The New York herald., 1869-02-01
Tho Cabinet Makers and tho Cebincss
Made for General Grant.

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A remarkable event took place in Washing
ton the other day 1t was sent abroad forth
with on the wings of the lightning to the four
winds Of heaven as q matter of startling i'm
port to all mankind. TWAS not an earthquake,
burying the two houses of Congress in the
ruins of the Capitol; nor a mighty whirlwind,
catching up Andy Johnson from the garden of
the White House and bearing him up into the
skies like the prophet Elijah; nor was 1t .
bill from the Hon. John Morrissey to suppress
rious murder of some belated darky by the
Ku Klux Klan but it was something Of
| greater moment than an earthquake, whirl-
wind, bill from Morrissey, or the midnight
murder of another obnoxious nigger. It was
the voluntary and unexpected visit Of General
Grant to the House of Representatives, and
confidential conversation there in corner be-
| tween him and the Hon. James F. Wilson, of
Iowa. Why this visit? Unquestionably il
was on some important matter of business.
Why this private conference with Mr.. Wilson, Of
Iowa? What else could it be for than to an
nounce to said Wilson that he has been chosen
by the President elect for place in his
Cabnet2
The circumstantial evidence in the case is
conclusive. Wilson is on the Cabinet slate of
Grant. So be it. This makes one We want
six more to fillup the new ministry. Where are
we to get them? We are compelled to turn to
General Grants volunteer Cabinet makers, and
to some Of the numerous Cabinets they have
nominated, for the information of our readers
and General Grant himself The latest Cabi-
net from Dana Of the mixed national, State
and corporation firm of Stanton, Dana, Conk-
ling, Hoffman and Sweeny, is thus made up:-
For Sscretosy ar State-Edwn M. stanton. d. @.
Tr'cas16V-C. $. Boutwell, OF Massachusetts,.
WaT-John A. Rawlins OF Grants stai.
Narp-Jonn A. Crlswold, of New York:
htte1iOT-J. A. J. CreSwell. OF Maryland.
Post Ofee--J. X. Hawley, OF Connecticut.
Attorney Gene,dl-JOhn +. Wilson, OF Iowa.
Dana says this is q very good list and the
name at the head is especially satisfactory
an opinion which ia natural enough from
Stanton's Assistant Secretary of War. Dana
informs MS, furthermore, that if Greeley and
the chief of the Washburnes are omitted in
this makeup it is because the one is to
flourish in a new white coat at the Palace of
st. James, while the other is to be detailed to
study the mysteries of Paris. But the Cnoin-
natl Commercial makes another disposition of
these two characters in the following cast =
State-Edwln M. Stanton d. G.
TTedsatyyi-Davd A. Wells, OF New York.
Ipte1'i0r-E. b. Washburne. OF Illinois.
NdUy-RObert c. Schenck. OF Ohio
War;. M. Schoheld. United States Army.
Posi- ONcp--HOrace (roeey. of New YORK
Attorney Gene'nI-Edwards Pierrepont, OF New
York.
This schedule, with three members from
New York, is clearly out of the question,
unless something extra may be considered as
due to this State in honor Of Seymour and the
Tammany Convention. And yet New York has
other Cabinet candidates, with better chances,
perhaps, than either of the three aforesaid,
to say nothing Of Morgan. There Is A. T.
Stewart, at whose house General Grant has
taken breakfast; there is Marshall O'Roberts,
at whose house a special ten thousand dollar
festival was given in honor of Grant, in
clnding the Appomattox apple tree; there is
the present Attorney General Evarts (the de-
fender Of Andy Johuson), at whose dinner,
given him BY Che New York lawyers, General
Grant was the lion Of the evening; and then
there is Hamilton Fish, whose guest, it is
given out, General Grant this week will be for
three days and three nights. If New York is
to furnish the whole Of the new Cabinet, here
are the men; but IL she is to have only one
member his name win probably be discovered
after General Grants three days with Mr.
Fish, But here is another Of the Cabinets
volunteered for the new administration
For secretary or !ya,h-John Lotirop Motley, or
Charles :. Adams, Of Massachusetts.
Trens'Ty-W. r. Fcsscaden. Maine.
Tn,:-W. 7. ShermaE Missouri.
Ndry--Admlral Porter. y. G.
Observation-Disclosures Il. Wade Ohio.
Postmaster Gepernf--h. q. Curtin, PENNSYLVANIA
attorney Ee1ie,u1-J. y. Wilson, towa
Then there are other availahles in Massa-
chusetts, such as Wilson. Banks and Butler,
and then from the forty or fifty outgoing men,
bers Of Congress there are some not mentioned
by the Cabinet makers who are at the service
of Grant. All taken together there il list
of expectants and probabilities OF one, two or
three hundred, from which the General may
pick and choose. Having chosen one, how
ever, he only wants half dozen to fill up his
Cabinet, that the difficulty Of satisfying Bill
without offending Tom, Dick and Harry, is
apparent When Lincoln first came in he had
> comparatively easy task. He saw at once
that the men for bis Cabinet were his com
petitors for the Presidency in the Chicago Con-
vention-Seward, Chase, Cameron and Bates,
for instance-and he acted accordingly. But
Grant, without competitor at Chicago, has
no such guidebook. II is thought, however,
that he must do something for eOld Ben
Wade as competitor Of CoIfax, and that the
President elect would have, in the same view,
b provide for Fenton, If the New York Legis-
latnre had not kindly relieved him Of this difi-
Guilty, together with Morgan.
Az for Stanton IL ia possibIe that R,vrooud,,