The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-05

grefs, what 7 could not do as an individual
without bluihing :; contracts in my opinion can
not be divided by ounces and penny weights.
The titles ofthecompanes claiming under tine
'et of Georgia 1875 are good or bad, if they
are good, Consrei5 ought not to icrew ont of
Tx, hands Of theIe companies, the feven eighths
OF their well gotten property; if their titles are
bad, Congrels ought not to iufter them 20 have
an eighth part of the public property.
Suppohng that my neighbour had purchafeCl
plantation, aui that l knew well, both the
plantation and the vender, would rot by any
means offer to purehsfe that very fame pianta-
.ion rom the original vender, unleiS was well
convinced that the former conveyance was a
mere nudity, and then lould purchafe Il my
| homo, and reputation would forbid me 20 COM
pronfe with the pretended yender couterding
asain't ne, len il ihould be thought that had
pnrchaied that knew mr. veader had legally
conveyed before lef il fi,ould be thought that
had ma de that purchafe with the view of re-
ierving part of the benefits OF the bargain Of
anothes this being the true cafe which the U
nted States are placed in, on the preient occa-
hon, the regard which owe to their high dig
nty ana 'ntereit does not permit me 20 1--WE
my content 20 compromfe
Mr.. Speaker, the agents of the New-Enr-
land Miitilh0pi company, have attempted 70
prove IN their vindication, page sosb, shat the
tales OF exteniive traSts OF vacant territory are
not Injurious 10 the interets of \ nation they
have faid that the fate Of New York hath ben
| fettied under the patronage of land holders ::
they have faid that Virginia, MaFachuf;tts
.New-York, Pennfylvania, and Connecticut.
are dIitinguihed for the extent of their grants.
do not pretend to fay, that thefe ftates have
eicape.i The calamity Of land Ejaculation that
| 1 wi fay, however, that thofe ofthem, wherein
land Ejaculation did prevail the Leaf, are t,,e
moit fiouriinng. Can il be flid indeed that II
IS through the means of land Ejaculation that
theie itates have attained the ADVANTAGES which
they now enjoy their flou-iihinr condition
proves certainly the uncouquerable fpirit of in
| cutlery ana enterprize of their inhabitants. il
Provesthat notwithstanding the fhackles of land
| monopoly and hard bargains which was lvinp
! IN the way otthe yeoriaTry of thefa nates, thew
nave been able 70 reach by hard and perfever-
l12 toll, the comforts ofiife and indenerdence
| Who did clear their land, and irnDrovo +Le;,.
farms but themtelves who paid the price of
the purchaieof tleirland, but then,f.ives was
1t necetary for their PROPERTY and that Of their
country, that they fhould pay eight or ten
times more for the price oftheir land, than they
would, if monopolifers had not ftenDed be-
tween them and TIE government of their com.
try I! The fame agents obferve alto. pare sofh
that " IN Pennsylvania, a comnlete ryfrn ex-
i'ted winch TO be lure hath produced en1bar-
raiinlents equally pernicious and dillc-fTing "a
the 1Stt!er and the land bolder"-T fuppoG.
thas tne agents al!ude TO the C.!- Of he una0-
proHrated lands Of the commonwealth ~
PenntYvania, under the a6l of April I-9e. &.
tuate north and north wef of thc rivers Ohio.
&c: however, beg leave to far that thew are
nntaken IN giving the fyftem rs the caufe the
compartments, the fyffem was no more
complex than what was Absolutely recenarv TO
PROVIDE Tor the accommodation of two clafTes
OF perions, 10 wit, thofe TO whom If was more
convenient to give money in the fri place and
labor after, and thofe that could better afford
isoor at firft and money after each clafs had
tner respective mode of commencing and COM
pleatng their titles clearly devifed. the conGe-
quence refulting from their neglect TO perform
certain conditions were amply provided for 2
partition fuftcient to prevent the rights OF finch
per'ons as the law contemplated, from interior
ing or Claiming had been erected. But this par
titlon hath been partly thrown down bv the ir-
reiiitble force of divers land companies. comb-
ned together. / fhaIl not relate at this moment
the veXations and iufferngs which the induftr-
Gus and lnoheniive actual fet:lers of PennfyIya-
MA have borne and are daily experiencing from
leverai land companies, il'all only fay that the
wolves have made dreadful havoc among the
lambs. -''N
| Again, Sir, I cannot believe that i g -,,,,,
Fe!;Sy 70 give away an immenfe property, nav
believe it to be moG dangerous to give it to
few families; the idea of grantees of large
tracts of land, brings always to my recollection
multiplicity of other perfons without lands.
OF independence. When look at a cattle in
Europe, directly think of the degraded and
wretched tenantry toiling hard to fatisfy the
inxnnes OF the proud idty who lives in it.
The extreme of wealth and poverty, r,oflv
operates two evils. and thefe evils become fiiI
greater in Republic, than any where el1e-
was it not for the landed property being held
by few in Ireland, and were no. the three
fourthS ofthe people of that country, tenants
at will their well known energy and fpirit,
wonld have enabled them long ago to eject
revolution, and ameliorate their fate.
To be continued.
70 N0MRESLDEN7S OF KENTUCKT.