Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-07-14

into which the coPylst oil 'lfe c0'ii'i''''''
Here is q Iull, record history Of this I'M
c..,,,,,to transaction; and 1t shows thal
Int bv her 5thresoIudOn, had proPo-
sod n reservation for her army On both es'1-
blishments expressly: and 1t further she%s'
tbat Congress did expressly agree to 'n's
ross-r,t9n I'm fact, every thing 10 the
.oal,,;o,s tbat related to land bouniles,
,g,s ogreed TO by Congress. Congress olu
exrressly agree to the report Of their com ;ell
miffse. which declares the AIN, 9th, ana O.u
rssoIrfions reasonable, and that they ougu'
20 be agreed TO. ,O. ~
relation To- the cessIon, were acied Oh ~ .
Vrq,Dr, and before her act authorizing
Nh, Conveyance of the territory, the Ue sI
raj Assembly of Virginia passed her H ,
law ..for surveying the lands given by law .
h, rho officers and soldiers on contnei'ai
and st7,o establishment, and for other PuF-
,oses 80 This law IS 90 Hen. -. at Iargee' |
yoI m mares 500, 10, IL ID BY thus
I.w the riSht TO locate between the L''ue
Miami and Scioto rivers, Is expressly CIV
sa 10 both lines, for deficiency OF goou
lands east of the Ohio, and all The heCes-
sarr provisions for locating and surveying
them. under the direction oil boards oil ma
narers for each line, are enacted.
Should reason be required for neglect
,,r tbis a9eHcation so lone, 1t could be
eas,l, given. The hope was until laIeIy
entertained, that those bountles might De
satisfied M Kentucky This hope, howey-
sr. has failed, under circumstances which
leave Virginia no claim upon that state
VIRGINIA has now no territory M which she
can satisfy these bOunties M good lands;
nor Iu any lands. Her power 10 do this
has n7sscd into other hands, and her once
,ro,t and abundant means are under the
dominion of this government Inc only
means left 20 Virginia are her revenues ;
and I hayono doubt, that should Congress
avail itself of the mistake no the deed oil
cesslon. and If Justice should be rsiused TO
the claimants here, the state of Virginia
VIII be compelled TO pay lncash' inc value
oftbe land promised. at the time OF mah'ng
the clam 0p0n her, which could not oe
less thln the minimum price OF PuoiIc
lands. The liability Of the state, when
s0oEcu olbva Vrgiuiau, means something
more than "a moral duty. Itmeans duty,
with the means of enforcing IT. We are
accused of copying more than our neigh
bours from English forms and English eN-
amples. Perhaps this accusation, ll % be
one. is well founded. The klag Of England
is Inc only monarch in the whole world,
whose subjects can see him ~ his own
courts. and as lar as I know, Virginia is
the only free commonwealth ON EARTH o.
ganst which the beggar can proceed by
judicial process, with less expense and
vexauon than he could against an ndIyI-
dual Withholding Justice from hum. In a
Virginia act Of appropriation, 1t Is no new
thing to see am item, TO pay or satisfy a
Judgment or decree recovered by A. Is.
against the commonwealth. l hoPcn my
heart TO see this government suab.e ere
long. Were it So, justice would be done
where It is often delayed or withheld and
the payment of millions, of which the trca-
sury Is swudIed by legislation, would be
prevented.
The sixth section of the substitute was
moved by a gentleman from New York,
Mr.. TayIor.) and the 9Th was suggested
by the gentleman from OHIO lMr. Vance
'he frstof these extends the provisions of.
The substitute to AN such land bountes
promised by Congress, as remain wholly
OF u part unsatisded; and the latter ex-
tends those provisions 10 unsahshed Virgil
MA continental land bou ties, as well as to
those ofthe state line. The result is that
aI unsaus6ed land bounties promised by
Congress, and all such bounues promised
by Virginia 20 her continental or state line,
OF any other description of her public
forces, are provided for on the same terms.
From HsN j. Commercial A3rctiST Of Jme29.
ROBBERY OF MR.. DINGEE.
..I..-.. .I.l Al Robert Dfurrr of this rffy