Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-21
Communicated for the National IN! Mseneer.
MR.. ADAMS
Let others hail the rising sun!
bow to him whose course is run.

Let others hail the rising sun!
bow to him whose course is run
General Jackson's election TO be President OF
the United STATES, is to me as dream. II seems
like one of those dispensaiions Of Providence
thar occur in domestic life, and which requires
. strong effort ofthe mind to realize, however
long the event may have been anticipated. If
Napoleon Bonaparte had come 10 this country
after his downfsll in Europe, and now been G.
leeted for our President, should not be more
astonished.
And Mr.. Adams must give place to General
Jackson. He whose whole life has been devot-
ed to pieiy, patriotism, and benevolence. He
who has ever made his conscience his only mo-
nitor; who has sacrificed every individual feel>
ing and all personal interests to his own and his
coun,ry's integrity. Never lived there man
with motives more righteous, and patriotism
more unsulIed and that such man should be
displaced from the Office he adorned, is as won
derful as is the election Of his successor. Is no.
nesty the best policy? Itrequires strong prin-
ciples 10 believe so, after the events We have
Witnessed. And yet believe that Mr.. Adams
is the last man in the nation who will doubt il,
Notwithstanding he has been its victim. He
will regard this as one of the mysteries Of Pro-
violence, which fu,urity will develop. can
easily conceive, that TO him, personally, it will
occasion as little regret as 10 the bi,,erest Of
his opponents. His only sorrow will be for his
country, and his fervent prayers will be Offers
ed for its preservation under the portentous
rule Of his successful rivals He looks not TO
elevated place or power for his happiness or his
fame; He seeks not the popularity tina. de-
mands sacrifice of principle. He has raised
his mind to higher grade. Every sentiment
he ever uttered shews it. He will 60 to the
retirement Of hi, home with feelings which
the best man in the nation might envy; with
the noble consciousness Of duties faithfully per-
formed, in scenes of trial. where many Of the
strongest would have failed. No man has bet
ter disciplined his mind 10 the reverses Of for
tune and 70 him ..-;u - n t--i &C l.
He is too good Judge Of human events, not 10
know, that a few years, or, perhaps, ie"
months, will wear off the asperities oil party
rancor, and shat then, his real character Will De
Justly appreciated; and he need wish tor no
more. He knows where TO place his confidence,
and has often read,
although he fall, he shall not be utterly cast downs
for the Lord u2holdeth him with his hand"
'.I have been young, and now am old: yet have
not seen the righteous fcrsaken, nor his seed begging
bread"
The writer of this was one of those "Sons OF
Harvard" who early imbibed an admiration OF
the talents Of MIR. Adams, and yet more, We
neration of his principles and 2recep,s; and IT
will be a part OF his highest praise, and am
sure, of his best consolation, that few, If any,
Of his pupils have ever forgotten those princi-
niles or .,recepts. Like bread cast upon the
waters, they will return after many days.
It's now about twenty years since Mr.. Adams,
in concluding his course of lectures at Cam
bridge, delivered the following sentiments, as a
part Of his farewell address, to those who were
abou, TO leave those "venerablt wells" and min-
gle iu the scenes Of eventfui life Let them be
read by his enemies and calumniaiors, and then
let them Judge whether their envenomed shafts
hive wounded him who is armed with such a
panoply as this. 1t seems as il he had fore
d.. seen his destiny, and had early elevated his
mind above it:
"Iu life Of action, however prosperous may
be its career, there will be seasons of adversely
and days Of trial. The ,rials Of prosperity
themselves, though arrayed in garments OF Joy
are not less perilous or severe than those OF dis
tress. The heart Of man is, alas, liable &c
corruption, from both the faces Of fortune; ano
the vices OF insolent success are as fatal to The
moral dignity of the human character, as thu
reckless plunges Of despair. 1t is only by alb
sorbing all he faculties, and all the interests d
the heart, that passion spreads over IT like I
consuming FIRE. Form but the habit of taking
delight in other objects Than those which mere
ly affect your personal condition in the world
and you will be guarded from that dissipation
OF mind which is the wretchedness of prospe
rity, and from thai perturbation Of soul which
is the agony Of misfortune. The mastery o
our own passions can perhaps be only accom-
plished by religion; bur, in acquiring it, he
most effectual, as well as her most elegant in
struments, are letters and science. AT no hour
Il - r Ia,
you as burden, or fail you as a resource. II
the vain and foolish exulation Of the heart
which the brighter prospects of life will some
times excite, the pensive FORTRESS Of scienc'
shall call you back to the sober pleasures o
her holy cell. In the notifications Of disap.
pointment, her soothing voice shall whisper
serenity and peace. In social converse with
the mighty dead of ancient days, you can never
smart under the CALLING sensation Of Deepen
dence upon the mighty living of the present
age; and, in your struggles with the world
.k1,L q rrssie when evan friend