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FRIDAY,' JULY 26, (8 . :
VOL. XXIII
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FOR THE REGISTER.
oration; ' j'"
Tarred fj"1'.? ,, nr s
e occasion for uliicli we have met, can
. rrrv fevr in th?s assembly from its no
S 4th of July has, for almost half a
i -en hailed at each relum, with
cfT1tur, Lcen jubilation; iu
Kil day. many of you have Mtnessed the
L felonuence andthe embellishments
Cftry, wmbinTns-to ffive effect to the
Plf It flKl.ail. political truth,. and
..c-htlie medium of the feelings to nn-
saViftl understanding.
. V i - M,Mller.?-td inv pretensions to be
iT-tI and as such only he-hopes alii for
fj.? pvirpatiiy ana ior ic
" 'awicts' the multitude of associated recol-v-rnoius
u hioh at snch a moment croud upon
4l.eart, and oppress its sensibility, vc are
rtnitfd!) with stronjr and engrossing- ni-t-
ist,ta tl:e uiy which ushered in this ijold
'X ,n-V-this "mozkvs ordo tectorumj' the
-LA cf which vve have seen Rrtd still.be-l
iril, lut which the panegy rical pcn of some
f r -e Vlr'il must describe. TVhen the pco-
iSw! epochas cf their history the themes
of barsCr? a ui of admiration, the imagination
iccarellctl to travel in disjitst and pain and
iorrcr, tbrrugh intervening periods of na
tsJi rice, dtgraJation and, wretchedness ; ;
Mi 53 with us the vista tfirough which' wtf
Is bordered with brightness ahdbeauty
!.enflnr.ttlie eye ith .everlasting" pazinp,
i:d t-ie termination of the-prospect is 'rnel
lred, and not obscured by its distance. The
rrcltrcticn of dur Independence, which we
cci.rat narrate, is a point whence' has pro-
Ci-edcda continuous line of blessings, suc
cewlir.j: ia clcse dependency, Increasing1 in a
rat:o v. ith time, and extending with every aa
'.ior::il ur.'t cf population and every acces-"
srn of territory, rhus distinguished by la
rcurand crouned with various .prosperity;
iLo shall forbid us to rejoice ? and n the
rcidst of rejoicing who will not be grateful
in.! adore and -vhef c n thfelay.cold heart
cf sordid selfishness that will not mingle with
tf e swell of gladness and devotion, a throe
of coir.miseration for the ortune of those who
knew not our happiness Characteristics s6
appropriated to tlie giovelling nature cf the
brutes that pt-rish, cannot indivkhiate any
person of my audience all aie prepared at
s-ich a n;omcnt to think and to act as be-
CTCicsTh'.sc w ltfe l that God is their father,
nuuikiiid their biethfcii, and the world their
The anticipations of the assembly have, I
trtst, prepared them to welcome a rspid re- j
V'f,i Lie transactions directly .related to
mcrist event, v.hich has distinguished
1 1.5 above all the clays which have revolved
J-nce the primeval dawn that day only ex
cr.tcd,ihi n our race was absolved from fet
ters not riveted by human hatuh, not fKUigj
clito liu.Tian strength, .; , . V ,
Ahulc more than three centuries 2 go, and
t. !S region, now brighte.pd with culuvation,
ii.J crdcr, and arrwas the hone of the sa:
u?c-and the brunt of his prer. The 'projcct
t-l-.ich eventuuted in itsdisco en-, denouncetl
T. ' w; u!atimu.n, anu us accoju-
.lmcnt f, lil-e aj miracle, . are fkmlljaf Xo
P cs of List, r) ,var.d heed not to be enlarged
f'r-; but tii.-? m'nd accuatomed to look up
hruugh t!i,- revolutions of human affairs, to
? ?rt st c a:.v f causes will not fail to rc-n-se
.i?.- vis'.Lle operation o: a gAiding
"T'ence in tbe particular" conjuncture in
V was made this -ast accession to tlie
-oai-cil 0r mnn ! Yl the time when Ko-
nj-M were freemen and heroes,, and Greece
?J!?t hurcan nature 10 a Pmt of degr .da
;.hcyond which man must haVe lost the
rr-uutes cf his t.necie?. In this
of 'Snoi-ance and profundity of moral
.raent a ray; oriiglfc penetrated' the
'SnlTy -el1 f 111 AugusUne'Friar.: Native
ptti.osity 0f temper, virtuous indignation
sectarian zeal, impelled hW with xio,
'&i!5!l-,,.c wcrk -ofrcformaUon and Mar-
iLuther hvedto shale to its foundation the
toS , ! nittion of tlic consecrated des
Sf th 9 hlasphcmoiAly arrogated to him
. JiHhe prerogative of the-God of Heaven,
rion!!-"lUIlZ period of turbid 'conimo-
iica-t n iU "Mlign-ty- 'of the
. a-t Us Poured forth in n, ...
