The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-17

likely to make the practical inter-
ests Of tho country their first
care, we see ground for believing
that the Cabinet will by it's prac.
tical working, vindicate the wis.
dom Of it's selection. -,
[From the New. York World (Dem-
ocrat) cf Saturday.
This is President Grants do
ings, and it is marvellous in our
eyes ........i
In our comments, yesterday on
the Inaugural Address, we had oc-
casion to remark thatit contained
nothing which was not borrowed
from the Republican newspapers.
We cheerfully admit that the
same charge cannot bo made
against the selection of tho Cabi-
net. Nobody will doubt that Gen.
Grants whimsical protence Of
composing his Cabinet without
anybody's advice, was quito sin
core. Ho has not only dcviated
from the beaten path, but devia-
ted into absolute oddity having
made such a Cabinet rs no politi-
clan would have advised, such n
Cabinet as no newspaper could
have conjcctured, a Cabinet which
fills his political opponents with
wonder, and his political friends
with suppressed dismay.
Take it oil in all, the new Cab
met is "fearfully and wonderfully
made" The only hypothesis by
which we can explain it's forma-
tion is, that Genoral Grant means
to be tho candidate of the Repub-
lican party for q second term, and
will tolerate in his Cabinet no
statesman from whom he would
have anything to fear as q rival.
{ From the Ne,o York Herald (Inde.
pendent) Of Saturday.
The Cabinet of President Grant,
promptly confirmed, will puzzle
tho politicians. He has chosen
his men for business and as his
snbordinates, and with not the
rcmotcst idea that they arc to be
his masters or his co-cquals in tho
administration. He has utterly
ignored the Cabinet theory Of Nc
Clure, and has selected hia mon
as his friends, his assistants and
his secretaries, and cach mainly in
reference to the special duties of
his department. r.,
But The moral Of this Cabinet is
that it is resident Grants Cabinet,
and that he intonds to be the
master Of his administrations"
[ From the New York Times, of
Sundayl
There is q keynote on which tho
harmony of President Grants
new Cabinet depends which does
not seem to havo been fully ap-
prcciatcd: that is, tho absolute
independence Of every member of
it upon any merely party tics. AS
no one of them is q representa-
tive of q class or clique to whom
ho owes his place, they are all
untrammelled. Their first "loy-
atty" is duo tho country, their
second very properly, tho Presi-
don't whose political family they
now are. He is responsible to
the people, and his Ministers to
him; and we have his word that
if his first choice should prove in
any case unfortunate, he will not
hesitate to make u second or even
a third trial, with the advice and
consent Of tho Senate. Grants
judgment Of men and selection Of
the right man for the right place,
has always been his strong point.
It would be strange if no should
fail at this day. We can afford
to wait and soc. S., -.....
From the Ne'v York Journal of
Commerce. .d
The public curiosity in regard
to tho Cabinet is at last satisfied.
Tho President has fully indicated
his prediction that the nomipa.
tions would take tho country by
surprise. Never before since tho
formation Of tho Government has
SO large a proportion Of those ap-
pointments boon composed Of
those not previously named for tho
office. .... ,.n...a ..~
AS a whole, the Cabinet will dis,
appoint the politicians. Tho nom
ineos for the State and Interior
Departments are tho only promi-
nent party mon on tho list This
is but two out Of seven, q small'}
proportion to satisfy tho horde Of
hungry expectants who ore wait.
ing for party favors. The masses
of thepooplo, irrespective of party,
will regard tho list with more fa.
vor. New York has every reason
to bo proud Of her position in. tho |
Cabinet, Financial questions will |
be the most important that .ean
come before tho country, and the |
Secretary, we believe, will prove |
equal to the emergency"
{ From the Nev York EoeAing Post
(Repu6lican) Of Satutday.T
Tho professional politicians are
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