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■SATURDAY, 'March i'6> 1805.
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE,
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AUGU S T A: Printed by D. DRISCOL, near thje market. [3 Dolls, per Ahnuni']
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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALES.
To be Sold at Public Auction,
Qa T.utfilay theJecovd day oj April next, at
the Store lately occupied by John Fierce,
deceaf-d, on Broad-Jirul, in the city of
Augufia,
All that well Afibrted Stock of
DRY GOODS
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I AND
GROCERIES.
—ALSO
Several Bales of Cotton*
And Hogsheads of Tobacco,
Several prime Negro Men,
And a Gitl,
Together with the Household and Kitch
en furniture,
io>coo feet of Lumber,
And one Horse, belonging to the estate.
The faSe to commence at xo o’clock,
and continue from day to day, until the
whole i« fold —Conditions Cash.
ROBERT HAMILTON,!,..
JAMES HAMILTON. J Jamrs '
March 2.
~ nori c eT
ALL persons having claims against the
eftats cf John Pierce, Jatc of the ci
ty of Augusta, deccafcd, arc defin'd to ex
hibit them duly atteied; and thofc indebt
ed to make immediate payment to
ROBERT HAMILTON, \ ...
J AMES HAMILTON. J ns ’
March 2. (J‘)
ADMINISTRATOR T s SALE.
Will be Sold,
On Friday the rid of March next , at ele
ven o’clock in the forenoon , at the former
dwilling house of the late Andrew Innes »
dicejfid, all the remaining personal pro
perty of the f aid dicea/sdt among which
are ,
Four prime Negroes,
a quantity •( hoafehoid and kitchen furni
ture, 8c:, &c.
JAMES BEGGS, Adm’r.
Feb, q. 7 1
' ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE,
Will be Sold at Public Audlion,
O t thi sixth diy of Abril next, at the house
of tin late Hardy Fofler , dec, all the per -
fond estate offaid deceased ,
Conllfting of one Negro, Hogs,
Korfcr, Cattle* Household and Kitchen
furauuie. plantatiin tools, and about One
Thou land weight of feed Cotton, Corn,
Fodder, &c. The terms of file made known
on that day j the property not to be alter
ed until the terms are complied with.
All persons having any demands
against said estate, arc hereby rtqucfled to
render in their accounts duly attest, within
the time preferibed by law, and thcic in
debted, to make payment.
SUSANNAH FOSTER \ 4 , ,
JOSHUA FOSTER. J
March 2. (T)
Doctor Harris,
HAS JifST RECEIVE D,
Some Excellent Paints,
which he will fed lower than ever has been
known in this place.
• March g. { it-)
Tor saleor to rent,”
THE HOUSE and LOT occupied by
the Hie Alexander 2Uir.--Immcdi
ate polls fibn can be given of the Stores
and Wate-houfe, and pc.ff.flbn of the en
tire preraifes on the firft day of January
next...-For terms spply to Benjamin Sims,
•f Augusta, or the fobfuriber at Piney
Grove.
Wm: M. COWLES.
October rs. ts
~~ TO BE LET.
IN the rear of Mr. Crcffwell's Int, in
Augusta, a small, bat convenient house,
with kitchen, fmoke-hoafe, and a fmali
garden-rent lour—Enquire of Robert
CreffWeil, or at the Chwcidc Office.
January 26.
YAZOO BUSINESS.
Mr. J. Randolph. Perhaps it may be
fuppofcd, from, the course which this busi
ness has taken, that the adversaries of the
prefen: measure indulge the expectation of
being able to come forward at a future day—
not to this house, for that hope is desperate,
but to the public, with a more matured
opposition than it is in their power now to
make. But pad experience has (hewn
th ern that this is one of (hose fubjedls which
pollution has fan£hfied—that the hallowed
mysteries of corruption are not to be profan
ed by the. eye of public curiofity*—No, fir,
the orgies of Yazoo fpeculacion are not to
be laid open to vulgar gaze. None but
the initiated are permitted to behold the
monltrous facrificc us the bed intereds of the
nation on the altars of corruption. When
this abomination is to be praftifed we go
into conclave. Do we apply to the press ?
that potent engine, the dread of tyrants
and of villains, but the (hield of freedom
and of worth—No, fir, the press is gagged.
