Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-26

personally to invoke. For the time /
said to myself:
aMy zane Is fost;
b. freas0n's tooth bare crown and ranker. BIT
Yet an neb p ths aaEeFsAry
M 70 o."
CApp suse That time has passed
away. The present and the last Admin
istrations ara inseperably allied Their
work Is Bo9 either eonplstsiy dors. or
it, end IS near at hand. The heads Ct
the departments, IN these allied Admin
istgsiiOns, are non sepsrabls witbeat in
Jury to TIE uationas safety and welfare
Each Is entitled 20 hisproper merit, and
each must be contentto be IT bis distinct
responsibility. We have had three Sec
retaries of the Treasury ] believe that
the fiscal aysfezn under which lie nation
has bsen cendate9 through greater diff
culties than any other country ever en-
coEntered, was not only wisely projected
and officially Organized BIZ yMr. Chase,
but vas tee oplY one which, an3er the
then existing circumstances, could have
been successful. Applause ] There
has been since, no departure from that
plan, nor any relaxation ia pursuing 1t,
By either bis Immediate successor, Mr..
Fessenden, or By Mr. McCulloch, the
present incumbent Renewed APP
piause IHtricate financial queslions
must continue 10 present themselves
from time 70 time, until wa shall have
turned rhs outgoing tide Of debt, and be-
gun 20 experiences the incoming how Of
surplus rsyanna- For myself, can
safely leave Them to the Secretary Of the
Treasury. IApPlaase
We have had two Secretaries Of War.
Mr. Cameron and Mr. SlaAfon. The pc
riCd OF the frat was short; that of The
last has beea long. OF Mr.. Cameron, I
bear witness that he was, in all things.
honest, earnest, jealous and patriotic.
Of Mr. Stanton, ! am to speak IN even
more exalted praise. Apy.-A4ss Az
acquaintance With him began amid the
hours Of deep and overwhelming solici,
tude which filed what may Justly Dc
called an interregnum which occurred
between the election Of Abraham Lincoln
TO the Presidency, ia Nosember, 1860,
and his inauguration, AMID the dangers
Of revelation, siege and assassination, IN
March, 1861, aud while EdEin H. Stan-
ton was an active member Of the waning
Administration Of James Bachanan
From that time, through al the period
which elapsed until April, 1855 shen
the siege Of the capital waa raised, aud
the fearful tragedy Of the country vas
closed with the assassination OF the
Chief MaRistFase who had saved il. I
kourly saw and closely observed, ~
night and b. day, the Secretary OF War.
/ saw him organize and conduct war
Of pure Repression, greater than any war
which makind before experienced Ia
al that time, | saw no great or serious
error committed 1 saw, as You have al
seen, the greatest military results achiev-
ed--resalts which lhs whole world re-
garded az impossible. There is not one
Of those results that is not more or lsas
due TO the festile invention, sagacioua
preparation, and ind0mitahie peraever-
anee and euergg Of the Secretary 81
War [Applanse, I have never
kno@a him 70 express or even
betray q thought ia regard 70 our
country which WAS not divine What re-
mains TO b doue, BY exhibiting military
force, va bringing the insnrreetionary
States out from anarchy into q c0ndi-
tIon Of internal peace and co operation
with the Government, may be safely
trusted 10 him. / am equally satisfa ~
with the naval adminisifNuou Of Nj
Wslles, and ysl / am boand toaaeknowl-
edge that during the whole period OF hia
service the navy haa prAehcally enjoyed
tho administration Of two sagRcioas and
effective chiefs, The Secretary Of the
Navy will himself, mn sure, spprove
aud shank me for this tribute to bis as
sistanl, Captain Fox The department
has achieved glory enough 10 divide be-
lweea them. iapprsaand naitheF noz,
nor in any near future, any danger Of
maratims collision or conflict; but /
think the maintenance OF uaysi prspaz
ration equsily Advantageous both a.
home and abroad, with regard 10 cues.
lions which, without the precaution,
might possibly arlse. am content 70
leavethe responsibility Of this case with
Mr Welles- Applause
Z We have had three Scqretaries ofgtke
InteFiorr or Home Dsspartnreht--Mr
Smith, Sir. Usher, and Mr. Harlan
Amid the tumults 81 war aud the terror
inspired By foreign conspiracies, the op.
creations Of The Home Department have
All the time been carried on without ar.
resting attention or even obtaining OBJ.
servatiou Il might Be Sufficient praise
to say Of It's chiefs, that now, when the
time for scrutiny has come. those unob-
served operations are found TO have been
faGltlesa. But this is not all A thoaa.
and, five thousand years hence, men win
inquire when and hy whom was projected
and instituted the steam overland con.
nection, which. during al the inter
veniug period, will be seen to have In.
dissolubly boand che distant coasts OF
the Pacific to tie shores Of the Atlantic
Ocean The answer viii be, IL was prof,
acted and instituted BY the Secretaries 0
the Interior, during the administration
Of Abraham Lincoln. Applause We
have bad two Postmaster Generals No
more prudent OF efficient one than Mont.
gomery Blair has ever presided ia that
lApplAuse.
In his successor, Mr. Dennison, we
fad practical statesman, who, under
the improved circumstances Of our ma
tioRal condition, Is giving us special and
peculiar cause Cor satisfaction. He IA
promptly restoring che transportation Of
mails throughout the late theRter Of war,
and ia that way performing an eminent
part in the reconciliation Of the Ameri-
can people, Wachful Of the interests
Of external as yell as Of internal CON-
meree, be has brought into action new
and direct postal Inc With Brazil, and
thus has Introduced as to more intimate
with the States of South
America. A year hence we shall see
him extending commercial, political and /
friendly connection to the islands Of the /
Pacific aud the great continents that lie |
5eyond il Renewed Applause / wish !
you could ell understand Mr. Speed, the 1
Attorney General, as / do I DO not 1
know whether he is 10 be admired for /
varied and accurate learning, or what 1
seems to be sn intuitive faculty of moral 1
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