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t ft it A' Tie JL AND North-Carolina State Gazette. Ouri ire the plamof f a t r fieli t fal peace, X;nw.1rpd,bv party rae, toliv Itkebrothc-i. R A 4i 'P$a. J.- w in m mi ll nir r t'i Vll ,, i.iiN.niniMiMiiiii ii"gweseegiJUJ-lg ,11, III II ri pMMMl"1"' . m -vir ; : Monday, Ocror.rn. 21, 1805! Xo. sir. ,ur Randolph's second The aWS e.e .ubjrcte Yazoo SlCvhr. hai but lately maue its CONGRESS Htbe U. STATES, fliaif Rrpreientativct. Siturdzy, Feb. 1. ,Tr T Rajjdolpm' said, that, as Id excess hoarsenes. wouidper 1 he weld lay before the hous, Tor e observation on the various ob Sons ;kUh-ad'lecn urged agains 3?cu ..t tf his worthy and Thevi ,OX 'A . Ll- . I..MT1 '. ill . Viai'-v; U'vaUI v-" o ' - 'if far socn e - - ' r.fAir nrawticcs cn the nuou 1 ravt ci sum - i i ' i .,.,.i..vt.iUr; to arnue j r'cclrM r IMS iricr.Q r.u ,ilUh,tthC,ctof:rcrea contract bttwecn statc,o. otor a and the ctees ilierc.n namcc. This (said he) is nothing less than ,r-or rather, a yfa-r.z rcZ- (theq-icslion. WV jnat y . i. . k.,n or ir.uld hi any contract. i-? , under such circr.irr.ccs, that rflai is a har.:s or. v.'iv.cn or-.. clriV; i i thU mowiss of crt'-uption. ttroaqr piles of argument afd roun der reasoning, befove they can build ;i Stfc.'.t-Horc oi conclusion upon it. lis a quagmire ever yh'r.h they cannot pais ; and in thsir awkward tempts to around it, they, con- its esislenre. Friud has rendered it wit'iom bctccm. The art of 1 796 is tit on e. declaratory of that fraud, an -I j the Mchct possible evidence 6i the, fact. The ciaimanis ann tneir auvo . catcs thernscFveB .conct-ds it, when they ?hng to the report cf the Com missioners, by trhich it is expressly affiraaed, and which explicitly de clpres, that ' their title ccwr.ct h sup ported: And when t'.y co.he mtuj this house with that report inj their j hands, and whine and cringe Ipr ur bmnty. uo they, not abandon all pre ; Yes, tne advo-: H or tne grantees nnoer ucu will he reconcile this ? . . The same gentleman has introdu ced into this debate, the names of two persons ; cne of them at .that time, a Judge ol the Supreme Court of the United States, the other a Se- ndttr from the state of Georgia ; j who he tells us, were deeply con cerned in the transaction of 1795. Both these gentlemen are no more Private character, always dear, alwavs tn be resoected, seems al- j t most canonized by the crav men should thr Tnir-hr cWr, nh'lVICUSi 1H tUe!! tombs. But if the mouldering ashes of the dead are to be raked up, let it not-be for the furtherance of injus- Uv. Randolph recuiTied. Thjlwho stole it7 vairi-he had it not, and actjs which ! am about to mention are derived from such a source, that I could almost pledge rnvsclf ftj their truth Whe'-i the agent cf th Georgia Mississippi company (u-fider whom ths Ntzo F.r.y land land coh.pa.ny ciuim) arrived in 'he eas tern states, h had ;-reat diflicuhy in disposing of his boty. The ruincur of jihe fraud" by w'nich it was acquired hatl gone before, him. People did not like to vest tlui? uicncv in this nefcr Mist.isih' s':h-irr. I?accoid of to :anor.ized by the crave. Whtn !jncnr MisS.tsipp! S':h-r". lie accoi go hence, their evil deeds ipn;ly applhdto sime Itadinz " follow them, and for me, ! ! wealth .id intelligence, uff-jring sun' hh as 200,000 acres, to tje-r !pss, for w'.ach they were nci- thi r to p0.y money, ror fiat th' r p&' pr, but ivrre to tan on his books he who had it said he did not take it. Gentlemen, replied the hones', trade: j m&n, what you v.