Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-03-12
Personal sketches of Lincoln,s Cabinet.

i Personal Sketches of LincOln,s Cabinet.
i We subjein brief sketch of the history of tn
i gentlemen who are to be the constitutional ad
visers" Of the President for four years:
i SECRETARY OF STATE.
4 Hon. VIM. IL. Seward is well known to tb
country, and therefore it is unnecessary to sa,
more than that he was born in 1901. a lawye
by profession, he has served n the New Yorl
i Senate, and has been Governor of that State. Il
1849 he was elected to the e. S. Senate. wher,
be has ever since continued, aud where hi
course is well known. On Monday evening h,
made brief address to q number of New Yorl
friends who paid their respects to him. Ia th,
course of his remarks be said:
"The administration which you have come
here to inaugurate comes into power under cir
cumstances of embarrassment and peril, never
before known in the history of the republic; bu
| believe know the character and purposes o
the Chief Magistrate | believe that while bs
will be firm, he will also be just to every State
and every section, and e4ry citizen; that he
will defend and Protect the rights and interests
the peace and prosperity, OF all the States equal
ly and alike, while he will practice the modera
tion that springs from virtue, and the affection
that arises from patriotism in confederated
States. Under his guidance, and with the bless
ing of God, believe and trust, and confidently
expect, that an administration that is inaugura.
ted amid some distrust and painful apprehension
will close Upon reunited, restored, prosperous
free and happy republic. The State of New
York, the greatest and most powerful of the
States, will lead all other States in the way ol
Cancellation and as the path of wisdom is al
ways the path OF Eeaee, so | am snre that now
we shall fnd that the way of conciaton is the
way of wisdom" H ag
| SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Hon. Salmon P. Chase is 8 native of New
Hampshire, born IN 1903, and at an early age
emigrated TO Ohio but leaving there after a
years residence, graduated at Dartmouth Col
| lege, N. a., and studied law in Washington city,
under the celebrated William Writ He sus-
tanned himself during the years of his profession
al studies by imparting instruction to select
school for boys. He was admitted to the bar at
Washington in 1929, and in the following year
returned to Cincinnati and entered upon the
practice of his profession, in which he soon rose
to eminence. He was subsequently elected a
member of the United States Senate, and upon
the expiration of his Senatorial term be was put
| in nomination for Governor of Ohio, and elected.
He was again put in nomination for Governor,
and was again elected to that position. Recent
! ly he was second time elected to the United
States Senate, and took his seat at the called
session on Monday.
SECRETARY OF WAR;
| Hon. Simon Cameron served an apprenticeship
to the printing business at Harrisburg, and SUBJ
sequently worked as a journeyman in Washing.
ton city. In 1921, when young man, he de-
clined the offer of nomination for Congress in
1928 was Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in
| 1881 he was appointed by General jackson q
visitor to West Point; and in 1888 he again de-
clined nomination for Congress. For many
years he has been prominently identified with
the works of internal Improvement in Pennsyl-
| vania and for twenty-seven years was cashier of
the Middletcwn Bank in that State. He was also
formerly president of the Lebanon Valley Rail
road Company, and president of the Common
wealth Insurance Company.
| SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
| Hon. Gideon g. Welles is native of Conneo
ticut, and well known contributor to the par
tisan press He formerly held the Office OF post
master of Hartford, under Mr.. Van Buren's ad
ministraton and left the Office soon after the
election of General Harrison in 1910. During a
part of Mr.. Folks administration he occupied an
important position in the Navy Department -
Like many other prominent Northern democrats,
Mr. Welles disagreed with his party on the sub
liect OF the repeal of the Missouri compromise
The territorial question being the chief one at
issue, be became identified with the republican
party soon after its organization, and has since
been one of its leaders, taking prominent part
in its conventions State and national. He was
delegate from the State at large to the Chicago
convention, and constituted one of the commit
tee to proceed to Springfield with official notice
of Mr.. Lincoln's nomination. He was also one
of the Presidential electors
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
| Hon. Caleb B. Smith is we'll known in India
ma. and is reported to be possessed of vigorous
intellect, and considerable administrative tact
and ability. He has been frequently Wing
member Of Congress, and was commissioner on
Mexican claims. He is now a Republican OF
moderate views.
| POSTMASTER GENERAL.
| The Hon. Montgomery Blair is son of Fran
els P. Blair, one of the editors of the Globe, the
organ OF Gen. Jackson during his administration
For several years past he has resided with bis
father, in Montgomery county, Md. He gradu-
Ated at West Point, went to the State of Mis-
souri, pract;ced law in ST. Louis, was made
judge, and was appointed by President Pierce
solicitor of claims, from which place he was re
moved by President Buchanan. Judge Blair il
now in the prime of life, and warm Republ
can. He is a ain. Jaw of the late Hon. Lev
Woodbury., of New Hampshire, and brother O
Frank P. Blair, Jr., Congressman elect from ST
Louis district.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
/ Hon. Edward Bates was born in Goochlani
county, Va, in 1893, and in the war of 1872
served as volunteer at Norfolk. About 1871
he set out for St. Louis, and crossed the Missis
! sippi for the first time on the 29th of April
Here he studied very diligently in the Office 0
Rnfus Eaton, a Connection man, and some time
a delegate in Congress from Missouri Territory
Mr., Bates came to the bar in the winter of 181t
LII. and practiced with fair success as begin
ner. In 1863 he was elected Judge of the Lane
Court of st. Louis county, and after serving il
this Office about three years he resigned and re
turned again to the practice of the law. h
acted as president of the river and harbor i'm
Iprovement convention which sat at Chicago
and in 1862 acted as president of the Wing Ma
ltional Convention which met at Baltimore. Il
1850 he was appointed by President Fillmor
and confirmed by the Senate Secretary of War
Ebut declined the appointment for personal ant
domestic reasons. Mr. Bates was compliments,
with the honorary degree OF l.. L. D., in 1858
lbv Harvard College. Some years before he ha'
Ibeen honored with the same degree by Shurtle1
College, Illinois. a
A SrNrENr1oUs SPEECH By WAsHMGToN.-A
aoed citizen of Hartford relates the fOllowin
"reminiscences of Washington. We copy fror
the Boston Journal: ~ ir.e@F 81.
i. When Washington made his progress to tn
Northern States, in 1889, he avoided, as wa
proper under the circumstances, passing throug
Rhode Island, which had not then accepted th