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States growing out of the comprom
ises of the Constitution.
No request is contained in the pa
pers of the State of Georgia for any
co-operation on the part of this Com
monwealth, yet it is believed by the
Commitlea that this communication
would not have been made but for
the purpose of exciting this Com
monwealth to a similar effort, or pre
paring the minds of cur fellow ci
tizens to think favorably of the ob
ject when the inflaence of the State
of Georgia shall have so far succeed
ed as to present it in a more formal
manner for their adoption.
It is obvious thcrc/brc that no act
of this Legislature is required in the
present situation of the proposed
amendment: and the Committe
might so report without further de
lay, it the preamble to the Georgia
Resolution did not require from them
a strong expression of dissent from
its propositions.
The Legislature of Georgia have
declared •* that from the past history
ol the Government it is to be feared
that, under the provisions at present
embraced in the Federal Constitu
tion; the office of President of the
United States, one giving to the in
cumbent a power which may be ef
fectually used for the best or worst
«f purposes, may sometimes be be
stowed on the man whom the stiff
rages ofthe people would not elevate
to that high office; and tfhosc only
hope of continuance therein will be
derived from the artful use of the
patronage of the Government, a
dangerous instrument in the hands
ot an ambitious man.” Your Com
mittee are Hot aware that any facts
in the past history of the country
warrant these remarks. Twice onlv
in the ten elections of President of
the United States has the choice de
volved on the house of Representa
tives. On both these momentious
occasions that Honorable body has
discharged its high and responsible
duty, in a manner worthy ofthe pat
riotism, integrity and firmness which
should characterize American states
men. . *
The first election terminated in the
choice ol a man whoso life was a
practical illustration of those great
principles of liberty which be had
recorded in the declaration of his
country’s independence ; and whose
recent death has demonstrated how
great and imperishable is the affec
tion with which a free people conse
crates bis memory.
The second election by the House
of Representatives has elevated to
the Presidency one of the most pro
found and accompliseed statesmen
ol the age, whose past services in the
most difficult and important stations,
are pledges of his ability to conduct
the destinies of this great people,
while the integrity of his character
and the sternness of his republican
princip] s give assurance that the
free institutions of our country will
acquire strength and security hy
his administration of constitutional
power.
The imputation of any thing in
the past history of Presidential elec
tion gives occasion for alarm r,nd for
new and undefined alteration* ofthe
fundamental principles of cur con
federation derives all its t lid to con
sideration from respect to tile source
from which it eraanats, Yrtur Com
nutiee consider it due the purity of
our political councils to disclaim the
justice of the reproach, and they
should very much regret to find that
personal disappointment or party
pnde should in any care feel justifi
ed in casting illiberal repreach upon
distinguished individuals in any de
partment of the government. In a
country like ours it should be un.ver
sally felt that individual predilec
tions cannot always be gratified, and
that the duty of good citizens con
sists rather in a generous submission
to constituted authority than in em
pyrical attempts to alter established
laws for temporary purposes.
The committee therefore report
tN*t it is tiot expedient to take any
further measures in relation to the
communication of the Executiuc of
the State ol Georgia,
y By Order,
JAMES T. AUSTIN.
For the Committee.
MEXICO.
W e have information from Mexi
co, that, on the 10th December last,
a not took place in the capital of
Mex'co ,n which the Regiment of
loluca Militia aud the Corps of Citv
Guards or Gens d’ Armes were en
gaged. The quarrel, it appears, was
provoked by private altercations be
tween individuals of the two bodies,
though some would fain attribute it
to the political agitations ofthe day
Upon that evening, on occasian of a
fresh insult by th« latter to the mu
sic of the former, which wqs passing
their quarters, it became general
aid recourse was had to arms A
orisk hre was maintained for an hour
or two, which resulted in the death
ol a non-combatant, and four sol
diers were wounded. So ended the
affray, w.thout further interruption
to the quiet of the City.
Un the 14tb, a committee of the
Senate, to which was referred the
law ot the State Congress of Mexico,
ainullmg the elections of Toluca, re
s'; 1 l a a ‘.r* k V a " * 8 wnconstitu
and therefore void.” This
report was subsequently approved
by a vote of 20 to 6. The same
elections, after a long and animated
discussion, have also been approved
by the Preparatory Junta of the New
Chamber of Deputies, 37 to 16.
Thus, as we anticipated, has ter
minated this long agitated question,
! which had created much excitement,
and given rise to many surmises up
on the continuance of the public
tranquillity.
