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VOL< IV.
MILLEDGE V1LLE, GEORG I A,‘TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1823.
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■ \\\ S OF THE UNITES STATES.
[BY AUTI10IU I’Y.]
\N ACT In amend 11 An act for tile establish-
n,out of it Territorial Government in Fiort
da," and for other purposes.
lit it enacted by tin Smile rind House of Re
present at ires of the. Unit'd States of Jlmtnea in
Congress .Issemhlid, V< at hI tlmt territory, red-
, :l ] by Spain In the IhiiteH States, known by the
name of Fast ni: 1 \\ est Florida, shall constitute
n Territory of the Foiled states, under the
name of the Territory of Florida, the govern,
meat whereof shall be organized and adminis
tered as follow- :
Sec. ‘2 .1 ml hi it farther entitled, Tliut the
Kteeutive power shall be vested in n Governor,
who shall reside in said territory, and hold bis
office during the term "f three years, unless
sooner removed by the President of the I’nited
tstitles. lie shall be Commander in Chief of
the Militia of li e said territory, and he, ex of
ficio, Superintendent of Indian Affairs—anil
shall have power to grant pardons for illences
nesinStthe saidferrit oly, and reprievusfor those j"’,,' "• j'",'.'"'V'
against the t oiled Stales til the decision of 7 S pm,,n t " url ,,{ " !p 1 ' ! ‘!'d ''tales,
the President of the Tolled Stales thereon shall the rnme enses, and under llo-,nne i egulatioiis,
li»* mado known—-ami to aipp<»inl ami mininis
r»*• ■ t TIiitp shall l»t* n Superior court for Ill'll
p.»n of !iio turrlfory known a j West Florida) to
» ousist fit m*e .1 »ift^# ; he hall hold a i’ouit al
runs'icohi) on the first Mondays in May and
Novcmhrr, in »»u« H ymr, and at such other
linn*- and places as the Legislative Council
shall dilccl. Within its limits, herein describ
ed, each court shall have jurisdiction in all cri
minal cases ; and exclusive jurisdiction in all
capital offences j and original jur^diction in all
civil cases. < f the value of one humlred dollars,
arising under, and cnguir.ablfi by, the laws of
the territory now in force therein) or which
may, al any time, he enacted by the Legisla
tive Council thereof. Each judge shall appoint
a clerk for his respective court, who shall re
sale, respectively, at St. Augustine and Pensa
cola, and they fchafl keep the records there.—
Each clerk shall receive for his services, in all
cases tni.-ing under the territorial laws, such
fees us shall he established by the Legislative
Council And the said judges may adjourn
their respective courts to any other time or
place, whenever St. Augustine or Pensacola
shall be infec ted wilh a malignant fever, and
wnts if error and appeal from the final derisi
ons of the said Superior courts, nuthoriued by
this section of this act, shall he made to tin*
Supreme Court of the United States, in the
same manner, and under the suipe regulations,
a- from I lie Circuit Court of the Unit* d States,
where the amount in controversy, to be. asrer-
Liined by tin; oalh or affirmation of either par
ty, shall exceed one thousand dollars
Sec K. And be il further enacted, That encli of
the >a*d Superior courts sliull, moreover, have
and wxercise the same juris diction within it- li
mits, in all cases arising under the laws and
constitution of the United Slates, which, by an
act to c.-tabli'h the judicial comts of the Unit
ed Slates, approved the twenty-fourth of Sep
tember,one thousand seven hundred and * igli
ly nine,and “ An act in addition to (he act, en
titled ‘ An ni t in establish the Judicial Courts
of tlie I nitnd States,” approved the second of
March, one thousand seven hundred and nine
ty I lave, was Vesh d in the Court of Kenltii-kv
district. And writs ot error and appeal from
the decisions in the said Superior courts a tlio-
lized by Ibis section of thi- art, shall Id mad
d States, or cause or procure to be ?o import j the district, where tin land claimed is sitna- 11ca
dor brought, or knowingly to aid nr assfot in ; ted, in the manner pn scribed by the act to of
importing or bringing, nuy slave or slave*-- I w hich Ibis is an amendment, on or before ; Augustine and IVnsiicoln, in tin, territory of
I?' V'y nili'iidlng, and fii'itq; tlieivnl j 11,,. firm day December next, shall bo 1 Florida, n-pectively, shall bo, ami they are
ss hav^'v^s ^hlnr^ln l, "s!o"r";;;;; , i"w ,r ;: T1 ,.
lorloi, and cad, a„,. every sho o, ... j , * ;,; ' « • tnac ed fha. i.1 «« hUjub . «Uun, ar.stns wt.hn, thru re-
lurien mho pay, inr eat;u anti every Mat . . v . ,, , »
imported or bio*.ghl, the suinotlhre. hundred hha | ,i 1 shal to cxi-cute
■ ■ timl tyi'aI.'ii itiIiii',, ..4 ..11 ..... . 11 i.
