The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-12
FRIDAY, MARCH IL, 1869.
nha Cnhinet Reconstructetl.

In regard to his Cabinet, quietly remarked
that there need be no uneasiness on that score,
for If he should happen to make a mistake
II would be very easy matter TO reouiy It,
and that he would remove his own appointees
as readily as those of his predecessor, II the
public interests required such action.
Few persons could have then supposed that
this remark wonld be illustrated by the i'm
portant reorganization which has occurred in
the very first week Of the new administration.
While few office-holders die and none resign
this remark often applies with peculiar force
to Cabinet ministers. Witness the wonderful
enacity with which Seward clung to the Office
# Secretary of State under all the exciting
changes of Lincolns administration as we'll as
he varying moods of Andrew Johnson, from
.Avage hostility to traitors to loving sympathy
N the very worst of the Rebels Witness,
.o the adhesiveness with which Welles fas-
ned, as close as barnacle, to the Navy d.
pertinent for eight long years
The peculiar method by which the Govern
,nent has been administered by some Presi-
tents fully explains why politicians attach
,uoh importance to the selection of Cabinet
The executive functions have occasionally
b. sn placed so completely in the control Of
ths heads of departments, that in affairs of
nlplomaoy, finance, war, or of internal polity,
!.le more remained for the occupan. of the
- aite House than to play the part of an
nniable automaton, while seven powerful
ministers pulled the moving wires.
- there is no danger that Grant will sink
IT,. this slough, it ia matter of comparatively
l;'n Importance who is in the Cabinet, but the
ntIy has good cause for rejoicing in the
: ,,ctions he has made. In detail they chal-
le: 20 criticism, and as q whole the new ad-
Gai-istration will command unqualified ap-
-roval.
Despite Mr.. Washburne's usefulness in Con-
sress, and his irresistible claims to the conf
dsnoe of the country and the gratitude of the
President, his appointment as Secretary of
State was surprise to himself as well as the
nation. No man had a better right to seiec!
his own field of political labor, and his resig-
nation as Secretary of State and appointment.
"a Minister to France have been followed by the
choice of very worthy and distinguished
successor. Hamilton Fish is one of the best OF
men. His experience as congressman, Gov
ernor, and United States Senator, combined
with his training and ability as a lawyer, aud
the varied requirements gained by careful in
telleotual culture and foreign travel, admi-
rsbly qualify him for his important position.
He cannot fail to command admiration a.
home and respect abroad.
tarn =
tion OF the Treasury imbroglio than the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Boutwell, as Secretary OF the
Treasury. The fidelity and ability he has dis
played in important State and national Off ,es,
including his important services as Commi5-
sioner OF Internal Revenue, give sure guar
antee of his successful management OF the
national finances. Pennsylvanians will be
especially gratifed with the fact that Mr..
Boutwell, is firm advocate OF a protective sys-
tenn. In speech which he delivered at a
Massachusetts State Convention, last fall, he
strongly advocated gradual contraction until
paper money "approximates in value to the
standard of coin, and he predicted that the
credit of the country would be so completely
restored by the election of Grant that the
nation could tissue bonds payable after ten
or twenty years, bearing low rate of inte-
rest, and thus save annually the sum o.
twenty or thirty millions Of dollars" Time
will show to what extent these uLterances as
a stump-speaker foreshadow his policy as a
statesman and his sagacity in divining future
events.
There is great propriety in the appointment
of General Rawlins as Secretary of War H.
was a personal friend and neghbor of GRAM
before the war, and during all its trials ani
the exciting events which have followed it, h'
was Grants favOrite aid and counsellor. Th
country will admire and applaud the disposi
tion which clutches with hooks of steel com
panion tested in SO many varied scenes, espe
oially when, as in this instance, the recipien
of the confidence OF the President is admirably
qualified for the duties of his new position.
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BNoKLEY commen ced to froth at the mouth
as soon az Andrew Johnson left Washington
and when the paroxysm left him he found
himself under heavy bail for making COW
ardly attack upon Mr.. Harland, the Deputy
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue. It's I
pity that Binckley was not chOked to death by
the wheoping cough, unless he has not ye
reached that stage in his infantile caree
when this complaint might be expected tt
PROSTATE him.
ANnREw Johnson Is overwhelmed with JOY