The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-10-07

taro.lAa Comm. ,stosss s, tAAt they. lH tarr
VIII recommend % the.r Government. are
particularly to tie authorities IL Ea
connie county. - execute the laws s7n
corning torteltares. pcnaltle, and u otael
respects uI1n aud towards the i.euple she
iitd ;tdttrc- - the Stale If Georgia e!lr-
-nS The late 10 sensIoas, with mlldae>s
lhi> paper i signed by the thrc, North
carolina Commissioners amt by Nr-srS
aTnes and Barnett, Of Georgia. And ii
! Witnessed b. J Melgs Joseph Caldwell.
ltllam Robertson and Amos Justice
he authorities Of Georgia were ~ much
astonished as their Commissioners At tht.
! result Of suryet and st. tlemeut which they
/ had proposed and become >olelnnlv bound
/ by IAey applied to the Congress Of tn.
! hlied States to sci Il aside and ia the ir
/ appeal the Leg gistature of that State char
/ acterlzes the lab3rS of the Comm iSSjontrS
IN way 10 leave the impression that they
/ h'td mace mere pleasure excursion
through the mountains The memorial
states that some observations were made
q the latitude OF places, supposed about
Inc boundaries Of the two Stst4es:' but be
cause these observations were contrary
- all that had been made before them.
That Is to say, To the ex parte obser, alton,
OF the surveyor General of Georgia. they
were assumed 10 be erroneous In The
House OF Representatives the paper was
referred to a committee of which a Geor-
ga member was made chairman and he
made report which assumed all the facts
70 be such as the Georgia LEGISLATURE rep-
resented them. The meagre report IF
tongressIonu procee ings fails to show
by what Inil !ences the matter was thrown
aside. 1t only appears that the report was
referred to a committee Of the whole. Tor
a ~ rt Ia. : Il l,,,.
again. No DOUBT 5o.nv intelligent mem
Der from North Carol ma explained that
the controversy had beHn decided accord
ing to the terms proposed by the State Of
Georgia
kepeated appeals we've made 10 ihe state
OF North Carolina by ,hp Legislature and
Governor e t,eosgia, - ali Of which our
authorities naturally and properly replied
t lat the question had been determined by
Commissioners Of the two Statva allpoInt-
ed and authorized "a make a final settle
meat. AMI that i could not be rcopeued
But the yfeorgians finally aequieSvcd in
the report of the Commissioners and there
Is reason 20 believe that the authorities of
that state became convinced that their
claim Of jurisdiction over the disputed
territory was without foundation for,
when III the yea. .&iu, some { ,helr iii
zens set ~ Yiailps 20 lana III the extempo
riSed county Of Walton and Gppe.iel 10
the Legislature fa7 4e,ist~s. tnoir claims
Warre su.nniariiy rejected. The county
itself had been abolished and the commit
tee to WHICH the claims were referred re
ported: THAT they hay h..d nAder their
consideration :4p petition Of sundry oiti-
zena OF what was formerly Walton county
IN this state, and the accompanying docu-
ments, and are Of opinion that it would he
unreasonable and improper e.. me State
of GEORGIA q eoNpaasatb the said peti-
TONERS tD4 thoir alleged losses of land and
other property
There can be no doubt tha,, tne y,9orgi
ans We're fully Persuaded Of the Justice of
theip claim Of jurisdiction over the dis
puted territory ;and when they called "a the
Astronomers to interrQs,.q the Heavenly
hosts-iGst as balak, the son of Iippor,
king Of the MQabites, who sent she Mes
sengers With the rewards OF diylnation to
Baiaam> ,ha soA OF t3eor urging him to
tnIse The lsr:,.iltes they confidently an
ticipated a favorable answer. But as the
Prophet Of Moab, albeit less gifted with
spiritual insight than the rs. h7 geQse, .-aSe
! an honest renort o5 NLat .he lord reveal
ed to htlA, so did the Astronomers truly
state what they learned from the Sun and
Moon and Stars. In each case, Altar after
Altar was raised upon every a;tr tap, yet
in each the an<W4g cane tho same. I
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