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DEBATE ON’ THE VAX >■> Cl A1 MS.
The bill from the Senate for car
lying into elicit the compromise of
the Yazoo (Haims, having becti
lead tiie firfi time —
Mr. TROUP having afkcd if a
in n’.mi to rej ci the bill won and not
fiupjrccJe a motion to commit, and
being answered by the Speaker in
the aili: .native, laid—lt is on no or.
and: a:y occafton, fit, I would permit
:nvied to move the rejection- ol a
i;ii! cn the tiffl reading, coming
from at other branch of the Lvgif-
Lture, but, the mtalure growing
out of an hideous corruption, 1 owe
it to vou to move, because 1 think
\uu owe it to your own dignity to
it i cl the hi!!, not upt .1 any dubi
ous evidence of the fraud and <•< r
rup'ion of the (I, rgi.t 1,” ,ill tt arc,
but upon evLiuce iatistadory to
you and to all mankind, spread tip.
on y ur own records by corn-nil.
-! nets of your own app ‘irittnait,
and which the clerk can be called
upon to read. The nature, the 1 :c
----t< nt, the detail of the corruption
bv wiiich the I.egifiarure of Geor
gia were induced to fell the public
property—arc there pouttrayed by
y nr ov n comminiofiers. It is {fa
ted that more than two thirds of
th; i. c, 1 flature were bribed and
c. ruii:*. and. were intered ! in and
parties to the purclvtle. i'fi v Ymw
yrj that A. received 11 ‘J,'’ X) a
cr ; i land f r his vote —t :. .t 15.
received 7.5.00 t acres f-r his vote
—that C. received .36,00'.) a rest -.t
h: v< to, ;md that non. received 1 fi
t’ 1 . 1 .76.000 acres. 1* is t:t> .* thfi
re <rd evi fence* then that l move
you to re] cl the bill. <-u
ed the bill from the Senate on the
fit • tiling for the lufperfn-n of
th ’libeas Corpus atl. Why?
B tie that hi!! contained a prin
ctp.. violative of civil liberty. 1
rn v< you to reject thi bill! w i.y ?
B ule it contains a principle ckfi
tie,dive of republican government.
Th-purity and incorruptibility of
the reprcfcritaiive character, is tlte
bafr- of our republican iutbfutiims
—if there be one principle of our
g< vet ntiunr more fundamental than
another, it it that no benefit or pro
or advantage shall result either
•’.mediately or remotely to any human
bi g fr .. he ior rapt ion of the ref
r:'e;:U:tivc of the people. Ihe bd.
pr j> lbs to gt.v five millions of
and i.tr.- to thole chiming under tit;
cor rumors of the rcptvfentatives of
the people. The corrupt us only
gave fi.-e hundred thoufan.l dollars
—the U. Stati s c :!y gave twelve
hit; I red and silty thou fund dollars
t- Go irmn for her territory. Th :
].-! pvoptfe-s to give five nv’Hions of
dollars to the daiinants—live mil
lion-; of dollar* to exting-uifli their
claim. You are required to r<--
ward tit? rloir tn’Ts who b-ught of
tv•!’■• who cor. up:* I thu Legilluture
<• f fie >r-.:ia. We lav no. L< t ru
in overtak- the corrupters of the
rcprcfcntati v cs of th.* people anil all
c!v’ni”g tr dcr them. Ihe cor
ntn-o-s h *v- made their tor;u;u
n- v vou mo crdL-d upon to make
the f-atunos <-f the claimants—this
i; to be precedent—this is to Le ex
ample.
