New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-29
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-.. w.smSsros, Tuesday, August a.
The Cabinet difficulty IL stil the talk. have
sskea pains, commensurate witb the importaoes OF
TIE matter. TO ascertain the sctusl state Of the
case. The result thereof is this Mr.. hckENNAN
has sent In no resignation he went home In bad
keahh, although bis general appearance did not In
sicaie the isct The tolls and perP'exities OF the
Depsrtn en-, we're very great, and the condition Of
sG,ir, therein any thing bat satisfactory-far too
uuch 40 for the state OF his heath From the state
of his health and OF bis feelings when be lef for
home, ASS SetEr~ to The Cabinet may be g0en up, as
YOU have represented in your paper Of Monday, on
die strength Of the information had sent you. Ia
shis state Of the case, the mere tormaty Of ire
siepation' 10 neither here fo- there The fact 10
What the public want to know. aud that il that bis
retsrn 10 looked for by the President body
else who had any opportunity 10 ascertain the
STATES antpas with which he eff. His return was
placed upon the contingency OF his health and il
Wss hoped BY his friends that, after he should have
enjoyed the advantages Of the trip across the
mountains, with its bracing air and general reyu-
sive Influences, and . few days repose at MS sau
lxieps residence, Washington, Pa he would re-
turn ipvigorated Tor renewal OF the duties OF the
station TO which he had been % recently appointed
vnh degree Of appreciation, let me say, rare In
suffered TO continue.
From all this, it would appear that my vouchings
fg the reliability of Mr.. McKEsEAs's resignation
only anticipated an inevitable event Ii never
pbsot wider the mark than that, / think shall run
NJ Tisk Of losing the confidence Of the readers OF
zzs Tribune.
In the foregoing statement OF the reasons OF Mr.
NeKESEAss sudden disposition TO retire from his
reluctantly accepted post, have carefully kept
within the bounds OF authorization. | will nov give
some Of the outside assignments Of motives and n.y.
pstksses a. to causes:
When the late Cabinet went into office, owing
70 the creation Of the Department OF the Interior
~ . seventh branch OF the Executive machinery,
h became necessary to institute q new order OF
things by transferring TO the new Department GER
tain powers, duties and privileges. Among those
20 transferred was that of United States District
AttorDies, Mammals and other officers woion nso
rested previously with the State Department Mr.
CLAYTos a. well from desire to avoid the an
moving responsibility Of q numerous class OF
renewals ard appointments as from natural
aesirc to escape from the labor thereof, trans.
ftred the control thereof to the late Secretary
~ the Interior, Mr.. EWING. When Mr.. WE.
s7sR was appointed Secretary Of State l.he Int
rier being then vacant he 'ook these judicial APP
poirtmebts into bis own hands, and claimed the
iieht to do the ground that 1t was but resto
SGfion. He went on TO remove certain harshals
fNr. IRwIs Of Pittsburgb, among others and other
10 name others In their places. Beside all this
tAsrs had been sundry recent changes among the
clerical force OF tho Department assigned to Mr.
MsKEEFAE, and the appointment OF exceptionable
penors, in the view Of the Secretary. In the first
land perhaps only me citing of the Cabinet which
Mr.. NcKENNAs attended, he called attention to
his state of things, firmly, yet becomingly. He
found Mr.. WEBSTER disposed TO adhere 70 his po-
sitisn ~ Q claimant OF the control aforesaid. He
vged the necessity OF the removal Of certain of
the efoeptionablc clerks referred TO- but received
70 encouragement on that soore. La the disorder.
Cd and nervous state Of his system sleep having
veil nigh iorsaken bis eye ids for many n;ghts-he
was not prepared for the disappointment thus met
with. He left the scene discouraged and chagnn
Cd, and left for home in the undesirable state OF
mind which have described above.
In this view Of this interesting and delicate case,
and going upon the hypothe',s that there are insu
Perable difficulties thus existent, 1t is expecting
TO ns>>.. - an,ioipate hr. MckHssAs's return to
~nsn ~. sv.eyss .msr.s sss.ihstea To him by sose
~ho pssssss TO know him requires 70 ,nri- TO
him.
Ghe nost careless, II not criminal, Encouragement
IN the Home Department. during the recent inter.
\ SeSnsm which have reached me through q chan
Del quite reliable. But since | have the n 10 q
snewhst crude shape, prefer not to dwell upon
them now. Without further additions have
surely given enough to satisfy any reasonable in.
srer that those letters and editors lsuch as thew
sfthe Baltimore Sun, with ts force Of circulation
hsre) who have set down my statements Is un.
basded, have deceived themselves and kept their
readers In Ignorance az TO the only material ques.
tsn In this oase-and that ID. whether there has
been difficulty OF the sort designated and wheth
o. she result will prove a vacation Of the Depart
DsAt ofthe Interior by Mr. hcKrSSAS. sIGxA
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