-yj may be a'l very trucj but, at the same time, I know, j that btt&jecit"jfi!ct I am robbed. And such precisely is our case. 1 lie robbery has been attempted, and the tjoods have been shifted from the j thief to his accomplices and abettors ; but they were caught i the fact and we have arrested the thieves and the receivers, and the goods ; and I hope sir, we shall, not permit the parties, whether original jianlees who took it, cr subsequent purcha sers who received it, to nuke of with the public property. ' The rigour of the. committee, of claims has passed into a proverb. It I has, more than once, caused the uis- lice. In every Stage of the discus- na purchjrs, at sj muck per acre, j has, wore than once, caused the jus sion, whilst I nave kept my eye These were the d. cay lirds to bring! tice of this house to be quetiencd. steadily fixed cn the enormity of the J th'e duett and g-s: into .he net cfj Whatthen was our sMrprize, onred act of 'i7?5 I have lost sight of the-;; scu'ial.un. On the iUU-.i of tlits ing their report, to iind that they uv.vu....w7- .- . . . . . .. , ls. Since, however, some ot j persons, ur.rier ;uc uier. t!:at me a oi nave discovered equity in tne pre- thi-ir iiifbrrnhaon i sums v; vdea v, them have been mentionec, it may not be immaterial to, notice the in-; terest which they took in the br.si-1 pqct ncss. It is too true, sir, tha the Se - 1'- nator in question, wa one of the fa- laf'-d fund ku.', - t . 1 T f thersof the act ot 1795. general . ur i s w oul net t:;Uw .v-iuijiis oi i.iesc jc!.!i:r;e: s. on, scsme proi-'' whenthe war-wor n soldi" of the re- '.Glii SO CI '"0, return ethe-t tv:oUed to hmn. 'Assembly w ."ibh'd ;:v this new vl ii.:r mcr.cv in a.e thr in- passed it, he was, r.t tne satr. j Tolution, or the dwsohite iuow c.r fa mi shed offspring of him, who -raka your iiHiepenuenee witn :us nioofi, r.'-kr. at the doer rf fhtt coT.mittee f u' hi'j ripht io? tht toil-earned pit Vmcz which vcuv ;u!vc-rs"tv -fouid r;ot i i e ses. ' i n4v.-c;tt puvr 'k : hv Mh.-.rn we are i s-on re elected to the Senate ot Uie ; ot.t : ?Kvirf c :nyji .ru.-, xohe 'Kiy 'n k,c"l Unirtd States, fcr six vears thereaf- j j nf fix J a !-, i. and' k r can I j nankvuty would net sufTer him to ter. It is cavalry true,' Mr. Speaker, ; j l i i r-f tcr.cn.' .; the viic pa. jt i.aiuior. you in that per.i and that .,rni Rritiih fr-zfv. was !l .h of ,!).u i .iim : coA in v. hai doll-d-.-ersity, when the. want of ihzt pit- ratified by that -senator's casting vote, ' n. And-as the Yazoo speculation, thc-i S al.v o; h-r carried through the B ritish trrnty, U ' ? ' now it setrr.s that the tdhercnts tij..ie.l to ti that treaty , are to drag the Yazoo ijl;-?iVLi .' d sp-::ulaiiak cut of the mire. The j j ahd ou- ):i. )i cui-nni v the losers tancr'otiUl huvt aHhi-ih-.l him an exciiie were be leas nobie, oi'ins, -A - l ; i ;ns- cause less glorious,-: vnen he prc-j . ti; i,r.v '..;' I ::td his petition at the door of :-dtrs of strL voai- L '-'.,-, Si y-U! cuiMitu , nd asked for !us rrj oftiiv ,:h-v, rtiosii-c-plttaute, f-;r he T.inte.i A IjnV connec-.ion of the two questions it thst day, is too notorious to be de nicd. That very senator, were hz now here, would disdain to deny it. With all his faults, ho was a man of I i f- ibi a! ion at tsc ha: i "iwii! , Uili itiMiiU tiii r, i mini.'.: 1 l I ":-e r-5 riihi ti ; Li .