(2165) [FORSYTH to BROWN]
Department of State, Washington February 24, 1836. Sir: I cpclose an extract of a letter addressed to the Presi- dent of the United States, and referred by him to this Department, relative to the enlistment of men at Nashville for the Texas service, by a certain Major Miller. You are requested to satisfy yourself by proper inquiries, and should you find that either he, or any other person, has, in regard to the transactions therein referred to, violated the laws, you will, without loss of time, institute such proceedings as may be necessary to bring the offender to punish- ment. It is to be presumed, however, that you will have done what your duty required, without wailing for instmctions from this Department.
I am, sir, your obedient servant, John Forsyth.
William T. Brown
U.S. Att'y Nashville, Tennessee.
Extract of a letter from W. H. Hunt, dated Nashville, February 10, 1836. "A certain Major Miller, of the Texas service, has recently been in this place obtaining recruits, and has enticed away young men, even when in debt to their employers, who would otherwise have complied with their engagements. "In an instance of that kind, I have applied to the United States attorney for this district, who says he has received no in- strnctions from you on the subject. I beg that you will immedi- ately issue those instructions, as this course of the Texas recruiting officers is highly injurious to the citizens of the United States."
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