wilmington gazette foll'mk ix published wkekly)by al.lmand wall tuesday april 99 ie05 ino 4 ,. under which they derived their pretended than any other his alled(ted bv the rne titlts might be read morialltts who stile themselves the agents while the speaker was reading the same ci that company that they and lh-.se whom mr dana rose and enquired whether il was they represent were innocent purchasers necessary to read the whole ol the law or in mher words ignorant of the corruption whether gentlemen would not be satisfied and fraud by which the act from which their with the reading of such part of it as bore up pretended title was derived was passed on the present question i km well aware that this fact ib net ma mr j randolph called the gentleman to terial to the question ol any legal or eqtlito order for interrupting the speaker in his read ble title which ihey may m i up but us it '"!'• ilds been made u pretext for exciting the mr speaker the objection ought to compassion of the legislature 1 h u ex have been made if at all when the reading amineinto the ground up«n which ihis al of the law was first called for legation pest sir win n thai act ofsiup n 1 he reading was continued to the tnd of j dous villainy was past in 1795 attempting '■ theact—when , under tlk form ami seniblnnce ofluw lo i-ob | mr j clav moved that thr houie odjourn i unborn millions of their binh-rifchi und in ' on a motion there were 63 ayes und 6a j heritunce m.d to convey to a bund of »<*»— motion lost j unprincipled ami flnfitious men a territon mr j h.i)d'l|>h perhaps h may he ; more extensive end beyond rnraparikon supposed from the course which this busi more fertile than tiny btate of this ut inn ness has taken that the adversaries of the it caused & sensation scmctly leis violent than present measure indulge the expectation of j thatproduced l>y the pas^'pt of ihe mnn.p b iuj able to conic forward at a further day act or the shutting up ot tl e porl of dostci • not to this house for that hope is desperate i with this diffe-ence that when tin port but to the public with a more matured op j jill of boston passed hit srmhrni lire position than it is in their power now to i thren did not take advantage of iln forms make but past experience has shewn them j of law by which a corrupt i ri ! ture at thisis one of those subjects which pollution . tempted to defraud her of the l.ou it t na has sanctified that the hallowed mysteries ; ture they did not speculate tn il:e neces of corruption are not to be profaned by the ' sides and wrongs of their nbu*td and insult eve of public curiosity no sir the orgies j t*d countrymen i repeat that this inbnioua of \ i-m speculation are not to be laid open ! art rn s succeeded by a treneral burst of in to vulgar gaze none but the initialed are digratinn throughout the continent this permitted to behold the monstrous sacrifice l is nialter nf public notoriety und those i 0 the best interests of the nation on the | sp<*kofmen of intelligence and education altars of corruption when this abomina purchasers too of the very country in ques tion i to be practised we go into com lave ! | tinn those who affect o have heen iirno do we apply to the press that potent rant of nny such circumst;n<es 1 si nil can engine luc dread of tyrants and of villains i sider ns guilty of gross and wilful pr varica but the shield of freedom and of worth ][ tion th.v offer indeed to virtue the onlv ' o sir the press is gagged on this sub j hon.in"e whirh she is ever likdv to receive ! ject we have h virtual sedition law not with j at their imnds — the homage of their hvno j a specious title but irrexistible in its opera ' crisy thev could not ir 1 " m ssserv.nn tion which in the language of a gentl man j within the limits of possibility less entitled irotn connecticut mr c*r\fwou gncs diieci : to credit ' «"! yto its object the demon of speculation || yes the act of the 7th tnnuarv ids ex ' t one sweep has wrested from the nalion jj cited emotions of detestation mid'abhorrence ' their best their only defence and closed j equaltothose produced by the stampact.ornort ' every avenue of information but a day of j bill of boston but this was not all it !! retribution may yet conic if their rights \ drvw noon it the immediate attention of the areto be bartered nwuy.ai.d their property | federal rovi-rnment the authority which i : squandered ihe people must not they al i j 8 u i pu i to he produced to the house is one lj not be kept in ignorumc by whom or for ii which 1 am not in the habit of prostituting ! whom it is done ii toe-very light occa«ion it is one from which we have ojtrn heard of party spirit of i 1 those who are daily endeavoring to shelter ! caucuses as they aru ur.i.ed to setile le \\ their crimes ami their follies md«r its vetie giuative questions bui ntver huve i seen j ro ble shade will noi dare to appeal unon ! that spirit so visible us h this time ihe l looking into the journals of this honne i find ! out-door intrigue u too p?.lpable to be dis jl the following message from the president i guised m hen it was proposed to abolish a i dated on the ivui of fubrurry in 5 ' \\ judiciary 6y«.teni reared in the last mi menu i «• gentlemen ofth senates and eir.t men ef th '" of an expiring administration the detested i hvuse of re'rismtati ■. ' offspring of a midnight hour whtn the quen « i have n-nived cr,pi"?g o<"two r rts of»he i tion of repeal was before this hi use il could lugislatureofceorgia 01 ep s*tt u tl v 1 not bn taken uniil midnight in the i.ii ,; day of december 179.1 this sir is'the ' <».