— one moiety for 1 lit: use ol the United
Slates, and the oth *r moiety for the use of tins
person or persons who shall me for the same ;
and every slave, so imported or brought,shall,
thereupon, become entitled to, and receive, his
or her freedom
Sec. 15. JInd be it further cnnrlrd, That the
citizens of the said territory shall be entitled to
one Deiegute to Congress, for the said territo
ry, who shall posse » the seme powers hereto
fore granted to the Delegates Itom the other
territories of the United States: /bo* idtd, That
no person shall be eligible (or that oilicc w ho
shall not have resided at least twelve mouths
in the said territory. The Delegate shall be
elected by such description of persons, at such
limes, and under such regulations, us ill* go
vernor and Legislative Council ina> 9 from time
to lime, ordain and direct, soldiers of the Unit
ed States excepted, who shall, under no cir
cumstances, he qualified to vote.
See. It» .dml be it further enacted, That an
act, entitled “ An act for the establishment of
a Territorial Government in Florida," be, and
the same is hereby, repealed, so far as the same
itf inconsistent with the provisions of this act :
and that the proceedings of the la t session of
llm Legislative Council of Florida be, and the
same are hereby, confirmed, to remain in full
force and effect until the end of the nest sessi
on of the said Council, unless sooner altered,
modified, or repealed, with the exception of all
by and wilh the consent of the Legisla
live Council, all officers, civil and oi the mili
tia, who^e appointment* are not herein other-
wi. u provided for, and which shall he e-tablisli-
cd hv law. lie shall lake care that the laws be
faithfully executed.
Sec. G Jhid be it further enacted, That a Se
cretary of tin! territory shall be appointed, xvlio
..hall hold his olfice during the term of four
y ears, unless soonct removed by the ('resident
Iff the United Stales—who e duty it shall he,
under the direction of tins Governor, to record
and preserve all the papers and proceeding 1 * of
the Executive, and all the actsofthe Governor,
mid Legislative Council ; and transmit nutln u-
tic copies of the proceedings of the Governor,
in his Executee Department, eveiy six mouths,
to the President of tho United States.
Sec 4. rind be i! further enacted t Vhat in case
of tin! death, removal, resignation, or necessa
ry nbuuec, ol the Governor of the said terri
tory, the Scoretuiv thereof thal) be, and ho is
,, ,\vj , - ,; ( ,,| ,, U( ] u> execute nit
tbh powers, and pc torin nil the duties, *»f the
(inventor, during the vacancy occasioned by
tb« removal,resignation,«*r lu'ccs-uiy abscuce,
of the said Governor; who sliall, in uncase
l<*ave the said territory without pengisrinn fii t
had of the President of the United "tales.
See 5. Vliid bt it further u iulcd. That tlie le
gislative powers shall be ve b-d in tlie Govern
or, and in thirteen lit and dLneet persons of
the territory, nine of whom frhall constitute a
tpmrnin <o do business, to be called the Legis-
Inlive Council ; who shall be appointed annu
ally, by tbe President of the United Stales, by
and with the advice and consent of the S< nute,
from among the citizens ol the United Stales,
or bom among the inhabitants of the territory,
i«*'id* , nt there at tlie cession; but no pri on
shall be eligible ns u member of the said Legis
lative Council, who f.lialI not have resided in
the said territory at least six months previous
to bis appointment. The Governor and Le-
gi-lative Council shall 1i>ive legislative powers
over all rightful subject* iff Icgislction; but
no law shall be valid''which i* inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of the United Slates ;
or which shntl lay any person under restraint,
burthen, or disability, on uccount of his religi
ous opinions, prof* ssione, or worship. The
Governor shall publbh, throughout the said
lerritnry, all the laws which shall be made—
mid sh ill, on or before the first of Dcecinbpr,
in each year, report the sat no b> (lie Pi evident I
i f the U. Stales, to be laid before Congress ' '
xrhich, if di approved of by Co--gress. . 11n11 !
thenceforth he of no f »rce. The Governor uinl!
