The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-01-21
SECRETARY LAMsrs RESIGNATION
Correspondence Between Him and lie
SD President.

AlA-A 40 Z iA<N Ne liiA- ANALNiOAt -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Td the
Presidents: When, some, months
ago, you invited me to accept the
vacant judgeshIp IN the supreme
court you expressed the wish that
as the court was not in session |
shouIl postpone the resignation
of my ,psesent office until the
meeting of congress allowed gou
to send my nomination to the
senate, and as there we're certain
matters before the department.
inaugurated by me which it was
desirable that should close be-
fore leaving, / would have been
very reluctant to take the place
upon the bench until your nomi-
nation had been confirmed by the
senate, cheerfully consented to
your request.
Ny nomination has now been
presented to the senate, and rec
ognizing both their right and duty
TO subject its fitness TO. the most
critical examination, / would still
wait IN my present position their
decision; but | think | am wal
ranted in surprising that the fioal
decision may be delayed some
time. 81
AS you have at The Same time
nominated my successor il this
department, and his, successor in
the post Office iepaltmcet, this
delay may, TO some extent at
least, embarrass the adninistra-
lion of the public business in the
departments mentioned.
To avoid such embarrassment,
which j.. my duty to you and to
the country, and to leave before
the Senate in its final Judgment
upon my nomination the sele
question of my fitness for the
position, disassociated from any
other nomination and unaffected
by any other consideration, / now
respectfully ask you to accept my
resignation as Secretary of the
Interior, which | hereby tender.
In terminating my relations 10
you as amcmber of your official
family. ] desire to express my
CRATE fulisensc Of the obligation
am urder to yon personally for
the consideration and kindness
which have always characterized
your treatm cnt of me, and for the
generous confidence and support
which you have steadily given me
in the trying and arduous admin
istration of this der artmcnt.
shall always be proud to have
been associated with the honora-
BILE record you. will leave uponthe
page of your country's history.
Sincerely and respectfully,
,iM L. q. @. LAMAR, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Washington,
Jan. My Dear Ms. Lamar
When / determined to nominate
you to a position upon the bench
Of the supreme court, the person
al qualification afforded by the
tender 10 you of so honolablc and
suitable a place and the satisfac,
tory conviction that an important
executive duty would be perform,
ed well, led me almost to forgei
that my action involved the loss
of your conscientious and valuable
aid and service in cabinet coun-
ellis, which for nearly three years
I have SO much enjoyed and ap-
preciated.
Your note of to-slay forces me
to contemplate this contingency
with the most profound and sin.
cere regret. But since that
! know that the separation you now
insist upon arises from that con
ceptlon of public duty which ha.
always SO entirely guided your
conduct in your official relation,
am constrained to accept the resig.
uatlon you tender, hoping that il
only anticipates your entrance
upon the discharge of higher anc
more congenial functions thar
those now relinquished. N
What | have thus far writer
seems very formal indeed. | in.
tended this, because am sar,
| that the close confidence and Tia.
relations of positive affection
which have grown up between u
need 10 expression oi interpreta
| ton.
Ard yet find it utterly impossi
bic for me to finish tins note with
out assuring you that The thing
which have characterized you
conduct a-,d bearing in the posi-
ton from which you now retire
fall your devotion to your country
and your chief; your sell -sacrific
ing ca1a mud sol1el3pfian far nah