American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-03-13
PRESIDENT CRAMPS CABINET

9he appOinteeS of Gen. Grant to
his cabinet were persons of 50 little !
national reputation, that, when we
first heard them mentioned, we knew
nothing whatever of the antecedents
of four of them, and very little of
the remaining two-Elihu r. Wash
buTnc, and Alexander L. Stewart
and al, of our exchanges showed
Il similar lack of knowledge regard
ing them. But, during the past week
We lave closely watched the mails
for all the information that would
naturally be published concerning
them, individually and collectively
and our researches have resulted in
the enlightenment as 10 the history
of each which we give below:
ELIHU b. WASuBUKNE,
of Illinois, Secretary of State, was
born in I.ivermore, Maine, Sept. %,
IlSiG. He commenced life as a prin-
ter, studied law, moved West and
began to practice at Galena, H.,
where he made the acquaintance of
Grant and has ever since been a
warm friend and supporter of the
Halter. In fact it is SAID that Grant
owes his present position to Wash
burne. He has been in Congress
fOurtecnOr sixteen cOnsecutiveyears;
but has devoted his attention to the
finances, exclusively, and has never
displayed any tact for affairs OF
State. He is a man of small calibrc,
; and will not confer much honor OH
the chair once filled by Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, Clay, Webster
; and last but not least, the intriguing
Premier of the recent administra
ton, the shrewd. willy and sngacious
, Seward.
ALEXANDER T STEWART,
generally Known as the merchant
prince, Secretary of the Treasury
has never held an office before but
owing to the number of substantial
compliments which his great wcaltl
l has enabled him to tender to Mr.
= Grant, directly and Indirectly, h,
was appointed to govern the finance
of the country; but, owing to
j, clause in +he Co istitution which pro
: hibits importers and bondholder
from holding offices in the Treasur,
Department, and which Congress
0 refused to repeal, (after his noMins
i ton by the President, and contirma
II ton by tie Senate he was COMPEL
ed to resign. He had never vote,
the Republican, ticket before last fall
and is said to lave done so then
5 because Of his admiration for Grant
4 1t is thought Boutwell,, of Massachu
D sets, will succeed him.
II JACOB DCLSON COX,
Y of Ohio, named for Secretary of tn
it Interior, isanativP Canada, born i
r Montreal, October 81, 1928, cam
young to Ohio, and received hi
scholastic education at OberIin. II
y is a lawyer by profession, and prat
l. ticed at Warren from 1858 to 1S5!
e when he made his entry into publ
= life as member of the Ohio Stat
Senate. He entered the army as
> volunteer early in the war, aud b.
le came a General of volunteers befol
J. he saw any service in the field. a
f. commander of the forces in the X;
Y nawha valley, he drove ont the Coz
> federate forces under General Wis
" and took pOs>essiOnof Gauley bridg
e He was afterwards in the Army {
d Virginia, under Pope, and was pr
,r NOTED to be Major General in Oct,
ii Der, 1862. Through the war he ha
the reputation of a faithful and vigi
}, ant officer. He succeeded David To
ID IS Governor Of Ohio in 1866, and wa
is in turn succeeded by Hon.. Il.
rs Hayes. the present incumbent. II
N is, At this time, a resident of Gil
:, cinnati, where he has been engage
% in the practice of his profession
Is occupying at the same time one
u the chairs of the law school in tn;
as city. The moral courage which Gle
Il. Cox manifested in the voluntary e
preston of his opinions upon IL
- negro and his want of fitness for IL
IS place of political citizen, while
IN was the occasion Of bitter censure |
n. the Radicals Of bis party, won hi
~ many well-wishers among the me
- judicious Of the other, and there ar
ce probably, few Republicans in Il
ut State of Ohio whose choice for
H. Cabinet position would give less {
q fence. or who would carry with the
or more sincere hopes that their offici
career would be Il success useful
~ the country, satisfactory to their S
mt perior, and creditable to tnemSelvt
n GEN. JOHN M'ALIsTER sCHoFIELl
is named for Secretary of War. |
IS is native of ChautaUqua count
rs New York, born September 30. 49,
no He graduated at West Point in 1S5
utlC llc was dlltINdINS Ill llStIU
ne tor in Natural Philosophy. He W
'ir occupying the same chair in Was
he ington University in St. Louis VIII
pr. the war broke out. His subseuue
80 history is familiar to the country.
ol ADoLPu L. BORIE,
nm of Pennsylvania, the new Secreta
h., of the Navy, is Philadelphian, Pre-
III ident of the Loyal League of tn
Sc city. au,! his social position is tn
ra- of a retired merchant who has nev
id held an Office This last fact m
ia be considered in his favor, althou
it leaves us still i'll the dark as
his administrative ability and int
lectual calibro generally.
EBETEzER ROCKWELL H0AR,
NJ Of Massachusetts, the appointee
~ Attorney General, is a citizen
" Boston, aged about 80 years, gra
OK uate of Hartford University and f
AT rpnrlv n Ind on nf tbo Snnrnu,o 4, a.,