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WALfIEa FORWARD,
Tie nee Secretary q tie Trsosngy, q 9
nuiiVa q Nav EneIand, sea hos loag hssn
; nouideAt u PiiisbaFg. IN ~ Sta.9 of
Penbbylvania. He is IaWyer q otni.
nsnee, ed sOrao fsenly yesFs ego vas .
mSmbGE q Coagress. supporting NJ. Crev-
ford iog he PFssidsney. IN the msmoTsoie
contest which rosultsd 10 che choice OF
Nf. Adsnt. II hes kean eFrOosOasly sta
ted thai hF. FOgWasd was . supPOrtsr Of
Geoeral yaeksaa. Seeb was nol ;he fact.
He Wa . slaaa'sh TREAD Of the Amenean
ProtooiisO Syslen. aod HE views upoa
the policy o. staadlug BY iha greet ns0u.
featuring - well as Commercial intsrests
Of our ogn coantFy. are unchanged. He
vas en- sbls SnembeF. and We believe IN
loikesr, e the late eoavsntioa Of Pennsyi-
Sshia, fog rseonstrueting Der constitution.
He was appointed frat Comptrolisf ofthe
Treasury By GsneFal Harrisoh and Il is
admitted 90 every hssd that he POSsosses
al The FoqUisite Qualifications Cor the bead
Of the Treasury Department.
ABEL p. UPsHUR,
LOT Vifgiei6. IL tho nsW Secretary Of the
Navy. He L resident Of Mr.. Wito's
disiFisi, and . warm personal friend Of
the PRECEDENT. He hes nevey been In
CongTess. bot 90 q member Of the Vir.
gaia LsgislainFo has Oitsn showo biGaself
10 b 40 able debaisg sod an acute Eea-
soasr. AZ member 81 the Fisgioia eOa-
ventiOa for Temodslling her State eoas
Siituiioo, in 1878 body combining the
highest talent Of the State Mr. UpshuF
obtained proud intsllselusl rank. Ia
deed the bouoF Of the project of the 0sW
consliiulion, and the form and pressure
Il received in he course Of tie dpsusaion
thereon. are in chief due 10 him. His la
SOrs we're so veil directed and 60 oGicisot
IN the convention that Mr.. M6dison, Mr..
Monroe. aid John Randolph united 10
PrOnonOeing him ats ablsst member. %
the dsessse q lodge Barbour Of the Su-
pFsmS Court, iuSi e the closs Of Mr.. Van
beFen's Administration Mr. Upshur, then
Judge Of the High Court Of Appeals Of
Virgins, Vas named - q suitable candi-
date for The beach but being . Wing,
hIs high claims were, Of eoaFss, disrs-
gsrdsd, and . nss greatly his inferior
was appointed. Judge upshuF is an &C.
eoDPlishsd scholar; aud, e. q political
mslaPhySician Of the Virginia school, is
ssid to be the greatest man II splitting a
hair in the Old DOminion. But 30 ropes
and moi hairs are used in the Navy, there
will be little room loT the display Of that
sort ct Skill 70 that department We re-
gret deeply TO part with Geo. z. Badger
but what must be must" and We see no
reason vhy Mr. UPshur may not 81 his
place we'll.
JOHN MTKAN,
lof Gkan N h $1,000. l.. Il.
Secretary Of the War Department. This
genllsman is Aow one Of the Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court. He has
been Zoo lOng and constantly before the
public 10 require ca inhOdSciion, and yet
Ne eannol conseat 10 PaSS him by 10 tbs
neW alalion 70 which he hes been invited,
WithOOi noties. TveOty years ago be
vas young bat able member Of Goa sTsss
from Ohio. Ia ls22oE 1923 he vas call.
ed 70 the ofiee Of Postmaster General bv
President Monroe, - the successor Of the
late Rai1Fn Jonathan Meigs. He vas
leeHtinued In that once during The atlmia-
isIFalioE Of hE. Adams, because Of bic
high norss integTity aad the eGieisneV Of
bis eosduet Of the Department, notvith-
Istanding his aVoWsd preferences EoF Cen.
yaeksoa IN opPOsitisa % Mr. Adams,
But Mr.. h'Lsan would not allow party
lPosllies TO intruds into the adminiStFalioo
lot has Department, and neither removals
nor appointments we're allowed By him
from political eOnSidsTations. MT. Ad-
ans approved Of this course snd although
The principle cost him bis place, vet he
would not diSPlaes Johu M'Lean. On
the accession Of Gen. Jackson, the unhal.
loved resolution vas taken 70 transfoFn
the Post Ofhee DopsFlu,ent inlo . Grand
Peliiisal machine. To THE course Iobn
ALean would not consent, and the coo
aequeRes Wss ;hst be vas iFsnsfoFEod 10
the bsneh Of the Supreme Court 70 make
room Tor . sonVenieni Poslmaster Gene
Ial Such en- instFumsnl was found IN
william 7. BsBy, who SLED the depart.
meat with errors 70 saiuFaliOB. Judge
y Lean is . mSRbsF q The Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is q naa Of ae.
iiviiy and energy. He has preserved the
sFmias Of justice spotIess and IL he
leaves the bsnsh foF the camp, be viii
make en- sblo Secretary Of War.
HUGH g. LBaARE,
loi South Carolina, the sgeaaapor az Mr..
C5Tateudea, ~ Attorney General. g. .
scholar and statssman, 10 one % tha sbles,
and most accomplished msn Of The Fspub.
nc. The souadnoss asd elegance 81 his
scholarship WeEs sminentiy diuplavsd.
come twelve - 6flsss ysaFs ego. 10 the
lPsgss o. The Southern QasFtsFly Rsvisv
ia EoFk which vac Pubiishsd, mainly.
% sdVoeais The peculiar doctrines Of s6s
South upon The seienes--fslssly % called
l--ol Political econnmy. Hs has since
To- Z
sd The depth % he lsaraing hes eaesat.
y bssn displayed IL The Nsu Yogk r..
view, BY an article upsa lha character
end ago 81 Demosihanes. Mr. r. 3 re-
Paied aiso 81 90 ahls iauysF, ~ We knsw
- 3 e. slaqusntsPaaksF. Re is dsscsn-
lded igom a. ancisot Huranos familv
ghish emigEaisd 70 souih Carolisa dufiaF
lhe aga D, PFoiesisat psrssealioas n
1 5feafe. Heing e sa9gofief II GsnsFsi
4ereeoai BE yes seat az tka 6gsi Amsri.
can Ennrrr "a Hni~fu-- n A.. 49,.