Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-06

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diction ought, in every instance, belong to the
spective States within the charter or determined
hits cf which such lands may be- scatcd but reason
aud Justice must decides that the property which cx-
isted in the of Great Britain previous to the
present revolution ought now to belong to the Con-
gress IN trust for the and benefit of the u States
they hdve fought and bted for II in proportion to
TIER respective dbifiiics; aud therefore The REGARD
ought mot to be prediectionutiy distributed" And
E.hen IN November, 1873, the Legislature of New /
Jersey Determined TO ettach her the Union, they
dld IT. as they then expressed, 'n firm reliance that
the candor and justice of the several States would in
due time, remove the subsistng inequality, set still
insisting on the their objections then stately
letated end sent to the General Congress-. So too
Delaware and Maryland, for the reasons, re-
fused TO join the Confederation until still later pc
Rod, the former ratying the articles tho 22d of
February, 1719. and the latter the list Of March,
1881 The State which have the honor in port to
represent here, had, the ist of February, 1879,
adopted the following resolutions to authorize her
accession to the Union:
"Resoloed, That this State considers it necessary
peace and safety of the State to be included in
the Union that moderate extent of limits should be
assigned for such Of those States claim the Mis-
sIssipp or South Sea- and that the United States in
Congress assembled, should and ought have power
of fixing their Western limits.
hesotced, also, That this State considers herself
Justly entitled to right, in with the members
OF tne n'on to that extensive tract of country which
ies to the westward of the frontiers ofthe u. States,
the property of which was vested in or granted to
INDIVIDUALS at the commencement of the present war;
tnat the same hath been or may be gained from the
hing OF Great Brltuln or the native Indians by the
blood and treasure of all, and ought therefore to he
common csta,e to be granted out terms beneficial
! TO the United States !"
But after the accesso of Delaware with this mo
test Maryland still persevered in her refusal To ,on
the Confederation solely on the ground .stbat She
might thereby be stripped Of the common interest
and the common benefits derivabe from the Western
lands She still insisted that some security for
these lands was necessary fatfe happiness and tran
guilty OF the Union, denisat whole claim of vir-
g1nia to the territory nort6sof the Ohio, and still
pressed upon Congress 'that policy and ius ice re-
CURED, that country unsettled at the Commence
ment OF the war, chinied by the British crown and
coded to by the treaty OF Paris if wrcstcd from the
common enemy by tho blood and treasure of the thr-
teen States, should be considered as common proper
ty." In February 1880, New York made her Access
sion TO accelerate the Federal alliance and declared
tue territory ceded should be for the use ard benefit
OF such OF the United States as should become n,pn
bers OF tant alliance sand for no other use or
| pose whatever" And although Virs-ina atternted
tor while TO indicate her claim vet other States
leeling strc ng attachment to Maryland, and con-
scious or the Justice of her representations dsked
partial union which would throw out of the male
people standing, as Marylanders have always stood
among the bravest and patriotic of our country
me.t, me ORDNANCE OF Congress then followed in
$780, declaring that the territory to be coded
oy me states should be disposed of for the common
oenent OF the Union, and on the Cd January l181
virginia IN that spirit of magnanimity which has
generally prevailed in her councils yiclded nm has
claim Tor the benefit of the Union. 1t is roma ,La
pic circumstance that Maryland did not actually oin
The Union until after these cessions had been mada
oy New YORK and Virginia, declariag at the very
moment and by the very terms Of her accession tbot
she did not release intendto relinguish an
OF her right and interest, with the other confdsra
ing STATES, to the Western territory. Phese facts.
mhlc &c nave nov become part of tho familiar hsto
= 1ae country furnish curious "reminiscences in
these natter days, when new light has broken ia IN
ui uf tosnoW That the new States have title to all
Tue aaas WITHIN their chartered limits and when we
no p1rSf :
ing IN us, who claim to have lnbibed the sn;r an a
sentiments Of our orefatlers, to cede awav orr nat
rnony Tor a nominal consideration. Let it he re-
inenbered that the feeling on this subject
} by the two States of Delaware and MnrvJond &c
venting their accession to the confederation until co
rate PERIOD was with difficulty repressed even b
siat ataent attachment to the cause of liberty for
Whch they were then much DISTINGUISHED ar, ~
winch they have never been surpassed fTbe;r tr -.
went through the whole contest together fon,ino
supporting each other in battle; commonly led o1 h.
ana sd h commander generally the rs to advance
ana the last to retreat, their bayonets like tho nil
OF the AlacedoniaH phalanx, always oljttering in
front of one and the same compact mass and Ib -,
.ney zen they slept IN death together on the same
part OF the blood stained field. 1t was that same
/ spirit which prompted the combined eyer,;ons -
these people in the American cause tbrouohout tta
whole struggle, which also united them in their ~
ganst every attempt on the part of any sin
e secton OF the country to appropriate for its excln
sVe benefit the territory which they were strivng 70
conquer from the British Crown. Sir tb;nk fbo,,
Wi'i now combine again; think they will, when CON
srdering this subject bestow some reflection mon tb
millions which have been expeuded in the subseosnt
purchase of the Southwestern portion of our nnb;c
DOMAIN, on the sums which have been profi,sely law
for the distinguished of title. in ,nol.;rs,
the surveysof these lands e ns1,ent ~ aS
ticers and agents for the o5sr land svs-
tenn From the feeling wfiz5f 4orrnsrlv actua;ed
tnem, Judge that their CO operation on the snbiect
VIII be such as to resist every effort TO brbe t6cno
Wn PROMISES OF TO sway them by means of political
excitement to give up that which could not be YVES
.ea rom them by appeals to their strongest attach
VIII Claim think Sir, equal portion Of this terri.
tory under the plain letter of the grants renrrs -
-tney may claim large portion Of 1t by the para
mount title OF the right of conquest which has ~
yer been by them relnquished and by that title tbs
can successfully defend it. Whatever fonnds,iey1
ehere may be for the mputation of motives in orb,