Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-11

RS ~oA9 ONOAAhA
WARRINGTON, May %.
My Dear Sir-I have decided to place
in your hands my resignation of the
office which you did me the honor to
appoint me to fifteen months ago. My
reasons for this decision are both public
and personal. Since the partial recovery
OF my health has permitted me to re-
fleet upon the demands Of the pubAc
service to which l have given, perhaps
too freely all my strength and upon
the conditions of resuming my labors
at your side, / have for a moment ques-
toned what must be my present duty.
The full recovery Of my health prom
Uses to be an affair of weeks, and a
longer period of rest, especially during
the hot weather, is prescribed or at
least advised as a prudent regimen
thereafter. Compliance with this ac-
vice would not be practical were I to
resume now t1e general direction of
the treasury department even if abat-
ing something of the energy which it
s 'emed needful to expend in the first
year of my work. Supervision at a
distance would be more a hindrance
than a help to the acting secretary,
but it is not BETTING that a
department of the government so diff
cult and so important should be adj
ministered by a convalescent studious
of sharing its daily exeItions, nor the
watchful control Of its enormous in
1uence, nor the execution of its fiscal
policies eve under your wise lead I
should be attempted by anyone coa-
cerned about outstanding his strength.
The fiscal policy Of the federal govern
ment in respect to a debt so large, tax
alton so pervasive, and a currency
which is universal, cannot fail of being
a chief factor in national and indiviG-
ual well being. Your own duty to
which you have addressed yourself
with such clear and untinching pur-
pose, the duty of congress in the prem
ises, and the laws which may yet be
enacted for the guidance of the treas
ury department, will require that you
be assisted in the administration by an
officer capable of full efficiency and
unwearied circumspection. Permit
me, therefore, without hesitation. to
accept my temporary disability as a
summons to stand aside and make
way for one Immediately capable of
fulfilling every requirement Of the
publ; service.
Very respectfully yours,
DANIEL MANNING,
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Washington, June 1, 1856.
My Dear Mr.. Manning-I have re-
ceived your letter, in which your res
ignatiOn is rendered as secretary of the
treasury. The sentiments therein con-
tanned are entirely in keeping with the
devotion to public duty and the loyalty
to the interests Of the government
which have characterized your rela-
lions to the present administration. l
am not surprised, though much i'm
pressed, 10y the concern which you
evince for the correction of the abuses
and for the Inauguration of the re-
forms which, in your letter you allude
to,and which have been SO often topics
of our anxious. consultations. l have
hoped that the day was at hand wnen
the party to which we belong influenced
largely by faith and confidence in you,
and in the wisdom Of your views could
be %qui:kened in the sense Of RESPONSE
billy and led to more harmonious
action upon the important questions
with which you have had to deal. In
considering your proposed resignation,
l should be strongly urged by
my personal regard and friendship
and by the value of your services to.
the country, to beg you at onc9 til
entirely abandon your determination
to relinqui'h your part of the ardious
duties, but l am convinced that l
should do this, and in all l suggess and
ask should have much at heart your
welfare and safety. You have placed
your resignation in my hands, my
responsibility begins, and l know that
the responsibility will be met and the
wishes of the people of the land fully
assured when l ask you to postpone
tor a while any insistanc4 upon
the acceptance of your resigna-
ton, and that your final CON
clusion thereon may be delayed
until the effect Of a continued rest and
freedom from official care upon your
condition may be restored. | therefore
earnestly request you to accept a leave
of absence until the first day Of October
next, when If you desire it the ques-
ton of your resignation may be
resumed with perhaps better means Of
judging all the facts and probabilities
which should be considered in its de.
termination. Hoping that you will
consent to this, and trusting that your
encouraging progress toward restora.
ton to health may continue, | am
faithfully, your friend.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Treasury. N0
Secretary Manning has accepted the
presidents suggestion, and will allow
his resignation to lie over until his
leave of absence shall have expired.
Strikers Indicted and Arrested.
MILWAUKEE, June 5.-The grand
: jury having under consideration the
recent labor riots and bovcotts com