The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-10-09
Political Notes.

,bo President likes variety or Is determin.
al 10 give all his party leaders and personal
s,iends show before he retires, seems
"r;dent if VIC note the many changes that
nave occurred 10 the higher as well as
Lover Offices of the Government Not one
&c tbe Presidents Cabinet appointed when
So int took the oath of office remains with
him and in some the departments two and
,bree changes ut various times have taken
nhee. The following members Of the
tabnet have resigned
Frhu Washburne. Secretary Of State.
Adolph +. Borie....Secreiary of the Navy.
q II. Boutwell,. Secretary Of the Treasury
Nm. Richardson. Secretary Of the Treasury
A. J. Creswell.. Postmaster General.
lockwood Hoar-Attorney General.
Amos Alderman. Attorney General.
q II. Attorney General.
]. D. Cox.."....,...Secretary OF the Interior.
Columbus Delano.. .Secrctary OF the Interior.
General Rawlings, Secretary of War,
died in Office. Adding to those who have
resigned and the one who died the persons
who have taken their places, We find that
twenty.one different people ia six yca,s
have sat around the Executive Council
hoard. and within that time there have
been five incumbents Of the Commissioner,
shin of Internal Revenue, namely, L. b,
Rollins, Gen. Pleasauton, j. D. Douglas,
Columbus Delano, aud Mr.. Pratt; three
Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury,
namely, W. H. Richardson, Senator Sawyer
and Mr. Conaut; two Treasures of the
United States, I. Il. Spinner AID j. d.
New; three first Assistant Secretaries of
State. VIM. Hunter, J, G. Bancroft Davis
and John ID. Cadwalladcr The Patents
Commissionership has been changed three
times, and the First Assistants in the At
torney Generals Office, In the Postmaster
Generals Office and in the Navy Depart
ment have been changed three times all
round.
Certainly a good chance has been given
TO all, but We regret to say that most of
those who have retired from these places
have retired for cause. Now the Presi.
dent is looking about for successor to
Secretary Delano. Rumor asserts that
Mr.. George D. Coleman, Of Pennsylvania,
is the fayorite in the race for the cabinet
prize. If personal obscurity be virtue,
Mr.. Coleman enjoys an amount of it suili-
cient TO entitle him TO the highest seat in
the political heaven. The President has
the knack Of dragging up such statesmen
whose lights have been hid under a
bushel-and giving them habi,ation aud
q name, and We are not therefore surprised
at selection which under any other Exec
utive would have been unique and capri
cious to say the least of it
Coleman is just the man the nation has
louged for. How the country has cotton
along without him thus far We are unable
to imagine. The people look for him, and
the Indians will be delighted when they
hear that Coleman is to be their future
protector and friend Not man can say
word against him outside Of Lebanon
county, Pennsylvania, for nothing more i,
known against than for him The news
papers cannot abuse him, for they have no
record TO 20 upon, aud editors are scratch
ing themselves bald in hunting up his pc.
ltical antecedents. The President was
wiss, therefore, in this selection, II he has
S.tually made it, for che new Secretary
will have good start in his official career
before the disappointment of friends and
par,isans and the malignity Of enemies
can get up charge sufficiently strong to
drive him back to private life.
THE Frederick COUNTY, MARYLAND,
DEMOCRATIC REsoLuTIoSs,-The Demo
cratic nominating convention held at Fred
erick city last Saturday adopted the fol
lowing resolution
RESOLVED, That mindful Of the grave
and fragrant invasion by the Republican
party Of the rights, liberties and immuni.
ties of the people of Maryland during the
ascendancy Of that organization in the
State, We, the representatives Of the Dem
Ocratic conservative party of Frederick
county in convention assembled, earnestly
warn our fellow-citizens against the devi.
ces and insidious schemes resorted TO by
that party to regain control Of the political
destinies Of the Commonwealth, and earn
estly urge every citizen to stand firmly by
the time-honored and immutable princi-
pies Of the party Of the people--tho great
Democratic conservative party,
Resolcea, That We reaffirm the great
fundamental principles announced in the
platform Of the State convention adopted
July Fl last, and solemnly pledge our
earnest endeayors to secure their triumph
and enforcement
Resetped, That we are in favor 81 uni
yersal taxation, so that all property Of
every class and description, and 0f every
citizen, resident and corporation, shall
contribute its just share to the public
revenue,
ResolUed, That we hereby pledge our
hearty support to the public school system
Of the State, and strenuously iasist that
the revenue raised by taxation for the
support thereof shall be scrupulously APP
piled by the officers selected for that pur-
pose to that eud, without division or dis
tribution between or among any scots or
ereeds, denominations or religions
General Sherman's Memoirs stirred up
a great buzz among military men, but his
brother officers have hitherto beea chary
Of committing themselves to formal re.
plies General J. II. Wilson Of cavalry
fame has at last, however, thrown down
the gauntlet Two articles in recent
numbers of one of the magazines The
Gaiany) are from his pen. They review
Sherman caudidly but not kindly, declare
Of him that he cannot be assigned the
highest rank among the great captains Of
the world, or even Of our own country ;
that neither his judgment nor his courage
Is Of the highest order, and that they are
not in harmonious equilibrium. General
Wilson further contends that Sherman is
not the equal Of Gran. in Judgment OF
courage, though he excels him in brillian-
cy; that he is inferior to Thomas in steadi.
ness aud resolution, far surpassed by
Sheridan in courage, aud excelled by
Upton as a tactician aud general student
Of the military art. Finally, the critic
concludes that the Memoirs will cause