rh“ claimants have hitherto ur
.rp,| *h’ ir claim with ind 1 .ti-giVe
pc atu’i ■ hev - - t. x ; <V
’."carte.) vou—vou cci.'.J zt-y
repel le 1 them— tl ev have Teen their
dsib.militure i:i the juf’nds and fun
plirity of y ‘ur reatoning. Vou
{by to them i’t fubflance, the Yazoo
iivl having been fraudulently and
coriuptly obtained, was null and
v-ft!, ab initio. All contracts foun-
J ile-1 in Iraud ar- v iid, it c ;u!d pals
no right; it it could pals no right
to the original purchases, it is irn
p dhole that the original purclvilcrs
! could pass any right to the cLim
atits; and ii no right paflbd to the
claimants, it is impofiible they cart
hilve a claim or shad >w of clahn
gain 11 you. I hey conllantly found
thetnfelves foiled hy this honesty &
fimplicitv 0} run (fining—fecittg you
firm and inflexible they turn. 1 a
botit an-.l aililreflt-il thcmhlves to
the ludiciary. 1 hey found i:t the
law books ol Kngland a tnaxitn
which iuitt-d tltent—two of the Ip.c
ulators combined and tiia.i • up a
J: cut ions ease, a feigacd issue 1- r the
dtcifion of the Sup-en-e Court.—
Th y presented pricitcly thofc points
for the decision of the c .urt
th-y wiflteJ the court to deride,
and toe court did actually decide
them as the {peculators ibcndVlvcs
would have decided them tl they
had bpen in the plafr of the S.i
----p. tnt Court. The lit point was
whether the I.cgiflature of (itor ia
had poii'tr to fell the territory?
Yi, fulfill Judges tiiev had. ‘Jd.
** * 4
Whether by the V.iz o acf cn es
tate ilit* vi.lt in the original grnn
t. ? Y -s, I .id tec Judges, it did.
?j !. i‘v r h ther it was lompetcnt to
any fubf.qucr.t l.egdflature to let
ah letheuct on the ground o! fraud
t-i.J corrupt! >r. ? No, fai-d th- Jud
gis. it via* n<t ; an clt-.'r di 1 v It
itt the grantees by the Yazoo
v It cb could not be divcfK ’ by the
ad oi any lubf'-qu-nt legiflatitre.
N > matter, lay the Judges, what
the I.at it* or extent of the < nrrup
tion, he it never so wicked, he it
never so nefarious, it could not he
I t ,ifid . I’he speculators had
hunted up a maxim of th erm
in m lav. or llq tity Courts of Lng
l.m i, and the Judges uid-led it ior
tlveir ben* fit and to the ruin of rfie
courtrv -the maxim that third pur
chaf.rs without n*oire- (hall not he
ailecled hy the fraud of the original
parties I fius, fir, by a maxim t l
Kngiifii law are the rights and lib
erties of tin* people of this country
to be corruptly bartered by their
reptefenrative . If is this decision
of the judges which has been made
the halts of the bill on ycur table—
a lecifion 111 eking to tv- ry fr'.r.T
< ! free g'tvernment, hipping tlie
toundutiens of all your coriiiitu
lions, and. annihilating at a breath
the bid hope of mr.ti \'es, fir, it
j.roc'aimcd by the judges, and
;i(iw to bes indioned by tiic I.egif
larui’.’, that tht reprc.it nl;!;a.; ft/ :
pay. max corruptly b fay t. . people,
/./ 1 , cef i vptli bn> ter :!.•■. re 1■; hts /
i sc es their pc hity. .ludt.np pie
■ zihollv ziutinut it ;v lad cf rem
r.‘{ •whatsoever. Ii is this nionl*
t.v.c-s and abliorr; rt doctrine wiiich
pi hi tiartleev.ry man in tlte m>
tion, tiut v-u ou -l.t promptly to
difcountcnat.ee and c mdemn. It
i„ t! is di ctrirte, the b.-li; and cflt r
ti;ii principle of the bill, tl it ca'l
u s ny. -.1 : rij- cf. buppof . sir,
the 1/ fifl.tture o{ (Yo*p ; : '. a.tl- a.!
of ieih.itg tin | ii.die. li..d
. corruptly fold fin- good r ople < f
j G* org.in and all tin :r v-dL-rity r o
. flavei v—the coatcqucr- *: u- J
• have D cn the f.in:e--the judges
: u uhl !uve and c. 1- ! t'.iat rn id’.'”