lnitnsn
e on soce-
IIIC ins
5 S?d t0 JT the excess of m; e
avac?j 1 rftB III! III! W C" I
,e to which the Orator of ,the Day deems
b'clf coiopetcnt to answer. It is only.as
. ' ... i;,.nrr and formal orean of the hanno-
--v.w tiier:jntsot man, a thick cloud ct
T&cu darkness-Lad cvershadowcd.thc peo-
? C Of tlie old World. Tl,n Kr-itit crliansm
tiruiu;cil tyraray had been sticceedea bv
-e more refined and more c orrupt policv o'f
,h:c-chy, which conspirinfr vith
2.w'rf--.ninjy doctrine of passive "obedi-
rST8?1", d dl-tiie brother,
unM A1,ertliUnilers w Vatican
-oun.eicdthe fierce "defiance, of :,n,t;i
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and to ndvance them. Though it might not
accord -with the. truth of history.'to Consider
the wbole mass of our original population, as
efnpees escaping from ithe" persecution of
rh'rious or even .political-bigotry, vet ceflrT
tninlv this cTass was . uniformK predominant
to a degree sumrienx xo aiu-aci mi iu auui
gamate with itself the particular variant pre
judiceti.cismg in the community, produced
by the occasional ingress of a number 'swayed
by different affections. The American colcf.
rusts never were, at any period of their histo
ry, a promc(tou and motly . ' assemblage--
our social body is not,' af present, that agglo
merated mass of heterogeneous particles,
j which : our ''intemperate detractors have as
f serted, arid which, perhaps, some of our vin
.dicators" hare too casil' admitted it to be If
. wc are permitted to calculate with any de-
i greex pt . assurance as o tne enect oi moral
j causes in riving tone ;ahd defermination to
the character of, a people,"our ancestors must
I nave pr ssessea one, at jeasi in regarcixo cer
j tain points, strongly and decidedly marked.
: She had groaned under the iron sway of des-
' potism, and thence had contracted an inera-
f dtcable detestation ot arbitrary power; tney
j had fel M-hat it was to be obnoxious to the
' iealous vmeltv of hierarchies, and regarded
'with horrent aversion all exclusive religious
establishments bv law they, had been made
J'hers of poverty and wedded to toifi byun-
and profuse luxury-, of legitimate monarchs
and their dironisH dependents, and it was na
tural for them to admire the cheap simplicity
of republican government. Thus character
ised, and distinguished for habits'of tempe
rance, ofJadustry, and unyielding rigidity of
monds,were the men from whom we boast
bur desccntV-and such men only were quali
fied to plant the foundation bn Which has
been reared a fabric s vast," so firm, so con
sistently beautifuh-'-the present -Constitution
of the United States. - If what is here urged
should need ttf be confirmed, -that -confirmation
will be found in adverting to the revolu
tionary movements 'of -Europe 'fort the last
three, centuries. -Even with-the' advantage
of the pure light which has reacted upon
them from thi country wjth.the; perfect
model of the American revolution bcibre their
eyes, the efforts of the people of Europe for
political emancipation, have produced dplya
rapid and desolating; alternation of anarchy
and despotism- they have parsed through
tlic fire and arc not purified.. The catastro
phe of our own political agitations, so happily
different, strongly indicates a superior moral
liature of the ictors bv" whom it has1 been a
chieved. The spark of sacred fire; transplant
ed with our ancestors under better auspices,
kindled ami blazed and illuminated, while
the kindred fiajne from which it sprung was
trodden down, :ind smothered and .quenched.