L. u'sbitive Council shall have no power ovei ;
the primary disposal of the soil, nor to tax tlie
Jnnds of the United Slat* s, nor to interfere w itli
the claims' to lands within the said territory —
The Lepislative C* unril shall hold a ses ion
once in cucli year, commencing on the first
Monday in May, in each and overv year, but
shall not continue Ion
weeks, nfler tit* 1 first session
as from tlie Circuit Couchs ot the United States
I In* clerks, respectively, .•hall keep the records
«t the places where the conrtB are held, and
shall receive, in ullra-rs arising under the laws
and constitution of the United States, the satin
fees which the clerk of the Kentucky district
receives for similar services, whilst that court
exercised the powers oi the circuit and di Ariel
comts.
See. 9. rind be it further enacted, That there
shnll bt* appointed two persons, learned in the
law, to act as Attorneys «ff the United States
as wi II as for tin* territory, one i’o th.it part of
the territory known as East Florida, the oilier
b>r that part of tho territory known as West
f lociihi; to each ot whom, in addition to their
tilted fees, in civil ruses, shall he paid, as a ful.
compensation for all extra services annually,
the. sutn of two hundred dollars There shall
nU> be. appointed two Marshals, one foi
each of the said Superior courts, who shuii,
each, perforin the same duties, lie subject to tlie
same regulations and penalties, and be c.ntitled
*.. .4.o mnrnm for.., to u tltl'tr Mrtrt-ttttl: i.i ..tltrr ili.
tricU an; entitled* for sliniler services—and
in addition, lie paid the sum of two linn-
*!•"* *1 dollars, animully, ai a r.oinpciisat
extra .ervicex, atid .liall also be subject to such
regulations and penalties a. the Legislative
(. oum.il shall iin, ose, white acting under, ami
in virtue id, the ten ilorial laws.
Ree.. Ill .lint he it farther cnnrtril, That tlie
Governor, Seerctnry, Judges of the Superior
Courts, District Allorneys, Marshals, and all
Reneint otlieer- of tlie tniii'ia, shall be nppolnt-
rd by the President of the United Stales, by anil
with the ndvire and consent ..I the Senate —
All judicial officers ; hall hold their olBeeb for
the tern* of four veinr, ami mi longer. Tin
Governor, Secretary, -radges, members of the
l.egi-lative Council, Justices of the 1
and make return of all process which ni.ry
be issued by I lie said Commissioners, or (lie
Commissioners may, where they deem it
necessary, authorize and empower any o-
ther person to execute and return said pro
fess.
Sec. 7. .hid be Ufurther enacted, That, so
sennas the Commissioners shall have decid
ed and reported on the private claims, in
suid territory ol'FlmiJa, a surveyor shall lie
pec live jurisdictions, of the inluiCitantB
ol said territory, or llreir represent!lives,
agreeably to the provisions of the ninth ar
ticle of the treaty with Spain, by which the
said territory was ceded to tlie United
States.
Sec. 2. .hid be it furthir enacted, That in
all cases in which said judges shall decide in
favor of the claimants, the decisions, with
the evidence orr which they are founded,
hall he, by the said judges, reported to till
appointed lor the territory of Florida, olio j Secretary of the Treasury, who, on being
shall keep his office at slit'll place, within satisfied that the same is just and equitxbh ,
tl»! said territory, as the President of the
United States slia'I designate ; and shall ic-
celte the sum ol two thousand dollars, paya
ble quartet ly, at the Treasury of ihe Unite d
States,
Se e. tl. .’tad be it further enacted. That,
for itr di posal of the lauds of tlie United
Statei, Ij ieg in tlie District of Cast Florida,
a Lurid Olfice shall fie established and k**|)t
at such pi.mv, within said District, as the
President of the United States shall direct;
ami that, for the disposal of the lauds of the
Ulited States lying in th • District of West
Florida, a Land Office shall be established
at inch place, in said District, as the Presi
dent of the United States shall dire* f.
See. 9. And be it further enacted. That, so
soon as, in tbe opinion of the President of
venue laws imposing tales on the inhabitants ; the. United States, there shall be a sufficient
continue longer 1 h
in tbe city of St. Augustine, * i at such other
place, or places, as ||n Governor and Council
in.-»y, from time to time, direct It ‘•hall he tin*
duty of the Governor b) obtain all the inform
ation in his power in relation to tin* customs,
habit?, and dispositions, of the inhabitants ol
the said territory, and rotnmunicaie th ? njhh:,
tVoni time to lime, to the President of the Unit
ed Siries.