The subject of Masonry seems to
jbe warmly debated throughout the
j Mexican Republic. The papers of
the last of December contain the nn
sw r of (he acting Secretary of state
to a resolution of the Senate, ask
ing information “upon the existence
ol Masonic Lodges, their number,
denominatious, objects, and effects.”
This report, which is an analysis of
the reports of the Governors of 17
States, of tho Federal District, and
of the Territories of Colima and of
Tlaxcah, also published, shows that
: Masonry exists under tivo denomma
, 1i0n5.... York nr.d Scotch. Os the
; first besides many Lodges in the ca
| pilal, there are two in Guadalejara...
' one in the State of Michoacan....and
lit is extending itself to various other
I States. Os the second, none arc
i known to exist elsewhere than in
; the capital; nor is it known that
i there is any Masonic Lodge in the
States of Chcapns, Chihuahua, Gu
anajuato. Ojaca, Puebla, Sonora, Ta
basco, Zacatecas, or in the Territo
ries of Tlaxcala and Colima Ten
of the Governors recommend the
suppression ot such associations
others refrain from the expression
oi their opinions upon this point.
The Governor of New Leon, while
he suspends his judgment, observes
that Masons are very numerous in
England, France, and in the United
States, whose institutions they do
not subvert, and that Spain presents
a contrary picture. The report,
which is long and intricate, thus con
cludes: “the Government, then, dis
approves all clandestine meetings,
which, by fixed rules or institutes,
form bodies or colleges, and profess
sccrccy; and in the inten sting con
flict between the guaranties of liber
ty and ot the public security, is con
fident that the wisdom of the Con
gress will interpose its power with
that steady and judicious vigor which
is necessary to conciliate them, so
that neither may suffer the slightest
detriment.” •
A resolution was then offered by
Senor Cevallos, Senator from Coa
huila and Texas, (a fanatical Priest,)
that Masonic Lodges, of whatever
denomination, be suppressed ...that
their officers be deprived of their
places or privileges, if they hold any,
cither civil, m.litary, ot ecclesiasti
cal ; the political rights of the other
brethren shall be suspended for four
years. Those who hold no employ
ments or privileges, shall be fined,
according to the grade of their of
fences, not exceeding 3,000 dollars.
Such as are not able to pay the fine
imposed, shall be banished to Cali
fornia or elsewhere, for a term pro
portionate to the offence, not exceed
ing two years.
This sweeping resolution, we say
it to the credit of the Mexican Sen
ate, was sustained by ouly two votes.
The Congress of the State of
Mexico has resolved to remove to
Tezcsco.
The Congress adjourned on the
27th December The second Con
gress meets on the Ist of January,
1827. 1
The regular troops of the Mexi
can Army, all under arms, consist of
1,178 artill ry—10.796 infantry, and
10,684 cavalry—total 22,658 men.
The active militia amounts to 36.
157, of which 15,433 are in service.
I he total force now under arms, a
mounts, therefore, to 38,091 men.
THE VICE PRESIDENT’S
APPEAL.
Mr. WRIGHT, from the Com
mittee of Inquiry into the official
conduct of the present dee Presi
dent, the Secretary of War, made the
following report.
The Select Committee, to whom
was referred the communication
ofthe Vice President, ofthe 29th
December last, respectfully re
port.
That, immediately after they as
sembled, they informed the Vice
President of their being organizfd
and of their readiness to receive any
communication which he might see
fit to make. Ob the receipt of his
reply, dated the 3d of January, and
which accompanies this report, Mr.
McDuffie, as the friend and repre
sentative ofthe A ice President, was
admitted before the committee, and
attended throughout the examina
tion which followed.
The first object of inquiry, in pro
ceeding to business, was, to ascer
tain whether any charges against the
Vice President had been placed
among the public records of the
War Department. And after an ex
amination on this point, the commit-,
tee became satified that no such'
charges were, or had been, amor" i
the records or papers of that Depart j
ment. But, as the letter from Eli
jah Mix, addressed to Major Sater
lee Clark, under the name of “Hun
cock,” had been published ,n the
Alexandria Ph«mx Gazette, of the
28th December, which publication
the Vico President bad particular^
GEORGIA STATESMAN, .MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1827.
referred to, in his note to the com
mittee, they felt hound to examine
fully and freely into the truth or
falsity of the matters contained in
that letter.
