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London, England, 1826-08-15 00:00:00

associates, which it has never yet known, no, not in its
brightest days. Those now on the theatre of affairs,
will enjoy the ineffable happiness of seeing themselves.
succeeded by sons of a grade of science beyond their
own ken. Our sister States will also be repairing to the
:same fountains of instruction, will bring hither their
genius to be kindled at our fire, and will carry back the
fraternal affections which, nourished by the same Alma
Mat r, will knit us to them by the indissolute bonds of
early personal friendship, The good old dominion,
the blessed mother of us all, will then raise her head.
with pride among the nations, will present to them that
splendour of genius, which she has ever possessed, but,
h is too long suffered to rest unroll and unknown,
and will become a centre of reliance to the States,whose
youths she has instructeil,'and, as it were, adopted.
" I claim some shire in the merit this gleat work,
of regeneration. My. whole labours, now for many
years, have been devi ted to it, and I stand pledged to fol-
low it bp through the ti.nnant of life remaining to me."
• 7011• N ADAMS.

President Adams was educated at Cambridge, and to
the profession of the law. S,) eminent sas his standing'
in that profession, that at an early age he was appointed
C:hisf.Justice of the State, hitt' he declimed this office.
Amid tistiorce of excitement produced by the Boston
massacre, he dated to •undertake Oe defence of ! the-
British ttoops. His etic:ess in this trial was complete.
It evinced his talents and his strong tense of justice and
official duty. A less intrepid s;'irit would not have
dared to stem the current of popular indignation by
engaging in such a canse. But it is not in his profes-
sional life, but his political, that we are to trace his
glori rut career. He soon •sactiticed his profession and
everything, to the liberties of his fell•sw citizens and
the independence of his country: In 1770 he was
elected a Representative from Boston, and in 1774,
a member of the Council, but was negatived by
Governor arge frpm the pert he teak in politics.—
From 1770, and preyiogs; and until 1776, he was con-
stantly engaged, and took a leading part in all the
measures w hich were adopted to defend the colonies
from the unjust attacks of the British Pat+ ament. He
was one of the earliest that contem,rlated -the indepen-
dence of the country, and her separation tram the mother
country. No man in the Congress of 1776 did ;.to much
as he did to pr, cure the declaiation of independence.
By the committee who were appointed on the subject of
a separation from the mother country, Mr. Jefferison and
Mr.- Patterns were appointed a su b. committee to' frame a
decl4ratiou of independence. The draught repotted
vows that of Mr. Jrlferson, and he has deservedly re-
ceived great credit for it. But Nlr. Jefferson never spoke
in public, and John Adams was the bald and &fling
spirit of Congress of 1776, and the eloquent advocate of
its boldest measures.

From the declaration of independence until the peace,
Mr. Adams was employed in the same glorious cause..
—Mast Nyashingtsm, at the head of our armies, is as
fighting the battles of liberty, and defending our counts y
from the ravage' of the enemy, Adams was employed
in a service less brilliant, but scarcely }e,s important,
Through the whole war he was exerting his ta'ents at
the various courts of Europe, to obtain loans and alli-
ances, and every succour to sustain our armies, and the
cause of our liberty and independence. Nor did his
labours cease until he had accomplished every chject
for which he was sent abroad, nor until he had realcd
our independence by a treaty of peace, wit ch he signed
with Great Britain.

Imincdiately after the tre ty of peace, he was ap-
pointed Ambassador to Great Britain ; on the adoption
of the Censtitut on, he W 46 elected first President of the
Uni:ej States. During the whole period of tie r'resi-
dency of Washington, Mr. Adams was V.ce President.
He was as unifcrmly consulted by Washington as though
he had been a • member of his Cabinet, on all important
questions. On the death of Washington, Mr. Adams
was elected his successor.

During the administration of Mr. Achim!, p irty-
spirit raged without restraint. Too independent him-
self to wear the trammels of either party, he was
warmly supported by wither. Too open fur conceal-
ment, and perfectly void of guile ant intrigue, he prac-
tised no arts to secure hinrselt in power. At the eitpi-
ration of the first term, Mr. Jefferson, the candidate of
the Republican party, and his successful cum' etiror,
received four voes more than Mr. Adams. Mr. Adams
then retired to private life, at his seat in Quincy. •
When the foreign aspect of our country became
clouded, and difficulties overshadowed it, lie came forth
'the warm •st advocate of the rights of the country, and
of those measures of the administration calculated to
sustain them. His letter in defence of our 'seamen
against foreign impressment, is one of the ablest and
most irresistible arguments in the English language. So
satisfied were those who had been politically opposed
to him, of his merits and services, that he was selected
by the Republicans of Massachusetvas their candidate
for Governor, on the death of Governoe Sullivan ; but
he declined again entering into public life. He was
one of the electors, and President of the Electoral Col-
lege, when Mr. Monroe was elected President of the
United States. Having been t'.e principal draughts-
man of the Constitution of this State, when the con-
vention was called to amend it in 1820, he was unani-
mously elected their President. On his declining this
honour, unanimous resolutions were passed by this
great assembly of five hundred, reected from all parties,
expressive of their exalted sense of his merits and
public services.
The private character of President Adams was perfectly pure,
unsullied, and unstained. There was no Christian or moral duty
which he did not fulfil—the kindest of husbands. and the best of
fathers.

The King of FRANCE, in order to encourage •acci-
nation, has awarded prizes to the medical men who vac-
cinate the gi eatest number of persons in any one year.
M.•Firman Didot, who.conducts the largest printing
establishment at Paris, has suspended , payment. The
reduction of the Printing business At Paris almost equals
that of London.
• COitiC ASSlZElC—Mendayse'nnight, Mr. John Knigt t
brought an action to recover an Insurance Policy,effec e 3
by the Dublin Shamrock Aisarance Conipany, on the
ship West lactiin. damaged on.its passage from King-
ston to Cork—Verdict. against the Company, 2,2951.

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