The Hickman courier., 1869-03-13

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Like his inaugural a IS. President
Grants Cabinet nomipAt lave some
what puzzled the publfc.--tt is safe to
say the Radical party, and especially the
Radical politicians, will not be satisfied,
while conservatives generally will give a
sort of quiet acquiescence, knowing that
perhaps with one exception extreme men
have notbeen named, and the politicians
have been almost entirely ignored. This
in itself. affords some consolation, not af-
fected BY tue factA that among all the
names presented -therefs not a one repre-
sentiDg a towering intellect or brilliant
statesmanship.s. The Gabinet, as whole,
may be set down as an aggregation OF
mediocre ability and political modera-
s lion. .2GCe2 gt 3
E. B. Washburne, named for Secre-
tary of State, is the, well known Con-
gresham from Illinois, the fast friend of
Grant during the war, and latterly pretty
well known by his watchtulness in the
House in checking extravaganza and
Wholesale stealing. He is now about 90
years old. While the war was waging
he was considered an extreme man, but
has toned down somewhat since the re-
turn of peace. 1t is perhaps the senti-
ment of gratitude on the part of Grant
that places Washburne in such a dis
tinguished and responsible position, as
the general public has somehow come to
believe that higher order of ability
would fill the chair of the Secretary of
State.
John McAllister Seho6eld, Secretary
,of<yVarsis is a nativ-- of NewYork, born
n Chantauqua County, September 20,
1881 At twelve years of age he re-
moved with his father to Illinois He
graduated at West Point in 1853, was
brevetted Second Lieutenant IN the Sec
ond Artillery, and stationed two years at
Fort Moultrie aud at Fort Cossin, Flori-
ds. He was subsequently five years at
West Point as instructor in Natural Phi
losophy, and afterwards held the same
position in the Washington University OF
ST. Louis. BY an order from the War
Department he was directed to muster the
Missouri troops at the beginning of the
war, and was made Major of the First
Missouri Infantry.f In October, 1862,
he was 10 command of all the Federal
troops composing the army Of the From
: tier, and defeated Hindmau in an en-
gagement in the Trans Mississippi De-
partment Schofeld is emphatically a
moderate man. During the first year OF
the war he was sharply denounced by the
extremely Radical press because of his
course in regard to slaves. In carrying
out the reconstruction acts of Congress,
as military commander, he acted firm
ly but impartially, very often incurring
the wrath of such fire. brands as HunDi
cutand Underwood. His stay in the
Cabinet will probably be but temporary.
- A. I. Stewart, Secretary of the Trea-
sury, is wealthy merchant of New
York, and an Irishman By birth. We
believe he was Democrat up to the be
ginning Of the war, but became Radical
in his views toward the South -subse
quently, and an advocate of the most
vigorous prosecution of the war. He
has been wonderfully successful in bust
ness, and has the reputation of financial
ability of the very highest order. He
is said to be very close in all his deal
ings, and a most merciless creditor His
friends and acquainta tances predict that
the Treasury under his jurisdictioR will
be pretty secure against. the opere,4 q
= xof Treasury thieves and 9lafofs.-a
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master General, was Ited Ssaes 4 z
ator from that State in the ThlT; y1,sintIs
Congress, and is considered a,iskn Of
fair ability. Latterly ne has not been
prominently identified with politics, al
though considered a straight out Re-
publican, with perhaps disposition
toward liberaity such as does not be
long to men of the Stokes or Maynard
pattern.
The Secretary of the Interior is Ex-
Gov. j. 7. Cox, of Ohio, not partieu
larly noted for ability or statesmanship,
but we'll known as a safe man, not given
volunteer Major General in the Federal
saTmy, and took prominent part in the
battles of Eranklin and Nashville. With
70 special penchant for politics, he is
we'll known as a moderate Republican,
and is undisguised in his opposition to
the style of Radicalism which obtains in
Tennessee.
JUICE E. Rockwell Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, the. Attorney General, is q man
of liberal views, and if he lived in Ten
nessee, would be set down as a rank
-copperhead. He is at present one of the
Judges of the Supreme Bench of Mas
sachusetts, and if not brilliant or shin
ming light on the bench, his talents and
requirements. are of that respectable
order which may make his name familiar
ia bis own State, but little known out
side of it.
The Secretary of the Navy is Adolph
Borie, of Pennsylvania, retired Phila-
delphia merchant, and said to be at pres
ent, prominent officer in the Union
League of that city His name is to
fame unknown, but with all that he may
make an efficient member of the new
Cabinet.
New York Press Opinions OF