The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-01-21
THEGUARDTAN
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1869.
EDITOR
J. RICH,
Change in the Cabinet.

has been greatly surprised by the resig-
nation of Mr.. CAMERON, Secretary of
War, and the appointment of Hon. Ed
WIN NJ STANTON to that position. The
change was entirely unexpected and, it
is said, was not known in the Senate
Chamber until the appointment of Mr.
STANTON was sent there. The Senators
could not understand what it meant, and
in despite of custom, refused to consider
the appointment Immediately, but laid it
over for couple Of days. All sorts Of
rumors as to the cause Of the change,
were rife. Some declared that the Sec
rotary was removed because Of the frauds
perpetrated in his department. Others
that his anti-slavery sentiments were the
cause. Others that he disagreed entire
ly with the President and Gen. McCLEL-
Lam as to the conduct of the War, and
resigned because of the conflict of opin.
ion. Others gave as their opinion that
the Committee of the Kentucky legisla-
ture, which recently went to Washing,
ton, and which was known TO be hostile
to Mr.. CAMERoN's policy relative to the
slaves, had had much to do with it.
Whether any, or all, of these matters,
had an influence in causing the resigna.
ION does not yet seem to be determined.
That the President and Gen. CAMERON
parted amicably is apparent from the
nomination Of the latter to the Russian
Mission, Mr.. CLAY, the present Minister
at that Court having repeatedly solicited
a recall that he might take an active part
in the struggle going on. That some ir-
regularilies, that many populations, have
been committed in the War departments
undeniable. But dis is, perhaps, not to
be wondered at, in view of the fact that
Gen. CAMERON was not selected to carry
such burden as has been thrown upon
him by the rebellion, and because of the
impossibility of his supervising the de-
tails of every transaction in the raising
of such vast army, done as it has been
in the most hurried manner. Gen. CAM
ERoN declares that he had nothing what
ever to do with contracts, he leaving this
where it belonged, to the heads of each
bureau of his department. But that a
lot of stock -jobbers and jackals. who
have long chung to his political fortunes,
have been fattening at the Treasury, there
can be no doubt, and the Secretary has
reaped the odium of the connection. But
Notwithstanding this, the people are free
to confess that he has conducted his de-
parlment with good degree of ability
His views and policy as TO the conduct
of the war, met the general appreciation,
and bad they been adopted, the people
believe the rebellion would have been
much nearer its end They believe, as
Gen. CAMERON argued, that a policy
/
which would draw to us the services of
four millions of loyal people at the South,
was eminently wosthy of adoption. That
it immensely weakened the resources of
our opponents, and made victory for us
the more certain, the more rapid, and the
more bloodless. LIZ the cause Of Gen.
CAMERoN's resignation is because he was
in conflict, in these views, with the Pres,
ident aud Gen. MCCLELLAN, then will
the country consider the resignation--oI
at least its necessitv-a grave msfor-
tune.
AS respects Mr.. CAMERoN's successor,
there seems to be but one opininn, that
he is both very honest and very able
man. He was formerly from Piusburg,
Pa, but has some time been a resident
of the District Of Columbia. He has
been a moderate Democrat, and in the
reorganization of Mr. BUcnANAN's Cabi-
net took the Attorney Generalship and,
/ it is said to him more than any other
man, is due the credit Of saving what
there was saved of the country under
that imbccile President. He is repre-.
scented as being COW simply a whole soul
ed Union man, determined to crush out
the rebellion by the most energetic ex-
erlions, and to strike il where il is most
vulnerable. He is said to be on intimate
and confidential terms with Senator SUM
NER, and Secretary CHASE, AMI 10 COM