It is the part of the American annalist to
rarrate the succession of events which mark
ed bur colonial growth, from infant helpless
ness to vigorous maturity tho vicissitudes of
prosperity .and of calamity which attended
this ' jirogress arc these events trivial - and
contemntiblc ? Is our primitive'history that
of a minute and almost unregarded append
age of a transatlantic kingdom ? lie it so
it is no record 'of. ambitious conquests, no
blazonry of triumphs to illustrate the name
ofjspine"' mighty murderer1" it recounts not
the splendid elevation, nor laments the dig
nified -disasters and heroical dowtifal o: the
royal and-the anointed themes that fire the
eloquence of Gibbon, and warm the philoso
phy of . Iluine. 13ut arc we humiliated by
the reflection I Patriotism forbid. The most
interesting- and brilliant portion of the history
of any 4iuticn, is not .always that of the great
est happiness to the peoplejand in this quiet
and homely, scene, an object meets the ob
serving eve, compared with which' the most
memorable wtrs and revolutions which hive
.depopulated i-nd convulsed the world, be
come ordinary and unimportant--it is the in
tellectual iraprovemcnt and niofal melioration
of maivr-tlie prcgressive expansion of the
soul to its native dimensions it h the majes
tic march of mind we pursue with compla
.cency this advancing illumination of truth
and reasor, till we are brought to pause with
inefiable interest on the crisis the mo men t
.pregnant with mere than the fruits of centu
ries when that language to which we have
this day. listened' with such -ardent delight,
was addressed by a cmncil of practical sages,
to a people qualified to approve it upon the
ground of sober and rational conviction. M'e
l.are new arrived at a point which 5rnay be re
garded as the termination ot the long contest
of light and darkness for the empire of the
huniian mind, the 'period of the" final preva
lence, we may jiope, the everlasting triumph
of.just principles over the ijpiis faftd of dc
h;sive opinions which have dazzled and mis
led mankind1, rand with what sensations should
we contemplate it ? Upon such' a subject
enthusiasm , is only sensibility, and he who
does" not fecT,rannot feel.'. " 1 ' t
The jty thus" derived, is no narrow self
gratulatioiv its objects are co-eitensive with
tbe sympathies of a generous heart, -we
exiilt "not only that we ourselves ataset'Jn
Calm security, on the centre-based rock where
we defy , the surge and laugh at the tempest,
but thut our 'course' may "point the track , to
others," and from oiir stat'on blaze the beacon
liglit to juidc,ihem to the place 6f safety.