- lour;!i week of the discussion v|ur ! act which the waverin vm n:»<ini,e trov , ' : the kveiit mid good man who now fills tmd ' or induced him to rej.'rt ••■•!, ,' '. ' :: who whrtevev nmy be the wishes of mir op the 7th of jamury 1795 i t uri ■' ■ ■ poneut i i hope und trust will long nil tl.c ; which the different rnu.pnnio !• ■ ,„ ,,, .' f il executive chair not less to his own honor '. which thcmvmnriaiims t'erive , ■;,•■-,-■, |. than to the happiness of hit fellowciluenii ' etl title cl in '• for anp omintii.ir anri sd ' xvhen he sir recommendttl the repeal of jinir the odu n ivku wi-hin t h territorij ihe internal taxes cltuy succeeded ritrluy : limits claimed hv hint sti.ie these conies '■' and discussion was followed by di-csoion ! tnn ,, k h not offiriullv c.-nificd i ve ln ' uniil patience iueir was worn ihrtadburc iran«mittert to me in such an , as to : ' but now when public plunder is the order . | £ are no room to doubt ihei-aii hmticlivj 01 the day how bto we treated ? driven into i these acts enivare an ohjtr.i ufmich n vni ! the commillee ol the whok and out a uin . tudc an in their cotisenuence may sodeeplv * in a breath by an mnexible majority txultiih j ftect the pence and welfare of the united i ami stubborn in their streu th a deci i n ; su-.es thai 1 have thought it necessary now \ must b hatl instanter ihe advocates for | u by ti-em before congress ii ihu proposed rnlasure feel that it will not bear > 1 re sir is un.ple notice to the whole ' a scrutiny hence this precipitancy they | w nrm this message was referred to a ! wince from the touch ol examination and ,| i committee consisting of mr john are willing to hurry through a poinful rd j nich nlas mr macou mr findley mr i disgraci ful discussion r<u it may he asked ' mutr»v mr boudinot mr am-.-a and mr i why this tenacious adherance of certain r e s burne ; on whose report after solemn i tlemeri to each other wi every point con i ,!, lilvration in th committee or the whole j ntcted with this subject as if aninwtcd j the house on the 26th of the same month '• by one spirit they perfurm all their evolu came to the following resolution « /?«<,/. tions with the most exact discipline and ! v,:d that the president of the united states i march in firm phalanx directly up to iheir be authorised to obtain n cession from the ! object is it that men combined to eflvct slate ofgeorgia oftheir claim 10 the whole ! some evil pur]mse rcting tn previous or any part of the land within the present in pledge to each other are ever more in unison : lian boundaries ftlie very land which lhan those who seeking only 10 discover ' the act of the 7th of january had attempted truth obey the impulse of 1 hat tonsciunce j to alienate and sill and the bill which i which cod has placed in their bosoms ; now hold in my hand was accordingly such men do not stand compromised :— brought in pursuant to the resolution and 1 liey will not sfifle the suggestions of their passed the house on the 2d day of march own minds and sacrifice their private <>- ! but unfortunately the session closed of ne pinions to i!jc attainment of some common ; cessity on the following day and ibis house perhaps inmf nefarious object , \ n ve \\ apprised that the forms of the senate having given vent to that effusion of in m will not permit any bill to be hurried through dignation whic.h i fed and which i trust i | that body a single negative is sufficient to shall never f a i to ivel and to express on .' prevent it the subject was not suffered to this detestable subject permit me now to ;; sleep an act was subsequently passed o offer some crude and hasty remarks on the ! peningr negociation with georgia for the ter pomt in dispute they will be directed ! ritory in question of which we have received chiefly to the claim of the new-england 1 from her a solemn transfer is this notice mississippi land company iv!.o:n we pro ;| or is il not on a formal message from the pose to debar w.th all the o'hrr claimants i president laying before them the act of 1795 under the act of 17 from any bencbl of ! so totally invalid and worthless was that the five millions of acres reserved by oiir i net in their eyes in such utter contempt did compact with georgia tn satisfy such claims . they hold the pretended rights of the grantees not specially provided for in that compact ! under i th h t the house of representatives as we might find worthy of recompence — | immediately parsed a