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THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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G A z ette of the state.
FREEDOM of the PRESS and trial by JURY shall remain inviolate. Conjlitution of Georgia,
AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, near the market. [3 Dolls, per Annum.
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Seventh Congress of the United
States .
At the Second Session, begun and held at
the City of Waihing ton, in the Ter
ritory of Columbia, on Monday, the
sixth of December, one thousand eight
hundred and two.
I
AN ACT For the relief cf Insolvent
Debt on within the IDiJirlbl of Colum
bia
( Continued,)
Sec. 3. And be ii further enabled.
That upon the petitioning debtor’s ex
ecuting a deed or deeds to the said truf.
tee, conveying all his property, real,
personal and mixed, and all his claims,
rights and credits, agreeably to the oath
or afs.rmp.tion of the said debtor, and on
delivering all his said property which he
mall have in his pofleflion, together with
Ins books, papers and evidences of debts
of every kind, to the said truftce, and
the said truflee’s certifying the fame to
the said judge in writing, it fnall be law
ful for the said judge to make an order to
the marshal, jailer or keeper of the pri..
son, in which the said debtor is then con
fined, commanding that the said debtor
lhall he thenceforth difeharged from his
imprlfonraent; and he shall be immedi
ately difenarged, and the said order (hall
be a fufficient warrant therefor: Provid
ed, That no person who has been guilty
of,a breach of the laws, and who has been
imprifontd for or cn account of the fame,
lhall be difeharged from imprisonment:
And provided like wife, That any pro
perty which the debtor may afterwards
acquire, (except the neccffary wearing ap
parel and bedding for lus family, and his
tools if a mechanic or raanufafturer,) lhall
be liable to the payment of his debts, any
thing herein to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
See. 4. And be it further enabled,
That the said judge may allow such pe
tioning debtor and his family, to retain
their necefiary wearing apparel and bed
ding, and if the said debtor be a mecha
nic or manufacturer, he may likewise
retain the tools of his trade.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled,
That the said judge may direst the truf
tce to fell and convey the property of the
petitioning debtor, at such time, and on
Tuch terms and conditions as he fliall deem
.mod to the advantage cf the creditors,
and the product thereof, after fatisfying
all incumbrances and Hens, (hall be di
vided among the creditors in proportion
to their refpeftive claims 4 and no process
against the real or personal property cf the
debtor (hall have any effeft or operation,
except process of execution, and attach
ments in the nature of executions, which
• lhall have been put into the hands of the
marlhall antecedent to the application.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled.
That every truflee may sue for, in his
own name, any property or chofc in afti
cn aligned to him by virtue of this aft.
Sec. 7. And he it further enabled,
That if any creditor, at any time within
4 two years after the application cf such
debtor, fiiall allcdge in writing to the
circuit court of the dillrlft of Columbia,
or at any other court of the United States,
within whole jurifdiftion such debtor
may be found, that such debtor had at
the time of his application as aforefaid,
direftly or indireftly conveyed, leiTened
• or difoofed of any part of his property,
rights or credits, with intent to defraud
his creditors, or had at any one time
within twelve months next preceding
said application, loft by gaming more
than three hundred dollars, or had af
.figned or conveyed any part of his pro
perty, rights or credits, with intent to
give a preference to any creditor or crcdi
..(h-3 U- 'hf <V'd SiUCt fcnil
thereupon order notice of fach allegation
to be given in writing to the debtor, and
upon his appearance before them, or on
his ncgleft to appear, after proof that
notice has been served, the said court
shall, within a reasonable time, examine
the debtor or any ocher perfen, upon in
- terrogatorics on oath, touching the fuU
fiance of the laid allegations, or may di
refl an issue or issues to be tried in a funi
mary way, without the form of an aftion,
to determine the truth of the fame; and
it upon the answer to the said interroga*
tories, or upon the trial of the iiTue or
lilacs, such debtor shall lie found guilry
cf any fraud or deceit towards his credi
tors, or of having loft by gaining as a
forefaid, or of having given any prefer
ence os aforefui, he ftiall be precluded from
any benefit under this aifl; and in cal*
such debtor, or any other, teftifying ci.
thcr for or against him, ftiall at any time’
thereafter be convicted of falftly, or wil
fully and corruptly fvvearing or affirming
to any matter or thing in virtue of this
aft, he shall fuller as in the case of wilful
perjury, and upon such conviftion of the
debtor, or any other person teflifying for
him, he (hall he forever precluded from
any benefit under this aft.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted ,
That every judge charged with the ex
ecution of this aft, may, in the respec
tive cases which may be brought before
him, allow the truftcc a commifiion not
exceeding eight per centum for his trou
ble, on the amount of debts paid by f.im ;
and if any complaint ftiall be made to jibe
said judge of the mifeonduft of any tmf.
tee by any creditor, cr by the debtor,
the said judge may call such truftcc be
fore them, and enquire into the cause of
complaint, and may make such rules and
orders as he may think proper for the
accomplifliment of the objeft of the trust,
and may in his dilcrction remove such
trustee and appoint another in his place.
