Innes, the Federal Judge, showed himself equally lukewarm in obeying the Federal authorities.
[Footnote: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, I., pp.

454, 460; Marshall, II., 93.] Blount's Decision and Patriotism.
Blount, the Governor of the Southwestern Territory, acted as vigorously and patriotically as St.Clair and Wayne, and his conduct showed in marked contrast to Shelby's.

He possessed far too much political good sense not to be disgusted with the conduct of Genet, which he denounced in unmeasured terms.

He expressed great pleasure when Washington summarily rebuked the blatant French envoy.

He explained to the Tennesseeans that Genet had as his chief backers the disappointed office-hunters and other unsavory characters in New York and in the seacoast cities, but that the people at large were beginning to realize what the truth was, and to show a proper feeling for the President and his government.