The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-15

offering congenial tribute OF justice and of
gratitude to those other eminent and virtuous
citizens who have been united with me in the
performance Of my painful, but will not say
thankless labors. | took not one of them from
the circle, though leave every one of them a
mong the dearest ofmy personal friends. Amidst
all the difficulties, dscouragements, and troubles
W hich have attended my administration, it has
been a never failing source of consolai ion to
ME, that its internal harmony has been more
perfect than that of any other administration
W hich this country has ever witnessed. Of the
qualifications Of the Secretary OF the Treasury,
let his annual reports upon the finances, COM
pared with those of all his predecessors; let
the payment of thirty-three millions OF the
public debt during the four years OF his agen-
cy let his indefatgable industry and assidmty
in the dischar ge OF all the duties of an office,
burthened with them almost beyond the ability
of human endurance; let the urbanity of his
manners and the courtesy of his department, to
the innumerablc claimants upon the treasury,
who have approached him in the successive
years through which, but for the Intervention
Of disease, he has been absent from his office
not single day let these be the decisive
tests Descended from parents of whose char
acter, both public and private, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey have equal reason to be proud,
well has he sustained and does sustain the hon
or of his name. His service and his friendship
to me, have been inestimable, and in parting
( from him confidently trust that his future SER
vices will not be lost to the sagaclty OF his ma
tive State, or of the Union.
take PIuG8 IN ytIufnt of War alone, did change
progress of my administration. 1t was at rffst
! conferred upon a citizen of Virginia. long pos
sessed of the highest confidence of that great
and honorable Commonwealth. Her Governor,
| in the days of danger and of invasion, during
the late war; her Senator at the time when
invited him to preside over that department.
| He had been warm supporter of one of my
competitors at the election but his opposition
| to me had been that of a iberable and honora-
Bile mind. His fulfilment of the duties of the
! Department fully justified the confidence had
reposed in him and he recently left it only for
the most important of our missions abroad, in
which he is now ably and faithfully maintaining
I the honor and interest of our country
! His successor was citizen of New York
also highly distinguished by the honors of his
native State and of the Union; one of the
members of that Congress which indicated the
traduced honor and spirit of the nation, by the
declaration of war, in 1912; one Of the war
I riors whose gallant achievements during the
war, has been recorded in the solemn legisla-
! tive thanks of his country since entrusted
of her boundaries and, when invited by ME to
a share in the councils of the Union, member
of the Legislature of New York His services
! IN the Department of War have also been salts
factory and effective, and he leaves to his sue
cessor an official reputation which it will be
| praise enough to him to maintain unimpaired.
| The Attorney General was also an adopted
| citizen of Virginia, not less distinguished by
the classical elegance of his taste in literature,
than by his profound learning in the laws, and
his commanding eloquence at the Bar. The
biographer of Patrick Henry; the painter of
manners and instructor of morals; at an early
period of his life, appointed and commissioned
by my predecessor, | deemed myself and the
country fortunate by his continuance in the
same capacity during my term of service. Ed
I ucated and lncllnlng to a rigorous construction
oil the extent of constitutional power his pro-
| tessional advice has been the more readily con-
| tdedln by me. as its tendencies always were rath-
er TO the limitation than to the enlargement of
Its exercise for, in the whole course of my ad-
mlnistration, have deemed it safer to abstain
from the use of any questionable authority,
than to hazard the encroachment of power, by
assuming, unnecessarily, the decision of disput-
ed points.
Such, fellow citizens, have been the associ-
ates of my official duties in the conduct of my
administration. Unable to bestow on them any
other reward for their faithful and Jealous SER
vice to their country than this testimonial of
my gratitude and esteem it is with pleasure.
not inferior to that which | receive from your
friendly estimate of my own endeavors, that
shall cherish the assurance of your appreciation
extended to them
With regard to those apprehensions of future
evils which your solicithde for the welfare of
our country has inspired, in looking forward to
the ratinn of INV cuccooSor IL baoopae
me perhaps only TO say, that | hope they may
prove unfounded. To President of the Unit
ed States, the favor of the people is an instru-
| ment OF benetcent power, more potent than
an imperial sceptre. But it is in the fortunes
of nations, and especially in the improvement
of their condition, that the history of their ben
eiactors must be traced. 1t is in the ares of
posterlty this history must be read. If in the
reform of abuses which have escaped the vigi-
lance of my observation, the President of the
! United States shall introduce none of deeper
consequence and Of more alarming magnitude,
l shall, myself be ready.to mingle in the voice
! OF graduation at the deeper penetration or more
efficient energy which shall discern the latent
defect and apply the corrective remedy Should
the promise of reform itself be wasted upon
trltes, undesirable 20 the eve of pos;erty, or
be spent upon the palpitations of heart between
the incumbent and the expectant of official
emoluments, the nation will enjoy little benefit
and suffer little injury by the change. That is
not plant, the root of which will strike to the
centre, or tie stem of which will ascend TO the
skies With you, my countrymen, am dis
posed to hope and pray for the best; to extend
to the administration every reasonable indul-
gence which they may need and to give them
credit for every good deed they may perform
for the promotion ofsthe general welfare
Accept, gentlemen, for yourselves and those
whom you represent, the respectful salutations
of your friend andsfelow citizen
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington, March II, 1929
INDIANS. An account of the number of In.
dians, estimated by the War Department, as
within the territory ofthe IJnited Sfatas.