y t
; IV V-
' .".',W ' . - BMirertfTje.i tike brothers 4 , x S'- , 1 - .
"Jr
VA266 BUSINESS
t7t liiwioIiUV wiiich opcai the tsbuvai
ers'ocutwpttecu w receive 4wp
sluons oi compromise &seuisn&ent,
trOBi fc several companies or per
son haVng claims, to public k.mh
vithVnlieprcsemnmits of tHc Mis
a;ssi?pittMto 'ad finally to ad
just aiict setftc th? same in uch
: xniaiair as in dielr Opinion wnll con
duce td the interest lof the Uniled
States::! Provided, tfrat in such set-r)
ktutn .ihelconunissto shall not
coavcoi ipn widState Georgia.
'-y$W&i 'dgric4To; tir'cpium.ittee of
the whulcv W tjie ho'abc took it
upj v.hcu. . -V'.-
Mrv Ciai k moved a proviso as an
omendmemi that no paw of the fi ve
miliioofisTcserycds go
to compensate the claimants under
iii act of 'Cjeoygta, passed in 1795.
Mr. j: Kandoiph called the yeas
rarid nays on thVamendent.
"Mr. XajnJolierved that tfie re
port On ih$ table Had jbeeamadeon
the appUcattpn of persons claiming
land una?r;rtn act oi yo, me
ancnIiettt; Said he s nothing
more or than a denial to com-plwilK-tle
prayer of the petition
ers, ani whetSerUt was not td all
iwfcntvsnd purposes a substitute
for die resolutions arcexj to-in iIkt
committee o: the whole, he would
ieave'to Che Speaker. , If it were
deadcd to bc a'subsiitute, it could
not be received conformably to the
rules of the house. ' . .
'Ilic Sienker fzd the resolution
Dbrted from the committee of the
hole -was a gcneVal one, including
all claims i Ur amendment went to
limit and cpuhnc the resoiutrou to
a paiticular ctass, and therefore he
ioniMvtd L to be in order. -
v Mr: J. IlKiKJLPU. Il must
mauifeftt'to die bouse thut this dis
'' c wssion s iQreed upon those ,w hp
::re oppoatel to the. report of the
couiinutcej that we are not pre-
. paVcd at th lime to meet lt.Al am
iimorigAhoSe who looped Uiat some
reasons vUmai be assigned, if hi-
. deed rfeasbrsxan be found, to. war
,rant the step v.boOt to betaken. 1
ilkVfof tliatt instead f -a struig of
- facv and statements' which Wert
; a,readlrthe house, .thecom
mttee puld hiivc gi venous some
tiling new uithe hape.of argument,
jdsUta;jor-oftlievres9lution'wlucri
,.i thiy have rrcommendtd. But I
-Mbejei$pU KoVung
fio1IeK-deulfer in' tie-reort itself,
" or m debate which throws a Singli
jieauvp unt upon uic &uujci.u ,
livc particular reasons to cltpre
cute a discussjfn;. at'this tiuie. 1;
fihall not trouble the house by de-
ii5incr "theMDUt brieflv state that
J i&ei myself ufu:(iuaV to an irnme
d'ute invtsti gal km of this, subject,'
Hi veA 4'rom-pe r?r. niCi iiwliiposi tion
as 1 frop . the pressure of other im
poVtaiu basinet, Wuivh lias left me
but little leisure to avieud. to this.,
- Thefe1 moments which 1 have
"i)ee9"aer-d3rwfc.'.to it, hive cons
- vir.ced.-aie that-much new and im
portant itutter remains to be bro't
retcivitd;r-fe arc driven to avote
:h Th e objection taKea by te gen
tleiua'lrinja Cowcc;(MiX)ai,
n.t) antj 4oubt Avhitti he- raised
on the pbhit of order, respecting
the aniendmentffcrcd by ray wot
tl:y collue,-fvlrv Clark) disclio
ses his driir, nnd thatlof ihe com.
mittee 'of tlalms, whilst it prbves:
. the necessity p.t some uch amend
in nt" to, 'save the ci.ifcms. of the:
. ' "b Sbitts. and Upr propt.y j
from snoliation and plunder.
gentleman has stated truly that Jus
object was tp further th claim' xif
the Ntw-Englaml Mississippi land
cdJOpiny. AsJ fear irsjiall have
44xasion. .to;:fe3tcit: mjtyotee, I
must beer that the memorial of the
agents of that company - may be
read by the cierk. '
;lhc petition was read accord
ngly. . . i
Mr. J. JKanrtoipti tjien cauea ror
rcscirKliQgaat. and he hpped they
would rHaye-silence wnnst tne u.i
was reading, as it was a very i?r
pbrtantone and ought to influence
the decision on the present ques
Ution.
lhe act was read in compliance
with the request;
After it was finished, Mr. tiarjc
moved to adjourn. .
