Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
ARSON CITY /:
SECRETARY DELANO'S RESIGNA-
TON.

ike 10 De very SENSITIVE persons. II
said that even General Butler with al
his pugnacity and apparent relish 10
rough controversies. is particularly thi,
skinned and susceptible to attack. Ais
it is q we'll known fact that some of ou
most generally accepted great mel
are very greedy of newspaper praise
The late Charles Summer was under the
constant influence of this gnawing sppe
tite for fame and fattery. His whole
life and all his attitudes were SO shaped
and taken as to present the most attract
i've form to the eyes of 1.-THE future his
torian.'' 1t is a well known fact in
Washington that the late incumbent OF
the Attorney Generals Office, Mr.. Will
iams. would have been confirmed by
the Senate to the Chief Justiceship if he
had only had the nerve to await results.
But the fire of the enemy was so CALLING to
him that he sought shelter in retreat, and
SO he caused his name to be Withdrawn.
And yet the country has rarely had q
public officer of greater purity of char
acter or greater capacity for usefulness
than Mr.. Williams. He withdrew from
the Cabinet under the pressure of an
outrageous load of injustice and unmer-
tied contumely. unwilling TO continue to
be a mark for the arrows of malignity
and also unwilling that his incumbency
of the Attorney Generalship should
longer be the cause of attacks upon the
Administration of General Grant.
The same kind of sensitiveness to as
sault which characterized Mr.. Williams
seems to have taken hold upon Mr.. De-
lano. Professor Marsh, stimulated with
a morbid yearnirg for notoriety and IN
restrained by any personal misgivings
Us to his own fitness for the Office of an
inquisitor into the workings of one of
the most intricate and troublesome
branches of the Government, took upon
himself the task of being a public &C.
cuser of Secretary Delano, charging him
with dishonesty and incapacity for the
duties Of his position. The history of
Marsh's sayings and doings as an in
former is well known. What he had
learned was instilled into his shallow
and uncharitable mind by such arrant
on1 1;oro a. kto C;,,,xr ,s Al d =
Cloud Agency. His own itching for
notoriety urged him to foist himself
upon the public in the role of prose- |
,uting witness against Delano. What |
he had to charge was, when sifted, found |
70 be the merest sediment of an idle |
,earsay, supplemented by the malevo-
ence and mendacity of an imposent i'm
,gination. But his petty malignities
ell upon the fruitful soil of q SANDER
press; Delano was bounded |
md harried on all sides and without in
and tired of the endless cares
md duties of his Office, discouraged by
he worse than thankless tone of the
public voice, and weary with the unmer-
ted load of obloquy heaped upon him
~ malicious hands and looked on as a
nerited punishment by the thoughtless
nd uncharitable, the Secretary tenderrd
lis resignation. His letter, almost too
ong for our limited space, contains the
GLOWING statement of the duties. re-
possibilities and vexations of the In
ian Bureau
The Indian Bureau, as you know, is
ull of intricate, delicate and vexatious
!uestions growing out of numerous In
ian treaties and the imperfectly defined
Citations existing between the Govern
nent and the Indian races. The execu-
ion OF this service is also greatly en-
'arrassed by the remoteness of the
Dcalities where much of it has to be
reformed, and has prevented personal
supervision over the persons employed.
iany of the duties of the head of the ,
department. are connected with the ma
erial and pecuniary interests of indi-
iduals. These interests are often large
4 amount, and the Secretary in decid- ,
,g must necessarily reject the claim of
ne of the parties. and thereby not un-
finds himself assailed by the I
and falsehoods of
efeated claimants. feel confident
nat thorough aud impartial examine
on into the present condition Of the
lblic service connected with the bureau
tached to the Interior Department will
low that it has never been in q better g
ndition than it now is, and feel sure t
at the most scrutinizing examination