(1 o be continued.)
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From the Ecjicn Chronicle .
The Examiner.
Text —“ Let us tell France and Fpain
that we will ally onrfelves nvllh England,
and aid in the conqucft c tall their Amcr.
icon dominions** —“ We mult agree to
countenance the war, until a peace can
he obtained by common confent ** —Go-
VERKEUR. Morris’s Speech on the Jub
jeit of Flenv-Qrleans.
IN my last number I did pronofe a fur
ther conftdcration of young Mr. Sullivan’s
oration, but on reflection, it appears too
puerile a performance for a moment’s com
ment. Wlien we are surrounded with an
enemy - who a Humes a formidable position,
( the trifling batteries of a few {battering
troops are unworthy notice..
Fellow-Citizens! Let me remind you,
that the present period is big with tee
fate of this country. We have to con
tend with political Goliahs and Levic
thans; we have to engage a phakrm,
who travel through the continent to ma
ture a system hostile to the peace and hap
piness of our country : we have to confront
those who put a front on their char afters
by parade and ofteritation ; we, have to
counteraft the intrigues of a bod)' of men,
who are plotting in conclave to involve
us in a war with 1 ranee, and in alliance
with England ; we have to baffle the pro
jefts of these who predicated this delpe
rate intrigue, by exciting the palfions of
the people on the fubjeft cl Louiliana;
who attempted to exasperate tue citizens
of Kentucky to begin a warfare, which
hazarded the lives of tboufands, exposed
ed the whole commerce of ilie union to
foreign capture, and in the event wculd .
probably have saddled a debt of fifty
millions on the citizens.
This being a Hat count of fafts, the
!• w b»rbt*r y:r. annroyc of Pre
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GEO H G I
fidcnt Jtffcrfon for preventing war, or
his enemies for recommending one ? Judge
yc then between them. Is it policy to
obtain by war and carnage, what we can
purchase with our money ? To acquire
territory by hostility inttcad of amity ?
To poftefe the land by the force of the
bayonet, in opposition to France and
Spain, or to hold it with their confcnt ?
To give fifty millions for a doubtful ti
lie, when a clear c*e can be had for ten
or fifteen ?
Thcfe are plain questions within every
man's dccifion. If we had fought with
France and Spain twenty years, and fuc
ccfs had attended us, we could only have
obtained the territory, and this we now
have without a drop of blood, and with
bin a tWenrlrrti part of the cxpcncc.
Monroe and LivingHoti have accomplish
ed more with the pen, than 50,000 men
could by the fwotd.
In opposition to this truly chriftian
procedure, Govcmcur Morris and others,
said, v/e limit'commence war, and join
the English in their present conrroverfy !
Here is a preliminary, fellow-citizens,
at which we ought to “ pause ! for Hea
ven’s sake pause!” After “Heaven”
had emancipated us from the thraldom of
Britain, by almolt as many miracles as
were wrought for the people of Ifraei,
(hall we return 10 their embraces, and
oppose the nation who helped us in our
contefl ? Are we (fill longing for the
leeks and onions of the land, whole go
vernment fought to ruin, who set cur
towns on fire, who fprcad.havoc and car
nage through every village they i-affid,
who r? vilhcd our maidens and ’confined
our young men in the holds of their petti
ferous guard Ships ? If Mr. Morris has no
other alliance, let him be ftlent u(pett
ing “ Heavenas the fanduary of the
Supreme Being has given a fiat to our re
paration, which nothing but the voice of
an arch angel can annul.
The absurdity of Mr. Morris is {fill
mere glaring. He calls upon us to begin
the war, in alliance with Britain, at a
time when France and England were in a
train of amicable pegociation. How did
he know what would he the iflue of this
etnhafly ? Suppose peace had taken place
between the two nations, how could he
look for protection from the quarter he
pledged the Union upon ? His folly is
apparent, even in this precarious circuin
fbnee.
