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Domestic News July 15, 1830

Lynchburg Virginian

Lynchburg, Virginia

What is this article about?

In early July, the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Navy departed Washington, leaving the President and all Cabinet members absent—an unusual situation critiqued in light of prior political attacks on such absences.

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Washington July 8—The Secretary of State left this City on Monday for the Northward.

The Secretary of the Treasury left the city at some time previous to that day, for we observe that he was amongst the visitors to the Rail Road on Monday.

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Washington, July 10—The Secretary of the Navy has left this city on a visit to North Carolina, his native State. It is believed that there remains now not one of the Heads of Departments at the Seat of Government.

We do not complain of the absence of the President and all his Cabinet, though so general an absence of the high officers of the Government is unusual, if not unprecedented. We know that occasional absences are unavoidable and justifiable. But we feel for the distress which this aberration must cause to the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer, its New York coadjutor, and others of the same family, who uttered such bitter denunciations a year or two ago whenever the President, or one of his Secretaries, found it necessary to visit his domicile to look into his private affairs. If we remember right, one of these Editors carried his patriotic indignation to such an extreme as to offer a reward for the apprehension of the fugitive, when President Adams, after the decease of his father, retired for a few weeks to the shades of Quincy, and no member of the Cabinet was allowed to leave this city for a day, even to visit his sick family, without a hue and cry being raised upon his trail.

What sub-type of article is it?

Arrival Departure Politics

What keywords are associated?

Cabinet Absence Secretary Departures Washington Political Commentary Richmond Enquirer

What entities or persons were involved?

Secretary Of State Secretary Of The Treasury Secretary Of The Navy President Editor Of The Richmond Enquirer New York Coadjutor President Adams

Where did it happen?

Washington

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Washington

Event Date

July 8 And July 10

Key Persons

Secretary Of State Secretary Of The Treasury Secretary Of The Navy President Editor Of The Richmond Enquirer New York Coadjutor President Adams

Outcome

all heads of departments absent from the seat of government

Event Details

The Secretary of State left Washington on Monday for the Northward. The Secretary of the Treasury left earlier and visited the Rail Road on Monday. The Secretary of the Navy left for North Carolina. The President and entire Cabinet are absent, which is unusual. Commentary notes past denunciations by the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer and others against similar absences under President Adams.

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