St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-16
Southern Men in the Cabinet.

Albany hines.
The st. Paul GLOBE makes some very
sensible remarks upon subject Of prevale nj
discussion, when it says:
because Mr. Lamar is a Southern man II has
been urged by some exceedingly prejudced OBJ
jectors that he ought not to have been placed at
the lead of the department which has jurisdic-
ton OF the pension bureau. For years the Re-
publican organs and politicians have been claim
ing that a return to Democratic rule by the aid
of she solid electoral vote OF the South would
mean the payment OF re bel claims, the pension
ing Of rebel soldiers, and the withholding Of
pensions from the survivors OF the Union army
and their families. The persistency
with which these falsehOods have
been uttered has induced many igno-
rant but honest people TO credit them and to
vote against Democratic candidates on that nc
count For this reason, if no other, Mr. Cleve-
land did wise thing to put a Southern man at
the head of the interior department, for he will
kill the seed OF poisonous sectionalism by the
practical proof that the pension bureau can be
run more honestly and more advantageously for
the Union pensioners by Southern Democrat
than 1t has been By any Republican. Mr. Lamar
is a national man and has done more to heal the
sninosities OF sectional bias and prejudice than
any man in the South. He is q man of broad
and thorough statesmsnship and will lend char
acter and influence to the administration
The first fruit OF Mr.. Lamar's appointment
was the appointment OF Gen. Black OF ILL
nois to the head of the pension bureau. That
in itself might De regarded as refutation Of
all the objections made to Secretay Lamar
But the fact remains that every Republican
administration since Lincoln has been ex-
travagantly fond Of Southern rebels. Aker-
man, Key, L0ngstreet, Mosby, ETC., are et-
amples. They did not quit serve their
purpose because t e South m people are in
teIligent and they knew ~ ,Ac appoint
menis we're made, but the intention 10 b. We
them serve q p lrpose is unde1ied. 10 every
instance o. the appointments 70 which We
have alluded. the lapse of wears since the re-
bellion was les than it IS nv Why should
there not have been great ho about rebels
then! Il IS 3 lack that 80, az ofice-hoid-
ing goes, the rebellion haC Be cOndone d
by the appointment OF ex-Feb-ls TO public
place under Republican administrations, and
a great Offering Of flowers to Malone, yet
Their was en- no Onicly.
Under t0ese considerations, let "a look
owe the new appointm b. q Dem crat c
pFeslgent- Out Of lis seven cabinet minis
teTs there are two who may be clas5ed as eI-
rebels The chief of these, Secretary Lamar,
appoints az the bead OF bis greatest bureau
very distinguished Caion soldier. The
appointments Of Attorney General Garland
ars as get unknown. Every other member
Of the cabinet has always been thorough
Union man.
But let rs look at the Southern question
from another point When Is rebellion ever
T. be cOndonedl Il Is nos just twenty years
since tue southern rebellion xzs crushed. A
party opposed 20 the rebellion has had power
ever since BIZ its lezis alton, CON PEELED By
pubic opinion. Z men ~no engaged in the
Southern Fehe ion are nov authorized 20
take part In national affairs They are here
sad no party can reject them