New-York tribune., 1869-03-31

tain sense with nations We have gone
through a war, and have been dissipating with
an inflated currency, and vast debt, ana u
weakened credit-and wasting our substance
In hundred ways. For eight years we have
suffered from the war and Andrew Johnson
and because the President in the twenty -hve
days of his government has not succeeded in
rescuing us from all these evils, he is held up
TO public scOrn as failure-as ruler VINO
does not comprehend the duties of his station
as mere "man on horseback" insensible 10
the wants and wishes Of the country. lie mas
done nothing but blunder, we are told Ills
Cabinet is a "blundern Well. let US look at
that The Secretary of State cannot have
policy less in harmony with the country than
that of the former deacon" The Sec
retary of the Treasury is as much better than
the one who preceded him as it is possible for
comparison to express. In the place OF brown
ing and his Indian and Railroad scandals, we
have a man of commanding ability and purity
of character. Randall has given place to Cress-
well-and Evarts resigns the office which he
bought with price, to one OF the wlsest ana
best men in Massachusetts,. Mr.. Borie takes
experience, culture, reSpectability, purity Oh
character, and business eminence into the
Office where Mr.. Welles has sat so long like
the Old Man of the Sea. With the exception
of Washington's first Cabinet, which contained
Jefferson and Hamilton, and MOnroe's Cabinet,
which had Quincy Adams, Crawford,
Calhoun, Mclean, and Writ, and PROB
ably Polk's, with Buchanan, Walker, Marcy,
and Bancroft, the Cabinet OF President
Grant is as strong, in intellectual force,
as the Cabinet of any former President.
We expect q great deal from Mr.. Boutwell,
in his great Office, and especially from
Mr.. Cresswell and Gen. Cox. The Cabi-
net is not IT, only "blunder," however. The
appointment Mr.. Stewart indicated an "igno-
"rance of law" Well, lawyers like Hendricks
voted for the confirmation, and many men
meet and learned in the law argued that Mr..
Stewart could take his portfolio. We did not
agree with them. Mr. Stewart would have
pleased us as Secretary, but Se were not
pleased with the manner in which he proposed
TO be Secretary. We differed with the Presl-
dent. He was wise enough to change his mind.
After four years of the irTesOlute mulishness
of Andrew johnson, let us thank Heaven that
we have a man who can change his mind.
The Stewart business was, perhaps, clumsy
but it was the clumsness of an honest man
trying to do a wise thing The smallest of A.
J.'s vetoes did hundred times more harm. AS
to the patronage thus far, we have a bet
ter proportion of good men going into office
than we have seen for many years The
clamor about family and personal appointments
is only the old cry of the men who are out
against the men who are in.
We do not expect from Gen. Grant an in
fallibe administration. We presume he will
make blunders. The wisest of men have
tripped and fallen. lie is truly wise and great
who keeps steadily on to his purpose-every
step bringing with it a new lesson-every sue
cess only stimulating to new successes-every
blunder serving as an admonltion. The Presl-
dent has done nothing to change the confidence
of the country--he has done everything to
strengthen il. Our credit is better because
Gen. Grant is President. In the South peace
reigns-treason recognizing the moral weight
Of his power, and not needing any physical
manifestation. Every step indicates that the
work of reform is being steadily and slowly
pressed. The labor is tedious, surrounded with
embarrassments that cannot be expressed and
can hardly be appreciated. The men are In
Office who mean to do it. Their hands should
be strengthened. This is our Republican
President worthy of all that we have done for
him, worthy still more Of the support of the
whole country. Let his enemies critcise and
sneer and detract-we only ask that this Ad-
ministration shall be judged by its results, and
until those results are achieved-patienoe and
confidence. AS for the President, we shal only
quote the fanciful conceit of Tennyson:
"Tho path OF duty Is the way TO glory.
He that ever following her commands
on with toll Of hearts, and knees, and hands.
Thro' the long gorge 10 the far light has won
His path upward and prevailed
Shah md the topping crags OF Duty scaled
Are close upon the shining table lands
To which our God Himself Is moon and sun