! did ‘-.lt in t.j.-* or : <-cat tee.
nirbntmlanuiv.g thu corruption
which could not be divc-lled by any
lubleqiicttt 1.-:gifl;iture. But, fir,
let me fl it j *0 you a case, expos .'ig
at otr*- the fi. grant enormity of the
principle—ii is a ca!e as ; ticedy
puralkl ;v. lie human mind can
conceive Suppcfe, fir, that the
I‘Jth ('ongrel:. fliouid corruptly f- 1
the - • people - 1 the l • b’.-.t. s
to LngSand, and I'.ng’ancl fintu’d
irltantly fill to Uranoe—firar.ee
would come upon the l.’iih C*<ng
rds, tiitvl d*-nu<tid p-fl flion —the
virtu* us 13th Congr.- fs v onid f.iy,
No! tu- will rot give you j:off. f
fion, the 12th (Ii ngrefi v.-.is btib
td and corruptid to fill fiu* good
juop'c of the U .Stuns, fraud vi
tiur.rs tvir\ grant and therefore you
can have tu> rigid t*s demand p-f
----ft-iri-.n. Ah! hut, (ays France, I
ton an innocent purchufir—T pur
chafid without notice of the fraud
ami it is a maxim of the common
law of l.f.gland, that third purcha
fi rs are n->t to be afkcted by the
Iraud of the original parties. Thus,
fir, according to the judges, would
the good people of the U States
be fold like a fl* ck cd fhcep hy t!*c
corruption of their repre Ici natives
—lct.vii'g them, tlte people, with
out any kind of remedy wh.’.tfocver.
If, Mr. Speaker, the archfiend
had in t!.e biitermTs of his liatied
t< > mankind resolved the dcflrudion
cf republican govtrrmcnt on earth
-—he would have ’.fi.tti! ad rre
I'ke thru of the judges—he w u!J
have laid, in the t ; .it i- and Inngur o e
of tl.i- bill, lit the t Urea tit; under
the cot rut-toss f the representatives
cf the people . be re i:\t‘ dd. J:i a na
tion if etilig'i’ ,-ntd uteri, vvl.ofego
verr.tmnts have tl I -ul -it. it* and
txitlMiiy h ; the v. *;i of the pt. pie,
th .t will t 5 cot.t ■•>.(! --ii and i- I■! lor
noth I- g. W'hv, if may b.* afl’.cd.
do the judge*, wh < palled tl is do
cifion live and li\-’ uapun:' 1 ed ?
The aniv.t r is f.-un.i in the tniu.ncls
and tucJ*. *atl< >ll *>i ourg-.-.eriuner.?.
r*
1 thr’-.k God it fi fit. ir emur a
tl.c tlrc ie ol th_ t:.-i iiarch
had h.n thu> af!filled, if. judges
w uld have p* ttlhe-J. li re tlie
fouiidatioi sos the republic are iha
ken ..ad tl.c judges sleep in tran
quility at hotne. lake my word
fi>r i’, Mr Speaker, I l>eletch y u
t > rettiitiii;er v.itat 1 lay, no party
itt this country however deeply (ear
ed in power can long lurvivc the
adoption of this, nnal'ure. 1 re
member a mice a rnmn
her of this Ifi.ufe; in liaJ h.-s feat
on the opt) -fi e fide ol i ; he was a
matt of the molt vigorous intellect
1 ever knew ; lie had deeply ftndi
td human nature; to be lure his
conduct was no: always regulated
by his knowledge ol it; Ik* was of
ten impi intent and net unfn quently
extravagant. Whitiiv.r thisqucl
tinn wrs tumid up, fio’---. ver, he
tiled to t.ddrtls him; -if to !:fi p- dti
ral lii-ntd.—“ G • tlc.-ac*:), I be
iVr y utov. i M.-Md ycur cour.-
t rtce Irrm ti.fi meidure. it tfi
; unded in con option—thu pjopiu
kn ’.v it—they are not yet tipi for
the r-.pport 01 rig t V’t-i) v.il! f”p
----p -rt 1 tch trea‘fiti-r.. It you vat t
ti'tnrunt into pov r, if you w.fh
t > cone’hate the rlfiCtion cf tl. *
p t n; lr, . u limit tdmntc a mtuc it
u i ni... it not.”