On, the division, there was;. 52.
aves and 55 noes ; so the urotion
was lost.
Mr. Clark requested thawhc act
of 1795, under which they derive!
thvir pretended tJtlts mighlbe read.
While the Speaker was reading
fie same, Mr. Dana rose and ea-
jquired whether it was necessary to
read the whoie ot the i;iw, or whe
ther gentlemen would not jve iitis-
neu witu tne rcaung,ui.uMijT4.
of it as bore u;,un the present ques
tion.
Mr. T. Randolph called the gen
tleman to order for mterruptingihe
Speaker id his reading
Mr. Speaker. I he objection
ought to-have been made (d at all)
when the readme ot tile law w as
first called for. .
. m km
The Ve;din3 was ronunued to
the eud of the act when .
Mr. T. Clav moved that the
house adoum.
Qn a motion there were ayes
and 60 noes -Motion !ost.
Mr. J. Randolph. Prrhaps i;
mav be Kupposed, fromHhd touisi -
which this busings has. taken. hx
the adversaries of theprcsevt tn en
sure indulge the expectflftioli of br
ing able to come forward at a fii;urfc
daynot , to this house, foi that
hope "is desperate but to the pub
lic, with a more mauired oppositi
on than t is in their power now to
make. Uut past experience has
shewn them that this r one of those
subjects which pollution has sancti
fied that the hallowed mvsteries
of corruption arc net to be profaned
by the eye of public cunosit).
No, sir, the pt gies1 of Yazoo specu
lation are riot to be laid opens to
vulgar gaze. None but the mut
ated are? permitted); to hehwi the
monstrous sacrifice of the Wtt in
terests of r the nation on. -he altars
of rorruptiou. When this abouti
imtion iWto be practised we in
to conclave. Uo we appl v j.o the
press I that potent engine;, the dreaVf
of tyrants and if vittainW but the
sbieCd of freedom and of wprh .
Xo, sir, the press is g;rgged. On
this "subject e have a virtual sedi
tion law not with a spetious title,
,but .." iifresisjtible in its operation,
whlcjj,' :n die language o" a gentie-man-tfruin
Connect ictfMr. Ciris--,Wfji3
j fgt&i rfirrtigCtfii 'it object.'
.'Hie demon of snecMatioh at noe
sweep Ikis" wrested froathe nation
their best, their only defence, and
closed every avenue of information,
fcut af"day of Retribution-' may ; yefc
cQmeil their rights are to bi bar-
tcfed" "awav, and thtir property'
saahileretl,-; the; people must not,?
t'Keyitiairbto: kepvin ignbrahce
byt whoinrlpr Vhom it U done. ;
, Wc h a vie often, heard ofarty
spirit,Qfcaucuse. as thcyf ar
trcjdirtb fettle jeislaviaAics
ticms-r-but never have t -seentriai
spirit- so visible -as at this time
Tht bnf-door intrigue" i s tpopalpa-
bt to be Qi9gUiseu. w tien it wasi
4em reared in the last rnorhehts of
an eicpiring administration iha de?i
testea oasDnncrra inicntjnput
wficn the qucsiitn of
IiruaTi79oVgca
beiote Uws iou8ev i- coqiao?rH?e nccessjucs aid 4 of their
taken until midnight i;th ihir(jib.us5 aii ixiitoutrynicii.--
of fourth week of th iscussioiv lj t fcpfedfibat this infamous sct
When tB sreat h?ij gooJ man whp-1 succeeded by a ccncni liarst . af in :
iiPY bits and wno wnatever may
he the wishes ot our opponents J 1
nope anairusx wia toug nu uic , aua tnose, speak or men of irt'ei
cu.tive cbaif, .hotWss. to 'his ownj-farence and "education, purchairs
Honour than to tte happiness of his
feltow-citliens : when he, Skir, rc
commended the repeal of the inter
nil taxes, delay succeeded delay.
od discussion was initowc4 oy ou-i
cussion, "uattl patienltwlf waa j j
iror threadbare.But flow, when; j j
public plunder 1she ordr of the i
ctav. how are we treated ? . Drrven .