The Orator pf the Day would, perh'ips.-ex-
cc'cd the purposes of -bis desigiUtior should
he 'attempt an investigation of the moral right
;.7 of refuge opened. her'-tVs tT'i. cl the Converrtioh of 1776 to dissolve the po-harasi-d
. multitude .wbu iled- fnrvV T ht-calJjands'Which had connected them "with
v'h of the mu4 J V? foreign nation; -. To us such a .Vindication
'ected fi-om thVw.i.' Vu'; superfluous, ahd to "tliose Jvho,haverequir-c,-..!-f
' . " lIle ocscm of their nrt vr f l i i
f Pf Liberty? S S r communities, as to' fnddoalsi the only
t!.iUt of iiill S,J;d "ht r Ic ht is' of gerfid and ultimate
J, The hS?' P"1'1? i utility, anherever ivaa doubt none
Ud 2 V.S;W Tiow,ist, that its applJcationillamplV
o' PiW; ch ' our.ancestors. "if
:iCc. ar.u, he ttf r t ,i i ' i , f rl3ae astect EpglUhrevolutioaof 1688, which
: .ceo-rold G TTope it inot invidious to caU rtial and
lV .irtvomuietc, was founded in light, it fully re-
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t . t , . ' j i I V
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futes the criminations which the adherents of
ine rsnusn Ministry uiu pox joroear ip ij.wp.on
the wise and virtuous author of that Change
wluch made us a sovereign nation:f;bey'
were libelled as undutirurcliijdren;.reiellingj
with tender, solicitude had 'fbstereHlie.int
fancy and sustained th'efrhelples9.4HVe
omit to enquire of the history' of th timcs
how far herj clischargc of matern duties
might entitle:'' the"; mother countr' ;to tHc
superabundant., gratitude of -her dfwjb-iftgv
btrt -admlffin tljerilP foc& of fffci' faciftll
and defective analo'fjvit fal Is far sh'ortt shp-"
porting the pretejisions of wh-ch" it' seems to
have been considered as the foundatioo" No
parent can justly clairii a right tb; destroy tlie
important' interests" and, essential happiness
of a child for any purpose of self-agcTudize-
ment, arid though it may be asserted,' it Can
not be believed, that this country could ever
have obtained thehigh destiny for whjclt the
munificence of the Creator seems to have
designed it, while retained in a stateibf? pu
pilage and subserviency to the British gov
ernment. Such a state of things is incongru
ous and unnatural a depehdehce the
strong upon the weak,a supremacyol' the
little above the gi'eat, which weitlo-nptflnd
but in the perverse creations of the mind of
. But to judge with truth," And tp resolve
with magnanimity, was riot all tliat was re
quired of tliose to whom were .committed the
destinies of America andit is a subiect of
triumphant felicitation, tliat it is nt all they
did perform. - t i
Time would fad us to recount the admired
achievements by which they nobly proved
that the manifesto, of the 4th July was not
the hollow boast of speculative rourage, uor
the? ebullition of a temporary and evanescent
excitement. Their deed. of heroism, their
patriotic sufferings, are the themes of the
nursery tales which warmed our infantlma-
gination veneration for their clraracters vied
with the ardor of filial affection in our vouth-
ful bosoms and their lives are tht: models of
conduct w hich, as men, , we would desire to
imitate. -Indeed, it isof the nature of every
powerful and compelling emergency, acting
on a mind properly prepared, to evolve tlve
mental c iicrgy required tQ meet it, and i-is
no matter, of astonishment, if these &ns; of
the storm should display a vigor and a liardi
hood which it is ram i to expect -'among
men conversant only with the ordinary and
tranquil scenes of life. The eagle does not
cradle her offspring in tlie hedge, but builds
her erial "est -on'th. teropU-tfukvJv tmk, of
the mountain :and the fierce elements of the
lion's heart are formed by. tne torturing ex
tremities he is doomed to endure in the bleak
and howling desar!. It is this plastic peer
cf occasion which could transform the illus
trious disciple of the Honohn Cincinnatus fvom
the simple and pacific farmer, tc be a leader
able to .chastise the military : pride -of those
professors w ho had defied competition in the
art of war. Afterwards ..whjm his country's
service no longer recuared- the sword of the
conquering patriot wlieji her situation, with
wiiivinws uhii was iuenwieo, caneii lor.uie
powers. of the. statesman we find the same
individual sitting at" the helm of the Vessel of
state, andth a master hand, guluinher
"triumphant'!wrfthidst the hmjricane'' of
.plchct'a'ijldietings'of faction'; and
witlr a dextroui -ppJreyehtihKe opera-.
