Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-02
To TIE EDJY0KS OF TIE ~

TO TIE EDiTORS or TIE f.vQUfRER.
In your paper of The 9TH ult there appeared an Ad-
dress surviving officers aud soldiers OF the Rcvulon,
and the heirs of those who deceased, who have not
received their land bounty for services in that and
which Address complains Of the illegal pursued
bv the Executives and Council in rlr decisions Of
nv Of such CASES have before them. And. II
seems that you have deemed il proper To append
mark or two OF at the foot of tia; Address. OF
which the writer "f that Address thinks he has good
cause OF complaint
In your remarks you say that, on pon, you have
made. enquiry that - to what amount OF had
brcn a"wrd-and that on making enquiry at the o6'tcS
you informed that no precise estimate had been
made out Of the cllmls allowed aud rcjecttl-bnt tint
~ out of ~ ra,mS rerc ddd Grn h"Htch 0ut w SPctu-
intors, &c.
The writer Of the address does believe that thc!c is
disposition your part To add to the oPPrc<ssee mSre-
prcsraint"nS which have been so busy circulated by
other prrsOnnnrS he feels under obligation TO
that ynr remarks are well calculated produce
runcu,s impression the pubic mind, and increase Tic
difficulties which claimants now labor under 10 obtain
their inst druands. As to the Inst branch 81 your en-.
ouirv gt hc rtffrs for the amount OF CLAIMS allowed
by the Executive would ask why you should have felt
Yourself under tina; necessity, you were nrPrisrd of the
course of proceedings in such CASES: would ask what
Office did YOU appl, to for Information: am as we'll
satisfied, as that the Sun shines, that You did not re-
ceve your information from the Register "' the Land
Oicr-bccause he would have Lurrh you to the records
He would have shrwn you the allowances made. lie
would have slrwn you the amount Of warrants DRAWN
ran,s and upwards numerically have been used IN draw
nr land for only the services G rather upwards nj SIX
tnlsauI persons He would have s:IcTn you that,
s,rr cases ~ warrants have issued 10 pay the land al
lowed for the services of Lieutenant IN the Navy
(s,e Michael James caSe and that IN few cases. conPi
ra,ivry does warrant IA case su.!cc-ll lat ihc
number of warrants is generally proportion to lie
number a" heirs who nny b" ncrr:, in The cts", and
the wish o. heirs have thrI. respective paris Sc
parae from the uthrrs-and nc would, moreover, nave
told YOU that he had knowledge that ~ cases out oil
81 were bad, bcin. hunted out By specuaiots, &c.
Sal that lie would not have applied Sucn fcinaths 10
casts and northumberland tell YOU that iErre is other
officer of whnn you could possibly got correct ma
ton as the number OF warrants and ain"nhs allowed
and that that officer not IN the habt Oh connecting
abusive and rcproachtu language with his adrceS ana
rrprts. =, or
the Commissioner Of the General Land Ohce NJ
W,sLnrtun would if called on, have informed you OF
the amount of the excess OF allowances os' w rpn
prations and that the whole amount OF appropriations
,c M ir Government is i6O,0O0 acres. and That IN
consequence OF the parsinlnnious 'au
rocct these claims, the officers ana 'nloe's VIII nave 10
sc fifteen acres in the hundred OF their Claims, WHICH
,r hcc, ,IIowcd tor tn. last two three years-and
then t. rou will apply to any h'Hcst man IN the COM
,urni,v lie will say you. That IS uyust And now,
beg leave repeat tic en4nry.at what once oid you
receive the information, that 'l9 out of ~ cases were
lad heinz hunted out by SPECTATORS, DC. know OF
M officer but the Governor and The members Of his
t,opnc and the Revolutionary Commissioner, who have
had m. opuorunity Judge Of the goodness badness
nf claims which have been presented And for the
Revolutionary Commissioner. think can vouch that
he never used the expression tina, lo out Of ~ cases
we're bad, being hunted out by speeulatoIs.' &C. He
has too much Of the milk of human kindness 10 n'Lnu
AZ. that any claim is bad because it is hunted out by
specua,or and too much information in his department.
to fear i'm position from specuators And II yon n"u
applied 10 him. he would have said that the
OF YOUR State has BY law directed that nc snou.o WI.
tn,.,hc, ali the names of officers and soldiers VINO
served in the War Of the Revolution ahG who NJ o
land bounty and G hnrng ,s be
ed and scattered through the Sta'eIano tn' ~ a po'
Sbtu. that lille circumstance had induced many per-
Sons baxing claims to bring them forward de would
have told You, that the most numerous branch Of Inc