Mr. 1 roup laid i „• wished ir un
d.itlc and, il.at in t.'.uiug theupe
tlott t f tlie hill, it v.a; not i.itdili n
ttiter ;.r ; and inn’ ilia i.’.eritsf i fi.e
Yarto >( ! .itti. file k v- obfi rva
ti. ‘ h h 1.1 fit- .it :•! v. re direct
#dto t: • 1 line; I, it- contc-lied m th*;
bill, (fi however, th
in it : d:lc. tipi*, eeleruitrhe
tain that pnnei Mf* opjl
tire titcri: • <1 the at larjf-*,
he fl.ouid, pot at ! hlft.oifii g ir h i
been lb oft-n e.titu.Ted t.t:J j• >
veil underUocd l y ;y *: om ii
tC* | ;ivc . (.* 11 t )
r, ut if ibev<l: ’.l 1• ur .fi ■’ .
f•fl- v. to the 11* ui . ! li, if: : ’.1..:
1- gill.iturc * I C.i’i y 1 h ! j',-) ■ •
flituti'-nal pow- rto fill t! ; *
domain 21. fft -t ir tt 1.. ! 1
cou and n<-r f* M fraudul*.: r’v ; -a! “ r
rtijitly 3d That tliii: cl: - r .M
had notice of the fraud, nr..:. y
ing n >ti e. are r.ccr.rdittg to 1:1.
maxim of the ju g s third
without claim .i .. ariowr ii c .
sratf. (if our pit:.-;.- era.
Winn tin* loan l ill firff tutr-i
under ciilculiitm in the Ih ule •.
Keprefetit. tives in (long:eg— -.ir.
Cuvet went into a ditail.-d ace ur.:
*.f the demands tor which pr; viiion
was to be made :
For civil lift dotreflic 1) ..fi/j.
& foreign expellees, 1.5226’ 2
Military ettablifhni* at, iy,2 -g
Indian dep.niment, tfi; - j
Id aval ellal hfhn.tnt, 6 626 tea
Contingent expencti, 450 hfi
’,6 ccc.cco
Jn older to meet thele de-r . • .a
Mr. (I! eves fialeil the dollars.
Amount of nunuc, 12.ccc.cco
Pay it rent in !Bi3, on
ac.a util u. ISI2, 2,ccc.cco
Unapproj.ri. te .1 ir. tits
Trc.ilY.ri fit Jan c:c
Treafuty 1.1 les to be
ifilitrd, S.CCO cro
lile j rt'p<;!ed ken, 16 ccc rj
3o.cec.: 2
From who h de-Juft, 36 co:
Leaves a iurplut to
meet difappoiiitiMt-m , 2/.::,:. .-
hem the ! rank fa t .Lgus
NOR 111 W’i.S Ii RN AluvtY.
a n>. a ; t a./ v/ r.
The hit mail lur./fl- -
adjitional iaSoiou-tion from ii. ;i
----vti Raisin. Front :!.* it- let-s , i:
will be seen, that our I:-is i ...- :i
trivial v.lv. n compared with tfr. ac
i< untswh.n ififi rec< ivtd. i • y
K tvitwhia?* mult fici pr- ud • \ .ti>
c*■uutiymcn, v.r.en lie hams t at
ore v ‘.g (the Lit) mahtlai; and t'-e
action for two hours and an ft.i:*,
ag. inlt the whole force 11 the e
iny, confiffing of upwards <-! ‘ .0
th- ufand Bririlh and Indiai..-,
on!v furretulered wliett their !.;fl
round of ammunition \\cap., d
ed, and thm in o!k- ience to the
orders of Gen. W'ir.ihefitr. ll.e
enemy ha: paid f r 1 is fi ft via :y.
Yam us tumors ;.ie atluit— ! is
fie* and a number ol i.uiiu t:*. i:i
with ( apt. Matfin, nrre.! g!f v.l - t:t
was ( apt. ii-i.t of !. xingo-n. L
is not believed thfi tk-fi at v.l 1 r n
tcrially it tutu tf:c cordun rrati n 1 i
Can. liairitVn’s main ol j ct.
‘l his n.r irir.p a v/c o arriv. a*
lien , e!liven by h ! r. ( hap! it* fa -n
Sv'oiu is rt k , J; I*a v 1 ttfi-.i.. it, 7o
; <k:v c , with Cotton Cards t-jk :os
ji: Huger. Chu listen paper.
('casting trad. — It; tl.* - c■ . ‘fs r i
i t!:c debate ye fit rtlav t r. ti c ‘.it,, nets
j ! ill it was dated by M 1 l>lr.- Lito
that “ lioin a letter r.ow in', n ! :fi.t
it appeared, that licot i.*. hr r fi
injr ‘oyages from Nev.bcrn. *. ('.
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