Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-26

Tea 'rant's case is by no reeqas Tie
o. Inc ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of ? e,p.,.- .''' one
the inauguration Of the President r. a--e'
'eeh such before. The Generals v,r IT. nave
customary usage consists n LIS 90, ''' Al ''-
Sreai deal Of formal oonssl,; arg '--
eA'inei'Wiiil lhs Va1ioas iuduey n.y. over n'
sash'Pg'on nd elsewhere, tai el leIeh Id
'PD' ''eat To lie 90 Sho CO a- as '5 Gra 'n,
attending tho tcle reoalln e me lAli'
and me- seiec dor ofAir Lncol ns cabinet
Atiouinr, sou e not generally understood
fore, has ,.eud = appeared in one Of the New
York pap RS, att .ibuted to the pen o. Ex-secre-
,ary St .nton. There were it seems, while Mr.
Lincoln was understood to be in the process Of
beading upon hi. cabinet, two perm anent eau
,.,.e- Of =. leaders So upon the subject N wash
inrou. They had their spies, their runners
their agents. The Conservative cauc'1s, ofwnieh
Mr. Thurlow Weed was the presiding genius
prrei Mr. Gilmer and llr. Etheridge, and other
Rorler State men Of that kind upon the Presi-
dem, The Radical caucus insisted upon another
hind Mr.. Seward thought it wls perilous to
ip,luie Mr.. Chase in tine cabinet, and Nlr. Weea
made desperate effort against him Embassies
f,,n, both sides waited upon Mr.. Lincoln at VII
l.ri,s and then at the White House after the in
,nruratiop and the last made its appearance
before breakfas; upon the morning OF the DAY
that the President sent in the names Of his ad-
gisers to the Senate.
When the cabinet was announced II appeared
ulz. AIr. Lincoln had formed it on the plan OF
calling into it all his competitors for the Repub-
lean uaminationIqt Chicago. He probably early
decided on ihis course, AMI his cabinet was thus
his own selection But who does not see that he
would have saved good deal Of time and trouble
both to himself and to the - leaders, If he had
informed them at the outset thai he should make
m own selections and should keen them to himself
till the public announcement Of them! That
would rot have been like Mr.. Lincoln. His way
was to hear all men, and to make no disagree
able announcements till absolutely necessary. But
II is Ike Gen Grant and With Mr.. Lincoln :
e1pe-'en before him, why should We wonder
that he sees fit to save himself the pFessufe and
aunoynuee. which different course would in
vite?
OF course it is very important matter, this
Of the selection of the new cabinet. The first
act Of a new President, it is the one which per
haps test most severely his eapacity for hi:
place in the all but all-importani feature of abl-
~ to Judge Of men. 1t cannot but be Also IL
the present case, very significant announcement
of the policy of the new administration. The
uneasiness felt on the subject among many pa
triotic citizens Is therefore very natural. and il
there was reason TO suppose that Gen. Grant had
made his seectons-for presume II is true
that they are already made-without careful
study and intelligent appreciation Of the respon-
sibilities Of his position, there would be caus,
enough for grave Apprehension The nation al
large, however, feels no apprehension because il
believes that Grant can be trusted in tins nat.
ter. All intelligent citizens realize Of cours,
that the selection of the cabinet cannot pleas,
everybody They do expect that the new al
ministration will combine honesty, capacity ant
sympathy with the Republican masses on tn
great issues Of the war and Reconstruction W
think they are expecting cabinet which will b
more of unit than Mr.. Lincoln's and Nj
Johnson's have been, and that il will have
master spirit in the man at its head
A very few days will now end the suspense 0
the subject, and till then we all may as We
possess our souls in patience