Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-17
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SATURDAY MORNING., JULY.I7. Ieao.

lne secretary oil the Treasury has returned to the
City, so that there is head of Department now
there, and the Post Master General
The Enquirer n in duty bound, takes up the de-
icace OF tho Travelling Cabinet" having howcvor
the modesy to say nothing Of its by way of apol
ogy. but putting Daft forward for that purpose. This
Is an old trick ofthat paper. When it is afraid to
take the bul by the horns with own hands, il
trives TO fall upon more hardy adventurer who
will. 20 dafend the Travelling Cabinet" and find
apologies for the President AID all his Secretaries
leaving their posts the time after the advcr-
tiscment Of Mr.. Adams a runaway in 1896 a nd
the innumcrablc philippines and witticlsms upon his
Travelling Cabinet" somewhat exceeds it's bras 3;
but rs the Greatest and Best" and all he does must
be defended, Duff is called in and made to bear the
brunt. Now would it not have been more manly nd
quite as consistent, for the Enquirer itself to
the Cabinet, as for it to quote Duf's lame excuses
uS The following paragraph is quoted by the Jack
son prints as coming from the Marlborough Press IN.
C.) "a paper with which we do not exchan &c.
we stated 1t as runor, that DIR. Clarke had re-
signed IN disgust. We SD heard it, and rave it for
what 1t was worth. Percciv,ng that the rumor was
"'thout foundation, we lose time in making the
correction We could not probably, if we had given
reins to our fancy have assigned motive for his re-
signaton, more honorable to the gentleman Uo
must have strong stomach indeed-strono,r than
most jackson men of intelligence, if he fell, no dis
gust at the scenes he witnessed in Wasbington
When his 'early friend" Secretary Branch was reodv
10 throw up in digust and could with difficulty be
persuaded to hold on, Mr.. Clarke it seems was cui,o
cool and delighted We congratulate the gentleman
on his self possession
James ". Clark, President of the day, being cal.
leo on TOR toast rose and said He had to ask tho
Indulgence OF the company for few moments He
held IN his hand paragraph extracted from tho
Richmond Wing of the Goth ultimo, the contents of
winch, with PERMISSION, he would read:
~ James w. Clark of N. G. has resigned the
once OF First Clerk in the Navy Department and
Jno. Boyle has been appointed in his place A resig
nation OF once is SO rare thing in these days of "ro
tation that It deserves commemoration Mr. c. "a
reported TO have resigned from dsgust-a sentiment
which Is believed to be epidemic among honest men
at Washington"
DE solicited their attention to that part of the ex-
tract which stated he had retired from the Navy De-
partment in disgust, and would avail himself of the
present occasion-and was most happy it had occur
red-to declare that the nforma lion Given bv the edi
tor OF the Wing, from whatever source received was
altogether gratuitous and incorrect He had resion
cd ms situation IN tho department from motives pure
y OF private nature-and regretted the necessity
tor desolvng the official connection between himself
and the Secretary, whom he was proud to call his
old and well-trcd friend. He would give them-The
Navy Department; tho energy, fidelity, and unyield
ing independence with which its concerns are admin
lstered, disgusts those only whose tastes are wf,llv
tePraved, or who view the acts of the Secreto ~
through jaundIced medium.