Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-10
sign The articles Of confederation The fY!Iowng are

may be dissolved aud therefore Pr0secutes lie war
expectation Of event dSgraceiui TO America: and
our friend and llus.ruus ally impressed with idea
that the common cause would be promoted by our for
! maIiy accednE 10 the cnni-dera ton, &c.
The act Of which this is the preamble auhoTises The
delegates Of that State to sign the articles and proceeds
odecare That, by Qccrting the said nEGerau"n
this Stale doth not relinqu!sh nos n,e nd 10 rcGqm.h
any right interest she hath, With the other united
! con'rtrrard States, 10 the hack country, &c &c.
On the first Of March, ISL Tie delegates of Naryan
signed the Articles Of Confederation. and The Federal
Union under that compact petc The conflict
Ing claims TO the Western lands howe yer. were not dis
posed Of and continued 10 give great trouble Congress
Repeated and urgent calls ere made By Congress upon
the States claiming them To MAXI liberal cessIons 10 The
United States. aud it not until long after the present
Constitution formed. that the grants completed
The deed of cess0n from New York executed on
the ls Of March, l7cl the day the Articles Of Conede
ration ratified. and accepted " Congress on
the 2h October. l1-2 One OF the conditions Of rhls
cPssoa, thus rendered and accepted that the !aGd,
ceded the 5 ''sh1H be and fndure for tie aRd
bcH,f"t Swch IF tie States EdGH became mfiDLcTs ~
tie Fcd1ai -iiianre ct Tie sud >Aes anil for Ohsr
use pnrp0sC 1rhatSOtrer.
The Virginia deed OF ccsson executed md
cppred on IT, lSt day Cf March, ls-4 One Of line
dili"ns ot this cesson is as follows,
THAT all lie lands within The territory ceGcd TO The
T. and not reserved for appropriated 10 any Of The
before mentioned purposes; disposed Of IN bounlcs
TO The oIlctr and soldiers Of The American army, shnH
be cond'rsd rnn'mon tund for Ms "Rd 6e"eW ri
such Of e L. hare become Or shaH Gccome mciblSS
If The conjtdtratton tcdGr0i alliance n e sad SaicS,
IIrnIEig ici1Strs accDdtHg Octr usual JCsptCirC
PERTAINS IN me gsm'rat 'hnrGe and DpsnGu"Te anal hn
b. faithfully amt Gona de dposed IF far MGi purpose.
ant far m0 ~hcr use "r purpose "ha'socr'r
Thin years l1-, l1-'i and l1c1. Massachusetts,,
Connecticut and South Carolina. ccted heir claims
upon similar conGliions The Federal Government
into operation under the sting Constitution On
the lii 0! March l1-9 The o.'oaIug is lie only pro
vision nf lhrt Constitution which las direct bearing IN
the subj -ct 81 The public lands W.
The Congress shall have power to dispose OF, aud
raakr all ncedtul rules and regnlt rs respecting lie
territory or other property belonging 10 the Stats,
and nothing in this Constitution shall b" construed
as 10 prejudice any claims Of tie "ted States, OF any
particular STATE.
Thus the Constitution left all the coInpacIs before made
in full force and the rights ni all parties ID tie
same under the new Goycrnm' Ut Us lEty were uhG'r
the confederation
Tie deed Of r.. sion Of North Carolina YVES executed
in Decemter l.-.' and accepted by act Of Congress
approved Apr =, 1880 The third condition Oi the ces
SION was in the following words, VIZ:
THAT all the lanGs intended be coded by virtue al
this act To the United States OF America, and Lot
arprnpra,ed before mentioned, shall be considered
as a common fund for he and benefit oil the United
States of America North Caiolina inclusive, according
TO eir respective md usual proportions nt The general
charge expenditure. and shn lee faithfully disposed
OF for that purpose and Tor no other use or purpose
/ Whatever. $500 .
The cCsson of Geo. completed IN tie lGh OF
June I-l2 leading condition. Is precisely LIKE
that If Virginia and North Carolina. THIS grant com
GENERALLY ca!c! pat ianGS lying within The original
,m,s OF the Corirderacy. Those "hirh have zen ac-
on,teL By the purchase Louisiana and torda having
Ice rad Tor cut # the common treasury at The United
States are as mach tie property Z" the General Govern
Een TO lie disposed Of for The common bcnent, as those
. ceGru b. the several States
Dv the facts here collected from tie early history Of
Cur RrulhlIc appears that the subject g" the pubic
lands entered into the clements OF It's Institutions IL
was ONLY upon the condition that those lands shonld lie
CONSIDER as common property TO disposed q" of '"'
Lrncft Of the lE'eG States, that some OF The SlafS
agreed TO come into 4 'perpe'uaI union Tho states
claiming those lands aCced to those views, and trans
fer: ;nelr CLAIMS to ih- L. upon certain Pcc con.
dtions and those conditions. the gan's were accept
ed Ihrsr solemn compacts. invited 10y Congress IN
resolution declaring the purposes to "hch the proceeds
Of ,hrse lands should be applet originating tore The
# Constitution. aah forming the basis on which It was
made bound he u S. 10 a particular course Of policy
in relation them. by It's as strong as can oc invented
to secure the iaih 81 nations.
