The Arkansas advocate., 1831-07-27
RESIGNATION OF THE ATTOR-
 NEY GENER AL.
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From the ielegraphof Thursday June 9.
 WAsuINeros, 18th June, 1881.
 Sir---E herewith tender to you my re. signation of the office of Attorney Gen. eral of the United States. Two con- slderations restraiaedfsaa fromtakingthis step at the moment when your commu. ateation to the Secretary of the Treasu- y, announcing your determination to fe-orgau'ze your cabinet, first met my eye. There was nothing in the retire ment oi the Secretaries of State and of War, or in the distinct and person,4i considerations which they had assigned for tits measure, which made it obIiga- tory upon or even proper for me to adopt similar course. Such a step.i with any reference to that occurrence. could only become so, on my part, as az act of conformity to your will. You had felt this, and had announced your wishes to the Seeretariesofth the Treasu- y and of the Navy respectively. l Ihad Ia right to expect similar communica- ton fthem, and conformed to the wish- es and opinions of my fellow-citizens of Georgia when determined to await it. An additional consideration was pre- sented by the fact that had been charg- ed, at the moment of my departure from this place, with the performance of certain public duties which were yet unfinished, and my report concerning which you did not expect to receive un- til my return. was gratifed to learn from yourself that you had taken the same view of this subject, having post poned the communication of your wishes to me until my arrival at this place. without expecting in the mean time any communication from me. 1t is due to myself further to state, that, from the moment when saw the communication referred 10, l have considered my off, cial relation to yoa as terminated, or as subsisting only until my return to the city should enable me to conform to yeur wishes by the formal surrender of my office, which it is the purpose of this note to make.
 retire, then, sir, with cheerfulness from the station to which your conf- dence had called me, because have the consciousness of ha.ing endeavored to discharge it's duties with fidelity to youseli and to tn canntry. Uninhuenced by those considerations which have been ayowed by that portion of my col. leagues who have voluntary separatcd themselves from you-- totally ignoran, Of any want oi harmony in your Cabi. net, which either has, or ought to have impeded the operations of your Admin istration, 1 perform this act simply in obedience to your will. have not the slightest disposition to discuss tine ques- ton fits pTopricty. It is true, that in a government like ours, power IS but a trust to be used for the benefit of those who have deiegatedit; and that circum- stances might exist in which the neces- sity of seIf-vindication would justify such an enquiry. The first considera- ton belongs to those to whom we are both and equally accountable. From he influence of the second you have re iieved me, by your own explicit declt, l ration that no complaint ahecsirs. .; ther my official or individual cond.e, has at any time reaebed you. Yo, have assured me, .,lat the couf;aepe, which induced you originally to confe tic appointment upon lne remains UT shaken and undiminisheJ, and hay