And this respondent, by virtue
of the power and authority vested in him as President of the United
States by the Constitution and laws of the United States, to give effect
to such his decision and determination, did, on the 5th day of August,
A.D. 1867, address to the said Stanton a note of which the following
is a true copy:
SIR: Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say that
your resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted.
To which note the said Stanton made the following reply:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
_Washington, August_ 5, _1867_.
SIR: Your note of this day has been received, stating that "public
considerations of a high character constrain" you "to say that" my
"resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted."
In reply I have the honor to say that public considerations of a high
character, which alone have induced me to continue at the head of this
Department, constrain me not to resign the office of Secretary of War
before the next meeting of Congress.
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