The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-27
DeIano-His Letter of Resig oation.

DelanO-His Letter of Resig uatton.
WASHINGTON, September 26.-The
following is the letter OF Hon. c. Delano,
resigning the Office of Secretary of the
Interior, with the Presidents letter OF
acceptance 1t may be stated that on
the 22nd, the date of the Presidents let
ter, MIR. Delano, in company with q
friend, called on President Grant al
Elizabeth, New Jersey, to urge the Pres
ldent's acceptance of his resignation. 1t
! Is probable, from present indications, the
appointment of his successor will be
made from Pennsylvania and that his
name will be announced tomorrow:
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 5, 1875.
Mr.. President: 1 have the honor 10
transmit with this note my resignation
OF the office of Secretary of the Interior
You have been aware for some time Of
my earnest desire TO retire from public
hte, and you have understood the rea-
sons connected with my private business
and domestic Affections, which have pro-
duced and intensified this. Last fall, in
November, l requested you to accept
my resignation. You asked me not
to insist upon it, and expressed desire
that [ remain in your cabinet until the
end of your administration, or So long
as ! found it agreeable to do so. At
your request and solicitation | declined
then to assist upon your acceptance Of
my resignation, assuring you, however
that | must resign during the early part
of the ensuing spring. When that period
arrived, and during the months Of
April and May, you advised me
again not to resign, which advice agreed
with my own judgement The reasons
of this conclusion need not be stated
here, since you were called by your fell
low citizens to perform the duties Of
Chief Magistrate, you have invited me
without the solicitation of myself or
friends so far as | know and believe,
to take charge of two important
and responsible public trusts, the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau and Interior De-
partment. | was Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue from March, 1869, to
November, 1870 period of one year
and eight months. The results of my
administration you know, and they are
not, trust, entirely unknown to my fel-
low citizens. The difficulties of this po-
sitiun, and the diligence, care and labor
required of me in discharging It's
duties you also understand, and Of
these trust the public has some correct
appreciation,
assumed the duties Of the Interior
Department in November, 1870, and
discharged them to the best of my ability
for period OF four years and eight
months. They have been lHborious,
difficult and delicate; they have embrac-
ed the supervision Of the General Land
Office, the Indian Bureau, the Pension
and Patent Offices. the Bureau of Educa
ton. and mass of miscellaneous business
unknown To anyone except those con.
nected with the public service Sne
business of the Land IxEe is
very extensive, and involves ~ &judi-
cation and settlement of leSI .siestions
growing out of railroad grngS literally
and proluscly made a Ss%tNears since,
and the Mexican and Spanish grants
made before we acquired California and
New Mexico; and also those growing out
of commercial laws and engineering in
tercsts to say nothing of those that arise
under our homestead and prc.emption
system. These cause the head of the
department vast amount OF judicial
labor and responsibility which is not
generally understood.
The Indian Bureau, rs you know, Is
full of intricate, delicate and vcxatiou-
questions growing out OF the numerous
Indian treaties and the imperiectly de-
fined relations existing between the
Government and the Indian races. The
execution of this service is also greatly
embarrassed by the rcmotcncss of the lo.
caIiucS where much of it has to be per-
formed, thus preventing personal super
vision over the persons employed, as well
as by the want of salaries large enough to
command talent, character and capacity
equal to the duties and responsibility
OF the position. Many of the important
duties of the head of the department are
connected with the material and pecun-
iarv interests of individuals. These in
tcrests are often large in amount The
Secretary presiding must necessarily re-
irct the claim of one of the parties, and
thereby not unfrequently finds himself
a,sail,d by the Misrepresentation or
talschuuds of the defeated claimants. |
feel confident that thorough and i'm
partial examination, in the present con-
ditiJn, OF the public service connected
with each Of the bureaus attached TO
the Interior Department, will show to all
candid and fair minded men that 1t has
never been in more prosperous or
better condition than 1t now Is, ana feel
sure that the most SCrutnlZlng cNamlEa-
ton will sustain the opinion here eN-
pressed. and it will also lead to the con-
viction Mat great improvements have
been made under your policy in the SER
vice connected with the Indian Bureau.
| alludc to these matters briefly to re-
mind YOU of the cxhaustng labor which
fidelity To my duties during the
last six years and four months has
demanded of me, and T. show you
that one OF my age requires rest
md rcrupcration. During all these
wears of toni have had your support,
your sympathy and | believe your en-
tire confidence Had it been otherwise.
| should have long since retired. As |
have SAID. your political Myors have
come unsolicitated, and tharclore have
been highly appreciated. You have al
WAYS lightened my burdens by cheerful,
prompt and cordial cooperation. When
our official relation are severed
[ shall always continue 10
cherish for you the
highest regard, founded as it is, upon my
unqualified confidence in unselfsh
patriotism. iR the accuracy and solidty Of
your judgment, and the high sense Of
Justice which always characterized you,
and from which, in my opinion, nothing
can tempt you Intentionally to deviute,
| have the honor to be, with
great sincerity, your friend and obedicnt
servant. {. DELANo.
The following is
The Presidents Reply:
LONG BRANCH, Sept. ~, 1873.