Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-16
TRAVELLING CABINET.


any one OF its members left Washington -.
were sure TO be told of our TRAVELLING
net. We Know no, who is the witty inr,n,..
OF the term. but it certainly reflects ne -,
credit on bis genius as the ep thet "Tehlo
Orator does on the wit Of Mr.. Walsh r.
why are these gentlemen silent now 6, Sin
the Inauguration of Gen. Jackson. every ma.
Der OF the Cabinet has be en- absent from, ",
ing'on-and the reader will perceive. nv rs,..
ring 20 the Norfolk date, that the Presdo,,
with two Of the Secretaries, had reached =,
place together. throwing the whole we,oh,
Inc government on the shoulders of Nh. Va.
Bureo, (tor we look on Mr.. Ingham rstbe.
an ineumbrance than a help.mate.) Blu, ~,
he sad that they are engaged IN public bu,.
ness. There can be but two objects of a n.
tonal character which drew them to NorfoIL-
he Navy Yard at Gosport, and the For, buiD4
ing at Old Point DO the President and H..
Secretaries intend 10 take the grand round, q
| and, under the prelencs OF attending to publ.
business, make an eIectioneering tour througb
out the Union ? II has an awful squint;no,
that way, when we recollect the attempts now
making by several in1ue ntial Jackson pres,e.
| to sound public opinion as 10 the propriety nj
running the Hero for reelection. Bnt w.
think ii somewhat strange that, leaving Wasb.
ington with the sole design of inspecting he
Navy Yard and Fort, the President and his tso
Secretaries should have taken with them half
dozen ladies and three or four dandes Of tbs
first water, TO grace their train wi;bslq
Did the gallant Lothario's of the Cabnet or.
pect 10 receive any very valuable hints on the
subject OF shp-building or on the science of
military engineering from their fair escort
We really cannot perceive in what other wav
their visit was connected with the public bu.,.
ness
There is another thing abont This matter
which requires a single remark. Whenever Mr.
Adams left Washington, he journeyed as plain
republican cnizen-studously avoiding every
thing like show aud ostenta tion-and even rid
cued by Protessed republicans, for The simpli.
city of his garb. Look AT The contrast; The
Farmer Of Tennessee. the sec ond Washington,
the second Jefferson, Cinclnnatus, (for with al
these appellations haih he been honored) goes
forth with a suite If not so numerous certainly
more captivating than any that ever followed
at the heels of Napoleon when he visited navy
yards and forts for the purpose of inspection.
We believe it was his creed that in such mat
neers were much more valuable, and were moe
to be depended on, than even the scientific sue.
gesions Of ladies and handles Gen. ]. is not
only surrounded by brilliant suite, but corpo.
rate bodies meet, appoint committees TO receive
him, prepare apartments for the accommoda.
ton OF himself aud his followers, the military
parade, salutes are free, i'm one word, there
is as much " pomp and show and circumstance
as we could expect to see in a crowned head
as much ahject serviity and contemplate
trucking in the people 81 Norfolk aud Ports.
mouth as were ever exhibited Js the cringing
sycopbanrs of Monarch--ever prone 10
& Bend the pregnant hinges ofthe knee.
:" There thrift may Jotiow Ja,cniag."
The present has been called the Republican,
the last the Federal Administration. Every
man of common sense and observation knows
that the assertion has no foundation 10 truth ;
but if it had who would moi prefer the
Federal administration, which took for IFS guide
! the maxims OF pure republcanism, TO the Re
| publican adminisIrat on, which has set out with
initiating one Of the most odious features Of
royalty