Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-24

cised very considerable influence
amongst her people. BY Oglethorpe she
was loaded with presents, and her SER
vices secured at an annual salary Of
$500.
Fifty of the chiefs came to the coun-
Gil called by Oglethorpe. A treaty Of
peace was made between Oglethorpe
and Tomochichi, the chief Of the Creek
warriors. Having arranged the set
tlement, General Oglethorpe returned
chi and his queen. On arriving In
England they were, with great pomp,
introduced into the presence OF George
the Second, King of England. The In
dian chief was struck with astonish-
ment at the greatness and grandeur Of
the English, and on the other hand
everything was done by the English
people to make a favorable impression
on the mind Of the chief. The princes
and noblemen f1ocked from all quarters
to gaze upon the savages Of the New
World. The people gathered around
them for the purpose Of seeing. and
men high in state invited them to take
of royal banquets. The king bestowed
upon them eighty dollars a week dur
ing the four months they remained in
England, and when they departed for
America, loaded them with presents.
Thus, by acts Of kindness and deeds
Of generosity, the Indians residing be-
tween the Savannah and the Altama-
ha, were induced to surrender a por-
ton Of their dominions to the English
This Georgia colony, although sepa-
rate and distinct from the South Caro-
lima colony, still sustained to It an i'm
portant relation. The general object
of both was the same. Both were In
search Of land of freedom. America
was then regarded as a home for the
oppressed Of every creed. The poor
who were oppressed with want saw
prospect for bettering the condition Of
themselves and their children. But the
two colonies had another grand feature
in common. They were Protestants
and spoke the same language. Hence
the planting Of the colony by Ogle-
thorpe in Georgia was but extending
the borders of South Carolina.
Land Thieves.
About this time a difficulty appeared
among the settlers respecting the man
ner in which lands were taken up.
Grasping individuals run out large
tracts Of land to the great detriment Of
the colony. This was especially the
case in the region bordering Port Roy
al Some individuals, with the expec-
tation of making themselves the, own
ers of vast tracts Of land, had unjustly
laid claims to tracts of land which had
been laid out as baronies under the
proprietary government. All these
empty titles had been abolished by the
royal government Still some individ-
uals endeavored to enforce their claims
to large tracts Of land to the great
detriment Of the colonies. All the
best lands on the water courses m the
direction of Port Royal had been
marked out for no other purpose 1t
would seem than to secure the founda-
ton for certain individuals, in time, to
become mighty landlords.
st. John, the surveyor general for
the province, so far favored these indi-
viduals as to mark out for them lands
contrary both to the laws Of the colony
and the general welfare of the country.
1t was a matter of vital Importance to
the existence Of the settlement that the
number of inhabitants be increased.
This could not be done II a few indi-
viduals were permitted to lay claim to
all rich lands, and force the multitude
to either settle on the poor and unpro-
ductive lands or settle on the rich lands
in the capacity of tenants. This was
in part, what brought them to the New
World. They had been mere serfs In
Europe. They came to America that
they might have home of their own
Assembly Takes Hand.
1t was determined that such sys-
tenn of oppression should not have an
existence in South Carolina. Job Roth
mailer and Thomas Cooper, two indi-
viduals who had laid claim to large
bodies Of valuable land, were by order
of the assembly, taken into custody.
The assembly was melted to take. this
action by a petition sent up by thirty
nine citizens of Granville county. Coop
er appealed to Chief Justice Wright
by whom he was released. The assem-
bly, declared that the writ Of habeas
corpus did not apply to persons COM
mitted by the assembly, and resolved
that mo writ of habeas corpus lies in
favor of any person committed by the
house, and that the messenger attend
ing, do yield no obedience to such, and
that the chief justice be made ac-
quainted with these resolutions" The
chief justice complained that the reso-
lutions Of the assembly had a tendency
to subvert the principles of the gov
ernment. His views were neither ia
vored by the governor nor his counsel.
"io SohSiaNSN thC io"Si iouoS
possessed the same power in this par
ticular as was possessed by the house
Of commons in England. The chief
justice was not without strong friends.
They were, however, individuals who
were influenced by selfish ends preju-
dicial to the general welfare. The as
sembly were not to be baked in their
course. A resolution was passed that
Chief Justice Wright had conducted
himself in a manner unworthy Of the
high and responsible Office which he
held and that it would be for the bene-
fit of the province to suspend him from
office The conduct Of the surveyor
general was censured. He in order to
make his office more profitable, had
encouraged INSCRIPTIONS individuals in
locating lands. The result was that st.
John was forbidden to survey any land
unless he had first received a warrant
from the governor.
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