tions ofrbt ger'ei from biogimpli
cated in that wjWftnV-&hybhition of systems
in the fl ucf itl. Jnt rpstof ',tlif ,cliios "on
UepubjicfraAceV VButh was. Washni
ingtonV'Jusouii's sr of war, ; the
Atlas probF&Cbrtstitution. ,. ' ' f
' Uut the greatest remains yet to be told, and
if viitueh not indeed "an empty name"
if tlie; religion in Vhich we believe, is hot a so
lemn illusion of the understandihr-ir the
sublimatinjg hope Of a future and everlasting
retribution at tle'hanil of God is 'any thing
better than the 'dream of a poet or the ti'ance
jof a mad(rian a haro of fadeless g'lory has eii
circled'hra head whose proud ascending soul
disdained an earthly diadem, y He indeed
stands distinguishe'd, in. sojiereminent. and
single blessedness';. arid if mankind' were a
society bf: tyrants and slaves preying and
preyeefc jupon .in. hoclessdepjravity, yef a
misanthrope would love his Vsjcies for the
Tedeeming' virtues one iriaij ' ' '' f l"".
. Transcendant asTtlris character is: it ik only
the first
whose-
et Effused iidminftiig,r
'withe love and: adniition of . the5r;cdjfeniit
poranes a peaceiui ana nonouraDie age; ;
Arid dp" Hfe". lament the" fate of 'those, who
feir Or is tiieir destiny les happy 'than of
those) who survived ? T 'I hey riiight bTave lived
for tiie'benefit OT their country and ofvman-'
ki ndj'p'ut. their oWn measure of "honpr'as
full. Cenhiries and generations have come
and ge, since 'bri the carnage-covered plain
of Thermopylethe Soldier pf freedom found
a grave so glorious i'aa Jhb battle field where,
sleep fJie Chivalof It IeldotrV
that a human breast hi Telfbr ;can?eel ;th'4
exaltation of spirit which goyernsrthC; las
moments'' of such' a death Patribtism' cttu.
racce, the excitemeht of1 ctdnger and.of action j
tne cnougur oi aeai;n itsei irrsucn a eauc, ai.
cdrispive to kiridlelthfe rhurtupgpatho'iyitb'
which , the dying herb tutrrs ms last, look on
the Stat Spangled Baririer that- wayCs.over.
the spot where he has fallen witjl hi ack
for his country, arid 'ij'nuedlnsv9T4
tnumph, to nail the:of;ictqmrera on
his expiring lipsV Eornesplcle,
.slavishirideed. must tlat man b.esrbe would
shrink from a fate like this ; and th heart of
e yery true American . .snau L . ne cqia as ueawi
Ca"n make it, when- it ceasetq wkriq at th-qse
tnlesf the wbhl IfevnlutioiA Tike result
of a contest prQjecuted-laufhpriiie . j
CO uievnexa,-aiiq.nis iace.ta-Xflc;ie;.riaa.
- .. - J C.iy. f ' . ! f . , 4. '-'';-::'.- .. - .1 . T ' '. ' . ..... ' --",. r jf.-r-r.- a "1 : ' . - w . '.
and bjuqh piep, must be. iriitatue; i Im-1 ( payment shall baTs -been jndde frf aay rf "
pojptiM fvAi!ingr would bp tl ificuin-1 1 fice or sol . ;
brfeiPjtrberprM tx) crusJvlhe indcfi Uteti fterjtbe deatfiv fer abatidonm&t 5 ;
miamelaity ofi spmt qoncipus of it bis horclil'Siij ihil.be deducted--f" .
nghls ar.d determined to asset t them. ;V . ; from tbgvaioe thcon unless said offiJeiyV
is not tne ci
the datyrv the morning, gleam cf that stm of
political lightin whose ru cridiaiV blaze we
now lk,ancF stluribkr riotl , y Cur " fathers
planted, antf jtoiled torear tbe trecbf Iibertyi"
ana wose iouoveu iruus now ia:j ior ne
refection of riiillions.. ' r; 1 ;! '';;''-;.'--fy '.;-. -; '
. It would be untrue to aflirm, that oiir coiitse
of prospexitylhas never been obstructed'as
lt.sviouid be absurd to expect it ever could be
exempt fromf.intilrruption But.it will.be.
