Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-09
The President.

The President probably did not expect
that he was to avoid trouble by going into
the White House, and he is not disap-
pointed. The range of duties and the of
fetal methods are different from those to
which he has been most accustomed but
he has the sagacity which swiftly adapts
itself to changed circumstances, and GER
tain GOODNESS which enables him Justly to
weigh reasons. Amidst the tempest of
rpmors and speculations from Washing
ton, the wise man will fix his eve steadily
upon what has been actually said and
done by the President, if he would prop
erly estimate the promise of his admins
tration. 1t is well for everybody to re-
member that for every Office in the coun-
try there are probably dozen or more
applicants. Consequently the number of
the dissatisfied will be enormous, and when a
Republican shakes his head doubtfully over
the new administration, it will be always
an interesting inquiry whether he wished
for anything or had recommended any
body, and whether his wishes and recon-
mendation were successful. If, on the
other hand, Mr.. Toots, who thought moth
ing 80 democratic and delightful as slave
holding despotism, suspects General Grant
of monarchical tendencies-why, Mr..
Toots will be Mr.. Toots rger.s,
=. The Presidents first word was his in
augural. 1t was brief, pointed, decisive,
and admirable He said that the national
honor must be maintained by fulfilling the
spirit of the law, and that freedom of
opinion must be everywhere protected
1t was an umistakable sound, the voice of
an honest conviction, and righteous pur-
pose. Until Abraham Lincoln spoke upon
similar occasion, this country for many
year had not heard at an inauguration
anything becoming an American and a
man. Since we have happily emerged
rom tnat balefui epoch let any man re-
fleet upon the kind of person that was
made President in the latter DAYS of Dem.
ocratic ascendency, and he will compre-
hend the immense progress marked by the
mere presence of such man as Grant in
the White House. ~
The Presidents first act was his choice
OF Cabinet. Undoubtedly it was dis
appointment, as any Cabinet must have
been, and the greater disappointment be-
cause the previous silence of the President
had excited expectations that no result
could satisfy. Mr.. Lincoln's plan of call
ing into his Cabinet all his rivals in the
nominating Convention was as severely
crliclsed as that of General Grant in
summoning those whom he believed fitted
ior the duties of their offices. Mr.. Blu
snanans . Cabinet was purely political,
signaliy destitute of ability, and a mere
conspiracy. Its single conspicuous mem.
Der was General Cass, whose recommand.
a,ion was that he was Thoroughly disci.
pinned Democrat, who had held off1ca
lmmemorlally, and had been a Candidate
for the Presidency. There are obv;ons
reasons why the selection of Cabinet will
always be disappointment. va
The Presidents first signature to bill
was given to that which embodies the de.
claration of his inaugural that the nnhIic
faith must be maintained both in spirit
and to the letter. 1t is proclamation to
the world that no kind of mean subter.
fuge or evasion will be countenanced by
the people of the United States, and is a
formal confirmation of the fact that thew
utterly condemn the dishonest pubIl,
policy presented in the last Democratic
platform.