On this fubjeft we have a virtual (edition
law—not with a specious title, but irre
fidible in its operation, which, in the lan
guage of a gentleman from Connecticut (Mr.'
Grilvi old) goes JireSlly to its objeft. The
demon of ('peculation at one sweep has
wreited from the nation their bed, their
only defence, and elofed every avenue of
information. But a day of retribution may
yet corpe- If their rights are to be bartered
away, and their property squandered, the
people mud not, they (hall nor be kept in
ignorance by whom or for whom it is done.
We have often heard of party fptrit, of
caticufes, as they are termed, to fettle le
gijfldtive quetiions—but never have I seen
that (pint so visible as at this time. The
out-door intrigue is too palpable to be
dirguifed. When it was proposed to abol
ilh a judiciary fyltcm reared in the last mo- -
mentsof an expiring adrniniftration, the de
tested offspring of .a midnight hour, when
the queltioa of repeal was before this house,
it could not be taken until midnight, in the
third or fourth week of the difcufiion.
When the great and good man who now
fills, and who [whatever may be the wilhes
of our opponents] 1 hope and trud will
lung fill the executive chair, not Icfs to his
own honour than to the happiness of his
fellow-citizens: when he. Sir, recommend
ed the repeal of the internal taxes, delay
succeeded delay, and difeufilon was followed
by difeuflion, until patience itfelf was worn
threadbare.—Bat now, when public plunder
is the order of the day, how are we treated ?
Driven into the committee of the whole,
and out again, in a breath, by an inflexible
majority, exulting and dubborn in their
strength, adecilion mull pc had, inllanrer.
The advocates for the proposed measure feel
that it will not bear a ferutiny. Hence this
precipitancy. They wince from the touch
of examination, and are willing to hurry
thro* a painful and difgraceful difeuflion.
But it may be alkeci why this tenacious adhe
rence of certain gentlemen to each other on
every point connected with this fabjeCt.
As if animated by one Ipirir, they perform
all their evolutions with the raoll exaA dis
cipline, and march in firm phalanx directly
up to their *bje£t. Is it that men combined
to effect some evil purpose, afting en pre
vious pledge to each other, arc ever more
in uailbn than thole who fetkingonly to
dil'cover truth, obey the impulse ol that
conference which God has placed in their
bofonas ? Such men d* not (land compro
mised .They will not Rifle the fuggefl
ions of their own minds, and facrifice their
private opinions to the attainment of (ome
common, perhaps some nefarious objeft.
Having given vent to that effufion of
indignation which I feel and which I trull
I (hall never fail to feel and to express on
this detellabie fubjeft permit me now to
offer some crude and hasty remarks on the
point in dispute. They will be diteiled
chiefly to the claim of the New England
Miflillippi land company, whom we pro.
pole to debar { with all the other claimants
under the act of 1795 ) from any benefit of
the five millions of acres, refer ved by our
compact with Georgia, to fatisfy such
claims not specially provided for in that
compaft, as we might find worthy of re
compence. 1 (hall direct my •blervaiior.s
more particularly to this claim, because it
haH been more infilled upon, and more
zealouHy defended than any other. It is
alledgcd by the memorialiftß, who flyle
1 tkeaafdves the agents of that company, that
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they, and *ho& whom they reprefertt, were
innocent purchasers :—-in other words,
ignorant of the "corruption and fraud by
which the aft from their pretended
title derived* Was filled. Jj. am well
aware itJt this&ft i* not inacfifial to the
queltion ofany legal or equitable title which
they may ftt as it has been made
a pretext for exciting the companion of the
legiflalure, I wifli te examine into the
ground upon which this allegation rests.