I'
stubborn ,in their strength, & deci-j
on must be Jad, instanter. 1 ne
advocates fojthe projwsed mea
sure 1 eel that it wid not bear a sci u
vny. iiehce this precipitancy. T.hcy
wince iroiu tne toucn oi cwmiu
tion, and arewilling to .hurry thro1
- j
' H
i painful ox disgraccJuldiscusSiion
But it may be asked why fhi tena
cious adherence of certain gentle
men to each other on every point
connected'with Uiis subject. As if
animated by on s.jiritj they per
form all their evolutions - with 'the
olost exact discipline, and march
a firm phalanx-directly up to their
object. "It it thut mcp combined to
effect some cvii purpose, acting on j
previous pledge lu each other, are
ever more in unison than those wtia
seeking only to discover truth, o
bey the impulse of that conscience
which God ha-t j Lced in their bo
soms. . Such nit nlo-unt stand com-
into the committee of the whole, jj an asserdon within the limits of
and out agaity in.'a breatlt, by aiv jposjmutyjss.tuied to crldtt.'
iailcxible maiprity, exulting and! Yes, the;ictof the 7thoi lanu.irv
promitted Tiu y. will not 5t;tle .vt 'which the wavering virtue of
the suggestion i ih .-it own ii;mdh, t ti:c Governor induced him to re
and, saci; lice c.r -.nyatc-ojiitiicsiS .jecuj H: The other cn the 7th of
' to the altuinmrYn oJ Mitnc v,ntitttt U Jauuarvv.l7915J, l'he act under
j nei luips some r.v:.rious objevu; Nvhkh thediffcventcompxinies, from
Ifavtn.v oivtMi vetit to-lhal ef?u- oce-of "Which the mf-mftrtfiiUi''rl0
li-on oi
todtiinaiion whuh i U-tl,
A lrst 1 nct
f - o ie I-nd .to tx.ixss on dm dt
s-tct permit we now to
iK-r some cruiie riti r.astv reinar
i.vu tne point in aispute.
Thewill
be direeltd chirm to the claim of
xhe "N'ww-Eig';id Mississippi land
couipanx, whom w'c propt'se. to, de-
bar (v nh all tne other claimant magirAudtrtd-ffi ttt.-r eonseyuence
under - de act ol if 95) fi can -any may no Q'trfty 'ffini. th; ptvctafut
benefit of the ii c inillious of acres, wJftireofhcUiutsJ States tW(uit j
reserved oy our compact wun..jutff tnoHnc it necessary nojo id lay
Georgia, to satisfv iuch ciaims not lhen b?fcr& Congress1
specialty provided for in -that com-
pact, as we misrht find worthy of
j ccompence. I shall diveel m ob-1 j
sti vtions more particularly to this M
:laim, because it has. been more
insisted upon, and more Zealously
defended than any ojther. It is al-iedg-d
by.tlie menorialrsU, who
stvie themselves the.acents of that
comp.myV th-vt they, -and - those J
Whom they represent, Were ifino.
Ceht purchasers :- in ' niher words,
iffhorautgfthp "corruption -ind fraud
by whjeh the. net from which their
pretended title -was derived, was
nasscd... . fam Well aWafc tnat this
frtCt is not material to tlie qucsa ion
ofany k-giU or -equitable; title vvhkb
they may set. up, but as it has.
been made a pretext fOri-xciting-the
ccnruiasskin of theleiblature,;
I wish to examine into the ground;
11.' 1 :
upvn wiu tn uus allegation rest.
Sir; wlvti that act cf istupendoas.
'viHauv was passed in 1795, 7 at
tempting unaer-tne torm Hiiusem
lilancc 'ni lw, to rob unborn 'mil
lions of their birth-rfght and inhc-i
ritaiicc, and to convey to a band;pf
unprincipled and flagitious menr a
territbrv more extensive, and be
yoid comparison more fertile than
arty state of this union, it caused a
sensation scarcely less y iolen t than
that proUueed i?ythe piggc -gf. jthyti
stamp act or ine-nutung up ot tne
port of Boston i wjth tins differ
ehce, that When the portbill otBbsil
ton sed,cher bPutLei-nbrediiert
did; n6t tiike ttdvimtae -;tf ithe
fijrms" -of law, bf which cor-
ruptiegislature atte mptetj do de4
trdign,atipn Uroghotitthe continenti
I his is,matter oi puijlic notoriety'!
