The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-05-09
SecretaryTStaht0ii.o
lFram the New York Fimes a9th.1

There is. one -member ofqther Cabinet
about whom public opinion has been 50
surely, though gradually, changing, as
lin regard 10 the Secr;etary1SoY War:
The faults which appear ninsthe begin
! ing OF his admnistraienrv-ais impul-
siven 1ss in pub j.; action, and his some
times harsh treatment of Individuals
are being forgotten in the splefdor of
his successes and the integrity of his
administration. If Mr. Stanton is i'm
pulsivc now, it is always on the side of
liberty against oppression, Or 1t is
against some, gigantic crime, or in his
eeagerness to throw his ownJtremehdous
free OF { b, ,racter and mind into military
movements which seem to him sluggish
or hesitating. His acts ofsesontion-
airy energy orrarbitrary power are not
6SaapftB sat ntf ;rPeite ;tffr .GnMfsniiIFiht OF
IimoFe CONSPICUOUS criminals III peculiar
crisses oflaffmfsao His prompt f6moyal
of Gee. Bntlery apdb his Immediate ies
newd of the. .attact on Wilmington
were grand and successful instances of
his Revolutionary CLERGY" The re.
centsprompt,i but'most trehchaht state
pent Of the greupdsoef disapprssal Of
Gen, Sherman, S negotiations, ;sboW vi,
Stahton's Intellectual, force and his deep
earn esthessiB tue iiati6hafc cause IN tn,
bestlight. We believe the whole etoun-
try felt certain sense sSensee aoptf aoptf regsficad Sc
c6rity, when that manifeStpi appeared,,
aeFhe ehotigIh of two et1ch Vigorous
hands sat tfe bhrlnJ rs Mr.. 1 Sta,fton's
and Mr.. JehpsenJot 1Oi I9m1Gl edt
But the highest glory of the 1Secre-
tary Of War, on the page of history,
wifhbe hisrcsaafkaGae powers If cf'organ-.
ization and the sftireaintegritsit Of his
administration, ,,ri,i,s noro 7aYo1of
When we reflect that for four years
Mr. Station and his officials Eiye beeM
tediling, iclothingy ysarrising ana takiEz
medical care af some ,sa9, 900 tnen- each
year. Transporting them WITH great
rapidity thousands Of miles ON the sea
and tRalaaa, anH that no instance has
oceoWred ofshortI Tappl.esa ofirfegu-
ar-transportationy ca deficient SIolhing
or arming, or Ton any large ,seale} ofa
medical supplies, everything seeming
to bsijust. where it was needed, we
must admit that somewhere inuourmil:
-itary segyiGs;; there has siJRiaep JRasp Z greshor-
gaiiizing bfaip. -
And iiot stfe bitterest enemy Of Mr..
Stanton can eyor charge hmpSith The
slightest taint of corrlptioB ot,yenality
in his high Office, n Handling hundreds
of millions every Year, he Las never il.-
Fcrured even Ties uspicion of apprcpria-
ting dollar to bimsefh ,Snmoso7q
h, raoo -95-7-T7-- sT5----'-7z Bi1 ,Ent bra
|. bTnEl FIsEoAT SouTnrGfsxND. .-e78he
fire in South, ,Bepd, lnd,o on Tuesday
evening last was very destrdctiyce and
win involve a loss Of upwa ds of $780,
900. The fire broke oat hfthe stable
belonging 10 the ST Joseph HOTEL and
swept the whole square from Washing
ton 10 Market Street, including the st.
Joseph Hotel, Ethe largest and finest
building JIM Northern Indiana, THE Awp,
story frame building of 7, jWhitten,
the Livery Stables of ireland AZ NY
man, the two.story Brick Grocery and
Bakery building of Kaspar Rockstfoth,
the, twoestoryi frame andG1twoistory
brick buildings of W. H.. Draper.s and
the two-story, brick -resid nee Of IL.
Barth, and several barns, twenty one
horses, five cowsi ard, Aye hogs were
consumed in the flames.