Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-22
ERInAx, February 10.

MIR. IroHf sald liiCy WIZ 'SeA At r. -, 20
avoid a dicussion ON this subject. With eve
nv disposition 10 express ourselves with COOL
ness, said he, gentlemen have not permitted
us TO do It.; they have gone into the merits OF
the question, and censured us tor expressing
an opinion. oppose the admission OF these
persons, not on account of myself speak
for the dignity Of the house. ltwould be a
matter Of Indifference to me individually, how
many practising attorllies were admitted with
in the bar ofthe house to advocate the claim ];
but if ,uch person were admitted, if he did
not conhne himself to the most lndubitaDle
facts, and these established by tAe most IN
questionable testimony, would arrest him IN
every step of his progress, situation most
pnfayorable to rational and satisfactory lnyes-
tigation. WHY are we so anxiousy opposed
To Ibis claim, we are asked Is II not OWL
Gus. if YOU compensate the claim, you deter
mine that Georgia had no right to pass her
resembling act, and ifyou determine Georgia
| had no right to pass her resembling act, You
declare in fact that she faudulently sold you
the property of the claimants? For another
reason too which comes home to the feelings
Of every man.
When AN infant state as Georgia was IN
the year 1875, rising to consequence by her
own resources, with character to form and a
credit to establish, its people well disposed &
ambitious of an honest tame--when such a
stase IS blasted in its first budding by the pes
tiferous Laeath of this foul monster Yazoo, it
is enough to STIR up in any man of scnsibiiity
tor his country the most angry passions, and
ws oa,r
and apology in the integrity of the house.
We do not enter into the merits of the claim,
when we are in this way driven into adesult5-
ry discussion against our will. The subject
Is not before tho house we shah speak In o.
mother manner when we come to the inertia
of the main question. We are told here over
and over again that the preservation ct har-
mos,y Is all irnportant--thatt the Crisis demands
tfnion that the STATE Of our affairs demands
pubic business bS a az6 s ni dl CT Some
such thing is nshereS in to awaken al the
dormant and turbulent emotions by the very
gentlemen who are the Erstto cry peace when
1t seem; they are determined there shall be
no peace. Let gentlemen give us cfeellf Tor,
our moderation aid forbeafance /; les those be
BE system OF administration who set their ta-
ces against corruption ~ every shape, who.
strive to purge the country OF the lawless
5anslitti which infests every corner OF 1t, OF
Ya3ooisrn, which is the mother Of corruption.
It has been stated by my colleague that thu
intesfeyence Of tie legislature of Massachu-
sets has been unbcccming, improper and urf-
Nol2sy OF her, say so too. II Massachu-
setts--I do not mean the people of that state,
for belieyc them generally to be vlrtuous &
well disposed butif the government ofMas-
sachs,setts will array herself against Georgia,
end on the side of Yazoo corruption, ii she
will prostitute her power and sovereignty to
the basest and yilcst Of all purposes, let her
s.and to the consequence. And 1t her COVER
nor, as my colleague has told you, Will de-
scend fromthe dignity Of bis station to Patro-
nize Yazoo, ifhc will prostitute the dignity OF
his high office to the most ignoele purposes,
he ought to he tunabled from his seat J. and !
trust there is,yirtue enough in Massachusetts
to put him down. Has the gentleman from
Massachusetts read the Yazoo memorial 3.
/ did read it and was thunaerstruck. What
does this governor say That the violation
of claim in free country IS violation q tun-
damentai axioms, and may lead to violation
of the social compact! This governor Sulli-
van threatens youlWith a violation OF the soci-
al compact-this man of Yazoo fame, and OF
Specializing morals, threatens you with dis
solution of the social compaet-he purposes
to march his thirty thousand men into the
Mississippi territory; and this agent whom It
Is proposed to introduce, is his pioneer. Is
not what ] have statsd fact? tisin black Z
white and now on record, that the governor or
Massashusetts has thus threatened you /; and
vel gentlemen can express their wonder and
establishment that we have feelings and ex-
press them. He hoped the motion would be
rejected.