Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-22
GENERAL LONGSTREET.
Reasons that May Lead 10 Hts APP
POIntment 10 Cabinet Position.

Washington Correspondence Of the Baltimore
Sun
Friends OF General Longstreet express
some confidence in The opinion that lie will
be called into the Cabinet. Il seems that
several Republican Senators have represent
ed to President Arthur that the appointment
would be a good ore. t has never previ-
ously been made public that at the time Mr..
Kew went out Of the Cabinet Of Mr.. Hayes
General LOngstreet was very strongly press
ed SIS his successor, and at one time Mr..
Hayes positively promised the friends Of the
eX- Confederate General that be should re-
ceive the appointment After@ards the
Tennessee r spublicaus represented to Mr..
HsYes that If citizen Of that State was ar
pointed the Republicans could elect the
| Governor and carry the Legislature. thus
| securing United States Senstcr. This de-
cided MIR Hayes 70 appoint Mr.. Maynard,
sud General LongstTeet was then given
Nr. MaynsTd's place as Minister TO Turkey.
Now General Grant, Mr. COnklfpg, Sene-
tor Kellogg OF Lcuisiana, and Others
close TO President Arthur have assured
him that the selection Of General Long
street for g Cabinet position as arepresen-
tatiVe Southern man would be W.se; that
the hundred thousand or more Southern
men whom General Longstreet ct one time
| and another commanded stin respect him
/ for his purity and dignity Of character, and
would take pride in his elevation, and that
/ It would be very fsvOrably received all over
/ the South. If Mr. Hunt remains in the
/ Ca6iGet there would not, Of course, be
much If sny prospe Ct Of any other Southern
msu being appointed. But those who are
\ pressing @ nersl LOUgstreet cay they have
/ no idea o. Mr. Hunts remaining. In this
| connectiCa YOUR correspondent has the au-
/ thOritv e. give the facts IN reference to the
/ sppointmeBJ Of Mr. Hunt to place In the
/ Cabinet bv General Garfield Il was the
I district understanding that It wss only an
/ experiment, and that if at any time General
/ Garfield found he could obtain a Southern
man who would be more acceptable to Re
/ pU5iicaIs generally Of the two sections, OF
more agreeable to himself personally, he
would be at perfect liberty to consider the
/ place a. his disposal.
/ There vas also tscit understanding that
as Mr. Hunt resigned life position on the
bench he would be properly provided fOI
/ elsewhere IL be left the Cabinet. There IL
/ no doubt that had General Garfield lived he
/ would have had another Secretary of the
| Navy, and It is held that President Arthur
/ certainly viii, but that he will carry out
| General Garfield's purposes and give Mr..
/ Hunt a comfortable berth Of some sort. II
/ has been assumed almost universally that II
/ any member OF the present Cabinet remain
/ ed In Office it would be President Lincoln.
| Your correspondent learns on high authOri-
| " that if Secretary Lincoln desires to hold
/ on he can do so, because and for no Other
reason than that he Is the son of Abraham
| Lincoln. But the President will be graft
/ fed IL Mr.. Lincoln relieves MIN of all en-
| barrassment in the matter by electing 10 gC
| out With the rest OF his colleagues. This ID
| the view held also in the circles which were
| potential in securing the admission of Mr.
| Lincoln to the Cabinet.