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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

JOnN QUINCY ADAMS.
ne oesoeer Nur~b~r q The ..Demoer,,,<
tss'e~. pnhi,sh.d ~ w.sisisgtoa, esassiss the
S''' o"k .ash u that extraordinary man. Jsa =
Our attention /, now attracted 10 a
ray OF light located on the lel, Of the
House IN the hood of IA.
speakers Chair. II proceeds from tba,
wonderful man who in his person com.
oine' the agiia,or. poet. philosopher
statesman. critic. and oraior-John
Quincy Adams. There he sits, hour
alter hour. day after day. with uniir-
ing patience, never absent from hi,
sea-. never voting for an adjournment
vig'lant as the most jealous member OF
the House, has ear ever on alert. AWAY.
prepared to 50 at once intothe profound.
est question OF state. or the minutes,
points OF order. We look al HIM and
mark his cold and fearful eve, his stern
and ATTRACTED gaze. and conjure IN
phantoms OF other scenes. We look
upon more than King, who ha, fill.
ed every department Of honor in his
native land. still at bis post; he who
was the President Of Millions, now the
representative OF forty odd thousand.
qusrrelling about tribes or advoc attn
high pr'ncipels;-to dsy growing aud
sneenng ut the House with an abolition
petition m his trembling hand, and a.
non lording IL over the passions. and
lasaing the members into the wi,des,
state OF enthusiasm by hi, ind,gaan,
and emphatic elo3uence. Alone un.
spoken 20. unconsulied with others. he
sits apart, wrapped in his reveries. or
probably he is writing. his almost per
peiual employment. He looks eniee-
bled. but yet he is never tired; worr,
out. but ever ready for the combat:
melancholy. but let witty thing fall
from any member, and that old man :
iaces wreathed IN smiles. He appears
passive. but woe To the unfortuna ate
IN .mber that hazards an arrow al him
The eagle is no, swii,er in its fligh. than
Mr. Adams: with his agita,ed finger
quiveIing IN sarcastic gesticu!stion. he
seizes upon his foe, and. amid the a.
mazement of the House, rarely fails
TO take signal vengeance-Hiss stores
Of knowledge on every subject, gar
nered up through the course Of his ex-
iTaordinary life. in the well arranged
store house o: a memory which is sand
never TO have permitted a single fact
to escape 1T, give him grea, advantage
over all corners in encounters of TIN,
kind. He is wonderful, eccentric pe.
mus. lie belongs 10 no party, nor doe
any pa:ty belong 10 him. He is too
cold nature 10 be long a party leader.
lie IS originally. of very peculiar ideas
and perfectly fearless and Independent,
IN expressing and maintaining them.
Ills manner Of speaking is peculiar, he
rises abruptly, his face reGdens, and. in
moment throwing himself into the
attitude oil veteran gladiator, he pre-
pares for the attack; then he become
inll OF gcs,icuia,ion, his body SWANS 10
and fro, self command seems loose. hi,
head IS bent forward in his earnes,ne,s
I'LL 1t sometimes touches the desk, hi,
voice frequently breaks, but he pursue
hS subject through all its bearings
nothing daun,s him-lhe House NAV
ring with cries OF order-ordrr.-un.
moved-contemp;uous.-.he stands amid
the tempest, aud like an oak that know.
ITS gnarled and kno,,ed strength, stretch.
es his arm forth and defes the blast