both instructive arid gratifying to examine the
cause anjd thejnatue of the evils Wich ita vie
assailed us.' , Are jny of these attributable,
to an original defectjih tlie organization of bur
civil policy ?v The consequence of any funda
mental misdiriCtition of the powers ?of -sove-!
reigntv ? Or must we be humbled bv the
confession, . tliat however perfeci , in. .theory.
ourConstitutipn is, yet. like ..'all others babte
to a ma-admrnistration in practice subver-
sive oi iie gooo, to peexpecxea irom it.i. it
is obvious tq remark.such ; is not the case,
at least, that ithe temporary and, accidental
reverses which "we ave-encountered are po
evidence that these things are, so. Every
influence anil a glance of investigation will
discover that , the sources of bur calamity" are
extrinsic and jbeyond tlie . controul of any
measures we could adopt. ' '
If wejhaye peen tyisited by the horrors of
war, it was bepaiise the equitable and pacific
temper '-cf our igriyernment has not been' re
ciprocated by others. ' If we have, participat
ed in the conjinion sufferings pCf! almost
universal commercial emban-assment, the fact
accuses! the illiberal and monopolizing regu
lations of foreign states, or the errors' of calcu
lation and imprudence of adventure on xthe
part of individuals," which attacbf to alt human
transactions; lit is at home, and in matters
depending upon the internal and domestic
operations of our constitution that, we- are
entitled to expect political purity amtjustice
and consequent happineisaridit inhere that
we find them "-i bur unquestionable ' superior
ity in this respect is yet unimpaired, and bur
national deterioration is yet to c.ommence;
I V& are; indeed a. iavbured: and .shoiihl' be?3
nappy people ana iu aespue oi cue naiurai
propensity ot jail men to be dissatisfied wrtp
tiieir ovn lot,! we feel and are convinced that
we are eminently happy. The root of bur felU
city is laid in jour social institutions, which,
byja gradual process of maturatibri, operating
on the broadest and soundest basis of equU
rights, have arrived at a point - of perfection
which .they miy .pass, but whicli has neyer
yet been paralleled.. The spirit of general
freedom, in its pervasion of every department
of the government dictating every law, and
attending its (execution, rises into a distant
cmrilationof the-universal Providence which
resides in evey particle of its creation, ;ahd
superintends every event. '' f::.i
Hqw unwelcome, at such moment, is the
obtrusive thought, that even within the pale
of bur own country, tliereis a class of human
.bejTMrs xcluded from all the, blessings in
wmcn we ,revei-wno must nang" uieiir ueaus
in iabiectv' despondency, and listfen to. the
swellirig strains of our song, of liberty while
ItSiecno awas-eiis uie MUJitoerin energies ui
Europe frbrri the dormancy of. ages. But I
forbear. Let pity regard them vith the tear,
of silent regf et till the liberating hand of the
genius ' of iuniivei'Sstl emancipatibn ,V shal lift
eien from. their dejected necks the yoke of
intolerable" biindage. ' Blindness alone can
fail to perceivfe that a spring has been touch
ed in the.moral world whose motion tends to
universal renovation and it is.no effort of
fancy to conceive (that Ithe causes now ope
rate, which, atlnb very distant period of timef
shall produce a change i which the v highest
hope of the philanthrcmist has but lately ven
tured to anticipate. It is not chimerical -tcs
hope, thai even within our 'own times,5 the
coimtry ' of Miltiades and vSocrates, "so lortg
irmpiea peneatn ine ieev or insmimg Dar
bariaris, shall flourish 'as America ;nbw does,!
the horne of freedom and the seat, of science,"
the delight ari kdmiratibn 'of the world, i .i:'
.,'-. I K' -. '. .-v- "id h '-..-' ;
jjmvs ot tne vnttea otaics.
