Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-31

the lands within the limits of Georgia at that time
we've her domain, and that no other power but her
sell had any right TO 1t, or to ALLEVIATE it,.
Hn consequence oithis resolution the state of Gcor
gia offered to cedc portion of its territory to tho
United States for the public use. under certain con-
ditions. The committee of Congress, to whom the
SUBJECT had been referred, reported the 18th of
July, 1893, that the ccssion Georgia proposed I %
make should not be accepted the terms contained
IN the act OF cession ofthc Legislature of Georgia
Congress agreed to 'hi: report.
The New York American asserts. that i, is only
after the compact of 1902, that the State of Georgia
acquired clear title lands west of the Ocmulree
Such an assertion Is manifesly founded on ignorance
led TO that compact.
mat PRINT should have recollccted that supendous
fraud practsed on Georgia, by set of unprincplcd
""o uaitorous spectators, who by cunning, bribery
ana the most artiul machinations led the Iepslot =,
10 convey away To several Yazoo companos a LARGE
portion OF the western territory of the State That
PRINT Should have recollccted, that Georgia was pa
ced after the fraud had been detected i'm mos, icl
icate ana critical situation. The Legislature sue
cecding that which had sacrificed the State To n few
adventurous had abrogated the cesson made To- tbcn
\ great number of innocent individuals. sufferers by
thls iainentable occurrence, had to be relicvei
Surrounded with difficulties, and with no mrnns i'm,
medatcly nj hand, to remove them, Georgia Ind
recourse TO the government OF the United States
ny the compact OF 1902 the difficulties under which
georgia thcn abourcd were removed She ccdcd 10
the United States all her territory ives, of the Chat
tahoochc under three principal conditions: LIST, That
they should pay To her 81 $50 ,OOo-2d. That thew
would settle all the difficulties arising from claims by
individuals to land within the ceied tcrri,ory-3d
mat tney would at their own exp ensc, cxtinouisb
te t'te TO the lands which the Indians occupied
wiiin the territory reserved by Georgia, and which
hnd not Ocen coded. Under these conditions accep.
ted by the United States Georgia coded the terrific
ry OF which the States of Alabaua and Mississippi
have been formed. 1r
fta Az. Al.
compact OF 1902 the United States ccded whatever
clam they may have had Ia the land retained by
georgia, by which the title of the State 20 the terri
tory not coded became complete.
IL the editor oil that paper before hazarlinr his re-
Nutation Tor pcrtec; Wedge Of the subject upon
winch he has ven,ured to write, had made himself
acquainted with all the circumstances attending the
compact he would not have exhibited so rrra, nm r
norance of them He will find i'm the PROCEEDINGS of
Congress, at the period which he himself has quoted
the reasons which led the commissioners of the Uni
ted States and Georgia TO embrace the 2d article IN
the compact of 1902. These reasons were obvious
and necessary.
AS seen above. the Congress applied 10 the states
winch bad large tracts of vacant lands, To cee p,r
ton OF them TO the United States, in order To
enable the latter 10 pay the large debt which
had been incurred during the Rcvo utionary War
Among the several states which made ccssons to
me United States, South Carolina was one of them
WIN South Carolina difficulties had arisen respec
ting her boundary line with Georria These diff
cuities were settled and the boundary lines between
the two states established by the convention of Roam
i0rt OF April, 1857 But previous to tins convention
the state OF South Carolina by act of its lcgsll-
ture, dated March g. 1857 had ccdcd 10 the United
States, It's right TO lands in Georra which il clnmcd
and from which claim arose the difficulties about the
boundary lines. As the convention of Beaufort W Q
subsequent to the act of cesson by South Carolina
TO the United STATES the latter could have laid claim
10 tne SOIL IN dispute had 1t been determined to belong
To south Carolina, notwithstanding the convention
OF beaufort which had established permanent boun
Diary between the two states. Aware of this circ,,m
stance and believing that their title from South Caro-
ma might be good, the United States refused the
cesson OF land proposed by Georgia in an act of her
legislature of February /, 1855: because Georgia
requiring that the United States should guarantee TO
her the territorial rights Of the State as pointed ont
IN the convention OF Beaufort, which was unnecessa
~ ana improper, considering the spirit and meaninr
OF the coniederatIon because such guarantee had
never been made By Congress 10 any state would re-
tain tract OF country lying between the tract pro-
posed TO DC coded by her, and that tract coded by
S"u'h Carolina, by which Georgia would have &C
CURED what she had been contcndinr for with her
neighbour: According to the ccssion of South Caro-
a' Tue claihl OF that State bee vested in the u
nIted States. To remove all tutarc difficur los in
regard To boundaries and prevent cashinr of titles
the "a article was inserted in the compact Of 1902 bv
which any CLAIM the United States might have derived
from lhc cession OF South Carolina, n 1887, was
cancelled.
Before we conclude we shall observe that nearly
all the States which coded lands TO the United Sntes
ucsHed tbat the territory they retained should be
guaranteed TO them by the United States The Con.
gress always refused to accept any ccsson with such
condition. because that body had not the mower 10
comply with such desire; because il was unneccs.
'0ry and Improper, the several states forming the
confederation. being free independents and soye
reign except IN such powers which had been dele
gated to the Congress Of the United Siates; and he
cause, by the articles OF confederation the territory
within the limits ofeach state, each Of the states
respectively confirmed and guaranteed.
The adoption Of the federal constitution, in 1890
did not change the relation of the sa les towards "a c
other and the government OF tho United States They
remained, as they before, free independent and
sovereign except in the powers which have been del
egated specifically and expressly, to the government
esta blished by that constitution
The subject IS tobe coninucd.-The National Jour
nal and National intcllgcncer will not confer favonr
but will do nm act Of justice, by giving an Insertion
to the above remarks.