Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-17
For TIIE VINO
a u d TOR s U RT.
LUTTOE.4RY CLAIMS.

Y q x s U r. p OR n
REVOLUTTOJT4RY CLAIMS
This Document. replnte with errors md "miscon-
ceptions, Ia in the public prints Its concluding
paragraph, protesting to be a statement of facts
and explanations. Is tissue of insinuatiors against
the proprety of tho contracts made bv Agents on
gagged IN the prosecution Of the claims AS ono az
those Agents, and the particularly referred tn as
having "anky avowed and justified" those contracts
design TO show that those insinua'ions unwar-
ranted and that the fac's and explanations Of tho
Rep ure 'nlsconceptions" calculated to abuse the
public ,ar, and if relied on, mis- load tho Assembly
Any ,ention "of impeachng the motives of any
individual, is dlscaimed. Ii is believed and there
fore Conceded, that malice or personal i'll will
@ sted, but whether that is for submitting
20 the Legislature, as statement of facts and eX-
Pana,ions gross errors in many respects and ip
ohers still grosser inferances against the conduct of
individuals, hitherto standing al least fair in society,
Is another question. care not for tho Report.
except so far as it is but certainly desire
that my conduct shall not be msunlers,on d
Vhe Auditor. Gin order to shew that no peculiar
regard or favor is due to these Contracts" saws the
original roll Of officers entitled to hulf pny was filed
III the winter 1867 with the Committee of Claims.
by Mai. Dnval, and that the proof of identity was
vail that was afterwards required" Here are seva
raj errors: LIST. The roll referred to- On its face
Purports only to be u copy The would be au-
those papers expressly stated to be copied from
copy OF the list-none of them the originaIs.--
4he error, however, is merely advered TO, to show
that the report must have bsen made from hear-sny
ana not examination The second error is a very
important That roll does not contain the
names of the officers of the Illinois Regiment
nor OF Crocketts Regiment of the NAVY
1t expressly states, that notice is taken
OF those Regiments, and of the Navy, because
none Of them had appeared before the Board. Tn.
proceedings Of the subsequent Board respecting those
officers were all found by Judge cahe on the Sd Of
October, 1890, together with the official returns of
several OF the Regiments and Corps, by connecting
which original returns, with the order Of The Board
requiring them, they We're made for the first time au
fhaNtI PrFtl t,ll Al.
saws, "Fhs Document ascortoiued the names Of the
officers; d. GUaf afterwards required was tho ne.
cnssary proof Of Identity" This indeed, concedng
great deal! and " The CouT: of Appeals will thipl;
so, Judgments IN scme cases will probably be obtained
that could uni be without the concession. a report
mado in February and April. I782 is admitted by the
Auditor TO e complete legal proof Of actual service,
or of continuing Suparnumery until the 22d of pril
1888, dav short of which, pursuant the decision
of the old and the present Court would be fatal the
claim This is the concession bv rhc Auditor repre-
sening the commonwealth made in order 10 shs,u
oiat M peculiar favor is due 10 these contracts.
In sefdefence, I am compelled II say, that this is
what have always thought and uniformly stated 10
the claimants to be, the great difficulty when we turn
TO the facts Of each and in it is be-
Ileved. of special act Of Assembly, giving commute
ton this proof Of continuing until the end Of the war
has bPen required in addition to that roll filed h,
Maj. Duval. hope tho want Of it will not be con-
sidered insUperable-if it should be required, tn,
parties in some OF the cases must 60 out of conrt
us nothing but accidcnt-chanee-mere chance car
save them
was aware that the claims would BE- resist od he
fore the courts, on every ground and therefore ap-
pretended TINT strict legal proof would ne required
in most OF my cases. will say it bv cytraordinar,
diligence and fortunate concurrence of crcumstnn
ces, am prepared with that legal DrOof-in others
have n not and never expect rot my sircnn he
tho report Of tho Board in 1892 n is mHreove
not entirely certain that NIL are untitled TO hnl
pay who arc reported hy thn' Board although
they may have been entitled up to the time of the Re
ports yet the Auditor thinks, all that was required
was the proof Of identity. have already stated tha
the Western Rcgments and Navy were not yenrcsent
cd before the Board, a part OF the proceedings O
which was filed with the Committee by Mai DuvaI.
will further add in justification Of the contracts tina
there objections made tn the right of these corps
demand the half pay from Virginia, without reference
to the question whether supernumeraries were entitled
or no And in undertaking the prosecution of these
claims these mpedimenis superadded 10 tho dill
iculty created by the Judgment of the old Cour
against supernuncrares The Auditor thinks it mere
dble, that claimant, IL he had known his ancestors
name was on that roll, you'd make the enormous 81
crice Of one third or onohall amounting, he says.
or 5000 dollars in some csses,) when fftich part
that sum would have equally effected the object
Why nc suppOscs, that any one, until the late decision
Of the Court was made, would have aticDAc,
NJ NIL TO my claim Tor the f0 seth nart Of one thir,
ono half, am ~ loss ~ conjecture. IL iho-o
man who docs not think Ton per- cont as AiUh com
pcnsatHn NON ne hc WORLD have thouuht three nj
four iinos that sum. when the Judgment Of The high
est Court Of the land stood adverse nd uninpcach
eH Yet no one thinks ton nor cont now too much
~ WI sVNc u INC Nl'rrWuI' rs " may S"om u
The auditor On he 25d dry oC Jrnvayg, 1880.
claimant 'thcu IN tho CITY cf Richmond. iinvipr ,
pctiiion before the Legislstnro for the cnfnmutatn
OF n supcrnumerory Captain. lis Reprasrni7'iv
giving particular attention 10 it Cor him and he him
self attending from time 60 tiino in iho lobby an,
committee hr several diYs. trM Cli5 Eno,p2cYy
# MI Tho facts of his easel came 20 nv Office an
agreed in lho Legislature then IN session sliou
not allow thc claim, to give mo one halC Of Tho n
mount thai might b. recovered. VI ! would institute
suit and would attend 10 II or shoull in anv man
Gcr ever lc.caitcr reco'ei ID, c'atLl 10 a. attor