An act for the relief of the officers, volun
teers. ana jOtner persons engagea m cce
late cam paigtv against ' tlie Semmole;
Indians, rf-t . 'rV i'''-
fl Be it -enacted by the Senate and House,
tfRtJfeseniaitivesttfahi States
of lmencar n Congress assembled That
a,ny officer, Volnnteer, ranger, cavalry;br
dther nfersbnW CTgagetl in the. campaign:
of one thousand eight" hundred and eigh- I
teenagatnst -the' Seminole Incjans, who
has astamed ' "damage v by reason the
loss of anv horse pr.hbrses, which, in cbn-
sequence oi.ine goyernnneni pi cue uiu
ed States fai Jin g ,tos supply f sutecjent, fo
rage,, while jengagediq saidervicdied'
v'trpyinaui6blyj db'ahtf ptigd nd.Iosi
khall be alloiyed and paid the yalue the?c?
s;V..-'i--'-i -'r- :;V-. :','l-7-.
aicf5cefs ybljinteeranr angers'ca
Vai0 or other -personfor the 'bss'f a-f
nyecessaty ipquipage;
orses,; per for any guris lost in said ser
vice, or which Were left: ini possession of
the United States, or of any office Hhete
of, haTtie ':-allbfcd arid palpi v thdyfalue
tnerepr sata ciairos to De paia out oi any,:
omp4Ubeieasuryii not otherivise
appropriated :t -.froy
ct'ence J3not the? dinms: of ouf'f'yrtuhe , It Is i I
government, however wisely established and,
righteously administered, is of necessity' li
mited in thectbiects and in the extent of its
ted; in hicu case 1 he iled action Ih all ou -i
lcxttncVbthV .' '
diereryed on f-?"rf'MrftiWjrfi: f "
ThatMf anyii beo? '.V- '! ' 7
nolaim shaH-iallbvvd ' jidertl)e;pi.-vy
ytsjohs' bf this ac,tf ; until poper etjenc :;
shall -h n vp' bpn' rerpl vpd hv thr aCCrtlrritw-
irig officers1 from the j'compatqr to ti&Yif y
the claimants shall hrave; "bcldngedl shewtf . '
i n g th e number of horsed test in said oni -! t
iaiiy in maimer iuuresaiu, viic nut. .yutiv
An act to desie-nate the boundaries of a
lost, and the name ot tht pwocr.. - sii'H i
the- accountirig:ofntervof,th
Department J shall auditand settle jthosc. '.'V'.'
claims' uVder'chVrdleancI rci)ibti ' . v
sis the Presiderbfthe Umted States' tiiaj j
rcscribc.vMi ,11:T,:V r'3 Wjy,
Appfbved May i,vi8.V.:r 'v.f' -' v
;Lan(I iJi stnct,an d , for J the -i establishj:7 j' "
' ment ofta Land Office, in Jie 'State of, ; (
; Be it enacted bv the Senate' and House -
r ' - . - i , : ;- '. j ... ; ...... z 1 -s- jf . ?
6f Refifesentatives of the .United Stated r - V
of jtmericai vi Congnfo'vssem
for thd sale of. -the iinaobroDriated: public-;
lands in the ; state of Indiana. ' tb wlrichthc
Indiap title is extingriisJnedth,e"
district shall be formed, and a land office,
(established : All the public lands, as aforef : -'X
guisbed hp the treaties .Coiicludett at St; . ; "
Marys, in thef month of OctobeKeighteetiN .
hundred arid eighteen lying east; of thn , )
range tinevieparatirig the. first and second;
ranges, east oftheisecond principal mcri-- ';
dian; extended '.north to the presents In-,
dian boundary; and tfqrth of 'A: .V
rirr. Separating ;lje tiers of toWmhfys tiu; , , v
bered twenty -ad twentyroiiei comtnenr "
cingpn the old Ihdih ouiidary;- '
thirteen east of the'said bHncinal mendt-fT 1
aiivu cvj wn en tne inaian true was cvui- v v
ari in Randolph county, . and the' said tlw-j'; ( ' V
t rict t6.be. bounded ori the easvbyitblinc-;
shall focni a district; for whicli a land of-?