Sec ti. And he it further enacted, That every
bill which shall have passed the Legislative
Council, shall, before it become a law, be pie-
S'.’nted to the Governor. If lie approve of it,
he shall sign it ; unci, if not, lie shall return it.,
With his objections, in w riting, to the Legisla-j entitle*
live Council, w ho shall enter Ihe objections af j pm. 'J
all other officers, civil and off lie militia, before
they enter upon the duties of their respective
offices, hall take an oath, or affirmation, to
supjHjrf the con-titufi >n of the United State-,
arid for the faithful discharge of the duties of
their, office, bcfoie a Judge of the Supreme or
District I’ouit of 4lie United States, or before a
Jnd.M! or Justice «*f the i ’cate of th* -Territory
Ihe Governor shall receive an annual salary
ot two thousand live hundred dollars ; the Se
cretary, of one. thousand five hundred . and the
Judges, of fifteen hundred, earti; to be paid
quarterly, out of the freasmy of (lie U. Slut*?.
The tm nibei s of the Legi-intive (’ouncii slmll
receive three dollars, each, per day, during
their attendance in Council, and three d*dbos
for every in enty miles in going lo, ami relurn-
ii*e li"'n, any meeting *>1 th** Legislative Uouu-
i il. oik e in ear It reason, ami no more. The
meinN-is of the I.egHla'iv Council shall be pri
vileged from arrest, except in cases of treason,
felony, oi 4 breach ot the pence, dining their go
ing t°» atleinlance a(, ami retuiniug tiom, eucli
session **t -»u! Council.
See. 11 And be. it further enacted, That the
inn lit an four! biW' of the United “Antes, rotating tn the icvc-
wliiali shall not n . ,le ' lu ‘ 1 c >l|. t lion,
or llioir property, and the law authorizing th.
Governor to borrow five thousand dollars on
ilia credit of tlie said territory, and the law es
tablishing county courts; which ure hereby
declared null and void : provided, That no loan
ol money already made or obtained, under raid
law,shall be . ffecli d [affected] by this act,and
that die act approved the second of September,
one thousand < i;lit hundred and twenty-two,
try the Governor, repealing all (lie laws and or
dinal res in force in thesuid lerriloiy, shall be,
and is hereby, duel ned to have effect on tlie
day "! it- pax-age by the Legislative (.’ouiieil,
and nut of its appre vat by the Governor.
PHI LI I* P. BARBOUR,
Speaker ol the House of Representatives
JOHN GAILI.AIvD,
President of lln; Senate, pro-lempore
Washington, M.u rll 3, Ls2.f Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT amending, and supplementary to, the
act “ tor asoeilaiuing claims and titles to
land in the territory of Florida," and to
provide for the survey and disposal of the
public lauds in rio,i.ia
lie it enact'd by the Senate and House nf
Representatives of the Vailed States of .inur-
.‘ci in Congress assembled, That the powers
of tho hoard of commissioners heretofore
appointed, for ascertaining claims and liHe-
tr> lands in the terri ory of Florida, shall ir<
confined, exclusively, to the examination of
titles and claims ill that portion of said ter-
rito'ry, heretofore known at West Florida:
and that, for arcertaining titles and claims
in Hast Florida, the President is hereby
.mil
appoint tim e < onim's-mncis, which ap
poiotni. iits slmll he of force until the end of
Ihe next session ol Congress, thereafter, who
may appoint tie ir secretary, and who, with
their secretary, s'oull, wiiht’n the Distrii t of
East Florida, possess all the powers given
by, perform all tlie duties required, and
shall, iu all respects, be subject to, the pro-
'i'ions and restrictions of the act ol th.'
eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred
11 uiul twenty-two, entitled “An act for
quantity of the public lands surveyed, within
eilhhr of the Districts of East or West Flori
da, to authorize the opening of one or both
of the Land Offices aforesaid, he shall cause
the same to lie opened, and shall proceed,
from time to time, to appoint, with the ad
vice and ronsent of the Senate, for each of
the said Olfi' es, a Register and Receiver of
the Public .Moneys, who shall give security,
in the same sums, and in the same manner,
and whose compensation, emoluments, du
ties, and authority, shall, in every respect,
be ihe same in relation to the lands to be dis
posed of at their offices, as are or may be
provided by law in relation to the Registers
anil Receivers of Public Moneys, in the se
veral land offices established for the disposal
of the public lands of Ihe United States.
Sec. 10. .hut be il further enacted, That,
wlieiiev. r ti Land Office shall hav. li en es
tablish* <1 in either of the districts aforesaid,
and a Register and Receiver of Public Mo
neys appointed for the same, the President
nl the United States shall he, and lie is
hereby, authorized to ditect so much of the
public land., lying in such district, as shall
have lieen surveyed according to law, to be
offered for sale, in the same manner, and
with the same reservations and exceptions,
and on the same terms and conditions, in
every respect, as have been, or may h. real
le.' be, provided for tilt; sale of I lie piit.fie
laliffs of I lie United States.
