The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-25
Gen. GRANTS CabInet.-wasaburne
nnh Horace CFaeIay

Mr.. Dana, of the New York Sun.
seems to be given, just now, TO filling
political offices, national, State, and
municipal. Here is his latest sugges-
ton In the way of Cabinet for Gen.
Grant:
Edwin NJ. Stanton. District of CO.
lumbia, State.
Robert C. Schenck. Ohio, Treasury.
Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, War.
David q. FArraEut, Tennessee, Navy.
Elihu Wasnburne, Illinois, Interior.
Horace Greeley, New York, p. NJ.
General.
James F. Wilson, Iowa, Attorney
General. si
In regard to Mr.. washburne, Dana
makes The following complimentary
remarks:
The political services of the Hon.
Elihu b. Washburne of Illinois, and his
devoted friendship for Gen. Grant. are
fairly entitled to the highest TecoguI-
ton i'll the power OF the President. But
we doubt whether he would consider
The portfolio OF a one horse, monde
script, miscellaneous ministry, like The
Interior Department, to be ire place
best suited To his great talents or his
ambition The appOintment Tor which
Mr.. WashbnTne seems to us 10 be
marked out by nature, by clrcum-
stanc, by his own aspirations, is The
mission 10 FRANCE. He possesses the
accomplishment, so rare among our
lending statesmen, OF speaking the
French language with duency and u
pure accent. His wife, too, is u French
woman, and would be- at home in the
graceful society OF that country. He is
also n man OF extraordinary prompt
ness OF judgment and force OF charac-
ter, emlnently calculated TO play part
worthy the American Republic amid
the stormy scenes and embarrassing
revolutionary complications now loom
Jog upon the French horizon.
In regard to Horace Greeley, Mr..
Dana suggests that his proper place ia
not in Grants Cabinet, butrather at the
Court OF ST, James, as an American
Minister. Says Dana: sH-4..
awhile his presence in the Cabinet
would be. welcomed with pleasure by
millions of the people, 1t is plain that
the place of Postmaster General, with
lis ever hungry swarrns OF Office seekers
and contractors. its tedious drudgery OF
innumerable petty details, Its absorb
ing round of uninteresticg duties, can
not be to his taste, and cannot satisfy
his instructive craving for action upon
wide and noble stage. His proper
q.
Besides, he Is needed there every hour;
and we trust that he may be sent there
with as little delay us possible. Beyond
all other prominent men in the country,
Mr. Greeley is par excellence an Aner-
lean, a Tepublicnn, a democrat. No for
riEn element enters into his compost
ton. No sideas derived from the
customs and the calture OF other lands
mar ihs harmony of his mind He
Is as purely n product OF the UuI-
ted States as was Benjamin Franklin,
--lndeed. more so. He regards every
AuDJec; from an elevated, American
point of view. He is as perfectly Re-
publican, believing in republican SELL
the right of the people TO
control their own affairs, the political
equality OF all men, as was Thomas
Jefferson. He Is u thorough Democrat,
always defending the claim of every hu.
man being to all social privileges and
10. perfect social Justice,
more truly than even William H, Sew
ard in his best days. During his whole
life he has lniled, struggled, done all
and dared all for the elevation Of man
TO his riIhIfulu place In the creation
This the people of all countries know,
and for is, they love Horace Greeley.
Moreover, he is an original character,
on no model but his own; and
his appearance iul the world of conven-
ttonAl observance and ceremonious
forhality will be- as refreshing and
grateful as the air OF spring amid, the
ICY monotony ofwinter. For all these
reasons there Is no other man SO peou-
Iihrly and SO thoroughly qualified to
representthisR Republic In England dur
ing the momenTous period that seems
about 10 commence all over Europe.