Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-13
Vermont Daily Transcript
ST. ALBANS, VT.
SATURDAY, MARCH, Is, 1863.
The CABINET.

On Thursday, President Grant COM
pleted his Cabinet, by nominating
Hamilton Fish for Secretary of State,
vice Elihu b. Washburne, resigned to
accept the position of Mnisterto France ;
George S. Boutwell,, Secretary of the
Treasury, vice Alexander II. Stewart,
declined and Gen. John A. Rawlins,
Secretary of War, resigned to resume
his position in the army. The full Cab
met is therefore as follows:
Hamilton Fish, New York, Secretary
of State; George s. Boutwell,, Mass,
Secretary of the Treasury; John a.
Rawins, Illinois, Secretary of War ;
Adolph +. Borie, Penn, Secretary of
the Navy Jacob ID. Cox, Ohio, Secre-
tary of the Interior; f. lockwood Hoar,
Mass, Attorney General John y. j.
Creswell, Maryland, Postmastc Con
era!
Hon. Hamilton Fish, the new Secre-
tary of State, was born In the city of
New York, in 1909. He graduated at
Columbia College, and after studying
law, was admitted to the bar in 1880.
AS lawyer his business was large and
lucrative and was conducted with abili-
ty and promptitude. In 1887 he was
elected Member of the New York AS
sembly; in 1s43 he was chosen Mem
Der of Congress in 1S4S he was elected
Governor of New York in 1851 he was
chosen to the United States Senate, for
the term expiring in 1857, in all which
positions ne served ably and well. On
leaving the Senate, Mr. Fish retired to
private life. Thodgh generally classed
with the conservative wing of the old
Wing Party, he early identified himself
with the Republican Party. He sup
ported Mr.. Lincoln's administration
earnestly and heartily, and in January
1860, he was appointed, with Bishop
Ames, upon commission to relieve
the Union prisoners in the South, and
succeeded in negotiating general ex-
change of the prisoners of war Mr..
Fish is every way fitted to assume the
charge of the department, and will, it is
believed, creditably manage our foreign
affairs.
We have heretofore given brief
sketch of Hon. George 5. Boutwell,, the
new Secretary of the Treasury. Should
Judge Hoar remain in the Cabinet,
Massachusetts will have two Cabinet
officers. Some of the party hacks will
growl at this, but we do not see any
very serious objection to it.
Major Gen. John a. Rawlins, Gen.
Schcfield's successor, was born in H.
linois. in 1881. He was reared as far
mer and charcoal burner, which occu-
patton he followed till 1854. when he
went to Galena; Studied law, and was
admitted to the bar the following year.
When the news of the bombardment of
Fort Sumpter reached Galena, n public
meeting was called for raising recruits.
Captain Grant" attended this meet
ing, and so pleased was he by a speech
made by Rawlins, that he became his
he took position on Grants staff. He
soon became Chief of Staff, and in that
capacity followed the fortunes of Grant
throughout the war. In politics, an
account of him in one of our exchanges
says: He was formerly q Douglas Dem
ocrat but ever since the firing upon
sumter he has been an arrest Repub-
lican. Tn roughout the Rebellion his
services to the General-in-Chief,a and to
the cause of the Union, were of the high.
est order. Had he been assigned to the
field, instead of staff duty, he would
doubtless have taken rank among Oul
few great commanders Sheridan
Sherman, and Thomas. No other man
in the country knows the army better
than he and the Cabinet is fortunate
in having the benefit of his large eXpe
rience and his ripe Judgment. His ap
pciltmeilt will meet with general and
hearty approval, and if his shattered
health-shattered in the service of the
Union-proyes equal to the duties o.
his new osition, he will doubtless sc
perform them as to increase the obliga
ton which the country already owe:
him.
The Cabinet as now constituted is al
excellent one, and perhaps, in some
respects, somewhat stronger than thu
original cast.
The RESIGNATION OF JUDGE HOAR
Gov. Claflin, of Massachusetts, re
ceived, Thursday, 4 telegram from AT
torney General Hoar, rendering his re