-t," ton vmuiMv tr; II . .. 1 1 - )cvr anut u iiee )iQ tue H tov soj-re P-i n s povcr-t ; tv voik toraforu fiom his wan's rphia i ' r'rd p,iivatitis, our secnritT from and d.'HTer"' "d watch- !l tO t,V:i I l!,.!U'. f i . : .... . .-: .... i n.s w.-.iU.J l-as T.-U3 not in the caulogue of j ten -Uo-.-v of Cec.-.h,, Wd iidtn.igi i'"--' &-Arr. At cW J5r irr" his vie, s. The coupling together of 1 A V-.cre -u-; ; 5,.- d rn i'a-h a or what was mo;, the British' triy Yazoo busi-lj 4 i.'ua r.i A'.r-iV-i, (and I b--j, -"d-uratc tnun wone, you presented ncss, cannot surclv be unknown to I! lie Bosion, v tW, h,,w,ve,, I ,A t,e Mature of hmiunon,. On rjoi oHi?i ve,s wi M' 70 f" trtH' '('' 11 t'l- lilC '..J71.1 t iUUll- Ill's.- l.w. kith J by Pionkd r;,int;;.ii in ihot) CJ ,nq"Hy lli;T- l.ni. 7 dirtcti'ri of ik?..;; r M them. j is tne meanirt fh- s ..-j -; uealt out to tnem. i or equity ci devolved tit injustice hi stripping fair contra 'oi - with a s;ood tile, of seven eights i their rightful a:.-d purchate r This point canvjt V- kept to-o much in ' r.or too strongly msiscc ou.j The v'.-icri-hk j;e.nt'iiman from reiiiisvivuiiiti. (Mr. I'ir.oiey) Tviicid'.e j gave inhisr cunt xtit:i cf his last y 'ar's ipi.tiyns 6o i:i- vubjectj told you .that Vjcii. VuS..-.r.tn fc message nau no ihe gentleman from Pcr.-isylvania I j ?.Ir. V. Fiudley. ?Ie was a mem- j iier of ths House of Representatives j which voted the expropriation ' for j - . . . -J . . II i.. . - . f... :. .... ,,. y-j. l '....! !iii mmtniUcs ? riaun", is ve r r-( :s ur.deistooU to' have acted a ctmpi-ior w 10 .u a., "; - - - - "... , . , - H J, ....,. h;....; a wrtilntr., for those cUuii wko are br:-.::oco . r. . .. l. . ! I ; u: i. r..,l .mnn iliWUrt U1KM! V Slam UCU W '. . famy. Their heievcicnce is n-t re filiated by the vul r notions of prae tical in oraiity ; it pTrceed upon t peculiar svstem of etnks. which bc- v.-.. ..wv . i M ;s ur.deistooU to nave arteu a cinni- e' . , ..u. u..f tentions to tu-.e ? Yes, tne aavo-, ; n,M,:,- - f.nn it I ft-. to co.i.io n;r.:-ott 10 writing. cates ot Uics- clams arc cornpeet 1.4. of snrp,;ze that the same , ie c.r. i his -'---a:.-, u.r.ee.l invm a to acknowledge the fraud, d y.e.; at ratihed the Brl.ish treaty, fo-.r.,..;-,.;- I.m rc-::-.:.cii to the the gvo-und of contract, i.ow. d-.c 1 .ty lK . cct:ro- Vc of one cf the fnrv, was la r,r;:.;..vca a, VU can they juify their own fraud and j 7ranTees of J he set of Geor- ?ho that the :e:;:;;. of the lcgi- lnjustire k strippmg fair contrf-.-foi- ; - u,r.H r:-to3e to co- f-uic v.- cuned to tivcir purpose, ia. ot 1735, sr. on; a re;u3e iu w- i'' Uiivcs. in raea uires for ohviatr1"' ihe mischiefs of that act ? "nen vou" ser this co ruhiin exle-'1 '5 ' fits oi go- -:-.lt to tnro great depart wmment, can you ,ondr at the bitterness oi its act of 17. l;c coasidered it as n cavkat on h--':?ifof the united the Urntorv in 'ueiri-in. it so juGgm.' nt s- iv,.A ? With their .T.iur", and on tne well might the host i feci- confident in then tne t'f Was that -ottce to subse.-jueu: P':.