The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-06

Ct VIC StiiS uinc tnat lie declares they nave
:" no claim which can be suhhorted," by
which | understand neither legal nor equi-
table claim-is unfit to be President That
he did so. short quotation from the report
OF the commissioners, will conclusively prove
These commissioners after stating the case
at length, and speaking of certain proposit-
ons made by the claimants say" the COM
. nsfsioners think these PROPOSITIONS mad
/" Missile, and without pretending to affirm,
'' that the Legislature of the state of Geor-
:" gia was competent to make the decision,
they feel no hesitation in declaring it as
2" their opinion, that under all the circuni-
!" stances which may affect the case, as they
9 haze come within their knoviedge, and
. as herein stated, the title Of tie claimants
{" cannon be SUPPORTED"
In speaking of the claims of the S. Carolina
Yazoo company, & the Virginia Yazoo Co.
these commissioners say "uhon a. uH vie7o
= " me subject, they do nor terceiue that
= those comfanies haze any equitable claim
:" either for the land, or for condensation
9 from The q. STATES" What Mr. Madison
did as commissioner, we deem it fair to
say, he would certainly do as President
And 1.-THE fazoo men should ever have in
hnence enough to get a law passed by Con-
gress IN their favor, what security is there
tnat Mr. Madison would not confirm that
law: lsit no objection to a candidate for the
office OF President, that the public should
nave every reason to believe, that he would
be willing to purchase respite from Yazoo
Importantly at the eXpence of five millions of
dollars to the U. Statess Is it no evidence
OF mans wanting energy, that a parcel
fraudulent SPECTATORS, whose claims &C
cording to his own Acknowledgement, have
neither law nor equity to support them,
should have influence enough over his mind,
to induce wish to stop their mouths at such
price' Would it be no objection to Pre-
sident, that he would probably appoint va
zoo-men to office? / must again repeat
we never did, nor can mean to insinuate any
thing against Mr. Ms. motives for this OPT
mon, nor is it at all necessary to suppose
them corrupt to substantiatc the objection
The opinion, however formed, it must be
admitted by all, would influence his conduct,
and the result, as far as the public was con-
ccrned, would be the same whether his
motives were good or bad. The Yazoo fraud,
Dir, can neither be palliated nor justified,
notwithstanding your long and aboured at
tempt to vindicate some of the persons i'm
| plicated, by calling them innocent pur
chasers 90 neither will the circumstance of
| your declaring that we have selected iuzoo
as watchword, he thought better argu-
ment, although you profess such entire know
| VI
hcult to show that you are grossly or wilful-
ly ignorant Of some very material facts, or
that you have stated others which are not
to be found in any known and authentic his
tory OF that affair. Where, for instance, do
you get the knowledge of ga great number.
| Of UtrtHouS and innocent men, being inter
ested IN these claims? 1t is Certainly not
from the documents which you have pretend
ed to quote, on the contrary the report it
sell will demonstrate that there could be but
very few, IT any purchasers unapprised of
the fraudulent manner in which tho pretend
ed title had been acquired.
The commissioners after stating that all
! the members of the Georgia Legislature.
both in the Senate and House, who voted
&C in favor of the corrupt law, with one ex
ception, were proved to be interested in;
:" and parties to the purchase"-add-" II is
also proper to state, that all the deeds ei-
g zen by the comfianieS, which have been
. exhibited to the commissioners: as qveU as
6 all the subsequent deeds, auith onlv t7yo
Sc or three e.rcefitions, not only gipe q shecf-
:" al, instead Of a general zvqrrantee, but
g haze also SheciaL covenont'' in the fol
lowing words" ind lastly it is coyenanted
s. and expressly agreed and understood IN
g and 6etzveen The harties to these presents
that neither The granters aforesaid, nor
= their heirs, executors nor administrators
8 shall be held TO any further or other mar
fGntee, than is herein before expressed.
g nor liable TO the refunding Of ami money
IN consequence Of any defect in their titie
from the state Of Georgia, if anu such
" there should hereafter ahflear. to be',-
When to this, the public add the equally no.
torlous fact, that almost all the deeds were
OF cotemporaneous date, with the famous re-
Sending act of Georgia, exposing & annull-
ing all these fraudulent and corrlIpt sales ~
their predecessors, together with the fact of
general notice having been given in ma
ny OF the northern newspapers, and particu-
lariy those of Boston, that these frauds had
been detected, and that those sales would be
revoked, how is it possible for the most Gre
dulous man to believe that there could be, as
you have undertaken to assert, "n7a7y inno-
cent furchasers 2" The assumed fact is he
yonc credbility. A man as well disposed a {
you seem to be, to plead the cause of these
Yazoo-Gentlemen, might, without doubt, get
handsomely remunerated by them, particu-
larly when they consider what zeal and 70 :
Tents you have manifested for abusing tboea
who are willing and DESTROYS to hold them
up to that public detestation and abhorrence
which they so justly deserve. Such a claim
as forty millions of acres is worth prosecuting
and they could not, believe, select a ftter
instrument to promote their purpose, as far
as tecundity in foul language is essential to
1t. But apprehend you must take some a.
ther course, before you can persuade the ma
ton. that a mans havino n d,,;co,I .