The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-17
Cabinet Speculation. by Don Plat.

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I'D. p" writes on the 9th to the Cincinnati
| Commercial as follows:
From bis remarkable condition of reticeuce.
Gen. Grant sc ems to have passed to that of man
| VINO has his own views, and we know human ma
| iure well enough to be awBre OF the fact that a
man having views is very apt TO express them
| Within the last four DAYS have met three promi.
| nent gentlemen who have had talks with Gen.
| Grant, ard each one, without even giving me the
topics OF bis DISCOURSE say that be spoke freely
| and at length. The president elect has certain
| WORK on hand that he cannot accomplish without
consultation. and, being sensible man, he pro-
poses to take the necessary steps to accomplish
his work. Keeping this fact in view, and looking
back over his career so to get clue to his ad.
viseIs, and hearing calmly the current of talk and
comparing notes, j have satisfied myself that
can name four out of seven of the cabinet that be
Will announce after the 4th of March next. Now
90 not pretend 10 have gained particle OF in
formation from the great Mogul himself. | only
give you the general belief OF the shrewder set,
sifted through by my own opinion, aud at the
present writing the cabinet stands as folio VS.
stanton as secretary of state, Wells secretary of
the treasury, WsshbuIne secretary of the interior.
schoteld secretary of war, Schenck secretary of
the navy, Greeley postmaster general, Edwards
Pierrepont attorney general
Now Of his, Stanton may decline on account of
Ill health. In that case the position will be offer.
ed 10 Adams. Should Edmunds' bill pass. the
war department will, in all human probability.
schenck, or any man from Ohio goes into the
Cabinet, depends very much on Ohio, and as our
state has never been known to unite on any one
for prominent position, the probability is that
The State will not be represented in the Cabinet.
There is much sympathy felt and expressed for
the old wheel-hOrse Of the organ ization. Ben.
Wade. But then be has q remarkably bad per.
soDsl association, and worse business habits
Dennison's friends are very busy pointing out
these facts, especially the last named-as thew
hnain
But MIR. Dennson's friends have very little infu.
enoe. II the president elect were to break
through the line of politicians and consult the
popular will OF Ohio, he will take Schenck; if he
place 10 Wade.
All this is nothing TO the fight that is brewing
and shortly to come off over the secretary of the
treasury. Since Mr.. Wells's able and admirable
report the manufacturing monopolists have de-
te1mined to attack him along the outer line.
Greeley is TO lead of, and Congress- as at present
is relied upon not only to condemn his
report. but TO abolish his office. | believe this
VIII strengthen Mr.. Wells. He is too able, and
too well the business and aboring in.
terests of the country, to be thus suddenly dis
posed of. And find that, in addition to the two |
great parties OF business men on one side and |
nonopolists on the other, we are developing an |
1ther line that divides the protectionists of the
henry Clay school from the prohibitionists of the
pennsylvania aud New England faction; and if a
little time is granted / doubt whether even CON
yress can be relied on to decspitate Wells.
II Wells is slaughtered the doom of the Republi-
IAN party is sealed. His is the only statesman
ike head that appears among our socalled fnan-
,iers. bis great reach of intellect and vast
lttainments are so well known, and have won
uch confidence among the people, that his name
8 now tower of strength. If we set him aside
We fell into the hands Of selfish, greedy knaves
nd intermeddliDg FOOLS and deepen the distrust
nd disgust the people are beginning to feel for
n organization that Is without financial policy
o this hour of confusion and distress, and seems
o be without honesty in its pretended talk of
elief.