-1 mants from his state had chasers, or not ? How will the"" 0i Ahe fraud, ; that he kr the, federal goventmer.t a'1 (ieora-'! jl i j iiAii.) v. Liiui e,- o j compray's pusci5 v"'; co,n5,r- miacd, besides t1 valuable part of the GVorgia corP3-"'' s ?r r.t, con tained jn the for of th- A'.iljama and Tomb'goee. The United So-u-contended tb llie cixy v. est ot the Catahoi'bee, and south ot a pa rallel of Jtitude, which should in7 tersect th mouth of the Yazoo liver, never cogitated a part of Georgia -that-' vfaS itbin the limits of the pjv'tce of West ytarida, Irom which brig severed, by the peice of 1733 :l became vesied in the confederacy, "fend not in the state to which it. hap pened to be contiguous. The far greater p.rt of the gratst to the Gcor Z" Mississippi com piny i embrRced v-iLhin these limits : tlir. purchase ol the AVm England' company is stated, hy themselves, to h.e been mad. from that company, Welve month.-flft-rfh PreMdent's Wsk.ktp. q'h. R-.-ntleman from Ptnnlylvania, him self, considers this message as a fo nd annuiK-iaiion of ths Adverse elaiir f die ladled States .o.the land v Cjiiestion, and, in the same breath, aversthat the New En Band company., the subsequent pure 'lasers of tha ry kind, wce ignorlnt of i-.ny de tcl of title in the siaa of Georgia, t! at ccrcu striai--;'' eveM yet, tney-have-scarcely aside their iudecity. J A gentleman from Massachusetts (Dc. iiustis,) has said that the clai- no notice Vnows thev had not" tr. Eustis ftnp-ared by '' t'itnrr trt nnihr.n Ihfc aceuraCV O tne- expression 1 cannot have nus tuktn 1 him, for I tsok down the words khozo they had not" Sir.' I would ask th?t sel1t-ler?mn' whence arises the proverbial difficulty of pro ving a negative, but Trom the diffi culty of knowing one ? Dr. "Eu&ti.i rose to explain- If he had said that hz knew the claimants had not a kriowjedee of the fraud, he In yi'.-;ftf ne new$ or t u :r vn .411 h n r f.GtinCC; it :. had said tba much. It was impossi- a re.-; aecordiiigly. no sooner was c tppotntmeiit an- V'oi... thin it 'was if r b ise there. b'.fcly said ' :. a -o then the a:st .? t-rri'srv of G or- pendon tl?e decision of this question ; and ts t'ne British treaty Ad the Ya zoo were made to stand orTall t(ge- i ther, in 1795,, so the Crsek treaty and the Yazoo are to btand or full to gether in 1805 Out those who hold out this threat to the members from -Georgia, should know ;them better, s hould be told that they .are made of the sternest stuff cf republicanism, and can neither be coaxed rior int' midhted out of their principle. Of those who talk of the western lands being acquired for nothing, I would ask if that be : n argument for throw ing thc-m away upon flagitious men ? Cut were the toils and dangers and treasure of the revolution not hi n a: I The. bloody battles, the burnings and devastations of the southern and western countries ? Was the expe- o:t;on ot t!:e brave and intrepid Clarke, which wants only a Polybjus to rival the march of Thrasymerie trere the exploits of this American J ilann-ba!, wiio secured the western country to you, nothing ? Were your Indian massacres noihing ? This government, ht me remind you, hc.3 acquired the confidence of the public by the disintercstrenest of' its measures. The repeal of the in terna! taxes is not tha least conspi cuous s.:.io-.tg them, liow long will you retylo ihcrt well earned confi dence, if .you lavish cn a band - of speculators, a landed capital, &hoss annual interest i" mors than cquiva.' i ni to the who!: proceeds oj those tax. s ? I wiiJ not go into petty ue t ui-3 r.cw, hut I pledge myself that whoever nvd-.es the calculation, 'will: nud the value of the knd, toctlier V'itn tne expcr.C2 of extinguishtng she Ind'c.n vitle, at the rate of our ' l.nt treaty in thut qu?.rer, to yield a d:zr f zrpttudl annuity, equal to th? receipt from the interna! taxrs. What would you say to : prop-jsrion to tevive those -taxei a.