The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-14

reorganization. root ana brp .nch of the Navy |
Pass the bill and put Stock ION in the Navy De-
partment, or any other man who can control
the horse marines as yell as he did in Califor-
ma ana then, whe'A the Navy is needed for hot
work. we may e-spect to see the fur fly.
vi Jenersc ii Davis, as an eminent graduate of
west 70" .tas practical soldier, as establish
ed on nc field of Buena Vista-and as a practi-
cal .fstesman. as confirmed ia his craftsmanship
OF. the Military Committee of the Senate, to go
no farther, it is rot necessary to say much in
urging his superior fitness for the War Office.
The secession question, however, here confronts
us but as General Davis promptly gave in his
support to General Pierce and the Baltimore
platform. and as the State rights branch Of the
party is predominant in the South. we should
not be surprised if this reported nomination,
or something of the same stripe, were officially
confirmed on the 9Th of March
Of Mr.. Dobbin of North Carolina, the world
at large knows little more than Of the country
mans horse
Gee up, Dobbin, gee up and gee no"
But he has been good, hard working mem
Der of Congress; and this fact, and the late re-
Legislature to get him into the United States
Senate, are very strong recommendations in his
favor. Mr.. M'Clelland. Of Michigan, is man of
the same class, for he has also been useful
working member Of the House, and has received
the most decided expressions Of the Partially
of the democrats Of Michigan-next perhaps, to
General Cass. But the friends Of Col. Medary,
r. k1ott I,o:,, &. ooI
for the Post Office; and it is not impossible that
it may yet turn out SO to be. But notwith-
standing the good opinion which General
Pierce, it is said, entertains for Medary, we in
cline to think that the more immediate wish of
General Cass has been consulted in the person
Of M'Clelland. Of Judge Campbell, Of Pennsyl-
vania we presume very little doubt will be en-
tertained; and very little opposition will be
manifested when his name goes up to the Capt.
tol, through the medium of Mr.. Sidney Webster.
BY and large" as Old Bullion would say.
our Cabinet is pretty stiff Cabinet and as nice
piece Of mosaic as could we'll be put toge-
Their. The Tyler-Y Dung American progressive
democracy are admirably represented in the
person Of Cushing-the soft shells in the person
while Davis stands the exponent of Southern
rights free trade and annexation, Dobbin comes
up to the rescue as UniOR-conservative
old bunker, and Stockton as the fearless cham
pion Of coal and iron and home protection,
sailors rights, and the reform of the Navy. II
this arrangement does not satisfy the various
local and sectional factions Of the party North
and South, We shall give up the task in des-
pair
But, satisfactory or otherwise to this or that
particular set, we are seriously disposed to be-
lieve that our Cabinet is very near the mark.
And we are not without our circumstantial evil
dence to support it. But, as General Taylor
changed his Cabinet on his way to Washington,
there may be possibly a change or two in our
schedule during the next two weeks, or even
an entire revolution, should Mr.. Hunter agree
to stand at the top, and Mr.. Gushing at
the bottom, with A. o. P. Nicholson as an
Offset to the State Rights Premier. Still, how
ever that may be, we apprehend that General
Pierce has considered the Cancellation of the
several cliques Of his party as but an incidental
consideration-his paramount object evidently
being q practical working Cabinet, up to the
standard of the times; and the closeness with
which he himself has kept the secret. is proof
positive that his Cabinet, whatever it may be,
will be Of his own choosing. He has sufficiently
shown the party and the country that he
intends to assume the responsibility as
signed him; and that, as the agent of the
people, he intends to select his advisers,
instead of submitting the work to the
cliques and coteries at Washington or else
where. Furthermore, we are somewhat conf
dent that if the Cabinet is refractory or unma-
nageable, he will dismiss them without ceremony
and select another. and another, and yet ano-
ther, until he procures set that will work as a
unit; not debating the policy of the admi-
nistration, as in the case of Gen. Taylor, but
faithfully pursuing the policy of the chief of the
administration, unmixed with any mischievous
conspiracy looking to the succession.
But upon this point we may have something
to say tomorrow. Our Cabinet is glory enough
for one day. Let the disappointed of the hun
cry democracy look into it, turn it over piece
by piece, and all in the lump and then let them
give us more plausible Cabinet, if they can.
If they cannot, we shall conclude that, for the
time being the Cabinet is settled question
Who speaks first?
THE Ten MILLION PRoJEcT.-The Washington
Union claims for itself the credit of having
first suggested the policy of placing at the dis
erection Of General Pierce the sum of ten mil
lions of dollars, to meet such exigencies as may
arise in our foreign affairs in the long interval
of nine months to the next meeting of Congress-
This is little too fast. The measure was first
promulgated and advocated in the New York
HERALD; and had not the very cautious and
skittish editors of the Union, and the "old
fogies" of the House Of Representatives been
afraid Of their shadows. the ten million project
might have been by this time, the law of the