Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-21
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this explanation Nv sitting that Virginia asked no
thing Of the literally or the bounty of this govern
1uoDt lie shOniO he appeal to it's gratitude in
favor oftose whose descendants were interested in
the passage of the measure before the Senate.
If they had no claim either in justice equity-i in
piner words, they were not entitled to obtain. pro-
Scd this government sueabe. decree Of iudg-
ent in court Of lay equity, for that which isnow
demanded for them he desired that the bill might be
rejected. The General Assembly Of the State, one of
n hose representatives he that f,or. had dupt
ed certain resolves upon this subject, not in the
character of suppliant for Congressional bounty,
bat from desire to fulfil her engage menis solemnly
catered into with men who had evinced their hdeli-
~ 70 her and the cause OF Ameucnn Independence,
5y long and faithful That State would scorn
10 be supplant to government which has pow
to bestow charity. or to exercises spirit of nuni
,ecncs he had premiscd thus much not only in JUS
;icc to his State butte himself. a5t a.
Hethen entered into an exposition of the grounds
onswhicfthe bill rested The State OF Virginia by
suidTy Legislative resolves, commencing at an curly
period OF The Revolutionary war had held ont in
dacsmsnts 10 her citizens to enter into the military
service. Amongst the most prominent of which was
the promise land bounes 10 her officers soldiers
we'll upon State continental establishment. She
then the mistress otanex region, 81 if she
Lad continued to retain her sovereignty over il, no
murspur of complaint would ever have been uttered
3gsinst her, by those who fought not her battles
w. but those of the confeGeracy. She drew no dis
elimination between her Stale and continental troops
None int truth existed The only difference between
them mere difierencc Ia Tic government by
whom they were to be paid. The service Of the
SInte troops trying and perIlous as that of
the coatneniols The same fields were embrucd
with their blood; and when Victory perched on the
banner of The one, ii ahged also those Of the
Tier. In rif!mcnt OF her pighted faith, resolu-
ton was adopted by her Legislature, the 18th of
Dec 1918, approprialing all the lands lying between
Green river, tie Cumberland mountain, the North
Carolina line the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, exclu
siyeiyio the purpose of satisfying the claims 10
military bounty; and in 1881, she added the lands ly-
ing South OF Tennessee rlver and between the Ohio
ard North Carolina line, and the Mississippi He
rectcd these facts TO show distinctly to the Senate
that she had CONSIDER the claims of both her
lines as insepaIable and undistingushable fact
which II was Necessary to bear faithfully in mind.
In 1871 she adopted the policy ct ceding to the
United States her extensive territory nortLGes: of
the river Ohio, which had been conquered exclusive
~ by her own arms and on the I'd day OF January
passed resolution aulhorising her delegates IN Con
gress to make the cesson certain conditions -
II re Mr.. Tyler said the difficulty appertaining to
this sabect had commenced a difficulty whi n had
heretofore prevented her from doing full and ample
justice 10 her gallant sons. By the resolution au
thorising the cession-he would call it the power Of
attorney uDder which her agents ucted-hcr reserya-
tioR of lands apperlained well to the benefit of
her State as continental troops. This the only
auhority with which she ever invested any one in re-
lati,n TO the lands ceded
Here Ar. T. read from copy Of the original res
oiotion the following words: ''That in case the GUAM
! tty Of good lands the Southeast side of the Ohio,
ri'st1 FrfsAt;te OF teS Cumberland river, and be-
TenneaSee
Which have been reserved by law FOR the Virginia
troops upon continental establishment, and upon hss
own State establishment, should Ter the reasons
therein prove insufficient for their legal bouB-
ties the deficiency shall be made up tho said troous
in good land to be laid off between he rivers Scioto
and he little Miami, the North side of the river
Ohio, &c. &c" No one will doubt bat that her
agents we. bennd by their positive letters of us
pns; pni bat If the deed varied in any essential par
tculnr FROM the terms of the authority, by which, and
by WHICH alone, 1t was executed, waiyng the CUES
ton whether the deed might not be entirely avoided
thereby court of equity would correct such vara-
ton and supply all defects This was tho fact in re-
gard t. this transaction The deed assigned, reel
ted the whole of the conditions expressed in the res
oluiion, totieD Oer6is but omitted all mention OF the
State troops How could this have ariscne The
Legislature of Virginia gave authority TO Inv one
other than that which he had just mentioned. She
had never contemplated measure of Justice for her
coninentas, which she did not at the time deal
out TO her State trOons. There wasbut one mode of
accounting for it. There must have been an op,is-
sion either the copy recIted the recital of the
copy. No other rational explanation could be riven
He had, an fact if his memory did most egreri
ously deceive BIN, seen certificate to that effect
from Mr. Monroe, who assisted in executing he deed
He had not been able recently, to lay his hand on
that document, dill he esteem it material The
narrative into which he had entered, served fully to
establish It In fact, the Journals of Congress Of
1888, showed how the mistake had original ed. A
Committee was appointed to consider Of the terms of
cesslC and to report thereon; and they undertook in
Lue report 70 set Iort IN the very words OF each the
various conditions which Virginia he'd proposed to
make the cession The 5th condition was that ap-
pertaining to this subject; and in the recital of that
the error was committed which Into the deed af-
terwards That committee had the resolution Of the
General Assembly before them; and it is not to be
credited for moment; that they Intentionally reci-
ted falsely ts terms. II is much credit aGls and
Just towards that committee TO ascribe the omission
TO mere oversight If he was right in this il fol-
loved that the State troops had fuIl right to enter
upon the reserved nnds Northwest Of the river Ohio
IN order TO locate their The lands reser.
Ted IN Kentucky had proved insufficient from two
causes. First, in running the division line between
Kentucky and Tennessee, the Territory of Tennes-
SET had encrOnchcd considerably on those reserved
lands And secondly, portion Of that tract of coun.
try wac inhabited by the Chckasaw tribe Of Indians
mp 70 1919, when treaty wasBegocated with them:
wbereupon, Kentucky claimed exclusive Jurisdiction
over the country and forbade the location Of the mil
itary warrants. In the mean time, the State troops
were not, and have not, at any time, been permitted
q o uf lac ft,o ,x4t