New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-28
THE CANINE !

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President Davis has now completed his Cabinet.
with the exception Of Secretary Of the Navy
which position WILL no doubt. be giyen to Mr..
Mallory OF Florida. A better selection for such q
post could not be made. Mr. Mallory was, for
man5 years, chairman of the Committee on Naval
Affairs in the Senate of The United States. He
thus became familiar with the operations of the
Navy of the old Union, and posted himself
thoroughly in all the details of naval service. He
Is gentleman of great industry and irreproachable
characters man who has commanded the respect
Of all, no less his private virtues than his public
services. The sonthsrne anfederaey, with so much
exposed sea coast, will be under the necessity of
having an efficient maryland its organization
could not be entrusted to more faithful, aborous,
and honest man than Stephen n. Mallory.
For Secretary of State Mr., Toombs, of Georgia,
has been designated. Everybody knows who Mi.
Toombs is. Ardently attached TO the Southern
cause, and gentleman OF vigorous and active in
tellect the rights and honor of the Southern Con.
federaey, involved in our relations with foreign
Governments, will suffer no etriment at the hands
Of the bold and impulsive Georgian. Mr.. Mem
minger OF South Carolina, from whose eloquent
address, before the Virginia Legislature, we made
copious extracts in yesterdays paper, is assigned
to the bureau of the Treasury. Mr.. Memminger
did not figure much on the national arena, when
the old Union existed, but in South Carolina, where
he is best known, he enjoys the confidence and
respect of the people to an extent surpassed by
none other OF the eminent citizens of that gallant
State. A self-made man, who has risen to high
station, influence and wealth, by industry and
honesty, he is just the sort Of statesman we need
to guard the Treasury Of the new Republic. That
Treasury very soon, unlike the bankrupt iisc of the
old Unon, will be in plethoric and full condition.
| MIR. Memminger may be said, emphatically, to be
| the right man in the right place.
OHM. Walker of Alabama, who has been called
| to the responsible post Of Secretary Of War, we
may say with confidence that President Davis
| himself a soldier, and at one time Secretary of
| War in the old Government, would not have Sc
lected him il he did not know him to be the proper
| man for the position With Jefferson Davis at the
head of the Government, we may feel secure that
everything pertaining to military affairs will
be properly and vigorously conducted. Mr.. Elicit
of Mississippi, charged with the organization and
administration Of our Postal Affairs, is il gentle.
man Of great and deserved popularity in his State,
of qaiek intelligence and untiring industry. Il will
require but short time for him to arrange our
postal system, and make it more efficient than at
present. Finally, the selection of ex-senator Ben
jamn Of this State to be the law officer Of the new
Government is one which gives the greatest salts
faction, not only here but everywhere throughout
the Confederate States. Mr.. Benjamin, indeed, is
gentleman who would grace any station in the
Administration from the highest to the lowest.
Not merely lawyer, profoundly versed in his pro-
fession, but statesman capable of grasping any
subject that may come before the Cabinet, lis
services viii be invaluable TO the Administration
and the Confederacy.
These are the men by whom President Davis will
be surrounded in the discharge of the important
and responsible duty Of fitting out and manning
the new and gallant ship Of State, which represents
the Southern Confederacy That they are all com
petent to perform the task that they will address
themselves earnestly and vigorously to the work
before them, that they are all true and trusty
Southern men, we have every reason to believe.
Under such auspices the Confederate States of
America commence career which we believe will
be, in every respect, bright and prosperous and
glorious one.