ice sfialt belestablrshed at Fort Waynel ;
: SccSX Xfadbeiijuiihercnatied
the President ti hererauthprised to apx t V
point, by and with fhe adyiCe and consent
of the Senates for the aforesaid;districta? ; ;
Register of the Land Office, and a Re--. '
ceiver of Public Moneys ; which appoint.
ments shalludt be matUi'FotjJM'aforbsW
land. district, until afsufficient Quantity jot :
public-' lands shaT ' haye been; wrveyttl ( - :
Within the saicj district, astoauthorise, jirt i t ''.
tbe opinion of the- Presjd0itra"pu6tic sali'".' ,
6f land withiri. the; 'ibtm';whfc'Restl('r'.4'
of thfe Land Office, and Receiver of Public f -Moneys,
when appointed) shal each;, iti- U
spefctively, give sec'QrhydnTthe'isaniejutTii. r
and in the Sam e tiianneri and Svho com x .
peiisa .tioii; 'ctn bl uin en bnddutfesTOa&'Vv..'--i--''
thoVityi 'shall; jnt'every respect, be' ttie I
same, in respect to me lanas wnicn..snail .
be
nevsf in the sevetal land offices established: 0
disposed of at thefromces,; as are or f f. .v
may oe proviaea Dy:iaw.inireiaiion to tne - -
Reuistars arid Receiver' of Public-Mio-
for fhe disposal bf ;'the pu6ljc lands cf the .;:';
Onitedtates;; inf thetalteV-of.Ohio at5d,i ; ,
Indian. '
iSzSiridtieft
all the publidnaridsi
district, to which the Tndian title has beert
granted to. 'or secured for'Hh e ; use.ofany,
individual, or individuals; brappropriated '"":
ana.reserveu ior. any oiner purpose, oyr .
any ; existingtreatiesbrUa
the exception of section nh mriclxteeri; V -
in eacn townsuip,vwnicu5uaii(yercLivci
fcV . "il--.-- 1: LfSt Vl.','LI-V J'ilJ-llt ' "'
for thetsuppbrt of schools Uremi ihalli ,
offered torsale to the highest pidd
bn such day or daVs, as shall, b procla-
erat'- '
the land 'office for the said djstrtcri underW
thditioh'-orie
Ofrtce,- ahd Receiver of' Public Moneys; '
matiori oftief- Presiderif ot lti$ Unttec ' .
Stat es;tbe 'f deslate;'Jdifai pijcppse. :
the lands shall be sold in tracts of the sarne ;
size; on thameitertn9 ;and cbriditionsi v
and in yi'-oherjresj'caf proyided (by ;
the icti entitled fnactakirig'furtKe''.'
provision for me salcof thpublic lands
approver i.ppi weniy.fiouria,' cignicea f: 7,
;SecS4eFjfndi&e it JwriKerjsnatte&
thePrwidenbfthe TJw
have power, and he is. hereby authorised;
tA'Hni dlwfceveTi he' sltall Jndeif'ex'
gedient sd to dbtbe laxid bffice afaresaidi' r
to "tlurs
distrUt,-h'c;-'$liali judgelmpsV'proprir,1 V
r &c.j5htt0efr?urtfw
tfie'Hegjsterbf 'the LaQ fficealad Ke-:
cfeivcf ..6f public4 Moneys feh"all; each re-T. . ,
VtHrK Seward's JTalLuitthe'iUniVersitv'r'
h&rtaininff' to "ltT wdl
mainaer oi xne presem y car,t juuv mmieajaie
possession i'givh.--Apply to the Comnii
of appointmerit in Raleigh, -v l
tee
ance.inpSUpennienu.Ui5 uc, puiiiiU; uv?.
itttUekaid districfe4rp'3 ;-; .'vv':"'
ApproVeMay;2, ' '
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