Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-15
Tia Cabinet

ment, whom he bad chosen for his cabinet
officers. With an uncqualed genius for o.
lence, he has kept the nance Of the rropo'.
ed members Of his cabinet from the knowl'
edge Of bis most intimate friends until they
we're offered in tho constitutional way TO
the Senate TO be confirmed. With slight
exception. they were all Confirmed unani.
mOusly, ard the cabinet now stands A. fol-
lows:
Secretary Of State -wILLi,n II. srwARp
Of New York.
Secretary Of the Trcasury-SiLsoS r.
Cu,sr OF Ohio.
Secretary OF war-Sixos CAsraoS Of
Pcnpsyl,ania.
Secretary Of the Na,y-Gipros WILLIE.
OF Connecticut.
Postmaster Gsnerai-MoNrcosrsr Blair
Of Maryland.
Secretary OF the In,criOr-C.Lrn d. ssITn
Of Indiana.
Attorney General-Epw,Rp B,r. Of
Missouri.
WV. II. Srw,Sp succeeds TO almost the
only high Office in this government which
has not, at one time or another. fallen in
To the hand. Of inferior or unworthy men.
jefferson, Marshall. Madison, Monroe, John
Quincy Adams. Clay, Calhoun, Webster.
Everett. Marcy and Ca-s are hi. pr~leces'
sor-. The country has reason IN rc)olcc that
an uniried inini.trstion has a statesman
of such capacity ne It. premier, the Pre-''
den, 80 sasicious and patriotic q principal
adviser. aud ,ha, our intercourse with for.
eisn nations which possible events may
render Of - much importance, will DO un'
der such wi-c direction.
Mr.. Srw.Rn Is in the prime Of hi. life
and ,ieor, jas, turning his sii'ie'h year.
Iii. history i. too well known in the State
whose - iavoriie son =" he IN. been called,
to need rccapi,ula,ion here.
SItsoS 4 Cu,sI succeeds 10 q chair
winch VA. never dissraced I'LL i, was fllci
by a Conn. lie will need in !, oil the bu'i.
me-. knowledge which. as a Grtelass hw.
yer. he mus, have acquired, added to the
peculiar training aud eIFsrienoc OF iinan'
cier.
Mr. Cu,sE was born IN New Hampshire
in lsOs. va. graduated At Dartmouth col.
lrcr. studied lac in WILLIAM WIET's Of.
Gee. and Ia. rractic~i his professional Gin
cinna,li since 1880. lie ha. been twice
elected governor Of Ohio. and UnliSi State.
senator.
SIMON C,sIRoN succeeds 10 the Depart.
Insui OF War. the duties u which ia times
% peace are mainly clericL and OF routine,
bot in var OF Troublesome times are Of the
frs, importance. Mr. CAMERON la. carved
out his own fortune IN the State, where,
in l7g9. be va. born. Orphaned when
boy. he began lite asa purnryman printer
bat .oon became an editor. and entered pub.
lie life and the service Of the State almo.,
a, carly a. he wa. OF eligible aso. lie Las
been At the head OF IN the direction Of Eum.
bcrlc-- railroads, insurance. manufacturing
aud tanking compan,o. Tor the greater part
o( hi, life. and. beside. nuincrou. othcc- in
hl. own State. ha. twice bccn United States
senator irom Pennsylvania.
Ginro> WHILE. succeeds TO the ohce
who.c las, incumbent received the ccn.ure
Of the House Of Representatives. lie has
ior thirty years been a leading politician in
Connecticut. welding an able pen in the
pres Of that STATE. aud sometimes holding
federal ofhcc- there. lie takes charge VI
department who-o efficiency !. capable Of
improvement, and be bring. to the work en-.
crgy and large acquaintance with Affairs.
MoNTCosERr BL,iS. Of Maryland, has re.
ceiycI the Postmaster Gsner,l.h'p Like
SIR. BATES hs come. from slave State bat
hi. Republcani.m has no, suffered by II.
atmosphere. H.. father. fuScIs u. BLAIR.
and hi- brother OF the same name. Repre-.
sentative from Missouri. are each better
known than he. but heI. said TO inherit
aud share something Of the char,etcri',ic-
Of each. SIR. BL,iK graduated at we-,
Point. prae,ieed Law IN II, Louis. and reach.
ei the bench 81 that State (: va. made a
Judge % the Cour, u Claim. 10y President
PirKeK. and removed by Mr. Brcn,SaS.
C,LrA d. SsIru, the Secretary OF the In
terror, WAS born in Boston, but moved
West when young, and has since lived in
Indiana. Like Mr. C,sEKoS. he Was for q
while an editor. but ever since 1883 has
been in the practice Of the Law. though nj.
- occupied in, for the mos, part. public
life. as member Of and Speaker IN the State
legislature, member Of Congress, pre.iden.
tial elector. &c.
coward Bars. Of Missouri, who succeeds
10 the Attorney Generalship, va. born and
ha. always lived in slave State. A vol.
untccr in the war Of 1872, no Was admitted
TO the bar in 1916. aud, with the exception
Of a short period, during which he served
a. the judge of the Land cour, OF St. Louis
county. has continuously been engaged in a
large and lucrative prae,Ic. lie acted Is
president Of the River and Harbor conyen.
ton. Of Chicago, and Of the Baltimore
Wing convention in 1852. In 1850 he was
appointed by President fILLsosE Secretary
Of war, bu, declined to take the office.
A. a whole. the cabinet is one Of the
able-, which could have been selected from
the leaders Of the Republican party. There