Kate Chase, Dominant Daughter by Mary Merwin Phelps

Author:Mary Merwin Phelps [Phelps, Mary Merwin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, History, Military, Other, United States, Americas, 20th Century
ISBN: 9781789128062
Google: uh9CAAAAIAAJ
Publisher: Papamoa Press
Published: 2018-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

XII—A PRIVATE CITIZEN

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE accepted his downfall with his wonted Christian submission. He suffered, nevertheless, from the thought that his service to his country had been repudiated and himself maligned. “I have toiled hard and patiently, and it is painful to find my labors made the occasion of calumny and reviling. I am thankful, however, that no calumny or reviling can destroy any good I have accomplished.” While “heartily glad to be disconnected from the administration ,” still he was “a little sorry to miss the opportunity of doing the best work” he felt confident he “could accomplish with God’s help.”

Before leaving Washington he took his successor, Mr. Fessenden, to the Treasury Department, explained the order of business, introduced him to the heads of the Bureaus, and did what he could to show not merely his personal regard for the new Cabinet member, but interest in the future service to be rendered to finance the country, a service he himself had so successfully carried on for four years. July 13 marked the half-mile post of his fifty-seventh year. He had now come to the crossroads, and uncertain of the next turn. For the first time in fifteen years he was set loose from official duty. He was out of the chafing harness, yet in no mood to frisk through the meadow clover. He was sad and subdued. His departure from public life made not a ripple in governmental circles. “Today, I leave Washington a private citizen. Saw Stanton before leaving—cordial as ever...no other heads of Departments have called on me since my resignation,” he commented in a letter to his daughter Nettie.

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