Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-25

bt aOit Ia steW inat Zen. Ldfayeite mas uone,
aud ,iat the adoption Of the measure nov
will b. noI only an act oil duty to
him. bn. Il du'y WHICH we owe To ourselves
Air H. said he held Ia his hands documents
- HEN he had not Intended to submit, to the
Senate, because he had already submitted
Them very generally to the private Inspection
ot the nenhers: bat, cai.~d upon he now
Was, he ie.tu To he hts duty la present them
publicly to the Senate. Mr.. II. iheu submit
ted Il statement, founded IN Il ducunichi
which had been received from France by Il
N"mlrr ofihc Senatc. from Which IL appear
I'd iaa', when Gen. LaGaS cite embarked ior
America ~ iTI., h. POSSESSED au incusne vi
i.i6.0JJ francs. about $50 .T00--an iacome,
wGici, IL is we'll known, had nern rrdaccd 10y
hts losses aud sarr.icss III the cause al hGer
~ throughput the world, 10 Il very small
sum.
!; also appeared from the same document,
'his cur'nS siX years, from l117 tn 1893, the
Eenrrai h"'l expended IN the American ser
see. 70J, 000 francs, cqsai 10 100 500 dnllars.
Vr. III. al. erted To farther saci ,iices wnich
The General had made IN the cause OF i.brriy.
as established hy tins document; but the only
iact IA II 80 whici he wished particularly I"
Draw the attention al the Srnatr, WAS. that lir
sac'iiici-l, more than forty Years aga, one
hnad'rd and forty thnusind dollars Of MS pri.
'a,e fortune in tn. service vi this cnuntiy.-
Ana hrw VAS This sacrifice m.dr Under
wiiat circumstances WAS he one al o,i
own cit'zrns-uDe Of those whose lives and
icihines were necesSa iy .xpn,rd during, the
''cissi'udcs of y contest fos IN right o: ;. L.
government: No sir, said Mr.. II. M such
thing III hc had been il native American.
ana had lust his whole estate by ihe war, hr
T"uiu have incurred "a misfortune 10 which
al ms fellow -ci liens were liable in cOianun
NTH iim. But he WAS In thr enioyipcut u.
rank & fortune in his own country. lie rais' Il,
equipped, and armed regiment, al his owo
pinpcr charge, apd came hare With "a vessel
irei,,hird with arms, munitions, and eqnip
mruts Tor war, which he distributed graiuit
"nsiy among youI people. And il is ii ma,
Ter III record on the pages OF YOU history, that
h. rnt shoes onthe feet of your bs,e foot and
suffering sUldiery For these services he ask
Ell Ia recumpruse-he received nnne. He
spent his fortune for you-h. s..ad his blood
Tor yon-and wiihuu, acquiring any thing bu,
"a calm upnn y"nr gratitude, he i,npo, q lsiied
himself. And What, in rrcu,Ipensr, LAS this
government dome for him ? Ii wds not uniil
The year 1884, that They gave To him The full!
pay, withuni Interest, which he was entitled
10 have received twelve OF iourte.a years be-
lure. Did they then attempt to remuneratr
him Tor the sersicc, oiEer than military, which
the gallant General had rendered To The cuun
Try NJ" SIR Bat, fan American citizen had
pui i.s hah'! inio his pocket, rAised regiment
iDr me service OF his country, clothed lis Ma
Nedn"ss, ami put shnes upon their bleeding
iett-woud hc not iIaye been eniiile,! 10 com
prnsatioh inf s"ch &n expenditure? Sir. il
we were 10 resort 10 4 calculation of pounds
siIiiiuSS and pence--!f wn were to lraW w
an accuuG! current with Gen. L tfifcitr, lil.
haiance IN his favor would far exceed the a.
hrunt Which by tins bill IL Is proposed 10 ap.
pruprlate.
eir. II. stated that there was an incident in
the HE ri Geo. Lafayette, which WAS cx-
p!aIhrd by the dwcunents which he hcld in
"s hand, aud w.:Ih presented lis Conduct in
such delightful pui,, OF view, that he could
not refrain from bringing it 10 Ia, view fin.
SENATE, though he should ooi found npun II any
claim ar remuneration for The sacrifices when
The Generl! had incurred Oh the OCCASION
aiio1ed tn. Ii would be recbiiecied. thai. in
Aitrch, 1893, Congress made grant of
l,52o acres Of land 10 Geo. I.alayeile. In
the year following, he WAS authorized to .ocst,
his warrant on any vacant land In tie terii;or,
o! orieans; anu oh ;hs IA April, 1906, his
agent in this country did Locate tract Of
1000 acres vacant land adjoining the city OF
Nf" Orleans. On the 81 March, 1897, Con
oreas. without ads rrItng 10 This location in
behalf q; Inc General and indeed wholly IN
conscious Of TIE fact that ii had been made.
granted 10 the Corporation oi liir city of n Nv
Ofien6s space u! SIX hundred ward, around
lie Notifications of the city. including a va.
iuable purtiun cfthe very land which had h.en
previously entered by The General. Hnwas
immediately Informed of the fact il was
suited 10 hun that his right 10 this land wa,
unqucsIonablr, and Mr.. II. heid in his hand i
statement mnde by all eminent lawyer and
JnrIst, nov ii member Of the other House
showing that Il legal opinion was forwarded,
assuring The General that, in a contest win
the city of New Orleans, he nlnsr succeed
Anulhrr document, hich Dir. iIayne had OBJ
tdined from different source, stated that lie
value OF the land had even then been iii,
covered, aud that $4,000 could have been .,b
iained Tor the Generals title To il. And what
was the conduct nj Lafayette, on bring IN
formed Of these facts lie promptly, and
without hesilaiion communicated IT, his agent
" that lie would not consent even to inuujre
" into Tue validity of his title; that he could
" no, ti'ipk oil entering mic litigation with any
pubic body III tic u S. that the property
had been CONTINUOUSLY bestowed upon him
by the u STATES, and il was with them 10
u" say hat had been given - and he accom-
panied these declarations by positive diree.
lion 10 has agent TO relinquish his eutgy and IL
make IA location elsewhere. This las beg,
done, and the certificate from the Land O(I;c,
proves, that the land substituted for that 4. ch
has been lost, is OF very inconsiderable value
General Lafayette, however, did not sfol
hera--he had been induced to dispose nf q
part OF his Interest in this land, 90 an IRIS!
baronei, SIR josiah Cogh His conirae
with this gentleman created, OF course. nuci
embarrassment 10 him but The general unl,