The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-15
The Change in the Cabinet.

Although there are conflicting opinions re-
specting the cause of the recent change in the
Cabinet, as will be seen by extracts which We
publish elsewhere, the genera judgment charges
The change to the radical-so it is said-yiew
Of Secretary Cameron, and the " nseryative y
views OF President Lincoln. Certainly those
.,ho claim that jobbing and corruption in the
War Department were the cause of thisrupture,
are not giving the Administration much credit
for removing u Cabinet officer for population.
aud at the same time commissioning him as
Minister to represent our Government at one of
tie msos powerful courts Of Europe. The Gov
eminent would have done no such thing, and had
Cameron been dismissed for any other reason
cban because he had IA mind Of his own respect
ing tie conduct Of the war and the treatment of
rebels, he would not have Leen sent Abroad
Presiden; Lincoln need not take pains to = let
down easy any officer OF the Government who
3 corruptly spending the peoples money, and
he would no, do 1t. But when it comes to dis
missing an efficient officer because he regards
Slavery no better than it ought to be, and be-
cause he does not see lit to do every thing that a
military chieltain may command, more especial
ly when in both Of these respects he has the
people fully with him, it may be policy 10 d.
vert the public attention by the gilt OF a for
eign mission.
Blu. this removal Of Cameron - and it is said
chat it is to be followed by other changes in the
Cabinet-is especially significant Of the deter.
nination Of the President to stand by slavery
against all the assaults of those who believe the
most edtctual way Of putting down rebellion,
is TO strike a fatal blow at the cause of the
Southern treason that is now deiying the whole
power of the Go7ernment The administration
seems to be drifting toward the border State
doctrine, that slavery must be protected whether
the rebellion be put down or not. Secretary
Seward, from being the most irrepressible" of
al the enemies OF the domineering power Of
slavery in the United States, has come to be as
gentle as a ucklny doye, where the demands of
ste peculiar instltuton are in question. His fine
pefr,as and noble arguments against the cruel
% and inASaian system OF slavery, have all given
place to The roSe-coored visions Of the political
yEopaet. President Lincoln has succumbed to
the pressure either from Ssws I'd, from Ken
lucky, or from some ether source, and has
1Fqnned hi5dFa'telable-r CHS ,.yls Of discourse:
,-1oi hfE indalges himself only in an occasional
clsqais.tion upon the superiority Of free to slave
Labor az an offset to Sou ,hern rant about " Nor
them mudsIls.' His and Stewards love of
freedom is removed from the sphsse of the prac-
tcal into that Of tie ideal and philosophical
Just at tho moment when slavery by its own
5li.dness and madness has afforded the opportu-
NIFTY to fairly deal 1t death blow. Can 1t be
shat they are willing to be responsible for old
ing back the nation from putting it's foot upon
the nonstrous serpent that has poisoned all the
sweet waters of our contentment and prosperity =?