The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-03-12
Dec. IS, 1868.
PRESIDENT GRANTS CABINET.


The Augusta Chronicle thus sketches
the new Cabinet. AS most of the gentle
men comprising it are unknown to the
country, we give the article for the in
formation of our readers:
Nir Washburne has been long regarded
as4ho very particularand intimate friend
of G en-. Grant, and the country expected
that he would receive some prominent
place, but no one was prepared to see
him made Secretary of State. AT this
particular juncture, this is the most i'm
portant and responsible place in the Cabi-
net, and, owing to our peculiar relations
with Great Britain, growing out OF the
A7ajama claims, and the threatening as
pect of affairs in Eastern Europe, together
with the revolutionary condition of Spain,
requires a statesman Of great skill in di-
plomacy, with experience and ability ca
pablo of graphing successfully with the
great questions which will press them
selves upon the Government for consid-
Grafton and action. Mr.. Washburne has
been, we believe, more than twenty
years in Congress, and for several ses-
sons has been the "oldest member" yet
he has mover obtained distinction either
as DICTATOR or practical business mem,
Der. He has been regarded by some for
several years as the atch-dog of the
Treasury, and, perhaps, it was this char
actcristic which induced Gen. Grant to
give him the first place in his Cabinet.
The Secretary of the Navy is from
Pennsylvania, and we believe not par
ticularly distinguished even in the poll
tics of his own State. We learn that he
is not considered an ultra Radical, but
is, and has always been strong party
man. What reason induced his selection
we arc at loss to discover.
The Secretary of the Interior is from
Ohio-was at one time Governor OF that
State, and has served in Congress with
out, however, ever having attained any
very high position there. What his Pc
culiar views are upon the great ques-
tons which will have to be met and Crap
pied with by Gen. Grants administration,
we arc unable to say. We presume,
however, that he has been selected be-
cause of his supposed and known hOatlli-
ty to the payment Of the Government
bonds in any currency save gold and sill
yer coin.
Mr.. Stewart, tho great dry goods mer-
chant, of New York, is the Treasurer
lie has never been engaged in politics,
and, so far as we know, has never held
office. He is not a native of this coun-
try, but emigratcd here from the North
of Ireland, many years ago, and is thor
oughly identified in interest and feeling
with his adopted country. He Is said to
be the wealthiest man in the United
States, his income being reputed as high
as half million annually, but he could
hardly have been selected on this account
alone. His opposition to the payment of
the bonds in grecnbacks, and bis success
as a business man and financier, doubt
less, led to his appointment.
The Postmaster General is from Mary
land, and has served one term in the Uni
ted States Senate. lie is very weak
man intellectually, and as politician
has been tickle and uncertain. Early in
1861 he was violent secessionist, and
was one of the shot bloods" of Maryland
who threatened instant destruction to all
the Federal troops which might attempt
to march through that State on their way
to conquer the South. He soon discov-
cred that such position would give him
no lucrative position or place of distinc-
ton, and he changed his views to suit
the times, and afterward was one of the
most bitter and proscriptive of the Mary
land Unionists.
The Attorney General is bitter and
vindictiyc abolitionist Of the old school,
and we believe son Of the notorious
Hoax, who, many years ago, was sent
from Massachusetts to Charleston by the
abolition society to prevent the State OF
South Carolina from enforcing her laws
against the introduction of colored sea-
men in her ports. The son is said TO be
a regular chip of the old block.