Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-04

S,oinnom1eaish! Surprising one-iourth par. y.
our population to be children. 1t leaves, fpo ""-
hon seven hundred and fifty thousand VINO are
not vet gathered into Sabbath Schools. anu ao-
cordng 70 the same calculation, there are in our
c;tv at least one thousand children who, though
hotter clothed and fed than others. 1t is to be
feared are uniustructed in the fear of God We
~. much land. it appears, remains yet to be pos
.essed And we rejoice that the tribes OF the
lord are not indifferent to the inheritance winch
lies before them Public meetings have beeh
held. in our large cities, to adopt measures lot
SURVIVING the Valley of Mississippi. and other por-
tinns of the moral waste. with Sunday Schools;
and Iaroe sums have been raised to effect TINS no
hle object. Several individuals IN New York anu
PHILADELPHIA have subscribed $4,000 or S3Coo;
many others were found ready to give OF their
abundance, and many of their penury have cast
in liberally to thel;rcasury Of. the Lord. Your
Roard feIt it their duty to aid the general cause
and accordingly pledged S25 per annum for two
wears: which amount has been doubled, without
auy appeal to the public, by the voluntary con-
tributio,ns of the teachers and scholars IN our
schools.
In conclusion. while we thank God for all that
he has done hv Us, we would ask ourselves whe-
Their we have done all for Sunday Schools that
our ability would enable US to do! We would
ask our fellow citizens. and especially our Tel,
low. Christians. whether they have duly weighed
the claims Of this Institution? We would ASK
Teachers wis .her they have been as diligent IN
this business as fervent in the spirit OF prayer TOT
the blessing of God upon their charge; whether
they have watched for souls as earnestly. as tne
Church has right to ask, and God has r'sht 10
expect?
Our Depository has sold Books, since the last
Report. to the amount OF $500. Ii now cohta'Rs
stock to the amount of 800. and owes nothing.
There are, besides, III the hands OF the lreasnr-
err, $50 6.
The following sketch of the political life OF
JOHN Quincy ADAMS, was written by the editor
of the National Gazette, and is copied from that
paper of Oct. so, 1924.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
| Was inflated at an early age, under the ansP'-
ccs of his father, in the study of politics, and at
the same time educated with the utmost care Ill
other branches of knowledge
Before the age of eighteen he had seen large
portion of Europe, acquired her prlnciPal ian,
guascs resided in her celebrated capitals. and
served as secretary to MIR. Dana. who was sent
as minister penipotentiary to Russia. and VINO
found in him competent interpreter and trans
lator in the official conferences and correspond
ence of the mission and useful assistant III 9TH
er respects.
At the aye of eighteen anxious TO be thorough
ly an American, he requested OF his father per-
mission to return home and finish his education
in hia own country.
+ In 1885 he returned accordingly, and contlnu-
ed nine years in the United States. during which
time he entered and was graduated at Harvard
University. read law for three years in the office
of the celebrated Theophilus Parsons, and prac-
tised four years at Boston as an attorney and
counsellor.
The political ESSAYS which he published in the
period last mentioned drew upon him the notice
of Washington and the country, and induced
Washington to select him for the pest OF minis
ter resident to the Netherlands.
Immediately after his arrivalin Holland, Q794),
that country was overrun by the French armies
under Pichcgru, and revolution soon ensned IN
the government. The task Of the American mi
mister was to maintain the rights OF his country
as neutral nation, to observe the duties OF that
neutrality. and to give his government frequent
and accurate information of the state of things
ard course of events. His situation was one of
great delicacy and difficulty. His negotiations
were not only with the successive governments
of Holland in its state of revolution, but with
the French generals Pichegru and Moreau. and
the members of the National Convention of
France who were appointed to attend and super
intend the French armies. He was not accredIt-
ed to these, but with them chiefly he was oblig-
ed to transact business, as they disposed of eve
nv thing in Holland. BY his personal efforts with
them, he obtained Justice for a number of his
countrvmen who had been pundered or other
wise ill-treatcd. His knowledge of their lam
guage and fondness for their literature gave him
particular access to them. cOnciliated their good
will, and thus contributed to the success OF his
endeavors. The dexterity of his management
and the instructive fulness of his communications
to his government during his critical residence
in Holland. fortified the preposessons OF Wash
ington in his favor. and occasioned the remarka
bic anticipation contained in the letter of that H.
lustrious parsonage, which the Committee OF the
Philadelphia Public Meeting have quoted in
their address.
In 1905 he received special charge from his
government, to go to England,i in order to exchange
the notifications of Nc. Jays treaty. and con-
clude some incidental arra nuements, He passed