The national Republican., 1869-03-06
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70 whom President Grant will appoint ns
Cabinet ministers, and II lsa remarkable
fact that oil surmisos and oonJccturos, all
slates made upby the knowing ones, have been
smashed and set at naught, and everybody
has bcen taken Hbaok. II is now said that
General Grant has had his way and has
acted independently In his selection, and
with a single eye TO what 10 ooncolves to be
for tho public good.
Rings and oliquos and plaoe.men and
would-bO-managors arc now oil anoat, and
somo Of those about the hotels last evening
swore quito rs nuently as sour army In
Flanders"
The patriotic men, the well-wlshers Of the
country, and all those who want hrst OF all
an honest and capable Administration are
satisfied that 10 Is all right.
The Secretary of State, Hon. E. B. Wash
burne, is vol known to tho country, having
served long and faithfully in Congress. As
o capable, honest, sincere and faithful pub
lio servant, he stands unimpeached. He Is
familiar with all the details Of public busi-
ness, a thorough Republican, entirely Ameri-
can In his ideas, feelings and principles, and
Is Just the man to conduct our diplomacy
with foreign countries, and to impress oil
governments with those correct notions
which the President so polntcdly stated In
his inaugural, that nations, like individuals,
must be held accountable to laws. Mr..
Wasbburne will, without any ycircumlocution,
tell Great Britain that our claims on account
Of the deprodations Of the Alabama must be
paid. We predict that this gentleman will
mako one of the best Secretaries Of State we
ever hid, and that his appointment will
give entire satisfaction to the people Of the
country, excepting, per haps, some few poll.
ticlans, and such as have schemes Of their
own to be subscrved by che appointment of
some other man.
Soon after tho election of General Grant 1t
was said that A. T. Stewart would be ap-
pointed Secretary of the Treasury, but lat
terly the notion that he would be the man
has been pretty much abandoned. 1t was
with considerable surprise, therefore, that his
name was received as the appointee to this
responsible trust.
Everybody knows 4. 7. Stewart as the
merchant prince of New York. His name
is the synonym for honor and fair dealing in
all business and commercial circles. The
manner In which he has conducted his own
private business for so many years, and the
unexampled success which has crowned all
his plans and efforts, show him to be a man
OF business OF no mean capacity. or one
thing the country may be sure, and that Is;
all cliqucs and rings, and all thieves, will be
sure to find no fnvor at his hands. We may
expect to sec this Department Of the Govern
ment conducted upon economical principles.
The New Secretary Of the Navy, Adolph
Il. Boric, Is not so generally known to the
country. He resides in Philadelphia, is
In the banking business, has great wealth,
Is sound and able business man, a thorough
%-nublicau and president of the Union
ieasue' Those who know Mr. Borie speak
in the highest ,,,ns of his cnpacitv. intec.
rity and uprightness as :. map.
Hon. J. 4. J. Creswell, tn. postm,sta,
General, Is wcu huu"u
having served In both Houses of Congress
He Is an able man, was the intimate frient
and associate Of thc late Henry Wintel
Davis and steadfast adherent Of the prlnci
pies oi that departed statesman. The ap'
pointment is good one.
Judge E. lockwood Hoar, of Massachu-
sctts, is one of the soundest and best lawyers
in the country. lie is now on the bench OF
the Supreme Court Of that State, was an
carly anti-slaycry man, and one Of the found.
crs Of the Prec Soil party. Mr.. Hoar Is a
son Of Hon. Samuel Hoar, who was com.
pclled to fec from South Carolina, whittier
lie went to test the coustitutionality of the
statute of that State, by which colored meu
were taken from Northern vessels and i'm.
prisoned till the vessels sailed. Mr.. Hoar
will make an able Attorney General.
Ex-Governor Cox, of Ohio, Is the new
Secretary of the Interior. He Is a very pop
ular man at home. Has been both Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, and also served In
the army. He will iii the office to which he
has been appointed honestly and well.
General sChoaeld remains Secretary Of
War.
These gentlemen will soon be at theil
posts, whenthe new Administration will tax,
its departure on the high road Of success.