Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-07-03
FROM ruE Au.n ORA.
THE YAzoo SPECULATION.

sitlerstion OF tn subject, which we long
since promised, and which from the grow
ing diffusion of lis corruption, demands
The most earnest and decided attention
from the poodle OF the United States. E
very man who is free from The contani
nation ofthis stupendous fraud, and from
the influence of those who are already
contaminated. is bound TO guard himself
against the irsidious and wide spreading
dangers of This formidable enemy.
|! the republican principle is TO en-
dure--ifthe of Representative go
yernm-nt a,e worthy of preservation, the
Ea,ion will o,erwhelm with shame by It's
Indignant voice, The participatdrs. the
hstiors, and the advocates OF this national
disgrace, TIL, audacious and iniquitous
speculation.
lie WHO can look back with temper and
dlsce'nment at the consequences which
fiowsdirom the vsfiou, speculations which
followed the revelation, cannot but be a.
ware al ak the domestic affection and
The national feproaca 10 which they sub
Jectrd the y. States. The owners ofiand
IN i5c oortf-we stern and western parts of
THIS stale. whose property has been kept
along with the commonwealth in ieopar-
dv and anreriointy during period equal
TO The average length of human life, Will
consider whether similar iniq,liiy IL TO be
cornteIanccd elsewhere those who re-
nemberthe shame that followed the sacri-
nee cf the Feyeiniion to the unsuitable ap-
petiie OF specuiatien aud corruption, will
weigh seriously whether new avenues are
TO be opened for the corruption and con-
tam'nst'on OF the people, and for the di-
VERSION ot the hourishipg commercial ca
pi'ai oil The country from It's present cnuis Sc
--and the people at large viii consider
well & sistermne whether they are ready
to consent that the Capitol at Washington
shall be converted into national land Of
fice--wiere the price Of the territorial pro
perry of the nation will buy the votes o.
the epresen,aiives-where The principle.
OF morality and the reasonings of inflexi.
bic virtue, will be superseded and answer
ed by--a tract of iasd OF which the pub
lie is the only proprictor--ss The robbing o
the public will be the medium of rewart
for the breach of public trust.
Are the people ready to consent to tn,
surrender ct country Of 400 miles long
by 800 broad without right or title in Law
or equity TO the appetite Of speculation
and invite them 10 the more ample fare
presentedby the boundless regions of Lou
isiana.
Or rather is il not time to FIX some
bounds 10 the rapacity Of uncomfortable
coye,ousuess Is it not more incumbent
on The people OF the union now---at once.
by the determined and innexible ex
preston of their virluous resolutions, TO
preserve the republic from dishonor, TO
Terminals at once and by single ael e.
very kind uf iemporising with crimina.ity
EVERY ing;orious overture for sacrificing
the honor and reputation as we'll as The
prosperity of The people--and by wiping
oil the stain OF corruption n1.Ic Yazoo FIX
a great hnd marx that will forever deter
iniqu:ty from encroachng on those fertile
plans which the wisdom and the good
fortune Of our country has secured as an
Inheritance for posterity.
Let the people save Louisiana for their
chiIdren-Iet then, save the garden OF fer.
,iiifS formedby The lines ofthe Mississippi
on the west; Florida on the south Ten
nessse on the north, and Georgia OH the
east--s country containing near sixty mil
lions Of acres, sprne Of which are the fin.
est lands on Ibis continent.
The case is arrived at this point and
the conduct ofyour representatives, at the
next session of congress, is TO determine
---wliethcr the American republic is 20 be
the victim or TO rise superior to corrupli-
on.
An expectation Of aid--an hope that
some more competent hand would take up
this most important subject, has not lit
tie contributed TO delay the view which
now mean 10 take of il. My only appre-
heusi0p Is, that my capacity is not "a com.
pc;ent 20 the discussion, as its importance
demsnds; and tina, lhe materials in nv
possession do not enable me to penetrate
and dcseIope the detail Of all the iniaui,ies
upon which il was founded, and which en-.
cumbers IL in al directions. The COM
plexisy OF tI,e subjeet, from the variety of
yiersogs, OF contauies, and Of claims, witch
are involved ~ the speculation and IN
some cases the difficulty Of discriminating
betgeen the iniqIiiousiy corrupt, and the