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Show THE NEW CABINET. Hayes' cabinet id evidently an attempt at-tempt at a compromise, uot only between be-tween tho cxlromo radical and con BOrvative wings of the republican p.uly, but between tho reform olo-ment, olo-ment, which supported Greeley and tho rofculnr rank and File of tho organisation. or-ganisation. If tho names reported t'ivo U8 tlio real cast of hid advisers, it ia evident that Mr. Hayea has seriously seri-ously harbored tho idea of attempting to niako a breach iu llm democracy of llio southern stales. The election, of Mr. Koy ot Tunnesuce, who is said to bo a life-long domocrat, strengthens strength-ens this view, while tho choice of Mr. Evarts aa secretary of atato may be regarded aa stepping ouldide of political po-litical circles. Mr. Kvnrts enjoys a national reputation aa a lawyer, and though ho sustained tlio election of Mr. Hayea ho warmly protested ftgaiat the villiany of tho Kello returning re-turning bord and tlio usurpation of Grant in Louisiana in 1S74, in organizing organ-izing n boRiis logidlaturo by ltd era) trcopd. In tits. 'argument before the electoral commission ho was able to avoid any review of hia previous pre-vious opinions on this subject by inijislins that thj validity of a republican state certificate could not bo investigated by congress. Tlio appointment of Mr. Suhurz will bo regarded variously. It is I needless to say that ho is not u gou-1 oral favorite in tho republican party; ' but hia great services in tho Ohio: campaign of 1S73, tho success of which paved tho way for Hayes' nomination, nom-ination, demanded recognition; hence tho reappearance cf Carl Schurz in ono of tho most important cabinet posit'ons. He is a man of independent independ-ent views, inclining rather to an overbearing stylo and intolerance of tho opinions of b:s opponents. His leading hobbies are epecio payment and civil aervieo reform, and it is believed be-lieved that tho enthusiasm, of the new-president new-president upon these subjects ie largely duo to Schurz's influence. M bother tho lat'er can train bar ruouiously in the traces of the party which is still led by Morton audi, f handler, and in a cabinet whose political master spirit is John Sherman, Sher-man, is a problem winch time will have to solve. Tho selection of Koy as postmaster general f seems to strengthen the opinion that Mr. Hayes has determined deter-mined upon a southern policy somewhat some-what modi tied from that which has prevailed during tho last administration, administra-tion, and tlio composition of the reported cabinet does not conflict with euch an impression. Sherman and MeCrary arc both regular partv men, and their records do uot exhibit any marked departure froai the caucus policy of republicanism; but 1'varts and Sehurz may be ranked as in a sene'o non-partisan, while Thorn psou and Dv-vens have no recent pubiic records to indicate their positions posi-tions on current politics. Key, who has a reputatiou for original ability linily second to either of his associates, associ-ates, is evidently a conservative and opponent of the cirpot-lug governments govern-ments in the south. Od tho whole the new cabinet has 1 a conservative complexion, and if it ' be tho result of a compromise, indi-crvtes indi-crvtes that the moderate wiuj of the party has gained something subilan-til subilan-til in tho bargain. With such a cabinet it is quite poss-b'.e that the recognition of the Xicholls and Hampton gorernmeaU of LouUiana and South Carolina may be tho solution solu-tion of the vexed questions at issue in those states, though such a recognition recog-nition would show Mr. Hayes to be a bolder man than .he has been credited. cred-ited. To throw overboird Chamberlain Chamber-lain and Packard wuuid be to iru-l peach the titlr oi the president of the j i L'jiitad StatH from tho white house itat-lf, to p!a:e the tiiee deuiQcralic claimants in the annate from those etatt.-B, and to publicly cuntirm and 'Xjocj t brunch tiio mouth of Mr. Jf.iyt:ri tiie fraud by which ho bus been declared and inaugurated n.H chief magistrate. This conaunima-tiim conaunima-tiim would involve the most unblushing unblush-ing effrontery on the part of the administration, ad-ministration, and would create universal uni-versal surprise. It could not fail to create a serious division in the republican repub-lican party, leading probably to tho n-organiztliori of the radical element in opposition to thu new uJminiatra-tir,n, uJminiatra-tir,n, and tlio very natural attempt by Mr. Hayes to strengthen hi.-) government govern-ment by dividing tho democratic party. |