American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-20

ter was elected by the Legislature l. :. Sc
nator from the 18th of March, 1903 While a
Senator in Congress, he was appointed Profess
sor OF Rhetoric and Oratory in Harvard Uni
verSity. HIS lectures were Published in vo-
tunes. They were delivered during the recess
SEES of Congress, He resigned his seat in the
Senate in 1905. In 1909, Madison sent him
Minister to Russia. While in Russia he wIote
a series of letters, which were published in the
Port Folio, entitled journal of Tour through
Sllesia.' They were rcpublished in England,
reviewed in the leading journals of the day,
and afterwards translated into French and
German,
BY his instrumentality the Emperor of Rus
STA was induced to mediate for peace between
Great Britain and America. President Madison
named him at the head OF the Commissioners
to negotiate a treaty which brought the war of
lSl3 to Il close. This celebrated transaction
took place at Client in December, 1874. His
colleagues were Henry Clay and Albert Gala
tin. Mr.. Adams was then appointed Minister
to England. In 1871 he was called home by
President Monroe to be in his Cabinet as Sc
cretary Of State. This was the close of Mr..
Adams career as foreign Minister. 1t was
perhaps the most brilliant, as it was the most
varied, portion Of his life. No Representative
Of our Government has at all approached him
in the length and variety of his services, or the
importance Of those services to his country.
The Department of State was held by Mr..
Adams the whole Of Mr. Monroes Presidential
life, eight years. Mr.. Adams was one of the
four candidates for President in 1924. There
was no choice in the Electoral College. Gen.
Jackson had SO votes, MIR. Adams 81, VIM. II.
Crawford IL, and Henry Clay 81 The cleo
ton devolved upon the House of Representa-
tlves. They were to select from the three high
est candidates. Although Gen. Jackson had
received more electoral votes than Mr.. Adams
yet Mr.. Adams had received as large popu-
lar vote as Jackson. Thirteen States were ne
cessary 10 Il choice by the House. The ballots
were thrown, and Mr.. Adams was elected Pre-
sdent of the United States. He received the
votes of the six New England States, with n.
York, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois,
Missouri, and Lousiana-thirteen in all.
Mr.. Adams was President years. He re-
tired from the White House in 1929 to make
room for the hero Of New Orleans. For the
first time in So years, he retired to private life.
In 1881, he was elected by nearly an unani-
NOUS vote, a member of Congress, by the vo-
tiers of his native district; which post he has
| continued to hold and to adorn, unto this day
We have thus briefly sketched, from an ar
tcle in the American Review, a few of the
prominent points in the career of this llustri-
GUS statesman and patriot, Mr.. Adams is the
most wonderful man of the age. His career as
a statesman, commenced with the Revolution,
and has continued with but short period of re-
pose, until now. What stores of knowledge he
must have garnered up in the vast treasure
house of his mind. He has been great from the
beginning of his career. Great in the period
in which he lived; great in the services he has
rendered to his country; great in his youth, his
manhood, and his old age; great as an orator
and statesman, and great in the purity of his
private character. Massachusetts, has given
birth to a race of great and good men; but to
no one greater or better than John q. Adams.