Sec. 11. .ind be it further enacted. That an
entire township, in eaeli of Ihe Districts of
I , , .• ,i , - | Eatt ami West Florid.*, shall be reserv ed
*1 in ti**; recess ol the Senate, to I ,■ , , ,, ,
, ■ . ’ I till sale, lor the use of a seminary ofl. arn-
ing, to be h eated by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sec. 12. .dnd be il further enacted, That
all the navigable riviix and waters in tlie
Districts ot East and West Florida, slinil be,
and forever remain, public highways,
R). .dml bt it further enacted, That
within the provisions of the said treaty, slial.
pay the amount thereof to the person or
persons in whose favor the same is adjudg
ed, out of any money in tlie Treasury, not
Otherwise appropriated.
Washington, March 3, 1823^-Approved.
THE NEW DURUM LETTERS.
In a periodical work, recently established
in the City of New-York, entitled The Uni
ted Stotts' Magazine and Literury and /‘o
liticat Repository, there has recently appear-
d a Rev lew of Johnson’s Life of (,’reene —
When it is understood that this Review is
attributed to the pen of Gen. John Arm
sTiio.Nii. our readers will need no other in-
iteiiwnt to peruse with attention, that part
of tiie Review which relates to the Netv
burgh Letters.—A ‘at. hit.
EXTRACT FROM THE REVIEW.
On this branch ol our subject, it but
remains to examine what Mr. Johnson
tnay consider his strong hold—his sug
gestion that Mr. Morris iras the author of
Rut popular and contemporaneous opin
ion weigh nothing in the scales ol bis
criticism ! The public either wanted
industry to set k the truth, or judgment
to discover it, or good faith to report it ,
and hence it followed, that both the cul-
prit, and the impostor, (who was willing
to appear as the culprit.) remsined un
detected, till ferretted out by his acute
ness ! And how think you does he nc-
v omplish this ? Not by adducing a sin-
gSe witness : not by an iota of direct tea*
timony : not by a degree of evidence,
whicu according to Mr. Justice Johnson
(if report speaks truly) would be requi
site to Cv'invict a negro conspirator.—
No—his process is purely arguments*
tive—“ Han 1 the letters been imputed to
a major geuetvd, or even to a brigadier,
to Putnam or Jo Staike, fur instance,
(here would liaVv® br*’" some rettmi; in
the charge, arid pt rhape no doubt of its
truth ; nut to imagine, that a simple and
subordinate officer of t\e line, would have
dared to write such letters, even if
lie had been able, is to suppose a case
so very near an absurdity, ns to be ut
terly unworthy of credit,” Such is sub
stantially the argument given us, and if
it docs no more, it furnishes a nevv
glimpse of an old theory ol talents and
spirit ; and proves at the same time, that
Mr. Johnson has unfortunately mistaken
for sober earnest, the ridicule of the
poet :
Tis from Inch life, high characters arc drawn,
A saint in crape, is twice v saint in tuicn."
Rot, savs Air. Johnson tnnmphanily,
“ where is the production, ut all compara
ble to tlie first of these letters, the ac-
the -A cwburgh Letters. Like some sturdy knowilcdged offspring of the same pen t
polemic, whose zeal increases, in exact
proportion as his reasoning fails, ii who
hastens to supply by confidence what he
wants in argument or facts, he no longer
stoops to the low drudgery of examining
documents and exposing the nakedness of
confidential lettois, hut boldly commit
ting himseifto bis imagination, overturns,
at once, both history and tradition,
and
To this question, it will be a sufficient
answer to ask, in our turn, wlier* is to
he found any production, the acknoza-
ledged offspring of the same pen—it we
except diplomatic err other otlicial re
ports ! And is it in these, that our au
thor would look for puiuted seutences,
finished periods, or high wrought don l.i-
, niation ? As well might he expect to
ascribes to the pen of Mr. Mor- j ijiid the sage of Alonticello traversing his
iis, a production, in which that gentle
man had about as much agency as he
had in writing Solomon’s Song, or the
Psalms ol David—a conjecture which,
as far as we know, has never yet been
plantations in a com t suit of embroidered
velvet. The first law of good writing,
is to adapt itself to the occasion and the
business on which it treats ; and unless
our author could show, that oo some si-
rtaining claims and titles to lands in ihe
territory nf Florida,” crept (except) -o far a-
the same is altered or changed by the pro
visions ol Ibis art; which board of commis
sioners, heretofore appointed, wiili that
lierea I lei appointed, shall hold their sessions,
severally, at Ihe place w ithin their respec
tive. divi icis, heretofore designated l>\ law ;
but tnay adjourn to soino other convenient
place w ilhin their di trict, and miiy contin
ue their ses ions until the second Monday
in February next, when they shall make a
return of their proceedings lo the Secreta
ry of the Ticaoiny , to be. laid belore Cun-
Si
Representative
e. 2. .Id be it further enact cd. { fiat, in . iru m Congrtss
ed, unsupported, on such an attempt ?
