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

likely to make the practical inter
ests Of the 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) Of Saturday.
This is President Grants do
ings, and it is marvellous in our
eyes
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 cheerfnlly admit that the
same charge cannot be made
against the selection of the Cabi-
net. Nobody will doubt that Gen.
Grants whimsical pretence of
composing his Cabinet without
anybody's advice, was quite sin
cere. He has not only deviated
from the beaten path, but devia-
ted into absolute oddity having
made such a Cabinet as no politi-
clan would have advised, such a
Cabinet as no newspaper could
have coniectured, Cabinet which
fills his political opponents with
wonder, and his political friends
with suppressed dismay.
Take it all in all, the new Cab
met is 'tfearfully and wonderfully
made" The only hypothesis by
which we car explain it's forma-
ton is, that General Grant means
to be the candidate of the hpub-
lican party for second term, and
will tolerate in his CABINET no
statesman from whom he would
have anything to fear as a rival.
EFrom the NeU York Herald (Inde-
pendent of Saturday.
The Cabinet OF President Grant,
promptly confirmed, will puzzle
| the politicians. he has chosen
his men for business and as his
subordinates, and with not the
remotest idea that they are to be
his masters or his co-equals in the
administration. He has utterly
ignored the Cabinet theory Of Me-
Cture, and has selected his men
as his friends, his assistants and
his secretaries, and each mainly in
reference to the special duties of
E9his department. -. :
But the moral Of this Cabinet is
that it is President Grants Cabinet,
and that he intends to be the
master of his administration"
From the New York Tmes,. of
Sunday]
There is q keynote on which the
harmony of President Grants
new Cabinet depends which does
not seem to have been fully ap-
preciated: that is, the absolute
independence Of every member of
it upon any merely party ties. As
no. one of them is a representa-
tive of a class or clique to whom
he owes his place, they are all
untrammelled. Their first :'loy-
atty" is due the country, their
second very properly, the Presi-
dent whose political family they
now are. BE 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 a second or even
a third trial, with the advice and
consent of the Senate. Grants
Judgment of men and selection Of
the right man for the right place,
has always been his strong point.
1t would be strange if he should
fail at this day. We can afford
to wait and see. ..
From the New York Journal of
Commerce.
| The public curiosity in regard
| to the Cabinet is at; last satisfied.
The President has fully vindicated
| his prediction that the nomina-
tions would take the country by
| surprise. Never before since the
formation of the Government has
SO large proportion of these ap-
pointments been composed of
those not previously named for the.
Office.
As a whole, the Cabinet viii dis
appoint the politicians. The nom
inees for the State and Interior
Departments are the only promi-
| nent party men on the list. This
| is but two out of seven, a small
proportion to satisfy the horde of
hungry expectants who are wait
ing for. party favors. The masses
of the people, irrespective ofparty,
will regard the list with more "a
| Vor. New York has every reason
| I1to be proud of her position in the
Cabinet. Financial questions will
! be the most important that can
f'come before the country, and the.
ESecretary,;we believe, will prove
| himself equal to the emergency .
tE From the NeU York Euening Post