The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-30

| .sS"S VI entS OIL, 10 t0S passage OF winch
ne was opposeti on several grounds which h,
STATED, the principal OF which vas, that Con
gress had>nr,. by their act .etirg apart five
millions of acres for the settlement Of claim
To the land coded by the territory OF tseor
gia, complied with that article of the com
pact which required the settlement Of such
CLAIMS q take place within one year after
the passage of the law. His other objections
were 40 the detail If the bill, and principally
ITO the section which declares al, cjai rs
which shall not be settled unoer this act to
be VOID, &c.--a course. which, he said, the
government had no right TO pursue.
| MIR. Oakley Of NY. replied pretty much
at length TOME. F's observations, which he
deemed Invalid and defended the details
Of the bill with much ZEAL He contrnver
ted Mr. rs construction o the stticls oil
compact, which DE said was c. nsraiicted al
so By the report of the commissioner, ne
commencing compromise Of the claims
| long alter the expiration of the wear succee,
cling the signature of the articles OF agree
ment, BIC.
Mr.. Forsyth briefly reioined.
The committee rose and reported their
agreement to tue bill, by the followia.
vote
For reporting the bill 76
Against il ~
The bill being before the House
mar. Hall ct Geo moved to strike our the
hrst section ofshe Il, with viep to the
Insertion of a different section. which he of.
tered, not changing the principle, bat ,revi
d'rg tor an e'rler payment of ,he ~. ney
therein mentioned into thu treasury of C cor
| ia.
This motion was opposed by Mr.. Oakley
Chiefly on account Of the delay which such
or any amendment returned to the Senate
might create in the passage of the bill and
was nesatived, ayes So.
Mr.. Forsyth then moved TO strike out tn e
18th section of the bill. which makes the
stock created by this bill receivable in paw
| ment, for public lands hereafter sold in the
Mississippi TERRITORY. which provision HI
considered inexpedient and repusn.ht to /.
mother part OF the bill which provides for
the ex;Tlguishment of the deb. due To Gecr-
sra previously to the redemption of these
ceruhe3tes, inasmuch as that provision
would be thus completely cvaded.
Mr., Oakles objected to the motion which
he said would defeat the compromise !, ropn.
sed, If 1t did not defeat the passage If the
hiil. The bill already proposed to paw the
Claimants less sam than { principal and
interest thereon that thew lad &C, ua!ly paid
and these certfi 'ates which constituted the
payment no. bearing interest. would lose
mech OF sSsiE ya'qs + the pr9aessd amend
might be Sufficient money 20 compensate the
claim If Georgia IN the treasury, or in the
hands of the receivers. il night be some
years before sufficient other monies accru
ed to the Treasury to redeem the certif
Gates.
After some further discus iion, the owes
ton, On the amendment prop sed by Mr.
Forsyth, WAS decided by Yeas & Nays, as
follow :
For the amendmep: So
Agaips' il 90
SO the amendment WAS negstived
Mr.. Telfair ofC.eo. then moved to- AMEND
the section which the house had fu ed to
strike out, by aiding thereto the following
proVisn, which he supported by appropriate
remarks;
Pcouided also That the certificates thus
| received in payment. shall be so far consid-
! cred cash, az to be obligatory on the u. 8. to
pay over like sum cut Of the proceeds Of
| the first sale os laad, according 10 the un
derst sndUg nf the deed of cession, TO the
| state Of Georgia
| M. Oakley opposed the motion, because
he conceived IL unnecess ary, as the rights Of
| Georgia were, as he believed. zsundantly
secured by the bill.
| The question was taken on said amend.
ment and ncgatived.
| The usual hour of adjournm eot having ar
rived, motion was made to adjourn. before
ordering the bin to a bird reading, on which
the vote was as follows:
For adjournment SO
Against II GO
Mr.. Castor Of n. G. then moved an a.
mend nent to the first section of the bill, un.
der the impression that the decision of the
commissioners to be appointed ought 70 be
final as TO the claims Of all com oanies or in
diviiuals who hold claims tn the said land.
| The object of the amendment was to Sc
cure the u. Stsses against future claims of
all persons against whom the Board of Com
missioners appointed by this bill shall de
eide that is, to make the provisions If the
bill completely fndi as to oil conflicting
claimants. that purchasers Of th ". Safes
might no be barassed by suits from dissp-
pointed claimants.
Discussion arising or this motion
| The House Zoo motion Of Mr.. Newton OF
Va.) adjourned.
| thursday, March 90.
| The House resumed the Consideration Of
the bill for the decentralization of certain
claimants to land in the Mississippi Terri.
tory.
MIR. Gsston's amendment WIS still under
consideration. which amendment proposes to
strike ont from the end Of the first section
(providing for the release of all their title
I by the elsilnants) the following words. Z" such
reLeasP, assigrmsnE, tyanSfer and hozver 10
take e9ecs 0r the indemaifcation of sucI
claimants being mate conformdbiy 10 tht
hropisions offhis ect."
! After objections by Mr.. Oakley of N. Y