From the nature of the duties im
posed upon a Committe gs Inquiry,
espicially when connected with the
distinct wish, as expressed by the
Vice President, in the present in
stance, for the “freest investigation.”
it has been impossible for the C>m
mittee to give io their proceedings
the connexion and conciseness inci
dent to trials, when the testimony is
ascertained and arranged Before it is
presented. They have, howev r,
dilig ntly applied tbemselve- to the
subject referred to them, and alter
a long and laborious examination,
they are unanimously of the opinion,
that there are no facts which will au
thorize the belief, or even suspicion,
that the Vice President was ever in
terested, or that he participated, di
rectly or indirectly, in the profits
of any contract formed with the
Government through the Department
of War, while he was entrusted with
the discharge of its duties, cr at any
other time.
They arc also of opinion, that the
conduct of Mr. Barbour, the present
Secretary of War, in regard to tho
letter of E. Mix, is not, in the slight
est degree, deserving of censure.—
The accusation contained in the let
ter was regarded by him as a base
calumny upon the Vice President,
penned by a man wholly unworthy
of notice; and the Committee have
no reason to believe that the suppos
ed truth of that accusation was at
any time the basis of any act of the
War Department. The publication
ofthe letter appears to have been
produced as follows:
In the month of December last,
Howes Goldsborough and Elijah
Mix Wi re competitors for a contract
with tho War Department: Golds
borough, soon after his arrival in
Washington, obtained from Major
S. Clark a copy ol the letter, with
a view to use the same againt Mix,
should he find it necessary. From
this copy a transcript was obtained
by Wm. F. Thornton, the junior
Editor ofthe Phoenix Gazette, on tho
27th December, which he published
the next morning in that paper ac
companied by his editorial remarks.
In this publication Mr. Barbour had
no agency, either direct or indirect.
When he heard that the letter had
been made public, he request and Col.
R. M. Johnson, of the Senate, to
call upon the Vice President as a mu
tual friend, an inform him of the
manner in which the letter had come
to his (Mr. Barbour’s) hands, and
that the same had beeu subsequent
ly transmitted turough the Post Ol
fic in an envelope to Major Clark,
to whom it belonged. This informa
tion was given by Col. Johnson to
the Vice President, on the morning
of the 29th ol December, just before
he transmitted his communication to
the House.
The letter to “Hancock,” as pub
lished, and to„which the Vice Presi
dent had referred, contained, among
other thii-gs, the following assertion:
“And I have written letters of Van
deventer’s, which positively men
tion that he (meaning Mr. Cal
houn) was engaged, and received
some portion of the contract.” As
such letters, if they existed, might
lead to further evidence, and b> im
portant to aid the committee in their
inquiries, they thought proper, in
the early stage of their proceedings,
to issue a subpoena both for Mix and
Vandeventer, with a clause therein
contained commanding them to pro
duce any papers in their possession,
tending to prove the accusation
which Mix had made in his letters to
Hancock. In obedience to his sum
mons, the witnesses appeared, and
Mix having been first called upon
to testify, produced, during his ex
amination, the letters from Major
Vandeventer, dated August 7th,
1818; September 10th, 1818; July
Btb, 1820; March 24th, 1821, and
tho letter from Cos). W. K Armis
tead, dated March 24th, 1821. On
his second examination, he produ
ced the letters from Major Vande
venter, dated August 3d, 1818; Sep
tember 19th. 1818; and October
17th, 1820. When it was preced
ed that, none of the letters of Ma
jor Vandeventer. to wit, the one da
ted the 7th of August, 1818; and to
which they here particularly refer,
allusion was made to a partner in
the contract, whose name was to
have been kept secret, they felt it
to be their duty to discover, if they
could, who this secret partner was,
or, at any rate, to push the inquiry
so far as to leave no room for suspi
cion that the Vice President was
the person alluded tc. This branch
ot the subject has been the principal
cause of their consum ng so much
time in the investigation; they found
that they were here led into a wider
field than could hayp been at first
anticipated, and that it was necessa
i ry. in order to get a full view ofthe
i whole grown!, to go thoroughly into!
the origin and history of what is call
ed the Mix contract. Tl/e letters
ol Major Vandeventer above reter
red to appear to relate principally to
the private and confidental transac
tions betwefn him and E. Miq. in
regard to the contract, und then
no reason to believe or presume tli.n
the Vice President wn# ever made
acquainted puh then The
letter from Col. Armistead, written
while he was at the head of the En
gineer D partment, although it
wears the appearance of an official
pap< r, and was improperly intended
as the Committee beiieve, to bring
the weight of official influence to
hear upon the private transactions
between Vamleventer and Mix. was
not written with the sanction or
knowledge of the Vice President,
and no copy of it was ever entered
in the letter book of the Depart
ment.