bill empowcrinp the i shall direct mv observations particularly ■ president to receive a grant of the very land to this claim because it ir.is hcen more in which that act had previously and fraudulent lilted upon and more zealously defended ; ly attempted to convey to the four companies with what fate could tin president feeofn iikiiu or t-diinruss endeavor i cl>ia:it |, m1 , georgia a session of the wholt er anj tart ui tlie kind within her indian bouiwjmnh if they believed that the land in question hud been conveyed i others by a fair and hbna fide sale if they attached to the rci of jo nunty 1 793 any idea of validity 1 the nun who answers this objection ahull have my thanks but perhaps 1 s1k>1 uc told that this was the art of a bingle branch ol tin u rt'uitire and not-a law true sir but it wtis a s lciiin averment ;<> the whole world tliut congress hud a right to legislate on the subject it was noticed on the i7ihand26ili tfayu of february 1795 that the act passi-d by ihe state of georgia in the preceding month was void and of no effect—it w.'i jointly proclaimed by the convention of ti t stufe which met in the succeeding i\i v , nnd wr linnliv coii9timm«tftl by ih itscint ed act of the 13th ol february 1796 which wai conmqnem'y enrralted on the constiiu tton oi georgia and yet the ncw-1'.nj ihi d mi»»lssipf)i i iki compnny under a t ii f cotempornneous date ai they say win t | ia luntact ;; iced containing not merely a xye cml warranty but n sptriai rovtrant tluit no recount shall bt hdd against the s i , r s , /• . anv defect of title in them a covtt<;.m whxh clearly indicatesnoticeohthepnti of hehti c a of surh defect f—rlaiininp t.r.rlcr :•. deed l>v which they mre(]i:w with title nnh as the rumteesof ic95 h«d to s ii in whoj stiad and place they r r . ( f to xtr.nd this rmn ny i!lct to li;lvf.!1o | j t «■ of ;,, y f e f tc | j j # m those of whom they bm/plit snnc inn the claim < i1m cotnpativ or enj her de rived from the net of 79a and ii.,i in ef fect do you derlarcf von rert.rd n olt-mn acknowlerijareidfiit that con|rre»s l.;,vi unfair ly and dishonestly obtained from irnrpia i rrantoflandto which thm ■-.. « ,,„ | 0 ' iper possesswl a title h«vin k previ u*ly nold if to others tor a valuable consideration f whicli transnetion cont»h'ss was ai the time ft:!lr apprized are you prepared to make t i htuniliiitinp confesgicm ? to idemifv your self with the swindlers of ire r to ac knowledre that you have unfairly obtained from another that lo wliich you knew he mil notiile i trust sir we have not yet reacli ed this point of moral and political depravi yazoo business t'i ! debate on this interesting subject i''iring the lute session of congress wa t inducted with a degree of warmth and 1 rimony hitherto unknown in our le^is ' itive couih ils ; but being continued to a rreat length it was impossible for us j rive it entire we now select two speeches for publication — mr j ran dolp's against the report of the commit ice of claims and mr jackson '• in f.i vor of it we give the preference to nese because the gentlemen nre t the ' xme political sentiments and both from rhustateof virginia peternburgh rep i'he report of the committee of nlnima ' ii under consideration which cnncludu ■•■ h submitting the following resolution t ■• re.ijktrf that three commissioners i authorised to receive propositions of 1 «■■ tpromise and settlement from the be \ ' •.! companies or persons having claims ; public hinds within ihu present limits i i the mississippi territory and finally to j - ' ; ust ami settle the same in such manner | in their opinion will conduce to the in ! ■ r-st of the united states i'rovilc il that j such settlement the commissioners hiihii ' ; t exceed the limits prescribed by tlie i ■ ivcntion with the state of georgia it was agreed to in committee of the - lolf and the house took tt up when i t'!r clurk moved a proviso as an amend rnt that m part of the live millions of , .. ... y . reserved w'lo'ild i?/i to compensate the i r-lnimants under ihe pet of georgia passed i in 1795 mr j randolph called the yeas and nays on he bmendm nt i mr dana ob nerved that he report on f'ie table had be'-n mnde on the applii a t of persons aiming inm under the [ ;*• * of 1 7 r 1 . the amendment s t id he ; ; iinthin ;• more or less thon a denial to ! mmply wi'ii the prayr of the petitioner id whether it wtis not to r.u int'si's and purposes a substitute fo - the reholulions a • ■ i-fd to in •!'•■ committee of the whole it « hi ivave in the speaker if it were ■ decided to be a sidvwitnte it could not lie ived conformably to the rules of the ■' louse ' tim speaker s id the resolution report ed from the committee of the whole was * keire'raj on intluilinx ill claim the n men'lment went i > limit and confine the resolution to u particular class and there '.