Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-04

WASHINGTON, March 3d.-A special meet
ing of the Cabinet was held to-day, the last
of the present Administration, and was de-
voted principally to the consideration of I'M
finished business. A number of pardons
were signed. This afternoon all of the fam
lily vacated the Executive Mansion excepting
the President and Mrs. Hayes. They re-
main until tomorrow. The Executive De-
partments closed early to-day, there being no
business after II in the War and Navy De-
partments.
SECRETARY sHERMAN's RESIGNATION
Following is the text of the resignation of
Secre tary Sherman
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1881.
To Hon. r. B. Hayes, President of the
United States-My Dear Sir: Having been
elected member of the Senate Ct the
the office of Secretary of the Treasury, to
take effect this day. In thus gevering our
official relations l avail myself of the oppor-
tunity to express my grateful appreciation
and heartfelt thanks for the support and
assistance you have uniformly given me in
the discharge of the duties of that Office. 1
shall ever cherish with pleasant memories my
friendly association with you as member of
your Cabinet, and shall follow you in your
retirement from your great Office with the
best wishes and highest regards. Very
truly, your friend,
JOHN SHERMAN.
LEAVING THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Sherman took leave this evening
of the officers and employees of the Treasury
Department, who had assembled in his
room, in the following words, in reply to
an address of Assistant Secretary French:
Mr. Acting Secretary French and Ladies
and Gentlemen l have received this mark
of your appreciation and kindness with more
emotion than usual with me to feel We
have served together during four years of i'm
portant and exacting labor. During that
time. have no doubt, that in my intercourse
with you have not always been what you
here certify. l have been, have no doubt
often abrupt, impatient, and perhaps have
not been observant of all the courtesies and
kindnesses that men ought to exercise in their
intercourse with each other. Still, we have
been engaged in the performance of great and
important duties, where decision was necessary
and promptness indispensable. Now, in leav-
ing you to be transferred to another sphere of
duty, feel that l have no enemy here l
WISH 10 punish, UuI tndG all are IflenuS whom
[ would be glad to reward. Nest of YOU
have been here longer than I have. Many
of you are Indispensable to the public
service. The head of this Department may
change, may come and go, and yet there are
men whom [ now address who could not be
spared from the public service and from this
Department as readily as any Secretary who
might be named Your duties are extremely
important. The safety of the public money,
public interests, all depend upon the exact
ness with which the accounts are kept and
the various duties of subordinates are OBJ.
served and performed. Without the sigma
ture of many of you, sign no paper of i'm
portance. The great body of the duties of
this Department are performed by you. 1t
is only here and there, when a new ques-
tion arose, or where important policies
are to be pursued, that the Secretary of
the Treasury performs important functions.
You have the custody and control of the col
lection and disbursement of the public rev.
enues. Upon your judgment all the accounts
are passed. Upon your fidelity all public
moneys are preserved, and therefore to you,
more than to me, properly, comes the credit
of the performance of the duties Of this De-
partment. am thankful, without any loss,
without any grave violation of duty, that
you, and perhaps also, have performed our
duty to the best of our abilities and with sat-
isfactory success. Our country is now pros.
porous. Four years ago her financial condi-
ton was one of gloom and dependency. We
found our paper money below par.
We found the public credit int
paired in all the markets of the
world. BY your agency, and by the
favorable course of events. and more than
all, by the blessings of Divine Providence,
we now find the public credit unexampled
among the nations Of the world. We find
the public money at par with gold, and safe
in the custody Of the Treasurer and his SUBJ
ordinates. We find the accounting officers
pursuing their duties evenly and exactly,
without reproach or criticism. Now, gentle
men, can say no more. When leave you
I desire to have the kindly recollections and
friendship of you all. will be glad to shake
hands with any who desire to do so.
Sherman was very much affected, and his
concluding remarks were broken and at times
almost inaudible. Many of the officers with
whom Sherman has been intimately asso-
ciated were also deeply affected. The Execu-
tive Departments all close tomorrow, inaug.
uration day being legal holiday in the
District