New-York daily tribune., 1842-10-10
THE TRIBUNE.
Lecture OF John luincy Adams before the
B0sfom LyccuM.
Correspondence Of Tie Tribune.

the direction Of the various Literary and Scientific
associations which exist in our city, has again
cured and last evening, agreeabIy to a previous
announcement, the Hon. JoHs QUIScY ADAMS de-
fiverel the Introductory Address before the Bos-
ton Lyceum. The doors of the Odeon were
thrown open hour before the time appointed TOT
the Lecture, but not until hundreds had gathered
in the street impatientIy waiting for entrance
and that spacious building was crowded IN every
mart by one Of the most fashionable and in,e!li-
gent audiences that ever convened within ITS walls
The desire 10 see the venerable Old fa,rl0t, and
listen 70 his tremulous but powerful coquence,
increases with his advancing years and With the
weight Of honors conferred upon him bya grateful
and con6d;ng people. On his entrance, the whole
assembly rose as testimony of their respect and
yenerstion for the man who has rendered such
signal and important service TO his Country, and
whose private character, amid all the temptations
and allnrements of public life, has been stained by
no vice.
Mr.. Adams was introduced to the Assembly in
some preliminary observations by the Hon. AcEoT
LAWRENCE President of the Lyceum; and when
he stood up to address the people, was received
tering remarks by the President had placed him
in very embarrassing position. 1t did not be-
come him who put the harness to boast himself
as he that putte,h it of, 1t WAS his duty now to
put on the arrnor, but he feared there would be
small occasion for boasng when he should take il
of.
Mr.. Adams then took manuscript from his
pocket, and proceeded 10 read the Lecture which
he had prepared tor the occasion. lis subJect
may be thus stated: IHe Nature AMI Designs
Of Tie Sorini compact, or tie True F1nndatioa
Of Humau GOrerAmsnt. shall not attempt /"
give you a skatch, much less a report, ef his re-
marks, which were rather abstruse for pop
utar assembly. The suhect is one of the most in
tricatS that ever lusAed the powers sf the human
mind, involving, AS it does, the whole question OF
the rights and duties Of the rulers and the ruled,
and the merits and denerts Of every form OF gov
ernmenta organization on The face of HE eaItb.-
His subject, TO which Il volume could hardly do
Justice, is oil such magnitude alrnos, to appa
common minds, and do not think it well adapted
TO deveiope the peculiar and shining qualities ol
Mr.. Adams's intellectual! pewers. nor 10 klndle
the fires of that eoquence for wich he is Justly
celebrated / think the hish-inised expectations
of the audience were far from being satisfied aud
that the fame OF one whose reputation as II pro
enduring basis would havobeen somowla. dimmed
by such performance. | am aware that the
preston of such sentiment respecting OF lhe
mas:er-sprits OF the age may seem presumptuous
in me, all untitled ard unknown 10 furse as ann:
but have spoken with oil freedom the sentiment
of my own heart, and doubt that of hun
dreds more who heard him What lave said
however, does not respect so much the soundness
or unsoundneas ei the propositions advanced by
Mr.. Adams as it does the arguments, illustrations
and analogies by which he attempted TO support
them
The lecture was strictly Conservative. and EN-.
bodied some fair hits at the Wanted Democracy
Of she times. He said that the phrases "whoe
people, 90 the people," &c, as used in our Con
sttulions, were TO be understood os including,
every man, woman and child in the community,
but only that portion Of the people who were ca.
pabe of entering the body potic and bearing its
responsibilities. He maintained that by the law
of nature woman is subject to her husband and
that the latter is the rishlu representative of the
former, and Of his minor children in framing the
social compact. He said that our form of govern
mcnt was not a Democracy, in the sense in which
that term was used 10y party, any more than il
was Monarchy aud this he illustrated by the
provisions of the Constitution OF Massachusetts.
If he were permitted to designate the nane by
which the party of lis choice should be known, le
would call il the Constitutional party, and its OBJ
ect should be to maintain the Constitution in
violate.
[expected and so did others, when Mr.. Adams
opened his subject, that he would bring the Rhode
Island question under review; but he made no al
lusion to it whatever. If it were safe, however,
TO draw an inference from the general character
and bearing Of his remarks, should say that he
has no sympathy with the movements al the SUIT
frage party; but see it confidently stated in the
New Bedford Register, the authority of "a
gentleman who conversed with him on the subject
u few days ago, that he avows himself OF the OPT
MON that Dorr is the legitimate Governor of the
State.
You will be glad to learn, as you will before this
reaches you, that Mr. Adams has been nominated
as the Wing candidate in the new District to which
he is attached by the law of the State under the
new superintendent. No doubt can exist OF his
election by a triumphant majority. HANCOCK.
ALABAMA TAXEs.-Governor Fitzpatrick has
issued circular addressed the county court
judges throughout the State, requesting to be in
formed of the amount of taxation, expenditures
aud Indebtedness of each county, with a detailed
account of all the objects of taxation, and the
amount separately raised from each, for several
years past. ltis to enable the Legislature TO act
understandingly on the subject of direct taxation,
which in his circular he describes likely to form
one of the subjects for the consideration of the
next Legislature.
THOUSAND MlLEs IN A THOUSAND HouRs.-
Thomas Elworth, the pedestrian, completed hi.
feat OF walking one thousand miles in Thousand
consecutive hours, at Cambridge, near Boston,