If we had pursued the mcafures recom
mended by I'omcmcn in congress, Algieis
would have been more highly efiimated
in the scale of civilization than the Unit
ed States.
The blue between France and England,
is no apology for Mr. Morris, as it was
impdflible for him to know that the ne
gotiation would have terminated in a
war ; his proposal, therefore, inuft be **
coofidered as the most desperate projeft
I that could enter the brain of an infuri
ated fanatic.
Besides, when we talk of war, who
are the men that urged it ? Is the farmer
disposed to leave his home, and reside in
a camp ? Will he take his wife and chil
dren and travel to Louisiana ? Encounter
the toils of marches, the danger of bat
tles, and finally become a fuppheant for
the charitable bounties of a hospital ? Will
he leave his fields to be cultivated by
such itinerants as he can hire, and trust
the produce of his harvest to be gathered
in by the parsimonious hands of such as
occupy his homestead ? The misfortune
is, when we talk of war, we forget that
we mull raise an army j who then are the
fighting men ? Soldiers and not orators
are to form the body of veterans. The
latter may make brilliant fpceches, but
who are to perform heroic aftiens ? An
orator may contend a whole month with
out a single wound, but a foldicr may
lose his life in an hour. We can eaiily
find men to go to congress and talk about
war, or fulminate in ths senate for the
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tVoi. XVII. No. SBa.j
purpofc of having their speeches printed ;
to get into lucrative offices and receive
comntifiions for “ ways and means'* to
find the army and navy. Thefc war con
tingencies arc readily furnifhed ; bur, 1
would afle Mr. Morris and otheis, who
are to take the field, equipped with knap
fucks, firelocks, and catrklge-boxts, ard
in alliance with England, to repair to the
Weft-Indies or Ncw-Orlcans, to co-ope
ate with a Britifti fleet? Who are to
florin the fortreffes of the enemy ? Theft
are the boys for business, and not a few
orators, who may declaim at a diilancc
from the enemy, and far from the rear of
their cannon. Will the KiTcx Junto be
fore moll in the ranks ? Will they alTom-
Me at the rendezvous, and follow the ho.
tv»fi {l-llmve v*.lvil» difiilnytrrg the
can Rsg through the <1 reels ; Why do
not fouis rosy giil’d. Porcupines countc
nance such a procession ? why do they not
put a cockade in their hats, and offer
themselves as volunteers to man our navy ?
How many fighting lawyers will he em
bodied when the contdl becomes fetious?'
how many speculators ? how many tones'?
how many tnonopolifts ? None—thcfcafc
not the veterans who are to defend our
country ; this is nor their fort •” tltey
want war for the profit of it. While 6-
thers are exposing their lives in the hi/h
places of the field, they will be carous
ing around the feftive beard; they will
be nmufing thernfelves with newfpapCr
accounts of the battles, counting up, be
fore breakfafl, the number of killed anti
wounded, and poflihly may notice in a
toait the brave warriors who fell in the'
last engagement.
The leading paragraph of Judge Griffin's
Charge tt the Grand Jury of Hancock
county , Georgia .
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury ,
It affords me a particular pleafore, that
the vigilance of the Federal Aditiiniflra
tion, enables me to congratulate you on
Ihe important acqnifition of Louisiana to
the United States; that this ccffion has been
obtained through the channel of ncgoci
ation rather than the fvvord, evinces the
vvifdum of our rulers, and ought to en
dear us to the government; a govern
ment which is at this day, deemed the
only one on earth that may be emphati
cally filled free , where the fccurity of
life, liberty and property ; and of every
thing else dear to man is held sacred, and
where the laws are made by the people,
whose condufl they are to regulate, and
the taxes laid on those by whom they arc
to be paid ; and where any individual,
if he has talents and merit, may rife to
the highest offices and honors of the State.
Such a government is the greatest blcfling
•on earth; to deserve the continuance of
which, be it imprcfTcd on your minds,
* that it is an imperative duty, whether
as citizens or grand jurors, to promote
literature, encourage virtue and religion,
and to suppress vice
THE GRAND JURY.
We request his honor Judge Griffin to
accept our thanks for the very polite and
judicious charge delivered to us, at the
commencement cf the term, and w'e arc
happy to find in the fame the breathings
of pure- republicanism, a principle which
we feel it our duty and plcafure ever to
support; and we think lie has given a
pledge of his future nfefulneft, fufficient
to demand our approbation ; and we all >
recommend to the next legislature,
continue him in the office he now holds.
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