Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-10-13

1t must be acknowledged by every one that this
is a pretty fair guess at what the country might
expect should the Democratic party come into
power. 1t would be far more apt to do worse
than this than 1t would to do better. Judge Black
is the ablest man in the Democratic party to-day.
His record as a political statesman, however, is
bad. As the adviser of Buchanan and the legal
authority that settled the question Of the uncon-
stitutonality of an attempt to coerce a state, he
proved his allegiance to the states rights doctrine
which eliminated in secession and war He would
be dangerous adviser for military president
But think for an instant OF Sammy Tilden as the
watchdog OF the treasury" Palsied, and nearly
blind; man whose own house for weeks was
filled with cipher dispatches from cellar to attic
without his knowledge or exciting even a suspi-
cion on his part, would be a model financier to
direct the finances Of this country. And McClel-
Ian, another disappointed aspirant for the pres
idency-only needing Horatio Seymour to make
up the three Democratic gracesl It being one Of
the pet projects of the Democracy to abolish the
army, no better war secretary could be found to
aid In the work than Little Mac" Itseems too
bad to resurrect Thurman and Hendricks from
the repose OF private life to which their respective
states have consigned them, but as this is merely
an imaginary disturbance no sympathy is neces-
sary. With so many great lights in his cabinet,
representing every idiom and fallacy known to
that party for twenty years-both hard money
and soft money, greenbackism and fat" money,
secession and states rights, pro-slavery and anti
slavery, union and rebel-General Hancock would
be dwarfed into the merest nonentity Compare
this set Of men with the members Of the present
cabinet, and mark the difference. Or, for the
sake OF argument, imagine what
GARFIELD's CABINET
will be in comparison with the one marked out
for Hancock. With President Chadbourne, late
OF Williams college, for instance as secretary Of
state; John Sherman as secretary Of the treas
ury; Gen. Joe. Hawley, or Gen. Chamberlain
Of Maine, for secretary of war; Gen. Ben Harri-
son of Indiana for secretary of navy; Carl Schurz,
or Wayne Macveagh for secretary of interior;
Horace Maynard, or Judge Thomas Settle of Flor
ida, for postmaster-general and Stewart L. Wood
ford for attorney-yeneral, President Garfield
would present to the country a sound, able and
patriotic corps Of advisers to whom the admins
tration OF the affairs of the nation could be safely
confded. The cabinet of President Hayes will be
known in history as the best corps Of advisers,
taken as whole, that any president ever gathered
around him. The administrations OF Sherman,
Evarts, and Schurz, of their respective depart
ments, have been especially distinguished for EN-
inent ability, sound craftsmanship, and needed
reforms. Sherman has made himself a name,
known the world over as the greatest financier OF
his time. Evarts has administered our diplomatic
affairs with great wisdom and discretion, while
Schurz has succeeded in cleaning out several cor
rupt rings that had been fostering upon the pub
lie service for many years. and which none of his
predecessors had dared to touch Economy has
been particular and prevailing virtue with the
present administration, and the figures show that
the loss OF the publc funds under President Hayes
falls far below that Of any preceding period.
There is the best of reasons to believe that under
Garfield the same wise and prudent policy would
be continued in all the branches of the govern
ment.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The statue Of the late Admiral Farragut, by
Mrs. Winnie Ream II ,xie, has been placed in po-
stion in Farragut square. in this city, and the
dedication ceremonies will take place after the
meeting of congress, on date to be designated
by the naval authorities. The metal made use OF
in casting the statue was the bronze propeller of
Farragut's flagship, the Hartford, in which the
admiral achieved his most gnal victories Thus
the bronze which impelled his ship to victory now
presents his name to posterity.
large amount of campaign matter which was
not frankabe under the law was detected while
being sent from this city by the Democratic ma
tional committee under the frank OF Democratic
congressman, and was promptly held by the post
master here, and the committee notified. The