■'■■ lie e.oncivccl it ir i>e in onler i he agents of the new-england land mm pany ire unfortunately in two points they set out wiih a formal endei vor to prove that they a-e entitled to their proportion offiftv millions of i.eres or land under ti e l,.w of 1795 and this they ni ke their pita to b 8 admitted to a proportional share of five 1 they really believed what they say would they lie willing ta commute a pood legal or equitable claim for one tenth of us vuluc ! i\v ni'-nimial contains moreover u sug i of fulsi hood i hey aver hint tie " of five millions for satisfying iherwise provided for in our in was specially intend ■ : the chiimunls in ■■• i the ki h,i we are pledged to sutis " ■ ■ : hf that reservation now sir ' ii '■ tli ( ; i volume of your l.-.w jc what fact r in the brst place so much of the reserved five million » s may be necessary is appropriated specifically for satisfying tluinm derived from british grants vr,i rt ftrantcd l>y spnin and *\ mucli of t c , c . sidue «. irtay be necessary is appropriated for compensating other claims no recog nised in our r.ompuct with georgia an appropriation for certain pritish speciitlly snj for other claim 1 ; generally is falsely surt^ested to have been made or the especial benefit of the claimants of 17^5 — ar.r the reservation of a power in the united states to quiet such clfims as they should deem worthy of compensation i perverted into an obligation o c<imper,sate a particular class of claim's into an ac knowledgment that such claims are woithy of compensation l>.n tlis house l>e invei gled by such hair faced effrontery sir the act containing this appropriation clause was not brought to a third reading till the first of march our powers expired on the 4lh it was at the sd session of the 7th confess it was in the power of those opposed to the corrupt claim of 1793 to have defeated the bill by a discus sion lint sir thev ai stained on hit ground if the appropriation of the five millions had not been made at that ses sion the year within which l>y our agree merit with georgia it was to be made if at all would have expired before the meet ing of the ne/:t congress and it wa ur gee by the friends of tlis bill that there were several descriptions of claims to which no imputation of fraud could r.ttach ; that by making a general appropriation we se cured to ourselves the power of recompen sing such claims as on examination might be found worthy of it whilst we pledged ourselves to no class of claim.-nts whatever but that if we should suffer the term specified in our compact wiih lieorgia to elapse without making appro priation we should preclude ourselves from the ability to compensate any claims not specially prurided for however just n<t mr j randolph it must be manifest ' '-> lha house that » ' ? i --, ducussinn is forced > mi'.'i those w'i lire opposed to the report of the cn't nitt'.-c th.u wu are not prepa : red at thi liine to meet if i tun among those who hoped that some re n son vr im l>e aasi^rrh if indeed reasons 01 be found v warrant the step a!>r>ut to he taken — 1 did hop thiiti instead ofastrine offacts ml bthtement which were nirendy before tlie 1k«is tlic committee would have j-ivr:i tn mrtieihinp new i:i t!ic of i m h | m;n jmtificatory of the resolution wliii h t!uy hirve rtfonimi ntled nothin ; is of ■ fered either in the report itsrll or in dc bate which ihfnws a s'hi r lc eflennn of li;;!-,t upon th * 8ul>i t i hi ■ partiinlnr reu h5;is to depfseite aditcu i<in at this time 1 shall noi tcouhle the hoii'.a by deltiiliuc i i'i)..-m t briefly strte that i feel myself j nncqunl to an immediate investigation of i thi nubjv'ct us v !! r r ••« pci'sonal illdispo i kition s from i'f pre««iire of other i::iprn tuii lwsines<ii which has ' ft me but lilllu i leisure to uttend to this the few moments ' r r iirh i have bifen a v tortevoteto it have convinrctl m that much new and impor tant matter remains o il bro't to light b\it no bpolorv will be received — we are driven to n vote bv in inflexible majority j tiic objection taken by the gentleman fir.<ri connediciit lr dana ut ihe doubt which he ratified on the point of or der respecting tlie amendment offered by ny worthy collen^.if mr clark discloses hi drift and that of the committee of | claims wiiilst it proves the necensify of ; tome sue i amendment 16 save the citizens of the united states and their property ; from spoliation and pldmler the gentle ! irjaii has stjtt-d truly tliit this olij'-ct was lo further the claim of tiic new-kngland mississippi land company as 1 fear i shall have full occasion to exert my voice i must h that the memorial of the agents of that company may he read bv the clerk the petition wi>s read accordingly mr j randolph then called for the read ing of the act of georgia february 1896 generally called the rescinding art and he hoped they would have silence whilst the act was reading as it ** 11 a very impor tant one and onp,-ht to influence tue decision n tlie pvsent question tl>.e act wm read in compliance with the question after it was builhe'd mr clark moved to adjourn on the division tin-re was sc yeas and 53 notb ; so the motion wis lo 1 -'. mr curu retjueiuedlhat the act of i7p.s