; too ofth,yerr .country in oucstlonV
uiu&e w no auecT xg.na-ViT ocen igno
i rant -of any7 such circumstances,' t
I shall consider as guilty oi gross and
tiu1 prevarlcauoh. Tney offer
indeed to virtue 'the only homage
which she. is eVer likely to reteWe
at their hands -.the homage of their
hvpocrisv. -v Thev cmiM Lt rhiV
3795 excited cmotiotiK of .Iririt
tion aau abliorrence, equal to tliose
proouca u'jUuj stamp act, or .port
pill of Bostotu But this w tiot
all. It drew Upon it die immediate
attention of the federal govemmiut.
l he authority which b' about to bg
produced to the House is one which"
i am not iu the hatit o proititut'g,
tu every light o:askm It is one
om which those ii ho are daily "en-
sueavoUnng to shelttx ilicir crimes
jtau-Uicir tvilieuudr ltu venerable
hade w ill not dare to auncaL Uo-
on looking into the journals of this
p louse, I noTthe following mes
sage from the President, dated on
the 17th oi -February 1T95."
Cetnlcmcn of t 'z Sciuue, aud Cenilcrr.ci.
ut'tiM; Huuie of Kepirstuiivts,
44 1, have received copies of tw
acts of the Jegisfcuure of 'Georgia;'
one passed on the 2Sth day of l)ci
mber, 1794. IfThis, sir, is th
rive thtir pretended tide, claim
for aprOpriting and selling the
iudiir l Jnxlii' widim the territoria!
limits ctiiiiTkctl by jthat state. These
copies, : .th4ogh'Dp.Kci'uUy certi
fied, hve jentransiyatted to me
insueh a mannerV Ut leave no
I room to doubt V their amhenticity.
I These acts embruce ctHfd tif siu-A
j . ,
.. .. . . ....
j Here, sir, Is iunple notice to tlje
wholu worid: ThU rhe-tsa'ire wns
ivferredc a select binmy tec: con
sisting ollrVjohii'NicliiiLisVlS, !
Maccn,lr. Ifmdley, Mr. Mur
ray, M r. Boudiuot, - Mr A:oe
land Mr. Sherburne j on vhose re
! port, after solemn d7-VtVv-ration in
the. -committee; of thewfwbo'.c-' the
House, on the- S6th bf the sanie
moun came t tb,e foUpwing resolu-l
tion. k i49f-'.iThic,the. PreAi
dnt of th.2 United Stae 5 be auuho-
ris'd tn obtain a cessioir from the
M state- of 'pe'prgj of . their viajin to !
iine,f4M' - a&v part, oi the-land
with' n the 'present In dUn boundar-:
les; : n he ven laud vviich the act
j of the 7tU uf January had attempted
to
I auepate aml ;sell ;J ;anjl" the but
j?tch Inow )ildtrcuiy bvnL:Vas
W
accordingly brought in, putsivant'
. . - i . . - . ... . . -.
u resoiuiuQ ana passed-the
iptie "cn the' Sd; day of J,iV(ari-l
iiui; unfortunately the session cloi
r seav oi neeessit)', otr uie fo.iowuig j
rdav; and thtsifcuse is .tctlanxSrUj
sed-that ithe 4 formsVof .the Senatt:'
wti cot4ermit anv bill to be JmrriVll
e'd through that, .body. A Vihgle,
negative isufecietit.to prevent iil
U hyhjct was not sa&fei dto siecpi
An act was subsequeiitly passed
opeomjr iiejtiaUon with Gebrina
for; Jtr tetdry Juetuon'- of j
whicj,w? have received: from hct
a soiemaf trantfer. Is this hOticei
or is it not : . Una tbrmai messagq
roni., the . President laying befere
Utern.the act xf 1795----so-tofelly
invalid aflil worthless was hatact
in etrlfe'es in;-uch' utter: (mA
tempt xiitney iiolcl the pretenuetl
rights ot the grantee? 4Jctkr i-thai
the House of Kepresentatives im
mediately passed a bill eiupoweriog
the President, laciy e,- gptaBtof '
;he very iandviefr that act h?d' :
previously & fraud ulentiy attempt
zo convey to lap iouj; cu4upmca
Wirh v.Rar frir. emild tRe FruSldent
recommciKl,' 6t'Gongre?R enHea
