New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-16
ANGLO-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
THE PRESIDENCY UNDER REVIEW.

SINGULAR sPECULA1IoNs ON THE CABINET
MR.. GLADSTONE REPLIES TO SIR HENRY FL
HOTTIE AFFAIRS OF TnE NKw-JERsEI CEN
TRN-
IrRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRIBUSE.l
LONDON, March 3.--Unusually full accounts of the
concluding electoral scenes at Washington have
been telcgraphed to this side, as well by Mr. Renters
agent MS by the special correspondents Of The Times
and Idv Nees The comments on them are also
full and far from attering 1t is not TO be wondered
at The shady side of American life is what always
appears most prominently in the long dispatches
which The Times, whenever a commotion or scandal
occurs. receives from Philadelphia. We know
Springer and Brown and Mills and Blackburn
almost as well as you do. How Springer led the
flibustering on Tuesday and Wednesday; how
"Brown of Kentucky" rushed wildly about
shaking his fist in the faces of Springer and |
his troop; how some members Grasped their
reyolyers and others mounted the desks, gesticu-
lating and shouting; how Wallings twhO is Wal
ling p fury took on an epiCrammatiC form, apprsng
us that when fraud is law, patriotism Is tlbustcr-
ingn how Mills i'll his despair invited the galleries
TO "see the Republic die" and how Blackburn
yelled out that Friday, Eangman's day, had come,
a Git day TO witness the contamination OF vlDalny,
the scandal of counting i'll Hayes ;'-all TINS ana
much more may the British Pharlsee read and thank
God he is not as these Americans are. And in the
with which that grim humorst Mr.. Ferry prefaced
his declaration of the result-that he hoped nothing
would occur to mar the dignity of proceedings SO
reputable to the American people aud worthy the
respect of The world! viii Mr.. Ferry be surprised
10 hear that the proceedings which he thinks worthy
OF respect are here thought deplorabe?
Yet. after all. here, as | suppose with yon, the
paramount feeling is of satisfaction that Prcsi-
dent whose legal title cannot be disputed has some
how or other been chosen. People who dont
like us or our form of government arc not likely to
he sorry that a hundred years of republican lnde-
pendence bore fruit in disgraccful squabbe about
the Chief-Magistracy of The country. That is per-
hans the view OF considerable minority, embracing
considerable majority, fear of the most arlsto-
cratic class. The great bulk of the rest who care
ANYTHING at all about us care forcommercoi reasons.
They welcome any settlement which VIII promote
activity Of trade The press discusses us III every
variety OF tone and with every variety OF possible
blunder: with great journalistic skill, may add
also, in making safe generatieS do duty for accn-
rate know ledge of the matter they treat The jour
nal which combines taste for local coior mostly
wrong. with taste for philosophical politics, gener
ally absurd has succeeded in tracing the election Of
Mr. HAYES to the happy accident that the Repub-
leans were in power when Secession began! An
other which writes morality large on its banner,
halls the decision as a gain worth all the saorhces
of party interest and even OF political principle
and public equity that it may have cost
A third, waxing historical tells us that
in the inst eagerncSs of the Republican
party to secure the personal freedom OF the negro
by political rights. they readmitted the seeding
States 10 the Union before the elements OF constu-
tcnal government could be said to have Icappeared
in them" leave TO clearer heads than mine to an
swcr the cOEundum wrapped up III that mysterious
collocation of words; to say what they mean, i'll
short. There is general disposition 10 sympatmze
with the Democrats the beaten party, and praise
is lavishcd on the Democratic leaders for their mod
cration-a good part of which they seem to deserve
An American Of any party, or OF no party may be
glad to hear it, though he is forced to hear
al the same time that it is based on a belief
that the trickcry of the other side gave
prov0cation and excuse for violence. In
putatious on the integrity of tho Electoral Tribunal
arr scattered ayislly. still the disposition to rec
ocrize the excellent political temper of tie people
nj large has survived the irritation with which
writer's ~ all sorts in the English press have
their predictions falsifcd 1t is, perhaps, from
anxiety to maintain good character for us as
nation that The Times takes pains to It's readers
against the assumption that there were 10 persons
in the towns where it is reported Mr.. Hayes was
received with enthusiasm who would not have pre-
ferrcd The return of 3ir Tilden.
BY way Of making up for their want of acquairt-
auce with the recent past three OF the papers
take Us into the immediate future, and-ior all the
world like NcT-YoIk papers-are forming cabinets
for Mr.. Hayes. Tho o!,graph has told ms that Ar.
Sherman is Ga be SccTeta! Of tie Treasury, 50 that
this single Office is removed from the realms OF
feeble conjecture. He says The 1imC with some
DISPLAY of "sioyenly omn, SCIENCE" will represent
the Wcst in the Cabinet 1t expects Nj. Chandler
to be taken in for his services and Mr.. Boutwell, for
his misfoItnes Unlucky New-York may be left
out altogether on account of the complicated
rivalry" Of Messrs. Conliing Morgan, Eyarts, and
Curtis; in which case "New-Jcrscy would not
improbably send 20 the Cabinet Mr.. freling
huysen~ Does The Times really think that
Cabinet ministers are elected by Statesl Mr. Cam
eron We arc further told, as representing Pennsyl-
vania, would expect to hold his place, while Sir.
Blaine will probably prefer his six years in the
Senate TO four in the Cabinet. Mr. Hayes may at
tempt 10 concate the South by bringing one or
two Southern members into the Cabinet; but 1bc
Times does not know where he is to look for South
ern Republicans of decent character, unless Mr.
Brlstow may be called "A SOuthcrncr." The Times
perhaps thinks Kentucky is on the Canada border
1t would he glad TO a Cabinet containing such
men as Mr.. Evarts Mr. BrstOw, Mr.. schuTz and Mr.
Hoar but two at least OF these would almost III
eyitaby be rejected by the Senate"
Enough of this. l don't know Why dwell on
errors of detail, for such most of them are They
are yexatious when they lead to foolish conclusions
on general questions but they certainly do not sur
pass in magnitude those which a portion OF the
American press habitually commits in discussing the
affairs of Europe. Substantially the Judgment of
the English press the events which have resulted
in the election of Mr.. Hayes is just aud right
Judgment. So Is the conclusion of this very article