As early a. May I7-5. Congress in execution Of tie Sc
compacl- passed ordnance providing Tor The sales q"
lands IN The. Western territory, and directing the pro-
cecds To- be paid into tie Treasury Of the L ; with
the same Object otr ordinances were ad"fted, p'oT 10
the crgai, zIi:on ii the present Government
In further " cu'ion OF these Cunpacis lhr C"rgeSs
Of the t. under the present Constitution, as cary ms
H.. 9TH Of August, 1890 'an act making t"vsIon Tor
the dfbi If the u 5 enacted IS "iio%s, VIZ
"TEat he proceeds. o; sales which shall De Eadr q"
land IN TIE Western Territory, Gow b longing or iha
NAV hereafter belong 20 lie United States, shall be- and
are hereby appropriated toward sinking "r discha'gng
the debts Er tie paym,n whereof the u"Itd STATE
no.y are Or by virtue q tbs act may be- holden ara
shall be applied solely 10 that Use until e Alu u'" s"
be fully sntIs:i' d =
To SECURE the Government Of The United States for
ever the power execute hose comPacis IN G'"d a,
the Conrre.s f the Conf; derat!Un ns early as July ibh
49, IN an ufiuaicc Tor the Govern III OF the rHit"
- a. H.. limited STATES North west ct tie r!ver bhi"
prpscribrd 10 the people nIaitng Tie Western 'rrt''f
certain conditions which were declared TO Ge ARTICLES Z"
cnupari between the gina States AID The people ""d
. f. .. i,rr
I main umatraIie un!tss y common consent III ON
| OF these articles il is Gec!Ar' d iha.-
The Legislature Of those districts or new 9,a's
shall never interfere wI;h the primary disposal 80 III"
soil Ly the L. States III Congress assrnbh q, nor win
any regulations Corgtcss may find i, necessary =" So
curing the llc il sGch sO! 10 tie lon" t"s PURCHASERS
/ Tins condition las been cxaci'd ltom ,Ar f'"Pe % o.
the he ~ iprriur5.; and 10 put rs C!galo" tyuhi G'S
pule ch new State, carved out ii Tie pGG.ic CONAN
has qpi'ed explicitly 10 recognise It as one o. 'nf
conditions Of admission INTO the lhi"n some VI '"'"
have DECLARED through their Conr"n''"n IN stFaa'e
acts that their people "re"er dIsca'm all fsnt On" II.
tie to The waste ad inappropriate ENDS 'yng "''hih
this STATE and that the shall he and REMAIN al the
} sol. and ,nlife disposition of the l. ;.
with such care have the reserved 20 themselves
in all acts down THIS day lrrIsang Tor the terri
tories ard admitting States into lie U"'"n-'hp u"shac
He'd power execute 10 good faith, u" c"nPacls ~
cession made with the original STARS From 'hts lac
and proceedings it plainly and Certainly results:
4 Tia, ore Of the fundamental n" 9iPeS upon "h'ch
HE confederation Of the u originally based, was,
Tia, the waste land Of the West whin theIr limits,
should be the common property OF The / :.
> Tina, those lands cedrd 10 the I , by The
States Which claimed item. ard The cessins were accept
ed on the express condition that 'hey should be nP"'
.I NJ fr the common tcrcft uf tie States, according to
,leir respective proportions IN The general charge ana
e,cemcitmre and Tor other purpose whatsoever.
} Tia, in execution Of Ihese solemn c"mPaci' NC
Congress # the L. did. under tie CONT de'ai,""
coed o sci! these lands put the avas INTO '"e I
mon Treasury; and, under the new constitution u
reaeGy pledge 'h~m for the payment Of 's f.,
deb of The L. S by which each sia'e fs made M.
prof, in proportion to the geneta! che - r
On il for lila; object. 49,: r,,, s,,,;oc,
Thsse are The f5>, principles o tbs Whole spn5Cc''
which, think, cann" be egn'',ru ~ 'y Cong,s.s