bir, when that aft of stupendous villainy
v was palled in 1795, attempting under the
form and fcmblancc of law, to rob unborn
millions of their birth.right and inheritance,
, and t* convey to a band of unprincipled and
flagitious men, s territory more extensive,
add bev#nd comparison more fertile than
any lh this union, it enufcd a fcnfati*n
fcarcclyffefs ♦'riskiat than that produced by
the patffige of the damp aft or the flaming
up pf the port of Bolton; with this differ
enCe, that when the port bill of Bolt on pas.
fed, her fouthren brethren did not take ad
• vantage of the forms of law, by which a
corrupt legislature attenbplad to defraud her
of the bounty of nature : they did nor spec
ulate on tit? necefli ties and wrongs of their
shufed and insulted countrymen....l repeat,
thaf this infamous aft was fuccecdcd by a
general burl! of indignation throughout the
continent. This is matter of public noto
riety, and thole, iffpeakofmen of intel
ligence and education, purchasers too of
the very country in quettion) thofc who
affeft to have b'ecn ignorant of any such
circitmftances, I (hall confider as guilty of
gross sod wilful prevarication. They offer
indeed-to virtue the only homage which Ihe
is to receive at their hands—the
homage of their hypocrisy. They could
not nwke an ?fleet ion within the limits of
polßbtiity less entitled to credit.
yes, the aft of the 71b of January 1795
cxciiid of Jfiftftauon and abhor
rence, equal to those produced by the ; ltanip
aft, or port, bill of Bolton. But this was
not all. If drew upon it the immediate
attention ol the federal government. The
authority which is about to be produced to
the Mouse is one which lam not in the ha
bit of proftifucing to every light occasion.
It is one from which those who are daily en
deavouring to (belter their crimes aud their
follies under its venerable ihade will not
dare to appeal. Upon looking into the
journals of this Houle, 1 find the following
message from the President, dated on the
17th of February 1 79;.
“ Gentlemen of Senate, and Gentlemen of
the tioufe of Reprefentatlves ,
** I have received copies of two afts of
the legislature of Georgia, one palfed on the
28th day of December, 1794..*’ [This,
fir, is the aft which the wavering virtue of
the Governor induced him the rejeft.j
The other on the 7th of January, 1795,"
[The aft under which the different compa
nies, from one of which the memorialifls
derive their pretended title, claim] “ for
appropriating and felling the Indian lands
within the territorial limits claimed by that
state. Thefc copies, though not officially
certified, have been transmitted to me in
such a manner, as to leave no room to doubt
their authenticity. These afts embrace an
object of such magnitude aud tn their confe
fuence may so deeply affect the peace and
welfare of the United States, that I have
thought it nccejfary nova to lay them before
Congref ."
Here, fir, Is ample notice the whole
world. This rnelfige was refefred to a fe.
left committee: confiding of Mr. John
Nicholas, Mr. Macon, Mr. Findley, Mr.
Murray, Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Ames, and
Mr. Sherburne; on whose report, after so
lemn deliberation in the committee of the
whole, the Houfeon the zsth of the month
came to the following resolution. “ Resol
ved, That the President of the United
States bivauthorifed to obtain a cession from
the date ot Georgia of their claim to the
r whole , or any part, of the land within the
present Indian boundaries." [The very
land which the aft of th« 7111 of January
had attempted to alienat«and fell ;] and the
bill which I now hold in hand, was accor
dingly brought in, purfiiant to the resolu
tion and palfed the Houfc on the 2d day of
March. But unfortunately ihe felfion do
led, ot necetiity, on the following day, and
this House is well apprised that ihe forms of
the Senate will not permit any bill to be
hurried through that body, A fit l glc nega
tive is fefficient to prevent if. The fubjeft
was not fuifasd to (loop—An act was lub-
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[Vol. XIX. No. 963.