of the act, approved the eighth day nflAnd when* is the production at all roin-
May, o:ie thousand eight hundred and twin- parable, to the first of those letters, which
ly-two, entitled “An act for ascertaining
('aims and titles to land in the territory of
f’jurida,” as is inconsistent with the pruvi-
|i"ii- ol this act, be, and tin* same is hereby,
•rpralrd ; and so much thereof as provides
for the appointment of a surveyor General,
«nd allows him to char
| killed.
stiington, Approved, March 3, 1823,
offered lo the public. Mr. Johnson’s ar- milar subject ol public interest and
gmnent, on this point, being a unique in citement, the pen to which the New-
dialectic.s, we shall give a literal copy | burgh Letters have, been so long attribut-
ot it, with a few Uriel remarks of our j ed had tailed to show similar powers,
°' vn ‘ ) this argument will continue to be a genu-
I ltd author oitiiG Notvfiurgh Lot* t jii<* non M 6Qtiitur>
ters has hitherto lain concealed, l'o-j Having thus, by the mere weight of Ins
pular opinion has attributed them to an opinion, set aside the pretensions of “ nl I
individual, who has been satisfied to simple and surburdinate officers of tbe
compound for the doubts ciwt upon his J line,” and of him in particular, to whom
morals, by enjoying the eclat ol giving popular opinion had so long ascribed
birth to such brilliant productions. But these ••brilliant productions,” it, no
those who have examined the question doubt, became incumbent oo Mr Jobn-
w ill ask, would a simple officer in the j son lo find i substitute, a fit bead for tfi"
line, ami of interior grade, have ventur-
Vv
• I IK* IMiJlU
•v ht weeks; lo be lu'fill stipulated liv the fifteenth aitidc of Hi
' lieatv ol'llic tvvrulv-. *, oi.,1 of 1'i'ln'iiiii y, on
thou,nml eight hue. inim d i.iucni'n, iii favn
of Spanish u— it- an.I li . u argots,all other
public, acts ol tin- fi a it c J Slat: , not inconsivl
cut or repugnant to the pruvi-ions of this
now in force, nr which may here,uiit I
the examination of titles to land before
flier iff'said boards of commissioners, the I rt | |,y i| le Buiueine t'i
I claimant or claimants shall not be required ! off sp ites, to report i's d
| to produce in ev idemie the ileraignmeiit of entitled to loeeive, from tin
| title In.in tlie origin,al grant, e or patentee,
but the commissioners shall confirm every
j claim in favor of actual settb rs at the time
] ! ses-iun (cession j id Ike said Territory to
i Ihe United States, w here the quantity claim-
I .'d dues mil. exceed three thousand live
. hundred .acres w In re. sin h ileraigumerit can
I not he obtained, tlie validity of which Las
Y | been recognized by the Spanish govern
ment, and where the cl..imant or claimants
ill produce sntisfartoiy ev iilcnce ol hi
has been Ihe acknowledged offspring ot
the same pen ?” “ 11 there was in the
United Suites a man whose hold and de
cisive character, whose popular elo
quence, nerve of style, and vigor of con-
lees,'is hereby re jeeption, qualified him, more than any v-
thcr, f,.r the author of these letters, and
the leader of this undertaking, it was
Greene’s correspondent, [ lie late Go-
verneur Morris.”]
It is somewhat unlucky, that the first
step in this march of dtmonstration,
. should hapben to be an error : for so far
‘.Vi Vd' nnd Hu . v f e V from laying concealed fur forty years,
i'ld 'Til'd" lln 'liefet ' l ^ ,e i,,ll "* ,or of these letters did not lie
ho shall, from time to lime, be appoint- ■ r '
rt of tile Uni-
isioris, shall he
AN ACT to contiimi in force the act, entitled
“ An act lo provide tor Reports ul Decisions
of the. Supreme Conn, ' passed tin; third
day ul March, one thousand eialit hundred
mid sevenlt * n.
Treasury of
the United State--, ;,s an annual compensa
tion for his son ires, the sum of one thousand
dollars: Provided, nevertheless, The said
compensation shall not he paid unless the
said Rep, ter shall print and publish, or
cause tu he printed and published, the de
cisions of said Court, made dining tile linn
lu
mo.