-l mortgag-.? them for the pmen of tba invkr kst on a Yzco svook V Do you wonder that we shrink f.-om such a precipice ? Shaii a republican House f Reprer,2htatives sanction this vvan tt:r. uate of the public resosrees to nourish the bane cf every republic ? A -. . . : t i . . t i ou eiiou;;n io cenevj ! tr,;it the fr. e mihicr.s will quiet them ? ; es, as the tribute of the Reman stows ch.'.rity where it ,';s not necc--sar or moh'plies its bounties by rifi is f y.i." ? T.IP';! f:!t.-nJ,t at r. T-? .. t.U r.iies; ' Y-u onlv r-jhe't ihtir a'obttile arr.i eticreate their mans of extort- rnorv 9 the their t r ,i i beiore tivey I 1. ike tin i: of Kon.e, they y.ill make after attempt ::p:n the ccpitol, plunder I th the ratio obciter.ces or tne magni- acquired in the f.rst vhcn' I see tude of the' crime in much the l the formidabb front displayed by same moTc as cevtain insiitiit'ie.." ci tjthls hmd of broken f peculators, I Englaiul tests'the qualification ot tnv jhim i ri-esitah' y compelled t 13 ;cs lids require any Jtornme'u : uy ynu s-.e t;.e fitrong brcbJiility th-tt niiuV t.f those who pow appear in the -.haraetei" of pur thasers from th.r o. i-.;'r.i!il. grantee, hamcu in th- ;:-.:t; of i7S:, arc in fact partner, 'perh.os i ,iiv; ltors, and! rime movers of u. t rausaclion, mi jwhich thtir names do rait appear .? lAmid'st 3uch a conipli ;:nion of guilt, jliow are you to disc? imh:itfe. how fix the lh'olet: , ? The chairman of the Committee id claims,- who brought im' tins rcior., uiilcr the lasn oi j iwhee crit.Vi.-,tu, c ave all so-oftca t candidates for adRisw.n....a por un- fo;umt'e tJtn.de in Loudc-i, apply ing for adiu it .nt e into t!; M,vr;d den Cimitv, b i'ig aked who she v..s her wretched i.de wai to?d in a few j wortl.,.." ! am poor, innocent, ::.! j fricbd!e." " Unhappy -irl, replied ! ihe director, year caw does, irot com'e witiiio the purview of thiin-j stitution. I nn Ac tne t hat .e a.rry-j sion her?- this is a !i-e of recep-1 t ton for prftt(vtet : you must go j and qua'idy younc'f, Ixfore you car, f;uUke of our relief." With equal aicrei'.op., the director f the com mittee of claim iuer not do to xviavted, that he iu genci-iillv c.iu.i- fid Runit their a ty.a but what :o en-quire what v. ui Lhave been thtii force, if liieir Attempts on the western coun try of Georgia had not been harried Wy the virtue and patriotism of that slat 2. What is there ia this govern ment that could have coped with i hem? Sir, you must have built ai:oth':r v'ng t your epilog in this third branch of your legislature. You woo id. luivs had a Yaioo-estate: in your empire, not with a' qualified negative, but all absolute vcta on all . your proceedings. Scarcely, wcuid th"y have left you the, ir.vKaiive. I have s.:;J arfd V repeat it, that the asf-ect in which tins thing pre sents itself would, alone, determine me to resist it. In cne of the peti tioners 1 beheld an executive officer,! Pder. d H" the oed:ig3ue of the h-iuce,H taitcd.wut ccnuwvion au-j stamp- fw.il E-ivo me leave on this sulvect. to "d with iraud. Cave ;t these pro- ref-r him to an author!? v. ' i in owe i P-"-1-"4 and they i'.i give it equity." i who receives and distributes a yearly Iwith which he is no doubt famiJiar,!! -it we .navt uecn ioiu mat tne v-j revenue oi c,ooo ooatirs, yielding knd ("however hum'..e') well deposed SuU;S