Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-06
THE VEAsGlNEAN.
IyNCHBURG, AUG. 6, 1920.
TRAVELLING CABINET"

,.ontending for the absurdity that the hying
o,c,rs,oos" of the President and his Secreta-
RES from the Metropolis TO various sections of
,be couo,ry. do not entiile them TO the appella-
finn of The travelling Cabinet equally as
much as il did their predecessors, who never
left Washington, by the way, merely for pur-
noses Of pleasure, but only when their domes-
,c affairs requi ed, and public business permit
ted their attendance at home. They even say
that the trips of pleasure which, for two or
three weeks past have stripped Washington OF
the ." greatest and best Of men" (as The Presi'
dent is saiircally styled by Mr.. Branch) and
all his Secretaries, except tue plough horse OF
the Treasury, entitle them to all praise IL is
very true that, as they are the ingenious inven-
TORS of that and various other equally signlh-
cant terms, tcalled by an old maxim " the slang
words ofpany.'' & said to 3" possess wiichery Tor
vulgar minds, y they have the best right to III
terpret its meaning. But, we think II suits the
present administration with peculiar force, as
we shall proceed to show. II will be readily
grated, that il, as is alleged, the trip OF the
President aud two of his Secretaries to Norfoik
was die tai ed by watchluiness over the public
Interests. and a W sh TO inspect personally the
formidable works constructing in its neighbor-
hood with view TO suggest alterations or
amendment or TO detect imposition or fraud
they would be free from censurc, We Cannot
however believe TIA, such were the objects OF
tue visit: LIT. because there IS no sapposaoie
reason why the officers in The neg hbefhood OF
Norfolk should have been suspected, more uiau
officers elsewhere e, Of a neg ect 81 Ite public IN
terests; 2dIy, because, IT, for moment, 4
could be supposed thai such men as Gen. Jack
sou, Eaton and Branch could instruct the aoe
Engineers who ssetched the plan of de'ence a
the mouth Of The Chesapeake, they might rs
we'll have taken the model into their closets,
and there pointed ont the deficiencies 10 Le
supplied and ibe faults 10 be corrected SILLY,
because II fraud had been comm ted, il could
have been easily detected BY IN examination
of the accounts and vouchers al Washington
and, 4ihly, because they were accompanied by
sundry ladies', who, as We formerly rem rted,
are not very much celebrated Tor their skill IN
constructing strips and forts IN short, from
all the circumstances of the case. il hardly ad
mits of a doubt that the scheme WIS projected
BY the ladies' and embraced by our :" most po-
reai, grave and reverend ssighioTs' wiihou'
any other reference 10 the public works than
determination to visit them As matters of curl.
ID -,oIyo
solely from soliciiude for the public welfare,
what shall we say of the visit Of the President
to The venerable Charles Carroll, accompanied
again, and very properly, TOO, by a number of
ladies Was that visit intended to promote the
public interest Or did il not rather spring from
natural Il laudable desire natural and laud-
able in any person 10 visit and converse with
the last of thai intrepid band who declared us
free, sovereign and independent people No
other motive csn he assighsd, unless. indeed,
we should refer il to one, OF the reality 81 " hc
his friends are The best Judges, but the allega.
,lon Of which we are they wonld indig-
nanily repel-and that is, that, under the guise
of visiting the venerable patriarch he is =" cleo
pioneering" in Maryland. Preparatory to thu
next political race, for which some of his Joe.
kes have already entered i'm. Mind us, we
don't say this is so though we should have no
hesitation in broadly declaring il to be the case
If we chose 20 indulge the mean suspicious and
10 hazard the reckless assertions wlieh, on 81
mllar occasions, distinguished the opponents
of the late administration
But, let rs leave the Chief Magistrate, and
make few enquiries as TO his Suoa,erns. Tile
easily awakened sympahles of the Jackson
prints were deeply eaciteh not long since for
poor Mr.. Rush, who, il was said, =" Wa desert.
eddy Mr.. Adams aud the remainder of the Ca.
blnet and had TO sustain the Whole weight o f
the government upon his single shou,ders."-
Poor fellow What wonder IL did not crush
him Even ALIAS would have groaned ueder
the load But astonishes us tina, all this sym
patty should have been extended TO an oppo.
Heni, while the renowned Sammy Ingbam one
other own dear friends. who has stood precise.
~ IN the same predicament. hns t,il,J nm
Ne' inc whole weight of the government"
without drawing forth one expression of condo.
'ence' Why are ye all silent, gentlemen You
S"oV'a mol forget the old adage What is
s"uce Tor the goose is also sauce for the eander"
ou'' perhaps matters of great national impor-
lance required that the Secretaries of War. of
'he Navy and of Stare should all ahsen, them
S''es nom Washington at the same time. OF
.p'' f-a'oo, all we have heard u.s. that while at
for'fess Monroe, he g modestly" stood within
""' Vi 'heconversalions that took place,
"no IN which his difidence wond not permit
"'' 70 Jo'n' as TO the strength and durability
"'' me means OF resistance and attack, of this |
" "'"'iorliicaiion. We admire the wisdom IF