I slmll ih liv er * igliiy copies of the cl
- ............ printed and published, to the beerr-
lorce, shall extend to, and have full force und | u'J'i '■”* titeir right to the land e-laimed : And lary of State, wiihnnt any expense to i ln-
etl'ecl in the t rritory aft 1 said commissioners shall liuve the power, any United Slates; which copies shall he dis-
Sir. 12 .; ' if j ■ a I, That, to 1 1’ 1 ' <un "uuDvith lauding, ol de- trilmtcd ns fullows, to wit : to the President
Ihe end Unit the liiiiutiltants inny be protecle ! j 1 j"' validity of all claims derived | of the L'n.l. (I Stales, the Judges of the Su
onccaled n single month. In 17!J3, he
made no secret of his having written
them ; and in D (J3, ho republished, ac
knowledged, and defended them. Nor
deep and dangerous conspiracy, wfiicli,
according to him. now menaced the na
tion. And it w ill be readily conced i.
that if his selection has not been the uio-1
fortunate or probable, the range of it w ■
sufficiently extensive. The i hole L , ..
ted States were ransacked for this t n -
mutable leader ; and after doe examina
tion of comparative fitness Govemuur
Morris, was fixed upon as the man, who
•• more than any other” was qualified
“ to mount the whirlwind and direct the
•• storm !” Rut one thing was now want
ing to the fiction—a detail ol the sur
prising endowments, wl,n li so peculiai-
ly lilted this gentleman for the part I
had to play in (bis great drama ; and in
this, our author’s bounty is suffirieu' .
visible—for, besides “ popular ei.
quence, nerve of style and vigor of con
ception,” Mr. Morris i- represented
being unparalleled “ for boldness tit
I decision.” Could such a tribute to I,.-
' s hall at as such Report) r, within nine qualified approbation—seie.
out Iis alter sin li 11, ei si, ms shall be made ; i (he Secretary of her cxecuti
te these acknowledgments followed j powers recal him from-the grave, wh
by any sacrifice of moral character; a would be bis sensations '! Like Sparta-
facl, sufficiently established bv the po- cus, he might at first wonder at Ins own
lisic.il career of the author. The state glory : but when he saw in it only tl ,.
of h |= birth (Pennsylvania) hastened to decoration n| a victim, bow would be
bestow upon him marks of the most un- spurn it from him! That Mr. Morris
selected him as
in;-;»»on llioir.iouriiftl, iu»*J ^r*
cd to i
If, alUT sui.ii ic*:onsid«ra(ion, Uvo*
• ;: * o( ho iiieinbefs of (be Legislative Conii
>. il agree to juisk tiiu bill, it .shall liectwnc a law ,
an*! ih«: nanu s nf tin? |i« rsons voting Inr or a*
Eiii.si tin: itill -hall bt' entered on lat* Journal
J’rui idtd, ntvt rlbelcss, J but all bill-to tax tlie
iiihftbitunis of tin* baiil territory, or b, i» j»io-
perty,shall, bt I mc tlu*> burmne laws, receive
the function of Cotitrrefr-; excej.l when the *aitl
in their liberty, proper!) , ami religion, no I
slmll ever be vulid whicli shall impair, or in
nywise rn.slrai/i, tlie freedom of religious opi
nions, professions, ami worship They shall he
*1 to the benefit of the wi it of hub* us cor*
j pm. They ?liall be bailable in all ca-es, except
for cnpital oflcncrs, where the proot is evident
on the validity
from the Spanish
- j actual set {lets, u hn
In*
(! three thousand .'ivt hua
bills shall authorize county, city, ami town of-j f rt , t . „ m | e white j
the presumption great ; all fines shall
derate, and proportionate to the ollence, and!
excessive bail shnll not be required, nor cruel j
or unusual puni htnents iidlieted; no cx |»oA
tacto law, or law impairing the obligation of;
contracts, shell ever be pas.-id ; n*>r > 11aiI pri* i
vute property i.«: taken lor public Uh
just compensation.
See. Yd. And be U further enacted, That ell
doe
acres.
Sec. 3. And be. it further enacted, That
each of tbe tofouiiaci*.tiers heretofore ap
point* d, w hu h.»> p*:rf )nm:*i, ami shall here
after peiTomi, tin* duties assigned bitn, shall
receive compensHiiou in propotlion to that
In i *’t*ifdre allow ed him. And eaeli of the
» ortmtissioneis hneuft* r appointed for East
Florida, who sliull actually peiform tlie du-
wabout | li«s assigned him, shall ir.ueivc the sum of
two thousand doll
I.)
nment in t.t\*>r *»f| pn-tne Court, the .lud
piaotily claimed Courts, ihe All unity G
Isertt him lo the Congress of the Confe
deration, and continued him a member
[of that body, so long as it existed. The
| slate of his adoption (New-York) was
not less favorably disposed towards bitn,
f the District i arid (as her records will shew) delegated
oral of the United
was a man of genius, none who knew
him will doubt. His ideas were quick,
and clear, and abundant ; sometimes
grand, often ludicrous, always ingenious.
