Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-10-20
F,sm fbe tB aon) CHRosIcLs.
n GEOGRAPHIC SKETCH
| OF THIS Lars
Governor ADA MS.
BY JANIS SULLIYAN.

he virtues and pa,riotiim of par aees
~ ought 10 bs celeb rated tor the benefit of
msrkind; and examples of good and great
ncns mutt be handed dow to their children. for
The promotion OF fncial happineis. Thus the
ans'tns nsicns paid divine honors TO their he.
raevand pstriots. whiia a. people. enlightenrd
hy divine inipiIsIion. coniscra,ed the prceep,s
sndtsxamples OF pious angtAou, SIS The law.
D: ,Eeir poiteri,y. fr f,Ysse sf
Ia country repletc with fc,ence, where
every nerve Is Oh ,hs trctch, and every mufcIe
Ia exesiion for the pubic veal. whcre indaitry
and triespri!e sccomularc public and private
wealth here civil iecurity, and poi,,ical fell
city (eem attached TO ,he .to,i az it, natural at
motphsIe. IL - not eafy TO find chssae,ers, 70
permanent m the iesturcs OF public vuue, 40 TO
bear che trohaer touches of the painter, hand.
Bot Our nation having been bot lately broup ht
iato es,aence; and having in its birth, been
Attended ~i,h circumfances aaoniihinp to the
world. we ind in i,s progrefs 20 foverciguty
and Independence, couaeliation of charatters.
~hich will be revercd a. long rs the rights Of
mankind ihsh be rei@tted. Among iheic, the
patriotic virtues OF the mxn, Whole iunr Isl OBJ
ssqae', se,e on lah Thurfday. ioIcmnly per-
fosaied oy tbouiands Of his fellow citizens, gave
hin IN eirva'ed and diitlnguihed rank.
5 n MUEL nd II MS,
wss horn IN B,hon, from an ao,ient and ref.
pettabIe psfen'ase Of the 6rf fet,en Of New.
England, on the 17,h day Of September i7sl.
Hssine paned through the previous prepars-
tiuns ~ the ichcol in Bottom. he entered as a
Avdent at Harvard College IN Cambridge in
the year 1896. The four years there allowed.
tcizy she foondstion of future ufefuInefs.
were mol lolf 20 him. or 20 his country !; ne OBJ
tanned the honou Of the univertiiy, nor beesufe
he Fad been .herc the ufusl term, but becaulc
his s6iduoos attention TO literary scquirmenrs
had rendesed him worthy OF them. - =
After he Iciifed from the univerfitv.
he attempted 4 concern in the bufnef., ia
which his Father had been connected but IL
va, eafly ieen, that the pfopenG,ies Of hi,
nervous and elevated mind, we're not turncd 10
the accumulation OF property, or the charms of
wealth.. He was very ioon invited 10 public sv.
ocaIion' by his native town. Long befose the
d.~nings OF the American icvolution, he wn
elected, by the town Of Boaou, representative
10 The General Couft, and wa, continued these
by repeated ei.tiiods. vutil he va, dclign.,ed as
a ms1,ber OF Congrris in the year I714. t'"' Z.
The 6tuation Of his country had opened
wide and important field fos the difplay OF his
angular genias. and ex,enG.e capacity. The
CLAIM Of Grenr Britain /" kgJqait fsr fke sols-
sn, n all rsfn q.basevsy, drew in iu train
conisqnences OF vaf importance TO both coun-
tries. Without fach an authority il woald be
difficult 10 msiotain the connection Of q parent
aste with Provinces with the exercife of it,
the coloniAs we're deprifed below the a,ade Of
Bri,iih fabjetts, and reduced to Aate Of flsvc.
~.
There were bot very few whole mind.
could comprehend the importsnt diftinttions
which were then sgitatea. or whole rcsfoning
could diicern the approaching events of the
controvcrfy.
There have been as al times, in oil coun-
tries. men prepared for national ri ieencies. Mr..
Adams feems TO have becu peculiarly formed Tor
the eventfuI period Of bis life. Hi, mind wss
iineularly powerful in tracing the Iefult Of po-
Utica, principles; and the frmneis OF his heart
never failed 20 fOppoIt his efforts, whenever he
was convinced OF the rcetiiudc and psopriety
OF the Object he perfued. He preGed hi. mes-
fures With srdour, bcczufe they were founded
on calculations. dSa~n from principles tending
10 the glory and INDEPENDENCE OF his country.
His courage dcfided the ban thrown in the
wsy Of his career, while the fseacisy of his mind
pierced the cloud, in which fophiary involved
the fubjctt before him. By this. he was ens.
b!ed TO explain, In the moa convincing. sad
impraive manner. the depufiion Of the colo
nics. snIeh firm and noble Rsnd vas then
ms9e sesina the claim OF the King and parIis-
menf. He met oppo6tions, sod ihrestniogs.
with IN intrepid armnefs. peculiar to himfeIf,
and with an eye-of careieis indifference looked
spon daosen as meIe incidents in the prosreis
Of great events.
In the afemblies, where the foundation OF
the American revolution was formed. where
the principles. and fyaems Of government.
on which tie fecuri,y and felicity Of mankind
depend, were diam into difcufion, bis manly
eloquencs was never r6aed with facceL his