The committee will here remark,
that they place no reliance whatev
er ou the testimony of Elijah Mix.—
From the self-contradictions, appa
rent on the face of his testimony, and
winch it is unnecessrry here to re
capitulate, aside from the infamy
attached to his character, the com
mittee were satisfied that he ought
not to be beleived on his oath. The
letters, however, just referred to,
and produced by him during his ex
amination, do not rest for their au
thenticity on his testimony. Those
from Major Vandeventer, excepting
such parts as had been defaced or
obliterated, were acknowledged by
Major Vandeventer himself to be
genuine, and he was requested, in
every instance, to state, with the
letters before him, what names or
words had occupied the obliterated
places, when the letters were writ
ten The letter from Col. Arms
tead was also acknowledged by thai
officer to be genuine. But the three
papers purporting to be copies or
the substance of a letter from Major
Vandeventer to Mr. Calhoun, rest
for their authenticity on the unsup
ported testimony of E. Mix, and are
regarded by the committee as hav
ing been fabricated by him. They
are also of opinion that the words
or names defaced from the letters o!
Major Vandeventer were so defaced
by E. Mix; and the committee have
been unable to ascertain with cer
tainty, either from Vandeventer, the
admitted author ofthe letters, or
irom any other source, what the
words and names were, which have
been thus obliterated.
The offer fur the contract appeara
to have been made hy E. Mix, ou
the 23d of July. 1818, and proposes
to deliver at Old Point Comfort,
“from one to on hundred and fifty
thousand perches of stone, at thre
dollars per perch.” The contract as
furnished from the War Depart
ment, bears date the 26th of July,
1818. It stipulates for the delivery
of one hundred and fifty thousand
perches of stone, at three dollars
per perch—is drawn up in the hand
writing ol Major Vandeventer, and
by him alone witnessed, and is sign
ed by General Joseph G. Swift, then
Chief Engineer, and by Elijah Mix.
Although Mix here appears to have
been the only contractor, yet, from
the evidence, there is reason to be
lieve, that at the time the contract
was made, or soon after, and before
the execution of any valid bond for
the performance thereof, it was d.-
vided into shares, and that one fourth
belonging to Major Vandeventer,
one fourth to Elijah Mix, one fourth
to R. C. Jennings, and the remain
ing fourth to a person whose name
was not to have been mentioned.—
The title of Yaudeventer to his
fourth, at the time above referred
to, appears to have rested on aver
bal and confidential agreement be
tween him and Mix, and so remain
ed till the 24th of April, 1819, when
he received a written bill of sale of
one half the whole contract. Howes
Goldsborongb &. Cos. subsequently
became the owners of one fourth,
by purchase from Samuel Cooper,
who had previously purchased from
Major Vandeventer; and they (Golds
borough &. Cos.) were recognized at
the War Departme.it, by tho consent
ofE Mix, expressed in a letter sent
by him to the Secretary of War, and
dated the 13th of April, 1821.
The first bond, received at the
Engineer Department, on the con
tract, is dated sth of August, 1818,
and describes the contract as hav
ing been made by Elijah Mix and
George Cooper, for the delivery of
one hundred thousand perches of
stone, being fifty thousand less than
Mix was entitled to deliver. This
bond is signed by E. Mix and George
Cooper, as contractors; and by Sam
uel Cooper, and James Oaklev, as
sureties: the surities were regular
ly approved by R. Riker, Recorder
of the city of New York, as appears
by his certificate following immedi
ately after the signatures, and dated
th same as the bond. It will be
perceived, at once, that there is an
obvious and fatal variance between
this bond and the contract. Jn an
official letter written from the Engi
neer Department, on the 11th day
ot August, 1818, to Lieutenant
George Blaney, and copied into the
letter book ol that Department, the
contract is described as for one hun
dred thousand perches of stone.—
The language of the letter is as fol
lows: “You will inform the Agent
that acontrect has been made with
Captain E. Mix. to deliver, as soon
as practicable, at the Rip Raps, one
huiidred thousand perches of stone."
