Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-07
LincoIn,s Cabinet.

The correspondents at Washington furnished tht
names of the members Of the Cabinet, several day.
ago just as they are now ammo unced.
At that time, the New York Day Book made the
following sketch of the appointees, which we com
mend as truthful:
The letter writers, telegraphers, sensationists
! &c, have finally, after many contradictory state
ments, pretty generally come to the conclusion that
Messrs. Seward, Chase and Cameron areto 90 into
the Cabinet; indeed the folio wing is given as the
exact composition of Mr.. Lncolns body of constitu
| tional adviser:
Secretary of State-Mr. Seward, of New York
Secretary of the TreasuFy-Mr. Chase, of Ohio
Secretary of WaF-Mr. Cameron, Of Pennsyl, ania
Secretary of the Navy Montgomery Blair, of Nd
Secretary of the lnterior-Cal b Smith, of Id.
Postmaster Generalization Welles of Conn
Attorney General-Edmund Bates, of No.
With the exception of Seward. Chase and Came
ron the cabinet Is not remarkable for any peculiar
talent ability. Mr.. Blair, of Maryland is the son
F. ?. Blair, who holds Cd to life apparently for no
other reason than to reFengs himself upon the
Democratic party. Smith. of Indiana, Is quite un-
known nationally. Mr. Wells, of Connecticut is 9
fossil Of past generation, who, together with Mr..
Bates, of Missouri, seem to lave been exhumed by
Mr.. Lincoln as conservative appendages to radical
administration.
Seward, Chase and Cameron are marked men,
each in peculiar line Mr.. Seward started his po-
itcal in this State over thirty years ago his
first Office being State Senator in 1880 In 1884 he
defeated as candidate for Governor by the late
Vim. L. Marcy, but in 1888 was successful by means
of one of the most remarkable and astounding
frauds ever pTsGtised upon the elective franchise
in any country Voters we're imported into this city
from Pennsylvania, who, disguised as "pIpe Law
ers 1.-THE OrotOn pipes were then being laid in the
city, il charged, voted and turned the scale in
Mr.. Stewards favor. Be this as it may, the persons
charged as particpators in that affair, are to-day
the bosom friends of Mr.. Seward, and il is generally
believed that no persons stand better chance for
favor from him than these very individuals. Stick
ing to his friends is evidently one feature in Mr..
Stewards character. As for the balance, 1t may be
SKINNED up in the description that Horace Greeley
gave Of him few years ago, when he said ''that
in all of Senator Stewards long public career, he
never knew him to vote against any scheme of pub
lie plumber"
anti-slavsTyite. He was of the founders Of the
Old Liberty Party, headed by James G. Birney, and
iG one of the most ultra and uncomBPomising of his
party. There mas been great fight TO keep him out
OF the Cabinet but it seems that the radicals and the
conservatives have both been listened to by Mr.. Lin
coin, and that both Chase and Cameron are to 90 H.
The latter Is 8 man Of great energy of character,
OF doubtful political virtue, and is generally sup>
posed to lean TO the side of moderation and peace,
If the Cabinet shall be constructed, RS it seems
now almost sure it will be, one of two things is alb
soiutey certain. There will either be terrible ex-
ploson 10 the Cabinet ip the country within the
next SOdays 1t pretty broadly limited that Mr.
seward mas been all along just much opposed to
giving any new guarantees TO the South as any one
and ms vote IN the Senate upon postponing the
Fesce Conference and in opposing its submission to
the people Is proof sufficient of this IL will he seen
that our Washington correspondent who is likely to
be much better Informed than the ordinary letter
writer's, says the same thing. 1t would srpear |
thea, that Mr.. Seward has only been assuming snow
of conservatism and moderation in order to gain |
time.
Widely, however, we differ from Mr. Seward. |
we think he has acted wisely in rejecting that mis-
cradle abortion" Ex-President TYLER calls e. the
Peace Conference proposition. Infinitely hettep
will 1t be for the good of the country that Mr. Lin
coin should develop his policy under our Constitu-
ton, as It 49, than to change it into such contra.
dietory document as these amendments would rem
der it. For, whatever that policy may be. It rnpst
end in one direction the other to reconstruction
of the Union 1t must and will either drive the |
Border States into the Southern Confederacy and
in four years time unite nearly, if not quite ali the
Northern States to it, or else it must be such no
cy as viii amount to an abandonment of the avow.
I'd designs Of the Black Republican party, which
will, in due time, allow the North Opportunity 70 |
rally and convince our brethren of the South by acts
Ind not WORKS thst we Of the North are determined
o do them justice.