Show JLA BY TELEGRAPH 1I Burchard ultJ i June 28 Following is WASHIXGTOX letter of Mr Burchard the toxtofrtheletter declining to resign when reque tedto do Secretart Manning so by Sir Respectfully acknowledging yourreq11estfor resignation communicated your commu-nicated to me on the 15th instI have state that after careful the honor to consideration I am not satisfied that the require me at this duty or propriety office Were any time to resign i my or misconduct alleged of believed malfeasance to exist I am Mire you would done me tea justice to have had have impartial examination and given full an of defense before demand rt itS opportunity under do I resignation nor re < lgnatlOn i ingmy made stand from you that the request tor such reason but it is because you deem tile relations of my office to hero intimately connected with your administration admin-istration or the Treasury Department that ou should have the privilege of selecting the officer to be in charge of this bureau Were this the case and the intention of the law it might be and becoming for me to place proper at imme the tenure of my service your diate command perhaps to have done became the head of the when ou so w you department But permit me to say that of such baS not been my understanding the nurpose of the coinage act in providing that the director of the mint 1 shall hold his office for the term of the five years unless sooner removed by President upon the reasons to be corns u hv him to corn-s hn Senate The municated by length of the term five years the conditions con-ditions upon Which removal is authorized author-ized and the discussions and explanations explana-tions preceding the passage of the act indicate the Jnteixt that the office of the director of the mint should not be changed on account of the change of administration or in the head of the department or for personal orpolitical by reasons My p edecessor appointed President Grant although or opposite politics continued in office under fiye successive Secretaries of the Treasury until his death As to myself having I served with acceptance for the full term and upon reappointment and confirmation con-firmation part of another I am conscious ol no reason why an exception excep-tion to the policy of the law should now be made or why I ought ndtt continue the performance of the official duty until the expiration of my commission com-mission Very respectfully comj I HORATIO C BURcnluD d Hon Daniel Manning Secretary of the Treasury r |