The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-12
CABINET MAKING At SPRINGFIELD.
n Great Cameron Cabinet nsvsw ant.

Our Springfield Corresponds'lee.
sPRrsenED, an T. 1861
m Great Cameron oa1al-whas The Aass Of tbs Greg
Commstson, mosion, motion the Cor airy IAosghs
Let Thuriow Weed look 20 hs Anrels lie has found
his equal not superior ca al Just disclosed in re-
serenoe reported appoip nen Of Senator Cameron
% place in Mr. Lneoins cAbine, shows me great Penn
sylvania politician 70 sxcsi no less political
ming than the great t.ibany lobbyist holder scheme
vas never ooncevets nor adroty executed Its
Aory should III conspicuous place in the political
cords Of couatry. furnishes counterpart 10 the
bcst strokes II diplomacy Of Talleyrand, and its u
,uate explosion matter Of wonder rather than Of
s.ral csn1tquence.
Win n be believed, after being fed for days, nay,
week., with rumors, reports, and apparently
psstve announcements, all bearing upon the alleged
sDder Of he secretayshp Of the Treasury to General
Cameron The public wiz be asked to md itself OF
~ already settled conviction 10 the certainty OF that
sppoinimentS And yet the devoopements Of this day
render il absolutely certain that here o< the least
tbtndotion the thousand and stories aoat during the
ya fortnight relation to the same subject; thai direct
ssr vos rot thought of at any time BY the Pres
saas el.d; TIA, nc did not extend inctatioa 10
ssass Mere Cameron, ba that he has notion
ssd thai although Mr. Lincoln i,1Lsed take The
ywiey Of his arpoi,cw into consideration oscig the
permanently dismissed all pr ,positions that effect.
As this the substance and result Of this grand Office
hunting conspiracy, the subjoned details OF it,
learned by from the very highest sources,
are Of n strikingly interesting and Instructive cha
racter They prove at once the utter reckiessness
Of the Cameron faction and the certainty that their
ve7ie will have % go unrecognized under the incoming
administration. They win doubtless startle the Pennsyl
vanians Of their habtual sedateness--open their
eyes the plot that has brewing undiscovered
n their midstand they may thank the Lord that the
danger of monopoly OF the federal spois by the follow
ars Of Cameron's political fortunes is removed.
appears that CameroDs first move in pursuit OF his
Cabinet aspirations 70 stew sand in the eyes OF the
republican public by causing authorized declaration
% made I'VE weeks since, through the Washing
tGn correspondence of the New York Tribune Having
thus surrounded himself with the halo Of dsnterested
ness he set his friends to work secretly circulating petit
ATOMS for and recommendations Of his appointment.
Dozens Of them arrived here daily for long while during
ahe last month His antagonists being thrown of their
guard by his minated and apparent intentions 10 decline,
did not suspect hs propaganda and hence took no me
cures counterfeit it's effect The seeming unanimy Of
Me republican sentiment Of Pennsylvania reflected in
fhe written appeals in favor Of his appointment
rst produced impression the President elect and
he inclined, already stated TO take its propriey
into consideration. But IN the meantime Cameron grew
impatient. He expected an immediate response to the
pleas Of his friends, In the shape OF an invitation TO
repair hher This not being forthcoming early he
wished It, he waxed apprehensive OF discovery Of his
Vaccinations by his opponents and hence out here
unlimited 20 look person after the interests Of himself
and friends He probably supposed that his personal APP
pcarance would a tender Of what he after.
But IN this he disappointed As as his journey
became known 10 his republican adversarcs they fairly
overwhelmed the President elect with dispatches pro
testng against his appointment Although tho violence
~ their protests did not impress the latter favoraby,
prudence induced him 20 delay any deanae ac-
Mon in premises, AMI henco Cameron had to return
without the desired commission IN his pocket. He was
kindly received and treated with the utmost respect
throughout his visit But that was all.
How well Cameron played his game may be Judged
from the fact that Mr. Iincon's friends in this
place, with very few exceptions, all believed in his
pSmered assignment be the Secretary OF the Treasury
and for he six days 1t generally looked upon
m accomplished fact, and those who discredited II
charged with allow ing their feelings Of dsapprobaon to
prevail their judgment. Az 70 myself, il will be
remembered that insisted the fasy nf Tho rercrfcs
appointment until the "sgns OF the times" appeared TO
demonstrate IL plainly as TO render further denial
factious Yet, although reluctantly acknowledged what
had seemingly become an undeniable FACT yet could
never shake OF all doubts regard TO it, and that simply
intense detsiation the part Of Mr.. Lincoln Of tho
school Of politicians whose maxim that the end justices
She means and whose prototypes are Weed and Came
ron The sequence has shown that my original i'm
pressions correct.
il will perhaps be asked what evidence have to oner
Of the correctness of this last Of the Cameron
affair To satisfy the doubling IN this respect VIII state
Mat although Mr. Lincoln did FIRST deny the reported
sisvaton Of the Pennsylvania senator to place among
hs constitutional advisers, In order the
sarting of his already wounded feelings the profound
dissatisfaction this alleged selection caused among his
hest friends did concealed TO HIM and finally
soi,ed semi official disayowai during the las, twenty
and The readers Of the HERALD may place implicit reliance
hM
just after the contradictory hint given out,
emphatic protests arrived from Washington.
they cmanated from republican Congressmen,
and were couched in the strongest possible terms,
and directed to perecns who would not fai TO mako
she contents in the proper quarter These de-
onstrations and the ali but universal feeling of relief
manifested by the prominent Illinois poiti
oans now IN town, must convince the President elect
may BIZ considered caught his Gaps, I'D yairly
disposed Of.
The greatest indignation felt here the
rountabe neglect Of Senator put stop The
unrest aimed use by friends Of his
Of the President cleo. connection with this matter
INC Wholesale deception he thus indirectly tolerated
NJ, likely to rebound 20 his credit
Look Out for n SwindIer.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
An adron rogue who IS believed be associated with