The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-11


This year, at the proper time, il
was formally brought to the atten-
ton of the clerks. The Pennsyl
vania politicians, and others, imme
diately carried the matter before thC
President, and he, with no, othel
word to the Secretary, fatty snub-
bed him by revoking his order
Meantime, the boasts and threats O1
leading party managers, openly made
in the department, showed that they
were confident of complete victory
upon the questions at issue between
themselves and the Secretary, and
their defiant conduct, both in private
and in public, was such that no Cab
met officer having any self-respect
could longer delay placing the issue
of full support against them, or the
acceptance of his resignation, squar-
ely before the President.
There had also been an attempt,
from the same source, to change the
Indian policy so far, at least, as to
dictate the appointments of agents,
instead of allowing the selections to
be made by benevolent and religions
organizations. Finally, however,
the President had directed cores
pondence to be opened with various
missionary societies, asking them to
recommand proper persons for
agents. The Secretary, in carrying
out the Presidents directions, had
fully committed himself and the de
partment to made such appointments
as these societies should agree upon.
As the recommendations arrived, the
commissions we're accordingly made
out and signed. Immediately after
Senator Chandler appeared on the
scene, one of these commissions was
suspended and another revoked, and
a man suggested by Chandler com
missioned, the latter assigning, as a
cover for the transactions, the false
reason that the Methodists wanted
this man for an agent. The society
to which the Secretary had com
mitted himself at once wrote to know
why faith had not been kept, and the
Secretary again, through party, polit
ical intrigue, found himselfin a very
embarrassing position.
knowledge of the situation here
reached him at Staten Island, where
he was spending his vacation, anG
he finally concluded to place the
questions involved before the Pres
ident in such a way as to ascertain
whether it was the wish of the Elk
ecutive to support him in the con
test, or to abandon the field to the
influences which had been at work sc
long and so persistently, and thus
secure peace.
Accordingly, on October third
the Secretary wrote the letter giver
below, and mailed it to the Presid
ent at Washington. The envelop
was marked Personal" to distin
guish it from the mass of busines
mail, and to insure its meeting tn
Presidents eye first. Upon the let
ter itself there were no marks to in
dicate that it was considered of
private nature by the Secretary t,
indicate that either considered the
letters other than the open oficia
correspondence attending a resigra
tion.
The Presipent's reply was write
Immediately upon the receipt of tn
resignation, namely, on October
and is throughout in his own hanC
Instead of being forwarded to tn
Secretary himself at Staten Island,
was sent with the routine bushes
mail to the department, addressed il
usual business form. ITO the Sec
retary of the Interior" with no mar
upon the envelope to indicate tina
it was for the Secretary in person
| Consequently it was opened wit
the business mail, and passe
through several hands, as ordinar,
Business does, before it was stOppe,
| for the Secretary.
Lest it might be supposed fror
the statements which have bee
authorized that the Secretary, i
either communication or verbal
has assigned personal reasons 70
resigning, the statement can be re
lied upon that the Secretary ha
never, either orally or in writing
laid any private and personal mat
ters before the President as reason
why he should withdraw from tn
lCabinet.