KiVC eveu t;'v these Urius to resnect. ; The authority which I hie that any one should know all that )am about io ci'e, is Di' worth's sp:l- was known or panning; in the mind of Wing b.'A, rnd if it will be more gr.de- another. Without recollecting the jj ha to she gentlem en, not our common I orecise words used, h-; had in'ended J i.f ll -ricdn edition, but the royal EvgA l stiite? his own belief, that they h--d iish spelling boo' In one of the J no such knowledge cr mtormatiov. ; He. -was resulet't and conversant with I those concerned i i the transaction, it j was tne subject ct general con versa- , lion, and if there had been any know- j ledge or report of the kind, hs thought i It must hc.ve cpme'to his knowledge but he also recollected to have sta- at tne tune, tnat mis cucum- hau the 'price p:.d by the several tompar.ie1 of 17" 5 draittiag tlie S fact (which is unquestion?.b!y ffdt e) j did Georgia sell to the union for? pounds shidir.gs and pence? Did North-Carolhui and Virtriuia. In their anr nLt Df.-.sit.lo the o t. Otuees ii hi disposal lo x ten stance did not depend on the know- h.;.?iiers ot" that useful element rv j act of ce33il- cf cVcn ra writ ir is r-.diited. that two nerson i &iv"e countries, iOOi to Are we become o :hre or cnir.ion cf an individual.. As the price paid for -the land pre- iina Purchase, one of them stole ufpbig, tha: public s;vrit nd the gene- j y.,Av ot goods, and handed it to the 1 good go tor notamg . ne mo-1 receive a pe iuon m ku- r- to conceal under his cloak. J 'Y .lch we. engaged .to pay cut o?oi tne United states V' i c-idenred with the theft, he the proceeds of the fund, aithouvhiC be supposed p more, than .douule the amount pau. ii win t seen br the four covspanisa in 173 j', ccn-jj dir.g every sul st'.tme but a sm?li 'part even cf the jj nv.rdstraticu, which, I am persuaded ucciir.sary,-? consideration. Vvre arc- exists in ;t:i great dyo-irtnientS. dh t I moreover pledged to the extinguish-! persons holding appoint ir.tnts jtnd-.r t 7V i. Srst ptxposition (fmr rue totrcbire ftl.-? i dvn hinds earn? on to: V2to of No- J scared v vcvirme; the annual araount of j i.COO dollars, and contracts move lucrave, making up the residue of ths sum. A pa tronuge limited only by the extent of our country. Is this rirrht ? Is l it even decent ? Shall political power nec'.Tt. ry j: Le made tne engttie c; private inte rest ? Shall such a suspicion 'tarnish; your nrweeedings ? How would vi,M receive a petition from a President 3 if such a cas ; ible ? Sir, i t see tue sa;ue purity pcrva- boi dinate branch of ad- t'tovti- .luded anv idea beiiei' that the purchaser could have had any. -knowledge of the fraud. Jade Wilson and Cer.. Gann an im- vjtiunr, 1 :'94, frcm Atiert Gallatin, AUx-1 ansa- f. DJ.lar., and jared Irgcusll, by their J -.'hi IVtre.it. This nvpnt lirfiM'Mfti to I pursue utl lit country included in the cW-l ment of the Indian title to t ion ul aie male to the Smttb-Cirolir.a Yazoo nehse territory withm the pres-nt Cbrt'xmj, ae a price semevbat ever 65.003 ; limits of Georgia. It has been whts doUars. ( etr journal ct the House of R epre- I : mv tn-.t- tK- .fntt. nf ient Uorta t' l0'J ' cJu&tilr Creeks Is to cQJ Ib'u appears tn betxran indignant al'.us:o;i in m vroC'tziikm et'tbh con jilextion, tuade uj a. diH-i'.uthcl cbnractcr. " 1 - 1 I' i W i I1- hi H in i I- 3Vt , 1 I i A r. Pr Is ( Ii l?t&
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