Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-28

North Carolina" He did not mention thus TACT to the
prejudice of that DID, patriotic, Republican Stale Tier
had given the Union one OF the proudest Of
the present sisters of the family; and II was MADE WIN
patriotic devotion to that Union mol INFERIOR 10 th'
which governed the action Of any other of the seven
ced;nc States Yet when a claim for revcrsion, or
an equitable remainder, interposed against TINS
Governments fact like this spoke volumes IN relation
to that equity 1t showed beyond the power OF ques.
ton what nett proceeds Of the cedng States would
receive il the right of reverson to the ceding States
alone should be admitted and the equity claimed should
be adjusted by that rule.
There were other facts Of somewhat similar cha
racter to which il might be well to refer IN inns con-
nection The cession Of Georga was last MADE, ana
comprehendcd all those portions ofthe States OF Aaba
mo and M;ss;ssnpi which are North of the thrty-irs,
degree of North latitude; and it is daily contehaeo
here By the friends of this proposition Tor distributor
and has been regularly COMMENDED, ever s'hce INC
Cherokee controversy has been known 70 'he cou"y'
that the Federal Government, by the term Oh LUIS ces
zion had 10 pay all and more than the ceded
Id were in fact worth And ever since the late
Cherokee treaty. exnguishins the Indian title to the
lands in the State Of Georgia, this argument, which
pre yious to that period, was only hyPohes's' mas
heen assumed as demonstration Inc mex proceeds
Of the Georgia cesson, then, must oe 'uch IKE muse
of North Carolna-nothiag. Virginia is claimed to
have made the great and material cesson, and yet
V;ro;na did not cede Kentucky the only part OF the
treat unapproprated country, in all probability, falling
wihn her chartered limits. Kentucky was cnnstitu-
ted State from the acknowledged bounds of Virginia,
az was Maine, much later day, fri those Of Mas
sachusetts These facts we're not mentioned, or re-
frrea to- for the purpose OF detractng from the pa
triotic lberaty, public spirit, and devotion 10 The
Union, of Virginia. Far from 1t. She claimed the
territory Northwest of the Ohio rather by conquest
than by chartered right and she ced-Lcr clam what
ever il mpht be, as a common fund.- TO the Union,
npon terms which yet show, upon trIr face, that her
object was the extension of those free Republican
principles she has dearly cherished and so fear
essly maintained rather than any pecunlary consider
alton to herself or even to the Union
These facts, however show that from Nil the ceded
territory southwest Of the Ohio neil proceeds were
to come or ever come, into the common treasury
either for distribution or for any other purpose.
It would be proper here to extend little iarthef an
idea following from former position OF ms argument
He had attempted to show, and ne thought upu" un
answerabe grounds, that if any right OF remainder or
reversion TO the coded lands, to their proceeds,
whether legal or equitable, be sustained IN favor OF
anv of the States il must resul to the cedlng States
only No il was only asserted and claimed as an IN
sare,ce and consequence Of law or equity, from Inc
gIants and the alleged object and purpose OF the
Grants He now wished to inquire, upon the suPposi,
ton that such right should be admitted, what wouo
be the state of things with the ceding States; lie
found upon careful examination of the deeds OF ces
son that the descriptions of the territory ceded by ~
York and Massachusetts, were Identical, ana ~i''iou
stoppinp to INQUIRE where within the present bounds Of
IN. II s. that territory was, who should determine
what the rights of these States would respectfully De
r. .ncb remainder or reversion Let the cesslons OF
Connecticut and South Carolina be examined with the
same Vie X and let those who could answer these IN
Remainder in aszL)