In a subsequent letter, written t<>
James .Maurice, also copied into the
same letter book, and dated the 21 -t
day of August, 1818, the contract <
described as being for two humlr* <
thousand perches. The language
tins letter is as follows: "Mr° i
Hix will cfanmencn to deliver.
stone at the Rip Raps, under con
tract with this Department, lor two'
hundred thousand perch.”
Some tune after the delivery at*
:Ue Engineer Department of the
first boud, but at what precise time
does not appear, anew bond was
given for the delivery of one hun
dred and fifty thousand perches, de
scribing the contract as made by E.
Mix. This second bond is signed by
E. Mix as contractor, and Samuel
Cooper and James Oakley as sure
ties—and it is anti-dated to sth of
August, 1818—but no certificate,
in regard to the sufficiency of the
sureties, was attached to this instru
ment. The committee have been
unable to ascertain when this second
bond was received at the Engineer
Department; though the impression
ot Gen. Svvilt is, that it was received
before he left the office, which was
on the 11th of November, 1818.—
Major Vandeventer also expresses
his belie,, t lat it was delivered du
ring the Fall of 1818. llow far his
testimony conflicts, if a’, all, with his
letter to Mix, dated 17th of Octo
ber, 1820, in which he urges upon
the latter to attend to “the bond,”
i he Committee will not undertake to
determine.
The attention of Gen. Swift was
particularly directed, before the
Committee, to the discrepancies iu
the bonds, and also to the two let
ters from the Engineer Department,
in which the contract is alluded to.
The explanation which he gives will
be found in his testimony, to which
the Committee refer.
During an investigation relative to
this contract, by a Committee ofthe
House of Representatives, in 1822,
a copy ot the bond was requested
by that Committee. In answer to
which, the Engin cr Department
furnished a copy ot the s cond bond,
which hud been substituted for the
one first given—-but, as there was
no certificate of the Recorder of
New York, approving the sureties
ou the second bond, a copy of the
certificate annexed to the cancelled
bond, was made, and attached to the
copy of the bond furnished. Capt.
Smith of the En~i
ment, who attested these copies,
has explained the cause of his certi
fying to this inaccuracy, and to his
testimony, in that particular, the
Committee here reler.
The question still remains, who
was the secret partner? But the
Committee being entirely satisfied
that the secret partner was not the
Vice President, which was the main
question to be decided, will leave
the conflicting testimony on the oth
er pomt with the House, without at
tempting to decide upon its relative
weight.
Un the 27th January, 1327, the
Committee closed the axumination
ol witnesses on their part, eicept as
to ona or two, who had been sum
moned, but had not attended. On
that day, the triend and representa
tive ot the Vice President was advi
sed that the Committee had so do
sed their examination; and he was
also informed by a member ofthe
Committee, in its presence, that the
Committee were unanimously o.
opinion that the Vice President was
innocent of the charge of haviu e
participated in any manner in any
contract made with the War Depart
ment, while he wes Secretary ot
War The same day, at the instance
of Mr. M’Dutfie, subpoenas were is
sued lor witnesses to appear and tes
tify on bchall ol the Vice-President.
On the 29th of January, the Com
mittee received from the lriend and
representative of the Vice-President
a paper protesting against the pre
vious proceedings of the Commit
tee. Considering this paper as pre
pared and presented under the sanc
tion ot the high officer, in whose be
iialt it protests, the Committee have
deemed it their duty to transmit it
to the House, but they forbear ail
comment on its contents.
Ihe Committe submit herewith
all tiie testimony they have receiv
ed during the examination.
Georgia Militia Claims.
house of representatives,
Feburary 10,1827.
Mr. \ ance, from the Committee
on Military affairs, to which the sub
ject had been referred, made the
following Report:
The Committee on Military Af
fairs, to whom was referred the me
morial ot the Legislature of Geor
gia relative to the claims of the ci
tizens of that State for Military Ser
vices, performed in the years 1792,
1793, and 1794, have performed the
duty to them assigned, and submit
the following report:
Your committee arc aware that
the length ol time since the per
formance of those services, together
with the relations that have existed
between the United States and Geor
gia, relative to the cession of certain
territory by that State to the United
Stales, and the payment of certain
money by the United Slates to the ■
State of Georgia, for the Territory 1
thus ceded, has tended much to
mbarrass the settlement of those
claims.
On the part of the United States
it has been contended by former re
ports made on this subject, that the
aymeuts for those services, were
nerged in, and a part of the $1,250,
000 i»*>iil by the United lo th?
