Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-11
The press ON the Cabinet.

philadelphia Prtssl ,
The Press considers each separately, speak
ing ia complimentary and gratifcd terms, |
and closes by saying:-
Considering these several appointments,
the country will not fail to recur to the elm
phatic and significant utteranccs of Presi-
dent Grant in his inaugural address. They
constitute the granite foundation upon which
he stands. In calling to his side the re-
preventative men of different sections and
different interests, he has certainly been
true to himself, and has, perhaps dono
better than if he had initiated his prcde-
cessors, and taken his constitutional adj
visers from the profession a'onc.
philadelphia Post1
This is not the Cabinet We should have
made, but then Cabinet-making is not our
business. Had we been Grant, such men
as Boutwell,, Greeley, Brewster, Wilson,
whose abilities are known to be splendid,
whose regulations are national, should not
have been omitted; but the President, being
responsible, is right in consulting his own
Judgment. He has done this as freely as
when, in the army, he brought forward
Sherman, Sheridan and Mcpherson. We
trust the results will be as brilliant. This
Cabinet sUiu be accepted by the Repub-
lican party, but it a0il not BE- dpproDed
until It's character is better knuWn. I'm
tried, unknown, u novelty and surprise,
it stands before the country AS Il gigantic
political experiment Vast responsibilities
are imposed upon its members, and as they
discharge them so will they be judged.
philadelphia Globe.l
| General Grant has slaughtered the rnliii-
clans and appointed his Cabinet from The
mercantile communities of the United States.
Most of the persons named are almost I'M
known as statesmen, but are, nevertheless.
men of ability, wealth, and high an'ng.
Their patriotism and probity cannon D.
| doubted for moment.
| philadelphia Inquirer.l
Taken in all, this Cabinet Of Prts;dn
Grant represents the good sense and pitri''t
ism of the country. 1t does not contain an,
eminent politicians. unless that distinction
can be awarded to Mr.. Washburne and MIR
Creswell. 1t is solid, substantial convoca
ton of business men, and it will be in it
character and acts, eminently practical.
philadelphia Ledger.l
These gentlemen have all been invited int
the public service by the President wi.hou
any agency or procurement OF their OWN.
circumstance as rare in these latter days as
is honorable to both the President and th
recipients Of his confidence.
baltimore Americana
The composition Oh tne OuDinet suoW
how closely General Grant kept his secret
Some of the gentlemen who had been mos
prominently named, and who, it was he
iieved, were certain of appointment, are no
in the list, whilst others, whom even th
persistent guessing of the last few weeks ma
not lighted upon, prove to be the men G
President Grants selection. The Cabinets
whole, is strong one, and we belicv
will secure the approval OF the Rcpublica
party and the confidence Of the country.
baltimore Sup.l :.
1t is to be supposed that in selcsting III
Cabinet, generally, General Grant has des''
, ed to choose men who are more or less cor
sidered representative men OF the GENT
I and character of their respective States, an
, who have particular fitness for the depar
ments in which they are placed. To VIII,
! extent Gen. Grant may or may not hav
been successful in this regard we cannt
venture to say. Our own State has bee
honored with an appointment in the Cabinc
and of the antecedents of the gentlema
; chosen from Maryland we are of course alb
8 to speak MOI G in detail than of the otllar