vbur to obtti n from Geo r gi a a ces ' :
s-on of the -tuffiy r-hiy- pa.ri of
tbelai3rd within her Indian boufda
(IcVif'they-lieytd tlaitiieland
in question had feen conVeytd tM
otnerai
If they atthrfto thl? Wt t Janu
17? iny "eaof valuj "5? n
man v who van'Swers this ohjectiaslu'
shtllhay my , thankJ JBut, 'per
hansl shall be told tlust this was the ,
4act of a. siheW uraucli of the legis-
1 latufi and not n J$w v Trueri
the'whole wprld that Congress? had
it to teciumer'bn 'the" &thkcti
It.V: noticed6n tKft 1 7h and 26tliJ
da of 3Ke"hrtiary; :irp:Kt: the
act passed by the state of t5eorgiar,
in ,ie.pic4inmonh, was yoioV
anof no fectr-4tjws ktllyjro.;
claimed , by the onniiafi of that"
state, which met in jBucceeding
Mayi and ta.s fiiji;rtcmsumrna
ted by tKereS ctnde tlcfe T die 1 3dt
of Fecrurfty, I'i::ir1t1ch;tras con-,
sequcudy engrafted en the constitn
tion of GeoVgiaV AdXtt.the New
England Mississippi lad company
under Si-j.dejoS cbtemwraceous
I date, mM&ILAty)iilk &k st
act,- a deed coutammg not .mere i)t
a special - warranty, bat aj eptvlal -Wtofliaiii
thai its xchrst S'halH'chcd
fjgain'st the seltcfs , Jbr afiy defect "(if
fztle in them t a coyenant :whicft
clear ly. indicates notice pii the part
lofthe buyers; cf suthdec?ct i tdx
ing uadtr, W ded .hy whuh they
:purphase suxhiidoul af tlgran
;tccs,iof 175,. Had to sell, in whose
-stead ami pince they rsgree. to stand
' t - . rr . . . 1 -
uus company saect . to na-vc no no
tice of :plipyei
whom' ihfv tihrhi3Shl6tth
ohtih of h;icbJ"tiict;;7. '
;deri:veditt.tSi;Y0 '
what in eCut. do you v declare i
You record solemn acknowledg
iment tliat; Congress have f uhfatrfy
'and , di&hoaCit y ohtiined from
"Georgia a grantxif tirid to which
thaJCstatt: no fonger possessed a ti
tle, having previdus?y ; sold it to
:otht rs for a valuable consideration,
of m liich transactior) Congress was
at ! the 'timer JuifypriH'd.4 Are .
ou prepared to-make this humilia
ting confession ? To identify yaur
ityes widi the; swmdleriof 1 795 ?
To'achpwledgethat you have un'
fairryobtai'nti frpin another tbt to
which xptx knew he had no-tide ?
1 trust, mfi- we have not yet reach
ed this paVnt of Uorai And polhical
?depravi;y. ' -.''!
x ne agents' oi tne jew-ii,ng'.ana
land compunv are ihfortuni;ie in -
fw.1t hnink;r. 1 liifv fft out u-i'h a
ijform'al Cudeavaur to prove that they
arc tUded,tp;tIieVr iropoftton of
fifty miiiitnts of acret ol lAnd, un-
der die Uw of iiyS, and this they
'make 'their .plei to bcHV.Imiitfd to u
proportiouul haref-orXtf. If they
teally believed what thev sav,
would they be wUiihg Cb" comrnotiK t .
a good legal, ,or ,equitaJle claim
for oae tenm bl Us yajue. Their
luiraorial contains moreover a sug'
estion of .fuischpoll. They aver
i tliat the reservation.oi five miliio m
fj for iatisfyins ' chums not ochci rhc
:? ....... i i. .. - i
proviaea iot, in our compare wnu
Georgia,'' ' was $pecilVy intended
r the bchcUt ofithd ciaimanta un- ;
der. th$ 'act of X78i aiid that . we
are pledged sitlsfy' them dut oiv
that vreserViUion. ' Now, sir, .turn r
to the Cih vpVii dourUws, and
what Is tila!ctiiLu iWUce
so mtjch of tiic reacived ;five mil
lions; as .may be nectsiary f is ak -pirdpriatetl
specifieally for sal.sfyii:r;
cianis dctived iro in ' U rids 5 grajo
not re'gnkn'tetLuby S'aiot, aiul -v ;
machof;the -eidu i& iaay' bs t
j
i
it
Vv
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