The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-06
April. 6. S(s9. Whole sssS,"'er1 NO.


an unpopular minister was once over
thrown in England the poets sang Of
ministry by which private life could
be by wise acts reclaimed, and ardent
youth to nobler manners framed The
fall of Disraeli and the accession OF
Gladstone and Bright we have no doubt
meant to many hopeful Englishmen the
instant remedy of every evil under
which the British people have suffered
ireland pacifed. labor happy and
more content. These good results. and
all good results, only come with patience
and effort and time.
After fever the body is weak. and
after dissipation the natural sources are
clogged and sluggish. Thus it is with
man-and to certain sense with ma
tions! We have gone through war,
anu have been dissipating with an in
fiated currency, and vast debt, and a
weakened credit-and wasting our sub
stance in hundred ways For eight
years we have suffered from the war and
Andrew johnson, and because the Pres
ident in the 25 days Of his Government
all these evils, he is held up ID public
scorn as a failure-as ruler who does
not comprehend the duties OF his sta
tion-- as mere man on horseback in
sensible to the wants and wishes of the
country He has done nothing but
blunder, we are told His Cabinet is a
'biunder' Well, let US look at that
The Secretary of State cannot have
policy less in harmony with the coua try
than that OF the former deacon Tie
Secretary Of the Treasury is as much
better than the one who preceded him
as ii is possible for comparison to ex-
press In the place of browning and
his Indian and Railroad scandals, we
have q man Of commanding ability and
purity of character Randall has given
place 10 Cressweli--apd Eyarts resigns
the office which he bought with price.
to one of the wisest and best men in
Massachusetts. Mr.. Borie takes expe
rience, culture, respectabtlity. purity OF
character, and business eminence into
the Office where Mr.. Wells has sat so
long like the Old Man of the Sea With
the exception of Washington's first
Cabinet. which con tained Jefferson and
Hamilton, and Monroe's Ca hinet which
had Quincy Adams, Crawford. Calhoun,
Mclean, and Writ, and nrobably Polk's,
with Buchanan. Walker. Marcy, and
Bancroft, the Cabinet of President Grant
is as strong, in intellectual folce, as the
Cabinet of any former President. We
expect great deal from Mr. Boutwell,
in his great Office, and especially f, ON
Mr. Cresswel, and Gen Cox. The Cab
met is not the only .blunder,' however
The appointment of Mr.. Stewar. indi
Gated an ignorance of law Well. law
yers like Mr.. Hendricks voted for the
confirmation, and many men meet and
learned in the law argued that ar. Stew
art could take his portfolio, We did
not agree with them. Mr. Stewart wo'd
have pleased us as Secretary, but we
were not pleased with the manner in
which be proposed to be Secretary. We
differed with the President He was
wise enough to change his mind. AT
ter four years Of the irresolute mulish-
ness cf Andrew oilnsoa, let us thank
Heaven we have q man VINO can change
his mlnd. The Stewart busines was,
perhaps, clumsy; but it was the clumsi-
ness OF an honest man trying to do
wise thing. The smallest Of A. Us ve-
toes did hundred times more harm -
As to the patronage thus far. we have
better proportion of good men going in
to office than we have seen for many
years. The clamor about family and
personal appoiL tmentments is only the
old cry of the men vino are out against
the men who are in.
We do not expect from General
Grant an infallible administration. We
presume he will make bluEders The |
wisest OF men have tripped aud fallen.
He is truly wise and great who keeps |
steadily on to his purpose every step |
bringing with it new lessou-every |
success only stimulating to new success
blunder serving as an admon.
ition. The President has done nothing
to change the confidence of the coun- |
try-he has done everything to strength |
en- it. Our credit is better because Gen. |
Grant is President. In the South peace
recognizing the moral
of his power, and not needing any |
physical mantle station. Every step in
dicates that the work of reform is being t
sfoad;1.- ana a1awlv Tho Ia