Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874

No. 675.
General Sickles to Mr. Fish.

[Telegram.]

Madrid, December 6, 1873. (Received 3 p.m., Dec. 6.)

It is published semiofficially that the Government disapproves of my conduct in the case of the Virginius. If, in the opinion of the President, my resignation would facilitate a satisfactory termination of that question, or be otherwise advantageous to the public interests, such resignation may be considered as hereby respectfully tendered.

SICKLES.