The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-01
WASHINGTON. June %. 1916.

WASHINGTON, June %, 1916.
The State of the Cabinst-Ihe Dilemma fairly Flu
eidaied-A Remarkably Pe,plcrimg Condition of
Things
The administration is sin a bad box" We
can't tell how things to be, or can be, arrang-
ed satisfactorily, all round. The Cabinet is now
equally divided, North and South of Mason and
Dixon. 1t is desirable to maintain this sectional
equilibrum-more than that, it is polite, emf
nently polite, to do 1t is, on the other hand,
impossible much longer to retain Mr.. Bancroft in
the Navy Department. And, en- PEASANT, word
parerthetcally regarding this functionary.
Where is Mr. Bancroft to go! If he refuse the
Russian mission, he goes out, for he will not I'M
dertake to sustain the cost Of a residence as Mi
mister in London or Paris, even if offered him.
Our Ministers there receive nine thousand and
expend twenty thousand year. 1t is n shame
that the government should thus extort its charac-
But it is SO, and this is the chief reason Of the ex-
pected return very soon of Mr.. McLane and Mr..
King.
1t is not improbable that the late Senator
Pierce, OF New England, will take the place of
Mr.. Mason as Attorney General, who win return
to the Navy Department; and that Mr.. McAllis
ter, of Georgia Qate democratic candidate for CO.
vernon, whose name we see on the books at Cole
mans to-nighO, will be nominated to France, in
place of Mr.. King. Mr.. Haywood, of the Senate,
has been m entoned as the successor of Mr.. Nc
Lane; but he is indisposed to leave his present
position, and a Northern man is to be looked up,
if one can be found-a Northern man with South
ern principles. The same difficulty obtains,
maintains, and retains Mr.. Buchanan in the State
Department. But the term for which he had
bound himself to stay-the settlement of the
Oregon queston-has expired and now says
the President, "Mr. Buchanan, it is at your dis
cretion to 20 or to stay. We have kept the SUI
preme Bench open for you. What is your deci-
sion - Mr. Buchanan says, Make up your
Cabinet, and will take the bench" But how is
this to be done ? Where is the Northern man to
fill the place of Buchanan And it must be
Northern man to sustain the sectional equili-
briun. Cass will not answer Allen will not do
&C. J. Ingersoll has been investigated out of the
calendar-Rantoul is too far north Benton is
from slave State, and stands most independent.
ly aloof-Silas Wright is out of the question.
Flagg is too young, and Young is too old and
New York already has man ;-Pennsyvania is
scant of materials.
Where is your man The South has an abun
dance of men. There is Stevenson, of Virginia;
Haywood, of North Carolina Calhoun, OF south
Carolina, and others But Stevenson is, perhaps,
reserved for the Senate--IIaywood prefers to stay
there-and Calhoun has washed his hands OF all
responsibility with the conduct OF this administra-
ton. Besides, We wanta Northern man. In TINS
dilemma we leave the administration and your
readers for tho present. But we must hit upon
some plan of escape, pretty soon, there will be
a disturbance in the family.
BY intelligence from the South tonight, OF which
you will be advised, will be perceived that Next
CO is in most distressing condition. Yucatan
ndependent--the central government unstable
her military factions in state OF revolt, and in
open arms against each other, it would appear
that nothing else will save poor Mexico from utter
extinction but the speedy return Of Santa Anna 10
the dictatorship. We hold to our belief that he
will come over, and that on his arrival, or shortly
thereafter, there will be plea for peace, either
directly to the United States government, or
through the British ambassador.
Respectfully, The DocToR.