! fequently pafled opening negotiation with
Georgia fur the territory in question, 0 f
which vve have received from her a solemn
transfer. Is this notice, or Is it not ? On
a formaj mclTage ; front the Prefidcnc laying
before them the act ot 1795— f0 totally
valid and worthier* was tlm aft m tjieir
eyes, in high utter contempt did they hold
the pretended rights of the grantees under
it—that the Hoofc of Rcprefcntafives im
mediately pa fled a bill empowering the Pre,
fident to receive a gram of the very land
which that aft had prcvioufly : and fraudu
lently attempted to convey, to the four
companies. With what face could the Pre
sident recommend, or Congress endeavour
toobtain from Georgia a ceflion of the %uh»fe t
or any part of the land within her Indian
boundaries, if they believed that the land in
bad’’ccn conveyed a
lair and bona fide Idle ? If they attached to
the add of January 1795 any idea of validi
ty ? The man who answers this objection
fliall have my thanks, Bur, perhaps Khali
be t«ld this was the aft of * Angle branch of
the legillature and not a law.' True, fir,
but it was a solemn averment to the whole
wofld that Congress had a right to Icgifl.uc
on the fubjeft. It was noticed on the 17th
and zsrh days of February, that the
adt pafled by the flute ol G. srgni. in the
preceding month, was void and.ofc no effeft
—it was loudly proclaimed by tht; conven
tion of that slate. which met in the fuccoed
ing May, and w 35 finally consummated by
the refeitided aft of the 13 rhos February,
1796, which was consequently engrafted
on the conflitution of v Georgia. And yet
the Ncw-England Miflifliippi land compa
ny, under a deed of cotcmporaneous date
(as thy fay) with this last aft, a deed con
taining not merely a special warranty, but
| a Jpeaal covenant that no recourse Jhall be
had agamfi the feller , for any defeit of
title trrlhem : a covenant which clearlv in,
dicates notice On ine parr or c*
fjch defeft ; claiming under a deed by which
they purchase such title only as the grantees
of 1795, had to fell, in whofc flead and
place they agree to (land, this company
afleft to have no notice of any defeft of ti
tle in those of whom they bought. Sanc
tion the claim of this company, or any 1 other
derived from the aft of 1795, and what in
efleft do you declare? You records so
lemn acknowledgment that Congress have
unfairly and dilhondtly obtained from Ge
orgia a grant of land to which that flatc no
longer poflVfled a title, having previously
fold it toothers for a valuable consideration,
of which tranfaftion Congress was at, the
time fully apprized. Are you prepared to
make this humiliating confeflion ? To iden
tify yourfclves with the fwindlcrsof j 795 ?
To acknowledge that you have unfairly ob
tained from another that to which you knew
he had no title ? I trufl, fir, we have not
yet reached this point of moral and political
depravity.
The agents of the New-England land
company are unfortunate in two points.
They set out witly a formal endeavour to
prove that they are entitled to their pro
portion of fifty millions of acres of land*
under the law of 1795, and this they make
their plea to be admitted to a proportional
(hare oft five. If they really believed what
they fay, would they be willing to com
mute a good legal, or equitable claim for
one tenth of its value. Their memorial
contains moreover a suggestion of falfehood.
They aver that the rtlervation of five mil
lions for fatisfying clairm not otherwise
provided for, in our compact with Georgia,
was specially intended for the benefit of the
claimants under the aft of 1795, and that
we are pledged to fatisfy them out of that
rcfervation. Now, fir, turn to the 6th
volume of your laws, and what is the faft ?
In the firft place so much of the reserved
five millions, as may be neceflary, is ap
propriated fpedfically for fatisfying claims
derived from British grants not regranted
by Spain, and as much of the residue as may
be necetfary is appropriated for compensat
ing other claims, not recognized in our
compaft with Georgia. An appropriation
for certain British grants specially, and for
other claims generally, is falfely fuggefled
to have been made for the especial benefit of
the claimants of 1795-.. and the rcfervation
of a power in the United States lo quiet
such claims as they should deem worthy of
compenfktion, is perverted into an obliga
tion to Gompcnfate a particular class cf
claims; into an acknowledgement that fuett
* claims are worthy of compensation. C4O