The New York herald., 1869-03-01


General Grnnt, His Cabinet and His Admin
fstration-Another Important Landmark
Fixed.
The great day-the day s'big with the fate
of Cesar and of Rome"-is close upon u.s.
Before another Sabbath comes round the
Cabinet of General Grant will not only be
fact accomplished, but subject discussed
from the St. Lawrence to the Sacramento, and
on the Thames, the Seine and the Danube,
the American traveller on the Nile. With q
degree Of confidence in the President elect
never before surpassed the people of the
United States, of all sections, creeds, colors
and parties, await the change in the govern
ment from johnson to Grant-from the last of
the Bourbons to the first of . new dispensa-
tion; from the dead things of the past to the
living events and issues of the present and the
future. An unquestioning belief prevails that
from the good sense, the sagacity, patriotism
and calm but resolute character of General
Grant we shall have in his administration an
epoch Of peace, prosperity, progress and
expansion far eclipsing the golden age of
Rome.
Meantime, we think it may be safely
assumed that the new Cabinet will be chosen
without the assistance of this clique or that
clique of managing politicians in this or any
other State; that Mcclure has settled that
question; that the Cabinet excepting
General Schofeld as Secretary of War
for time, will be new one;
that one member will be taken per-
haps from Massachusetts, in the name
Of the New England States; one from New
York, one from Pennsylvania, one from
Ohio, one from Illinois or Iowa, one perhaps
from the Pacific slope, and one from the South.
1t is understood that the Pennsylvania man
will not be that famous Irish born Scotch
Presbyterian, Mr.. George H. Stuart; and we
have an intimation that the appointment may
fall upon a worthy descendant Of one of the
first families Of Philadelphia, distinguished in
the naval service Of the country before the age
Of steam and IRON clads; If 30, Pennsylvania
viii fall heir to the Navy Department, and
Philadelphia viii not be the loser thereby.
The New York man, it is surmised, will not
be Judge Pierrepont, from the remarks of
General Grant concerning him. We also
incline to the opinion that New York, as the
State which embraces the financial and COM
mercial centre and settling house OF the Con-
tinent, will get larger plum than the
Attorney Gcneral-that, in short, from her
superior claims, she has the best chance for
important position Of all.
The money question, in all its phases Of
debt, bonds, banks, taxes, internal and ex-
ternal, will be the paramount question under
Grants administration. The War and the
Navy Departments fall back again to the quiet
routine Of peace establishment. The Interior
Department, from the development and settle
ment Of our extensive and wonderful Territories,
rises TO department Of the first magnitude
and the same may be said Of the Post Office
Department, in view Of the new system, under
the general supervision Of Congress, demanded
by this new age Of steam and the telegraph.
Under Lincoln, we are prepared TO concede,
the State Department did good service to the
country in avoiding conflict with England
and France while we were involved in our
fearful conflict Of life or death with the $50
called Confederate States" But under Grant
the Secretary Of State will be expected by the
American people to play bolder game than
that Of sacrifices TO foreign Powers for the
sake Of peace, and q broader one Of expansion
than that comprehended in the purchase Of
volcanic islands In the tropics and frozen con-
tinents around the North Pole. For example,
we believe that the dawdling on the Alabama
claims and the do-nothing Mexican policy Of
MIR. Seward viii be changed to something
more practical, positive and decisive under
General Grant.
Nevertheless, as he has already intimated,
the main objects Of the new President will be
economy, retrenchment, faithful collection
Of the public revenues and payment of the
public debt" Hence the surpassing import
ance of the right man for the Treasury, and
there Is something too, we think, in having
him from the right quarter--the centre OF our
financial operations. The Office and the time
call not only for practical financial states