IF he had faid
that he knc'v the claimants had no; a knowledge
ot TIE fraud, he had faii toe much. Il was i'm
potiibic that any one ihould know all that was
Known or p3fng in the mind or another. With
out recc'lettng the preciG. words uft,', he had
intended TO fate his own belief tha, they had no
iifh knowledge OF informant He was ref.
cent and convertant with thofe concerned in the
traniattioD, " was the iHetf Of general CONVEX
i'''on' and If there hal been any knowledge or
report ct the Bind, he thought it rluft have come,
t. his knowiedee-but he ALTO ,ecoIIe:t,d TO
ave fta'ed AT the time that this circu,nnance
d'd not depend on the Knowledge or opinion o.
any lndivdu'i--As the price paid f,r the land
Precind:d any idea az belief tina; The pnrr!,af-rs
COIL! have hcIlany knowledge of the ra.i,l7
Mr.. Randolph refume,l. The facts which
am about to mention derived from, firci =
iohrce that conid amon J.iedce n,vG.lr ror .hci-
truth: When the agent OF the Seorris nqjffff,.
~ Company (nnder whom the New England
Land Company caiIn) arrived in ne raGern
States, ne had great difGru'ty;a djroofjng ,f his
ooofv. The MINOR al ;he irauu bv which il was
acquired had gone he ore him. peopie did net
ne 10 VET their money in this new MifiGin.i
icheme. He accordingly applied to fone lead
ing men OF wealth and Intelligence, off-rin. -
Tome as high rs 100000 acres, 10 otl.4rs lels for
WHICH they wSrc neitaer to pay money, nor pats
their paper. but were 70 it1nd ON his books as
Pnrchaisrs, at 70 much per acre. Thefs were
'he oecoy birds 20 hrIng the ducks and c~eGe in
TO ne net OF Population. On the faith of thefe
perions, under the idea that men cf .hrir infor-
nation would not riiqne !urh vah f,irns without
'"nle Proipect observation-disclosures reGrlyetl to ven
ture and gar!,ed in this new land fund ,--!ai..
out their money in the Ylzoa .cttery and have
drawn blanks. And theft, fir, are the innocent
purctaiers by whom we are briet nurehairrs
"hithout price, who never paid ihillinC Il d
never can be called upon foronc :-thc vile pan.
ders OF ipecuaton and in what DO their ciupes
ditfer from the l0fers IN any other eanlhliny. or
n'arious tran!aet:on The premium was pro-
port'oned to the rifl.. As well NAV your nuv-
erS and feI'ers OF flock, your bulls and your
pears OF ihe alley require ndemnihcator for
their ioiics at the hands Of the patton There
~ another fact, too little known. bat unqueai-
opaoly true, IN relation to this huinefs This
lcheme OF buying up the weflern territory of
georgia dd not originate there. n was ha. Gu
cd IN Philadelphia and New-York, and helt,ve
Doton--oi this however, am not lJoirtive) lai
the funds with which it was efFecieti were rim
ciPa'iy fnrmihed by moned capitalists in thofe
towns. The direction of ihef.rc.o,rtcs devoiy-
ed chiefly the fcpator who has t,een mention.
ed. Too wary RI commit hn!icif 10 writing he
and his aitociates agreed upon couD!Srfiqp
his reelection to the fenate was to be on6der
cd as evidence that the temper efthe leqifl,ture
OF Georgia was fnited 70 their nurpofr, and his
northern contederates were to take their nea-
lures accordingly. In proof of this faSt, no
ioo"er was the news Of his disappointment an
nonnced at New-York, than i. was publicly faid,
in coffee houfe there, {" then the qve1ern terri
tory IF Georgia is /oki" Does this require a
comment Do You not feethe frong probabiii-
~ thar many OF thofe, who now appear i'm the
character Of purchafers from the original graz.
tees named in the aG of 7e5. are in fact part
ners, perhaps inhigators and prime movers of
trani1ctior IN which their names do not appear?
AN'',''' iuN" NOHiphCdtiOn or gU,lt, how are
you TO discriminate, how fix the Proteus? The
chairman ofthe committee Of cl,ims, who bro't
IN this report, under the lain oe whor. criticirn
we have all 70 often fnarted, that he is General
" known as the pedagogue of the Houfe, will
give me leave on this fubeet to refer him TO an
authority. It's one with which he is no doubt
familiar, and however humbie) well diroofed to
reiPect. The authority which / am about to
cite is Dillworth's Spelling Book, and, ifit will
DC more grateful to the gentleman. not our com
mon American edition, bot the ROYAL Epcli(h
Spelling Book. In one Of the chapters of that
uietn! elementary work it is related, that two
perions going into fhop on b,efeAee Of burrbaE,
one OF them ffole piece Of goods aud handed il
to the other to conceal under his cloak. When
challenged with the theft, he who Role it raid he
had 1t not, and he who had it faid Inc did not
take it. Gentlemen, replied the hoaeR trader-
man, what you fay may be all very true, but, at
the fame time, know that, between YOU, am
robbed And fuch preciiely is our cafe But,
hope, FIR, we fhall no. permit the parties, whe-
ther original grantees who took II, or fuhfeouent
pnrchafers who have it, to make off with the
public property.
The rigor of the committee Of claims has pas-