Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-11

done instantly. Yet notwh tanJng the most spirited
remonstrancs made in the first year after ,h- ceson
aremonsrance now your h,ss, and which testihes
moi only the desire to enjoy the privilege but shows
ability toexercise it, you kept than ia the .u' Innate
grade OF territory, for more III egh, ysrs. aud you
Topped OIL the greater part Of the province of which
without their consent, you have male extensive ter
ri'ory, and more extensive Safe Il Is true, air, that,
at 'hs late periof, you brought Liuis into the u
D'on; you assigned their boundaries; you approved Of
ihtir Constitution; and ysu admitted their Senators and
representatives in the councils OF tho Nation But. l.
this all that Is necessarily implied by the obligation Of
the treaty! Is an extent Of territorial limit all that
required! In contracting to create State, you prom
i.ed to promote its popola ion. In spuating that
should become one Of confederacy Of Tree republics,
you promised the means Of making that population
Thy OF the name, and capable Of exercising the duties
oil irseinen; you promis oil them the Of moral re-
-hgou., aud scientific educa'ion; you promised sueh
disposition OF the lands would FL the place sssigned
to the new membee OF the Union, with independe INT
eehoiers the product Of whose iabors, after supp
ing themselves in comfort, would contribute to the ne
cc'sary EXPENSE Of the and ase
ny ther consumption, the revenues of yoSrs Unless
you did THE, you did nothing. Your assignment Of
boundaries your statutory provi:iOn' would have been
mockery, il We had not by almost miraculous exer.
erlons, broke the shackles imposed on our progress.
anu supplied by the eoergJ OF our scanty population,
tho want Of numbers which your laws denied as. You
forgot that population. as well soil, necessary
You forgot the lesson taught by Creek, and
Paraphrased by British poet
What constitutes a Stare.
49, Not high raised banemcnt, n3orcd mound,
ih,ek wall or moated gate.
No! bay, aud broad. armed ports, '''"""'
No Where Laughing a, the storm, rich navic' ride
No! MEN, high minded MEN - f'''
MEs who their duties know;
Prevent the oss aimed blow.
Ms.s S1 yan wsSa they burst the chain
:. These your policy would have refused; but the,.
Heaven had provided by inspiring the little band which
our sparse population could Afford and their few ascot
Mes with the energy, patriotism, and selE-ievo,ion
which the moment Of danger required. Think you sir
mat IL my constituents instead Of the noble minded
men. who flew to the standard of the county, In. mo-
meut its soil was iDvadsd--who herocsy and success
iuly contended against Odds in discipline aud numbers
anu oravei dangers, before which. even high co,, ge
might quai-who can boast OF having gained the hon.
or oil nat resolution on your statute book which re-
cords In terms to which they and their postery may
look with pride that the brave Loui.ianan. are en-
ht'ed 10 the tiank., and deserve well of the who'll.
peopc OF the United States"-an honor TO which a,
ye,, no other State has attained; IT, instead of the en-
hgh'ened people who gave the first example to their
sister States, OF providng.a written code of laws and
WIZ be The last TO give them example of dishonor or
want OF attachment to the Union; il, instead of these
hey had been the degraded vasals of arbitrary power
huggng, rather than bursting their chain of
appreciang The advantages OF liberty and .eyoveru
men such az their caumnators in and out of Congress.
represented them to be; ask sir, whether all the law
you could have passed, would have enabled the 10
assume their place in the Union unless those law. NV
rendering the acquisition Of lands easy should have
supplied Va with race OF independent, well-inormsd
cu'hvators OF the soil-he bone and snew of every
State?
You have left us for Thu. 4, our own resources. YOU
nave don- worse; by denying the power of trying
our tles you have deprived us OF those to which we
are gally entitled, independents Of YOUR laws. and
YOU have, for twenty-five years. forced The prop
o grants to contribute TO the support of thu Sae Gov
ernment according the value of tn cir Lands. while
you, ny uniounded claims prevent them making anv |
use OF them 80
In these as is the with most unjust measures,
the interest OF those who adopt them, has been
materially injured. III titles had been confrm
II the lands had been surveyed and disposed of a, low
prices actual settlers il large allow had be en-
made cut OF them for public education and other nae
fui institutions; if, while the lands remained unsoi the
Government hal subjected itself TO the duties required
oil other land holders, is exfavagant calcu ,tion
70 say thai the State would have this day
million OF inhabitants producing from the soil AN
cess above their consumption of forty millions Of
ooirs and, there be any truth in the
political economy, paying annually by the dut ca on
their consumption according to the present rates more
than ten times much the sales of all vour
lands, have produced in any year.
As said, sir, copine my rem arks to my own State
ao confier The policy pursued with respect to the
lands il contains az unjust narrow un wise and in the
highest degree Injurious to the Union IT, twenty wears
ago. the lands had been parcsed out TO actual sIers
according to the policy pursued by the French and |
Spanish possessors Of the province without exacog
any consideration have not the slighte. donbt that
IN mere pecuinary point OF view, it would have be en-
the wPest measure, AMI that throu gin your Custom |
house, you would, long az YOU chose 10 continue
your duties, receive more dollars an cents twenty
i''i, than yon will annually I@:eive in the Compare
hR
on sale. Ii - because think il not too late 10 change
this policy That have seized thi, on to sxpo,e
Confirm all our just titles, submit those OF which Won |
doubt to the judiciary, eDdow all our public jpsti,u
tons literally remember that you deprive us of having
taxes Tor this purpose by csnde inning to sterity
seVenths oil the land in the State. Supply thi. defect
rescue your own lands and those of our cz ms which
aJon you're, from the destructive effects of jnun IA,
ton, and connect by canals and roads with the res,
oil The Union Give, ii yon cannot sell, your lands 10
settlers, who will becoms consumers. and add TO vour
reyenu; who will be harLy and independent and add
TO your srength and who will form iron frontier on
your Southern and Western boundary that will set In
vasion at defiance
In asserting the rights Of my constituents. address,
my JUST complaints TO the representatives of the opIe
and me Sta'es trace injuries 10 no section of
country, to no party, to no particular can make
proper allowance Tor opinions, that may have acta,ec
all who advocated the different measures of which we
comPlsin, without imputing them TO marked and i'm
proper host Consiitst.ana nb;sCiions were enter.
tanned to admission, they are removed Doubts ~
listed OF oar attachment to The Union of our courage IN
deiend Il; they have been triumphanty DESTROYED Our
ability Tor 'elf.government, made a auesion-but
our legislation has long since solved il Now therefors
we look for justice, and trust, sir, that we shall moi
look in vain.
Having finished what I thought myself obIged IN
FAY, on The policy pursued with respect to the State
have tried TO mud some chain, by which ih. subject
inight be connected with another, TO which freu,Ient
illusions have been made-the existence Of present
and the history OF pat parties in Legislature Th,
J have found 1t difficult TO do, unless from the conside
Taon thai in popular Governments, party connects IT,
self with every thing nothing high or too low too
grave or too trivial from Construct ~ Of the Cons,tu
tim. tothe merits Of actorrom The election of pre-
Fi1eut TO that of Cona'shIe il