Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-23
GRANT.
Gossip About Cabinet making
and Ine White mouse.

From the Evening NALL
NV there Is no doubt that many
presses ard politicians Will charsctsriz-
The refusal OF General Grant TO name
MS Cabinet before the 4 a OF II arch, as
An act wanting IN moral courage.
r ahtly vieWed, this IS not 50. FcOm he
statement be nSde TO the c0su mittee, II
is evident that be las not folio Eed the
example Of Mr.. LucOiU, anu eOmmls-
| stoned the Y cs- P vsideaJ eiGct TO name
! the meu Der for the " es-. TnsD Il he ie
equally reticent in the mztteT OF Cabinet
mskipg, as be hSs bsen in everything
else, sue hundreds o. men who are can
didAtfs for the Cabinet al over the coun
/ try, will be irotted out like hogses a.
sale, their siToBg points sill b shown
10 by their friends, and heir Nesk pJints
auI bs xhitiled ~ tE-iF opponents, SO
that, by the 4th OF III ,rch, thorough
aualysis and fair discussion msy eLaUls
| Geu. G;aut 10 select al entirely did' r
1ut ard much Orttsr SGT Of men for h'5
Cabiuer, tbae be would name today
be should yield 10 Iu0liC ciaDcE.
While on tbis suyj sec, lee n2s refer I .
cne Other matter IBum zteiy conns cts u
with il. Is viii be Loticed ihst after
making the sta ieme1i, quoted above,
the O. tnuIttee, hs cUnolud=d with Ihs
following words:
FJl Luess and other Teesoas, ! have
cor cludsd 20 make 40 FUUic annUunce-
ment Of my Cabinet uhth Shs tIm men
toned" f"
Aud "othsr reasons" are significant
wOrds. Thvy contain a h;UJ 10 The S4n
ale Jhst ths Tenure # Q dc Law IS not
repealed that the hEitsF at sTOuUd Jhr
ueck OF Andrew J0bosGn seems likely
to be Reserved with y hich 70 choke bis
uccets0r. That il clearly what Sc p.
q ant means when hs emyl Us the
words other Tsasnns." Many persCLs
10 not TecOiiect, perhaps, t5st under Ihe
Law referred to Al drew JohusOuis Cab
iUet caa hold over uutil tie 4 d aG Aprii,
II they are disyr sed & do 80 IL sh, Ul0
De ais remem b red that Geu. 9FsAt hs-
declared that he viii no d no relations
Wi.h three members OF That CaOiass-
r andau, W1Aes and McCuliOcb. II Is
the Senate that is Embarrassing Gen.
Grant about bis Cabinet. Uult 50 inst
Law is repealed be bias DS power % ap
point his Cabinet until the b of ApTlI
nFxtl
l have the authority Of one OF the
mem bsTs OF the present Cabinet whsn l
say that should the Ssuuts refuse 10 re
peal the Tenure Of Ofics act, not one
LGtn VtE OF JJDuS1 1l's GsOtu9t Will re-
main alter the OF Mach, bat they
will relieve Ger. Grant Of all The trouble
on the sui ct 0y tanderiRg their resig-
nations, 10 take eff CT on that day
taxing M sGvAnfsge whatever Of an act
va 90 they de, "a and have Gecls
III sislly 10 bs uac0usuiuii, NJ.
Tue enlargement between President
Johnson and Gen. Grant Is one Of 80
much feeling that Iearn the latter viii
not eonsenT to be escorted from the
w aite II use to the Capitol win The
fsroer on the 4th OF March. On the
day Of the Z o. InsUgurati0n OF Pfestneni
LiucoiDi Mr.. IN shansn wBs st the Cspi
| tOi signing bills up TO Il O'Clock % the
moment When the Tnrty-sixth CON-
gress 2lTed. That iusts Mt he dropped
dis pen ard haslened to the White
Horse, in q carriage, at " b ca plsee Mr.
Lluculn, who had been Invited to come
there previously, was 10 waiting. Tue
outgoing aod iucOmlng 2 esidauts en-
tered an open baroucbe, and rode 10 the
Capitol together. Ga the coming 4 n of
March NJ. johnson will take his fi8el
leave ( the Executive NJ aDsion b fore
going to the C4pitol IN the morning, 70
sign bills, Ia order that President Grant
may have no hesitAncy shout g9ing there
after bis inauguration.
The Waite Houss is already undsTgo-