. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. able a record he could make as attorney-general of theCommonwealth. I did not doubt his sincerity andpersonally regretted that I had no right and no authori-ty to release him from the obligation he had made tothe public through me. If it had been a mere personalpledge to myself, I could have done so, but it was apledge that I had given to the public on his auth
. Old time notes of Pennsylvania; a connected & chronological record of the commercial, industrial & educational advancement of Pennsylvania, & the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838. able a record he could make as attorney-general of theCommonwealth. I did not doubt his sincerity andpersonally regretted that I had no right and no authori-ty to release him from the obligation he had made tothe public through me. If it had been a mere personalpledge to myself, I could have done so, but it was apledge that I had given to the public on his authority,and with it had given the positive assurance that thepromise was made in good faith, and would be sacredlyfulfilled. Cassidy was my own personal counsel at the time,but his acceptance of a cabinet appointment after thesolemn pledge given to the public Vv^ith my own positiveeditorial endorsement would involve The Timesand its editor in grotesque insincerity, and I informedhim that that pledge was made under such circum-stances that neither he nor I, nor any other, couldrelease him from its fulfilment. Some time before thisinterview with Casisdy, Pattison had called at myoffice, and discussed the question of his cabinet in a. <^^^ The of Pennsylvania 545 general way, giving a number of names that seemedto be considered. He named Cassidy among others,and I summarily dismissed his name, and reminded theGovernor that Cassidys public pledge, that was giventhe widest publicity throughout the State, precludedhis selection, to which Pattison made no reply. I never had another conference with either Pattisonor Cassidy about his cabinet or on any political sub-ject, before the inauguration, and when the new Gov-ernor sent Cassidys name to the Senate for attorneygeneral, The Times denounced the appointment asan act of bad faith, on the part of Cassidy, to the peopleof the State, that the Governor should not have per-mitted, and demanded that his solemnly plighted faithgiven to the
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