Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-03

Mr.. President make any sxsggeating statements
Of what would do to preserve this Unon But will pre-
serve this Union upon principles Of honest advantages every
section But notwithstanding my attachment to the Union,
will suffer my section to be degraded nor VIII sufier
her to be dhonored When that question shall be presented
to Southern manwhen the honor or the character
Of my section brought in contact with any thing calculated
to destroy it. every know where stand But SIR,
that hour has not come.
We have had much 10 excite us-much to infame Us; we
have heard great deal the North and Of the South and OF
oppression side and on the other My object has oeen
not to excite hem mention them but to bury them
Let bury them deep let US take new start
upon friendly terms and with faeal feeling. Let US bury
the past forget it; and look to the future; improve It.
take pleasure in reminding my Northern friends Of the IN
Justice done the South 1t might excite me, and excite
them want close the breaches between us to heal IN
the language of the Senator from Kentucky, all the wounds
which have been fostering the surface Of the body po
Pass them over, oberate them, and 60 on In my opinion
the Government Of the United States should adopt the pn
cipe Of nonntervenon letting domestic institutions
alone yielding to every constitutional right and dong
with good feeling and Kindness and bad feeling one
towards another.
beg pardon, Mr. President Of the Senate for did not
design any thing else than merely to refer to the case Of
Georgia and the Of Missouri, which latter was not ex
actly as supposed it was
Mr.. BENTON One of the gentlemen, in undertaking
to find precedent for what proposed to do here quotes
the instance Of Missouri should have been able to state
what the Of Missouri was but choose to get the statute
which will speak for ITSELF and show what an unfortunate
reference gentlemen have made to that statute to justify what
they about The statute begins by authorizing Missouri
appoint commissioner to execute two acts OF Congress
that is to say apply acts OF Congress to the land that
say, they ascertain the localities named in those
of Congress- and to mark the boundary according to
the two Of Congress and commissioners on the part
Of Iowa and Missouri did come, then the commissioner
on the part of the United States himself to mark the
boundary and apply the Of Congress to the land that
the rule he had to by, and refer to Congress for
ratification Mr. B. read from the act in support Of what
he stated
That what ii was take those two acts Of Congress
and apply them the localities and that the only thing
they had do The Of Congress the guides that
they had to go by and all they had to do was to mark the
boundary directed by those acts Mr. B. again cited the
statute was he said nothing in the world but ministerial
acthe business Of suveyingto 60 upon the ground and
survey the line according to the two acts Of Congress There
guide for them 60 by They had no discretion, no
unbounded discretion Legislative authority they were
not in this case leave Congress the bare function
Of approving dsapproving the line which might be
agreed on.
Mr.. BUTLER want to ask the Senator from Georgia
MR. DAwsoS) question for my own information have
looked into the which he referred somewhat but
say be understands it better than do wish to know
whether the time the commissioners appointed by the
United States and Georgia. the territory had been acquired by
title from the Yazoo company
Mr.. DAWSON. No, sir not at that time.
Mr.. BERRIEN. will answer the question Of the Sena-
tor from South Carolina particularly. The United
States alleged title to portion Of the territory which was
claimed by Georgia. the ground that although was within
the chartered limits Of Georgia. still was INDICATED territory,
which, having been from Great Britain by the common
exeons of all the States, ought to be the common property
of all.
Mr. BUTLER That was the claim Of the United States ;
Mr.. BERRIEN. Yes, that was the claim Of the United
States. Georgia. the other hand alleged that her western
boundary originally extended the terms Of her charter
the Pacific but that this boundary having been limited by
the treaty of peace of 1888 to the Mississippi her chartered
sk~ of
and north Of Florida the Mississippi and that all therein
her dominion aud subject to her jurisdiction. Georgia
had sold to certain companies associations OF individuals
portion Of the public domain Subsequently she made this
cesson the United States and the connexion Of these COM
panies with the United States in relation to this territory
consequent upon that ceson, and this way The State Of
Georgia had declared the sales made these companies to be
null and void the ground of fraud; but their claim had
been transferred to third persons, who claimed to be pu-
chases without notice of the fraud and in full reliance the
grant Of the State The Senator from South Carolina doubt
recollecs that they gatng this claim in the SUI
peme Court of the United States upon case which was
supposed to have been made for the OCCASION When Georgia
made this ceson the United States stipulated that 5000
Of Of the land ceded should be made the basis of stock
with which the United States should extngush the claim Of
these companies who the Yazoo claimants, their
assignee and that stock issued under the provisions Of
certain of Congress- by which these claimants to
before the United States receive their proportion Of that
stock and renqush the United States whatever claim
they might have acquired by their purchase from Georgia to
Mr.. BUTLER. had no purpose of addressing the Sem
ate in relation this matter, but it would have influenced
me somewhat far regards the power of Congress
point commissioners Iconcede that Congress has that power
but am unwilling this time to delegate it, and will state
frankly why My opinion is far as can speak
from an impression in relation this Yazoo speculation, that
certain companies claimed it, and that Georgia revoked the
grant and assumed jurisdiction it. Certainly the United
States negotiation both with this company and with
Georgia the imeI think it in lS02-and they
negotiating with view reconcile the conflicting
claims of the company and Georgia. and finally the United
States acquired title from the company and from Georgia,
and assumed jurisdiction those lands constituting
Mississippi and Alabama, and that it with view
this purpose that these commissioners 6nay not only
tabshed the limits but agreed upon the consideration Now,
if my object of the kind might agree to commits
sioners being appointed, but do want Texas to sell
foot of land. would appoint commissioners ascertain the
limits but to say how much is to be taken to be
added to New Mexico with view make State there
Immediately.
Mr. DAVIS, Of Mississippi think that all the gentle
who have addressed the Senate the precedent quoted
and drawn from the Territory Mississippi have left one,
and certainly the most delicate Of all the points that entered into
negotiation and that which above all others required
commissioners That Natchez district which the Senator
from Georgia referred was, all must be aware claimed by
Great Britain part of West Foda she had her grants Of
land running along the Mississippi river high Yazoo
But when, during the revolutionary Spain, the ally
of the United States conquered Florida from the possession
Of Great Britain she then set her claim far the Mis-
sssippi river. part Of West Florida a contro-
vey therefore, between the United States and the State
of Georgia only, but between the United States and Spain
also and Spain held possession of this country long after the
cesson by Georgia. and finally deprived Of possession by
revolutionary movement Of American citizens, who had set
tied in the country and after that revolutionary movement
mae Mr. used tooE