The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-17 00:00:00

resist was that brought to bear by his friends to
secure him a place in the Cabinet. • He succeeds a
well-known Republican who a short time ago ex-
President J.OIINSON desired to remove, and would
have removed had he not been shackled by the
Tenure-of-Office Act. General CLAY had sent in
his resignation, but afterwards withdrew it, and
the question was, whether the resignation did not
hold in spite of the withdrawal. We do not know
how this joint was decided, but we do know that it
was argued at Washington. Major-General DANIEL
E. SICKLES, of New York, was offered the mission
to Mexico, but we presume he declined it, as Mr..
THOMAS NELSbN has been nominated. Mr. ELIOT
COWDIN was talked of for the Belgian mission.
The Consul-Generalship of Italy, vacant by the
death of Colonel LAWRENCE, remains to be filled,
but we doubt whether there will be many other
changes, though the applications in Washington are
overwhelming. The favourite appears to be Mr.
MURPHY'S position at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, for
which there is a tremendous run ; but however
to be regretted the disappointment of so many
may be, we would regret still more if one of the
crowd was gratified at the expense of the pre-
sent incumbent. London, we doubt not, was
even more eagerly sought, and the rumour pre-
vailed when last we wrote that Ex-Governor HAR-
RIMAN, of New Hampshire, would be nominated in
succession to Mr. MORSE.. .The United States Con.
sul in London has done much to attract the national
attention to the decay of the American ocean-carry-
ing trade; he has suppliel Congress with matter
for serious consithration, which has already given
rise to numerous debates in the Capitol. It will be
one of the most prominent subjects next session,
and Mr. Mouse, we doubt not, will be looked to, to
continue his investigations, and to report fully on
the facts connected with English shipbuilding and
nwigation, while as a Maine man he is well ac-
(painted with these subjects on the other side. A
special despatch to the New York Evcni, Post,
dated IV,tsliington, March 27, says ex-Governor
THOMAS of Maryland, is warmly urged for the
mission to Japan. The delay in making these a -
point mentsseems to have arisen from a misunderstand-
ing between the PRESIDENT and the Secretary of
State. When Mr. Fismr took over the office from
Mr. WAstinuaNF. he found a number of nomina-
tions made out, and it is probable that he thought,
as he had become responsible, it was his right to
make to these selections, while to some be had
strong objections, and many now who were on
WASEIBURNE'S slate have left Washington disap.,
pointed.

THE " NEW YORK TRIBUNE" ON
GRANT'S APPOINTMENTS.

" We have gone through a war, and have been
dissipating with the inflated currency, and a vast
debt, and a weakened credit—and wasting our sub-
stance in a hundred ways. For eight years we have
suffered from the war and Andrew Johnson, mad
because the President in the twenty-five days of his
government has not succeeded in rescuing us from
all these evils, he is held up to public scorn as a
failure—as a ruler who does not comprehend the
duties of his station—as a mere " man on horse-
back," insensible to the wants and wishes of the
country. Ile has done nothing but blunder, we are
told ! His Cabinet is a " blunder." Well, let us
look at that ! The Secretary of State cannot have
a policy less in harmony with the Country than
that of the former " deacon." The Secretary
of the Treasury is as much better than the
one who preceded him as it is possible for
comparison to express. It the place of Brown-
ing and his Indian and railroad scandals, we have
a man of commanding ability and purity of cha-
racter. Randall has given place to Cresswell—and
Evarts resigns the office which he bought with a
price to one of the wisest and best men in Mas-
sachusetts. Mr. Borie takes experience, culture,
respectability, purity of character, and business-,
eminence into the office where Mr. Welles has sat
long like the Old Man of the Sea. With the ex-
ception of Washington's first Cabinet, which con-
tained Jefferson and Hamilton, and Monroe's Cabi-
net, which had Quincy Adams, Crawford, Calhoun,
M'Lean, and Wirt, and probably folk's, with
Buchanan, Walker, Marcy, and Bancroft, the
Cabinet of President Grant is as strong in intel-
lectual force as the Cabinet of any former Pre-
sident. 'We expect a great deal from Mr. Bout-
well in his great office, and especially from Mr.
Cresswell and General Cox. The Cabinet is
not the only " blunder," however. The ap-
pointment of Mr. Stewart indicated an " ignorance
of law.' 'Well, lawyers like Hendricks, voted for
the confirmation, and many men meet and learned
in the law argued that Mr. Stewart could take his
portfolio. We did not agree with them. Mr.
Stewart would have pleased us as Secretary, but
we were not pleased with the manner in which he
proposed to be Secretary. We differed with the
President. He was wise enough to change his
mind. After four years of the irresolute mulish-
ness of Andrew Johnson, let us thank heaven that
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At a meeting of the German Republicans of the
Fourth Assembly District, New York, held March 27, the
platform of the German Republican Central Committee
was adopted unanimously, and a resolution was passed
favouring the introduction of the German language as
a branch of instruction in the public schools of the
district
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