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Governor Blount's Claim University of Oklahoma College of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 4-14-1830 Governor Blount's claim. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/indianserialset Part of the Indian and Aboriginal Law Commons Recommended Citation H.R. Rep. No. 362, 21st Cong., 1st Sess. (1830) This House Report is brought to you for free and open access by University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 by an authorized administrator of University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 21st CoNGREss, [ Rep. No. 362. J Ho. OF REP . 1st Session. GOVERNOR BLOUNT'S CLAIM. • APRIL 14, 1830. • Mr. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, from the select committee to which was referred the ~ase of Willie Blourt, made the following REPORT: 'Tfte select committee to which w,as referred the memorial of Willie Blount, ·late Governor of the State· of Tennessee, praying for com­ pensation to be allowed for services rendered by Mm to the United S tates~ in obtaining funds for the use _of the armiP-s of th~ United States during the late war, and disbu,rsing theni unde? the directions of the War Department, and for liabilities incurred in the perfonn­ ance of these services, ha,ve had the same, and the accompan:ying docu­ ments, under consideration, and respectfully repo'rl: That the memorialist claims the following sums of money: 'Two per cent. commission _on the amount of bills drawn by him on the War Department, and otherwise raisin:g money for the use of the army, and paying the same over, amount- ing in all to the sum of $372,320 71 . $7,446 41½ Two per cent. commissi·on on the same sum for liability in- curred in raising said ,noney without the direction of the War Department, except $10,000 7,446 41½ . -One and one half per cent. commission for his trouble in en­ dorsing the amount of Treasury notes forwarded to him from the War Department, for his receivi'ng and safe keep­ ing the same, for his being held responsible for one portion. thereof, and for disbursing· the same, being the sum of $250,000 3,773 13 $18,665 95 From the best examination the committee haye been ~nabled to give the ~ documents submitted to their consideration, it appeaps that the accompany- , ing document (marked A) exhibits a true account of moneys which were raised and disbursed by the memorialist for the use of th~ United States, and with which he stands charged by the United States, amounting in all to the sum of$ 509,707 14; and, also, a statement of the credits to which he is entitled, amounting to the sum of$ 504,630 36, leaving a balance due the United States of$ 2,675 78. Soon after the commencement of the late war with Great Britain, the attention of the Government was 9irected to the -defence of the lower country, Louisiana and West Florida, and that a req ui- [ Rep. No. 362. ] sition was made of the memorialist, as Governor of the State of 'rennessee, by the Secretary of War, for fiftee~1 hundred of the militia of Tennessee, by letter, bearing date the -21st of October, 1822, by which he was requested "to call out, organize, and equip," that number of men for that pm:pose; and, "for the necessary expenditures," he was authorized '' to draw bills on this [the Warl I>epartment;n and, on ·the 31st of October, 1812, a blank commission for Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General was forwarded to Governor Blount, with a request for him to fill it with the name of some person properly qualified to discharge the duties of that appointment, and he was authorized to draw on the War Departmen! for the sum of ten thou­ sand dollars for the use of the Assistant Deputy Qqartermaster's Departmen~ it being "impracticable" to transmit funds to the State of Tennessee. For the fulfilment of this requisition a call was made by Governor Blount for volunteers from the militia, of Tennessee; and, at the time and place de­ siguated for rendezvous, about two thousand volunteers appeared, and were received by Governor Blount into the service of the United States, and the War Department immediately notified of the excess. The conduct 0! ~he Governor was entirely approved of by the War Department in receiving tha~ number of men, and the whole of them recognized as troops of the Umted States, and afterwards paid as such; and, in addition to the ab.ove duties requested of Governor Blount, to wit: that of calling out, arming, and_. equipping the troops, and raising funds for that purpose, as well as Sup· . plying them, the