To these iutellectual powers, were ad
ded others, physical ami adventitious, a
line voice, a dignified person, a ready ut
terance, a taste for letters, various rta-
full
quarterly, from tli
allcct Lives for tho use ami b«i
lii**ir ic peetive countie-, cilie*, and towns—
uad for no other put poses.
Her 7 And ht it further enacted, That tin jtt-
di.:ial power thull bt‘ vested in two Superior
Com . md In fiucli Inferior (toutand Ju-ti-
rt*t> ol tho Peace, as the Legislative L'oiiih il of
(he lenituiy may, from timet »time, establish
1'here shall lira Superior cou»t for Hint part of
the territory known as E.wl Florida, tocoiisLt
ul one Judge ; he ihall hold I vis court oo the
first Mondays in Mhv anil November, in each
year, at St Augurttno, and at such other times
aud places as the Lcgislutivu Council .-hall di-
lion e-keepers, and vv
) ear in the said territ
act us gran
the said
gislatur*
lotted in
courts shall
most cond
least buG..w.w«. u ,v ,» M u„„. l .. l .w k ,. 1 *,„ 11U| . , . . .
territory 1 lea to * he same cnnipeuhafion thorn
Sec. *1-1. .Indie itfi rther enacted,Thai it flmtl' " h< n '"‘' 'Ming on til. distl ivt court o
not be lawful for any permit or persons to mi
of the* United States, one cop’
him, miller four successive appoint- ] ding, and a long acquaint
. *• i-, . fix j » j —* . v j umg, nuu «» *‘■’•1^ m ^Hiiimsncc with the
Wai'^auiTNa'v v, il.rComptreiierVof‘the I ,0 *>*[ •“ *»•« Senate of, wo, I,I and the world’s laws. Thus nc-
Treasury, and tin- Judges nf Hie several j L ‘ e *- S, a,us. Different Lxecu- compllshed, he could have lieen no cotn-
of the Union have equally distin- mon speaker; but tjie orator has Im
guished hitn; by H ashington, he was ap- ! e-strum, as well as the^jo*'!, the souri'i
s,
each; liv !• eopies l\*r the use uf each ll.ui-
o* *'ongre.-s ; and the residue of the copies | pointed lo superintend the collection of jofvvInch lies j n deep and exquisitefeeling,
shall bu deposited in the Libiaiy of Gun t| )c internal revenues of this important and this Mr. Morris wanted. Nature',
* a ' . state; by Jefferson, lie was sent to the who had given him much, refnsfe'il'to
r 2. -'hid ,(• it furl. :rrenacted, That in j fi rst ceurt in Europe, as Minister I'ler.i- give him all, and neither art nor labor
uliiee,' nf', il la-roofin'’’effb-e' s“be hire j j" » I»eriod l!»e most critical j could supply the deficiency. Hence it
1 mpii s of tin* det isions; 1 aDl * pvenl ,'» JUu ' continued there until it. that his eloquence, though manly and
sell insisted on bis recal ; and by | respectable, was of an order which left
n, be was placed at the bead ofl the passions wholly undisturbed ; and
si important Department of the i which, (in even bis cul*>|
logiums on the
genera! suOicienlly tenacious oi ins pur-
.w,.v.,„. ,-^ain : Mr. Johnson art- pose ; but that he was peculiarly calcu-
1 t - firuarv, one thuusuiiu eigut liuiwlrvd . .. . . r . , i ■ ■ , . . , ■ • , ,
d iiim t, en. ® nuts that “ they (the letters) have hither- latod '•< mount a bi each, or particula ly
purl, or tiring into lliu said territory, from a-j Sec.L. .dnd bi it further enacted, That al I Re it enacted ly Ike Senate und House of <0 been ascribed loan individual, differ- j willing to suffer martyrdom for any sy
• 1 - c.1. *• - I * ; .♦ .'i.., ...i.i. "... «• - ~ -I •» *-*' * il. n.. . * *.-. . . r -*- T . | {n , from the person he tins conjectured.’' iem, :c!igi
i * ■ i ni
ny port or place without ihe bluffs of the Lffut-i claims not fijed with tbe Com miss loners ui. li.tpieientc.lius of the Untied Sutes tj.lmer- ' tut fr<
^ious or political, we do not be-'
