The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-09
& ye Gualslrcc.
RICHMOND. OCTOBER 9 1910.
FoR THE ENQUIRER.
THE YAZoo DECISION.
No. III

It was with full knowledge of ali the
foregoing facts and principles. that the com :.
rissoners OF the United : ates decided.
thar the proposition, OF a compromi Sc offer
ed by the purchasers Ok the YazJo Lands
were inadnisSibe, aud that - the idle Of
" the Claimants Cannot BE- supported Ia
- ihey however recommended another
scneme OF compromise, To Congress. as
the 'price of peace" to the Union, against.
the never ceasing machinations & intrignes
OF those by whom this project had bees con-,
ceived and cherished. II remains vet 10 be-
decided by events and conscq uences. whe-
ther this recommendation was not bottom
ed in the deepest considerations of policy &
wisdom.
Considering the very high and di tinguish-
sd character of the commissioners aforesaid
Tor Intelligence, virtue and patriotism con-
slde'iag also that from the local situations
ut those gentlemen 60 they were pecoli,.
arly qualified 20 collect and utter the eguity
OF the nation, in relation to 5his equally in
portant and notorious transaction, 1t was %
have been expected that their award as to
the T7Sh, of the claim, would have been for
ever binding and conclusive. Not so: a
long and inveteratc struggle has been ever
since kept up, IN Congress, on the subject
OF me compensation recommended by the,
commissioners as aforesaid, which thO,e
purchasers were equally anxious TO obtain
m uH OF their pretensions, aud Congress
has hitherto been averse to grant But
those who are Influenced by the amor
commandments ARE not to be easily repui-
sed those SPECTATORS have at length gone
for the 7vhoEe subject, into the Supreme
Court of the United States and have, hus
far, been encouraged to hope for the com
piete success of their Vaccinations
With respect to m decision in the case
OF fieEcher U. Peek, 90 now alluded to.
the hfst remark that occurs is that the case
presented TO the consideration of the court
was /efgne& and not a real controversy
or IT real, that there was in truth but one
party TO the same (the claimants undef the
act OF Jan. 1850 and was calculated to
draw forth the opinion of the Supreme Cours
touchsng The UaHdify of that act, upon a
case defeofiUefy stated, as TO many impor-
tant facts and circumstances, and which
was not argued as to that point, as it unA
doubtedly would have h.eo, rad any party
interested to contest the validity Of that act.
been duly cOhvented before the court. -
were court TO permit practise Of this
SORT, what is 1T but 10 trample under foot The
golden maxim, for all judicial tribunals.
'andi nifeTaM fdrlem" What is liz but To
become the base ms lrument Of the views 81
Vaccinations OF one OF the parties only -
WHAT is it but for the high tribunals Of our
country, established aud paid to administer
right end justice among our people, to Wastc
their time, and prostitute the ends of their
institution, by giving mock and Intellectual
decisionss decisions only effectdal, IN fore
Stailing and preventing fair decision in
future, by causing the judges TO commit
themselves to the world, prematurely --On
this subject of )eigHed suits it is, no doubt, q
high contempt and mIsdem esnor, punshs-
bic by attachment aud by fine and imprison-
ment, "to abuse the process of the law"
Ca J See the Tthort, Enquirer / FOL.
sd,
another from the grea middle and fke
fhird from ne grPdt southern StGfe.
CO. Enqnirer 2f mn :, 1910