Secretary of War, in his letter of October 21,-1812, says to him: " In consequence of the very great and extensive calls for tents and other cal?P equipage, and the time required for transportation, the Govern­ me~-it rely on the exertions of your Excellency and the patriotism of ·the citizens of the , State of Tennessee, for a great p;rt of these supplies. One tho~san~ stand of arms will be ordered from Harper's Ferry, and down the Ohio, with ammunition and such other stores as can be seasonably procured, which, together with a thousand stand of arms ordered to be delivered to your Excellency from the stores at Newport, in May last, will, it is ~re­ sumed, enable you to arm and equip the detachment for immediate service. Should,,, vnlunteers. offer unc~er the acts of February 6th and July 6th, 1812, your Excellenc}.7 lS authorized to organize and equip for the whole or SU?h p_art of the serv1_ce as you may deem expedient. Seventy blank cornmLS· s10ns are transmitted, to be filled up by your Excellency as the officers are sel cted." 1 In the succeeding year, the Government had other difficulties to encounter with the ~reek Indians; and the 8ecretary of War, by letter, ~ea_ring dat: the 13th of July, 1813, m~de a second requisition on the memoi:1~I!st, astb Governor of the State of 1 ennessee for fifteen hundred of the m1ht1a of Ten· n~ssee, t? act in concert with ~he ~ilitia of Georgia, against t~e Creek In­ d,a,~s, without any means berng plared in his hands for their supply aod equipment, by the Government of the United States. Th Legislature of th~ ~t:ate of Tennessee, apprehending that the number of men under the re­ qui itrnn of the General Government was not sufficient to ensure the safety of the ettler in Northern Alabama ;nd the citizens on the Southern border of Ten_t1es ee, by an act bearing dat~ the 14th of September, 1813, drrected ahn quipment of three thousand five hundred men in addition to the fifteen rnu,1dretl · . .befo re ord ere d by the General Government;' and authorize· d the te :a~\ \:0 upply said troops with provision, "at the expense of d 0 1 e 0 eneral Government makes prevision for aid troop : an [ Rep .. No. 362. ] . I a.1s~ undertook the payment of the troops, "in the event the General Govern• ment refuse to pay ;" and also authorized the memorial ist to borrow thre .hundred thousand doJlars, and to pledge.the State of Tennessee for the pay­ ,.., ment thereof, upon the condition specified in said act. Orders were imme• [l diately issued by the memorial,ist, for the equipment ·of five thQusand men lr and notice give11 to the War Department of the proceedings of the L egUa­ 0 ~ure of Tenness.ee, which were sanctioned by the War Department, and the whole number of men received into the service of the lT nited States, on the --day of October, 1813, and before the actual organization and march of the troops, under the orclers of the Governor of Tennessee. · For the supply of these two e)rpeditions, the memori~list raised the sum of $357,306 14, with­ out any other authority, it is believed, than the letter of the Secretary of War, in October, 1812. It appears from the certificate of W. G. Blount, the Secretary of the State of fennessee, that none of th is sum was raised by vir­ tue of the aforesaid act Qi the State of Tennessee, which accompanies this r~port, marked B. The committee have no me3!1s of as~ertaining the pre­ e1_se sum that was raised by the memorialist, for either of the expeditions disconnected with the other. The aforesaid sum of $357,306 14, was raised by the memorialist drawin o­ bills_ on the War Department,'and disposing of them to the best advantage~ and m some instances, executing his notes, payable in the banks of Tennessee, ~nd procuring responsible endorsers on both drafts and notes ; and it is be­ lieved that in every instance,· they were disposed of by him at par; and though the Committee are satisfied that the piuchasers of the bills and notes 1·ece_ived them, relying more upon the prospect of, the Ge11eral Government payrng them, than upon the ability of Governo1· Blount or his endorsers to p~y them, t~ey ~till think that the memorialist and his endorsers run great risk in pro?uring funds to such an amount, upon no other authorityu than abovementioned; ancl still greater bazctrd, in the proper application of the money to the uses of the General Go\·ernment; an<l that the mernorialist had much trouble and difficulty in prc;>curing ft,mds to that amount, as well 'as the procuremen~ of responsible endorsers.
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