Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-02

Legislature has said that there upwards Of eleven
thousand persons entitled 10 Virginia land bounty
at the end of the War Of the Revoluon-(see Report
of the Select Committee Of the H. of d., 18th Dec,
le4-and that upwards Of 500 had not received that
land-Isee same Report) und then you could have told
yourselves that the balance still DUE and that it
e natural Tor the claimant. touppy for it. And then
ask you as just men, and impartial Editors if YOU can
believe The statement TO be true that 10 out of 20 cases
are bad and that SPECTATORS las Agents and Attorneys
are pleased to be csed have caused anr unjust claim 10
DC r'cTF'rG against The Government. The word L1%
which you have Used may void for want Of tecaI
radIiy-o It may, as suppose ION intended mean that
the claims fraudulent Feeling SO sare ,ha. tie IN.
formation Of which you have made your the o7ean of
communication. son of the dee st felt toe the
people,, did from ;i.e Re evolutionary C,rnnis.
sionc7. it oy remains to ask whether il from the
Executive, any member of his Council If il did,
say to you, that ii can have 10 the proceedings
OF the Executive and his Council Lean and viii shew the
SAID information to be false If tie information did come
"'n oat quarter Lwoad beg OF you upon the ne 1t
rnGuy sAso tie progress and character of Rerou-
cases that you will ascertain and report whether
Wv lam OF It, r. Lghtfoots heirs, which has been re-
ne! "'"eu Tor GGG 2} acres, was according 10 your
s'shcat!on OF the word bad, good or bad-aud wheth
co IL was hunted up By spccula,or: ! would also feel
S'hAiu 10 know what is meant b. 'Speculator -
say lie Is one who forms theories. In COM
mon conversation, wa mean by specula,or, ono who
asys 70 sell again with pTohl We eeraiSly do not
mean an gent, or attorney. coSsse who laborS for
portion OF the recovery :ua certain ec-I think,
q
any officer who will Mc05ise, until he forms caluu-
NOUS and false charges against lu,ge and respectable
portion OF his tr!low-czrns, deserves to be called
r''"mnions Srcc"!ator. AIN nc. willing conc 10 the
name "sPccu!at"r- willing to submit to the
base caiunny which certain high oaicers the Govern
n,rnt have shewn fixed determination cast upon
Claimants Tor Revolutionary services and those who
call on 10 assert them-thst they arc false claims
hunted up BY spectators.
repeat hat said before, that the Executive and
his Council Of Sntr, have violated the laws Of the land
| and dsrrgarded the prccedcnts established by the Gro.
rernmcnl in recently acted on-and in
so DOING have 'yranizcd the rights and just claims
Of many citizens Of the Commonweatl-and it is with
due respect that say that the public of which you speak
ought, and will feel much deeper interest in full,
far, and lawful dspensation of Justice and law than the
Selfish and unworthy consideration of the number of
of waste land, hich the Gorsynmcnt cann0 sell that
mag be required meet the obligations Of the Govern
ncnt, and satisfy TIE just claims Of Revolutionary pa.
trio:s and their heirs Yours, &c,
DUTY
We repeat with great pleasure, that was no, the
Register of the Land Oice--and we now say that it
was not the Revolutionary Commissioner who made the
Remarks referred 10 by our Correspondent We have
not asked the Officer who did make them for the H.
berry Of using his name; because the remarks.
now inclined to believe, hastily and inadvertently
Gtoprrd.-We assure the author Of Duty" that did
not intend is it our desire, sanction the
eH1aey Of the statement. We suspect indeed strongly
from what have subsequently heard that the state
hent IS crraEcovs.-EditOrS.