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State of Georgia, agreeable to the
Convention bearing date ,1802
and in the following words : “as a
consideration for the expenses incur
red by the said State in relation to
the said Territory.” This the State of
Georgia contends was not the fact;
and that the obligation of the United
States to her citizens for military
services, in the manner before stated
has nev«jr been cancelled.
In the examination of this subject
the first inquiry will be: Where those
services performed by the citizens of
Georgia ! Tho second : Were they
authorised by the United States ?
And Thirdly ; If authorised, has the
United States cancelled their obli
gation to the citizens of that State
by paying for the services thus per
formed ?
The evidence of the performance
of those services are so abundant
throughout the whole of the docu
ments and correspondence official
and otherwise, that a particular re
ference is deemed unnecessary.
The other branches of the inquiry
arc entitled to more consideration ;
and we will first commence by ask
ing, Were those services authorized ’
In the examination of this subject
it is not the purpose of your Commit
tee to acknowidge the power of the
Governor of a State unreasonably to
commit the National Government
by calling into its service a military
j force disproportionate to the cvj
: donee of danger ; nor are they pre
j P&red to say this was the case in this
j instance On the contrary quite the
j reverse appears to have been the
; true situation of this frontier at the
time those services were performed
and, notwithstanding the great soli
citude of the Executive of the Unit
ed States to preserve peace on the
| borders of Georgia, and the differ
, ent communications made to the
j Executive oi that Stale, enforcing
i those views, and their important- to
the Federal Government, yet We find
that, so strongly was he impre.-sed
with the danger that threatened the
(rontier settlements of Georgia, in
June, 1- Jo he called on the Gover
nor of South Carolina to support,'by
military io.Ce, ihe ui,ilc of Georgia
in defendingl herself against the
threatend invasion of the cnomy in
that quarter
But, at the same time that your
Committee would sustain the doc
trine laid down relative to the pow
ers of the Governor of a State, yet
they can sec many reasons why a li
beral indulgence should be extended
in favor of, rather than against tho
exercise of a trust so resposible in
its character, and so important in its
r esults. It is for the Governor to
look to the security and interest of
those over whom ho has been call
ed to preside, and for whose protec
tion and defence he is hound to pro
vide, by the most sacred obligations.
1 Is it then reasonable to suppose, that
j *n ?he execution of this trust’, he
i would be prodigal of the national
j r sources, for the purpose of earn
ing on an unnecessary and unprofita
ble war, at the expense of the quiet,
comfort, and blood, of his own Peo
ple?
But, in the absence of all other
roof, r,dative to those services being
authorized by the United States, tho
diet that the Government, through
der agents, did furnish military equip
ments and subsist l nee to the very
troops that here claim, and have been
refused, remuneration lor their ser
vices,.would be, of itself, abundant
ly sufficient to establish their legality.
Your Committee think it would be'a
strange anomaly in the military his
tory of our country, to find the Gov
ernment, through her agents, giving
every facility to military operations
by arming and subsistiug au army,
anil subsequently refusing to pay tbo
very troops of which it was compos
ed, on the grounds that the Govet’-
nor of the State had pushed his dis
cretionary powers to an unwarranta
ble extent
But again your Committee find on
reference to the reports of Commit
tees made at the second s ssion of
the Fourth Congress, th.it payment
nas been made for similar services,
: performed under like circumstances,
jto the troops of the Southwestern
J I errilory, under the command of
! Brigadier General Sevier. These
troops have not only been paid for
defensive, but offensive war, and
that against the same enemy ; while
iv- have hitherto refused to pav the
citizens of Georgia, who fought in
tne same common cause, and against
the same common enemy ; and your
committee can see no good reason
why tho citizens of Georgia should
not be placed on a footing at least
equal to the citizens of the South
western Territory.
The next and most material ques
tion that presents itself to your C«ir
mittee is, did the United States, in
good faith, pay to the State of Geor
gia, in behalf of her citizens, a re
muneration for their services*; and
was the amont thus paid merged in
the $ 1,250,000, as has been alleged
by former reports, made by different
Committees on this subject.
For the establishment of this fact,
your Committee have carefelly ex
amined tho documents and reprots to
them refered; and it is but justice to
the citizens and State of Georgia to
say, that they havo examined them
in vain; as neither the wording oftho
Convention, nor a fair construction
of the.letter of tho. Attorney. Gecc'