Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-16


 hls office not n single day. Let these be the decisive test. Descended from parents of whose character, both public and private, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have eqnalrea. son to be proud, we'll has he sustained and does sustain the honor of his name. His ser vices and his friendship tO me, have been in- estimable, and in parting from him conf dcntly trust that his future services will not be lost to the sagaCity of his native stat", or of the Union.
 Tn the Department of War alone, did n change take place Of the person ut its head. during the progress of my administration It was at first conferred upon citizen of Vir- ginia, long possessed Of the highest confidence 0f that great and hOnOnrable Common. wealth her governor, in the days of danger and Of invasion, during the late war. her Sem atOr at the time when invited him to pre- side over that department. He had been a warm supporter of one of my competitors at the election; but his opposition to me had been that oC a liberal and hononrable mind. His fIlRlment 0f the duties of the Department fully justified the confidence llhad repOsed in him and he recently left It only for the most important of our missions abroad, in which be is now ably and faithfully maintain ing the honor and interests of our country.
 His srccess0r was citizen of New Y ork, also highly distinguished by the hOnors of his native State and of the Unlon; one of the members of that Congress which vindicatcd the traduced honor and spirit of the nation, by the declaration Of war, in lvl9; one of the warriors whose gallant achievements dn. ring the war, have been recorded in the so. lenln legislative thanks of his country; since entrusted with an ardu0us commission for the settlement of her boundaries and, when invited by me to share in the councils Of the Union, a member of the Legislature of New York. His services in the Department of War have also been satisfactory aud effective, and he leaves to hts successor an official rep. utation which is will be praise enough to him to maintain unimpaiPed. glpegNel'
 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 jaws, and his commanding elOquence at the Bar; the of Patrick Henry: the painter of manners and instructor Uf morals at an gar. Her poriud of hts life; appointed and com. missi0ned by my predecessor deemed my. self and the country fortunate by his counte- nance in the same capacity during my term of service. Educated and inclining to rig orous construction 0f the extent 0f constitn. tional power, his professional advice has been the more readily cOnlided in by me. as its ten- dencies always were, rather to the limitation, than to the enlargement of It's exercise for, in the whole course of my administration, have deemed 1t safer to abstain from the use ofany questionable authority. than to hazard the encroachment of power, by assuming, un. necessarily, the decision of disputed points.
 Such. fellow .citizens, have been the asso. ciates of my official duties in the conduct of my administration. Unable to bestow upon them any other reward for their faithful and 2ealous service to their country than the tes. tilmonipi of my gratitude and esteem, .it Is with pleasure, not inferior to that which Ire. ceive from your friendly estimate of my own endeavors. that shall cherish the assurance of your appreciation extended to them. n
 With regard to those apprehensions of fii. sure evil which your s0lcitude for the wei. fare of your country has inspired, in looking forward to the administration of my success | ,or, 1t becomes me perhaps only to say, that 1 ,ope they may prove unf,Inded. To ] President of the United States. the favor of | he people is m instrument of bene1cent pow- N, more potent than m imperial sceptre.--- But it is in the fortune of nations, and cspe- ciaIly in the improvement of their condition. that the history oftheir benefactors must be traced. It in the ages of pnsterity this his- tory must be read. If in the reform of abuses which have escaped the vigilance of my ob- servation, the President of tho United States shall introduce none of deeper consequence. and of more alarming magnitude, shall my selt be ready to ningle in the voice of gratl' lation at the deeper penetration or more efIi- cisnt energy, which shall discern the latent defect, and apply the corrective remedy.- Should the promise of reform itself be was ted upon triHes, undscernible to the eye of posterity, or be spent upon the palpitatiOns of heart between the incumbent and the ex. pectant of oiDcial emoluments, the nation will enjoy little benefit and suffer little injury by the change. 9NGt is not plant, the root of which will strike to the, centre, or the stem of which will ascend with fragrance to the skies. With you, my conntryn1en, am disposed to hope and pray for the best to extcud to the administration every reascna- ble indulgence which they may need; and to give them credit for every good deed they may perform for the promotion of the general
 Accept, gentlemen, for yourselves and those whom you represent, the resuectful sNl. utations of your friend and fellOw.citizen,
 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 Washington, lith March, 1929.
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