The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-03-14
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION

THE NEW NATURALIZATION.
After four years maneuverine to retain b
place, Franklin Pierce has been shuffled of
the course. A man chosen on the speci;
ground of harmonizing opposing interes:
takes his place. Placid, white-cravat, Of
Department Buchanan is the elect Pre-.
ident Of the United States. Soft of speec
in his most impulsive days, he is now smooth
er and more slippery than ever. lie wa
reared among the giants. He has had ia
mlllar intercourse with the eminent states
men of the past, but was dstrusted by then
all as an unreliable man. A lease of power
and the opportunity to prove bis capacity 70
high executive duties, and the possible wis
dom and justice of his nature,is now given him
For the honor and good of the nation W,
hope he has such qualities, and that his ad
ministration will be peaceful and prosperous
Mr.. Buchanan's Cabinet is composed a
follows:
Secretary of State-Lewis Cass of Mich
gan.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Howell Cobt
of Georgia.
! Secretary of War-John B. Floyd of
Virginia.
Secretary of the Navy-Isaac Toucey of
Connecticut.
Secretary of the Interior-Jacob Tbomp.
son of Mississippi.
Postmaster Generalization V. Brown of
Tennessee.
Attorney General-Jeremiah S. Blake of
Pennsylvania.
Only two of these men are in any degree
known to fame. The 7rareller gives a few
particulars in the life of each -
"LEwIs CAss, the Premier. has been be-
lore the country, ever since the beginning
OF the present century. In the year 1906
he was elected a member of the Ohio Lecis-
!ature, which office he held until 1918. He
then moved to Detroit, Michigan. having
been appointed Governor of the Territory
until 1881. within FIVE years of the date of
made Secretary of War by General jackson.
In 1886 he was appointed Minister 10 France
which post he held until Van Buren's adj
mlnistratiOn. In lS45 he vas elected Sena-
tor from Michigan, and failing last fall of
reelection. he is now appointed by Mr. Bu-
chanan to the Premiership in his Cabinet.
HoweN Cobb was not born till after Mr.. Cass
had been long entered upon public life, viz :
the year 1915. He graduated at Franklin
College in 1884, and in 1887 was chosen So.
!lctor General of the Western Circuit of
Georgia. In 1912 he was elected to the
House of Representatives, and was re. elected
subsequently for four consecutive short
terms. In 1888 he was elected Governor of
Georgia, but in 1855 was again returned to
the House, where he has also ofliciated a..
Speaker and as chairman of several impor-
tant committees. lie is now raised to the
post of Secretary of he Treasury.
John &. Floyd, Of Virginia, has never done
any thing by the record of which it is posi-
bic to ascertain the facts of his history We
know nothing more OF him than that he has
been Governor of Virginia Un 1862 and
that he made a speech last fall in Wall street
1t Is SAID that he is between forty and fifty
years OF age. lie is made Secretary of
War.
Isaac 7oucy, of Connecticut. was men,
Der of the House of Representatives from
$3.50 to 1889. In 1916 he was elected Gov
ernor of Connecticut. In 1918 he was ap.
pointed Attorney General bv President
Folk. In 1852 he was elected to the United
States Senate. He is now made Secretary
~ ~. N-..,.
Jacob Thompson is of Mis- sissippi. lie was
elected to the House in 1889. and continued
to be reelected until 1851. Since then he
has lived in retirement He is a hard work
err, and well qualified for his post OF Secre
tary OF the Interior.
aaron ]. Erown is a resident of Tennes.
set.thoush born in Virginia in 1775. lie
graduated in 1914 at Chapel Hill College
North Carolina. In 1889 he was elected to
the House OF Representatives, and continued
to be reelected until 1915, when he was
made governor. Since then he has been ont
of public life. lie is now made Postmaster
General
James Black. Of Pennsylvania, has achiev
ed high local reputation as iurist, and
though never in Congress, filled up to the
time OF his appointment as Attorney General
the Office o. Justice of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania