Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18
A vERy GOOD CABINEY,


Since there is no law against it, and no
body knows but you may be right let us
make Cabinet for President Grant. Here
is one furnished by the Philadelphia Led
gor's Washington correspondent, which is
''the guess Of gentleman, who has means
of being well-informed !" ''For Secretary of
State, Charles Francis Adams; Secretary Of
Treasury, Senator Morton Secretary of
War, John NJ. Scholicld; Secretary Of the
Navy, ID. d. Porter, Secretary of the In
terror, Benjamin +. Wade; Attorney Cen
eral, Vim. NJ. Evarts; Postmaster General.
James +. Wilson, of Iowa" This would do
Senator Morton, General Schoiield, Admiral
Porter, Ben. Wade, and Jas. +. Wilson, are
all good men. AS for Adams, and Evarts,
we can readily improve on them. But IA
reliable gentleman" who came from Wash
ington, yesterday, and who has very good
sources of information, tells us that his i'm
pressions tend to indicate that George S.
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,, will be Secre-
tary Of the Treasury; Joseph Holt, of Ken
lucky, Secretary of the Interior, and Jas. F.
Wilson, of Iowa, Attorney General These
are all first-rate. There is no discount on
Boutwell, better man for the Treasury
there is not in the country.
Ii, however, Charles Sumner is put at the
head of the State Department, as for many
excellent reasons, we think he ought to be,
then Gov. Boutwell, cannot be Secretary Of
the Treasury In that case, why shall w
not decide ON this arrangement, and let Gen
eral Grant adopt it, if il suits him! Thus
State-Charlcs Sumner, of Mass.
Treasury-John Sherman, of Ohio.
War-Gen. John +. lIartranft, of Penn
sylvania.
Navy. A. J. Creswell, OF Maryland.
Interior-Joscph Holt, OF Kentucky.
j Post Onice-IIorace Greeley, of New York
Atty. General-Jas +. Wilson, of Iowa.
$ This is an excellent Cabinet. Generi
Il Grant cannot do better if he tries all sun
y mer. In the first place, they are all goo
Y looking men, and will make fine room-ful
+ when they get together Then they ii
y well distributed to all sections of the cou
u try. As for Mr.. Sumner, like his own got
old Commonwe alth, he needs no eulogy.
: for John Sherman, Grant knows his fami
's very well, and has heard OF John. If the
is anybody who has given thought to u
Mt finances it is Senator Sherman. Then
a the War Department, we take Genei
oh Hartrantl, the hero OF Fort Steadman,
gallant man with military education, W
yn went into the war against the rebellion,
it'll the first crack of a gun, and never left
~, service till the last rebel had surrender'
'V 20 He knows how to organize DEPARTING
lre for lie has been Auditor General of Penns
ur vania for three or four years, and last Fl
10y the people were so well satisfied with
no honesty that they reelected him. II
of should 20 into the Cabinet, all the Penns
full vania factions would be satisfied for he
;er longs to none. General Grant, please Ii
Iest notice. Then, as for our neighbor CT
well, all our readers know him.
re- Border States are coming forward
her the Republican line, and Maryland hay
so large proportion of her area invested
-, Chesapeake Bay, knows great deal alb
~ y. naval affairs. AS for Joe Holt, Hor
,ha Greeley and James T. Wilson, thoy are S
Nv Of appointment at any late, so we give
"a reasons why they should be selected.
';aH ALI of which is respectfully submitted
nv" -
the Mice Jn,aup,bot, ir Ira WING ono1 hn,