Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-03-03
John Quincy Adams.

We gave, in our Teegraphic Despatch of last
week, and in our Extra. "a limited number of
which we published on Saturday evcning,) the
sad intelligence of the death of Jony Quincy
ADAMS.
The instant PAUSE in the ordinary pursuits
and avocations of life--in the Halls of legisla-
ton, in the Marts of Business and in the idle
round Of Pleasure, which the announcement of
this great event has occasioncd, is no less no.
ticablc than it is solemn and impressive. 1t is
the manifestation of the universal conviction
that the Nation has lost a Counsellor and
Friend. For three days, during which his un-
conscious form lay smittcn by the hand of Death,
in the Capitol of the Republic, under the very
roof where the past sixteen years Of his patriotic
life have been spent, was this noble and faithful
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE watched, with
anxious solicitudc and silent sorrow, BY the
great Legislative Body of the Nation. And
most fitting it was that his last hours should
thus have passed away. His whole life had
been devoted, with unwearied fidelity and unre-
hitting zeal, to the cause of his Country and of
Man, and it was especially fitting that its clos
ing scenes should be among the witnesses Of
bis generous and self-forgc,ting tolls for the
Public good, and surrounded by the undyipg
memorials of his matchless craftsmanship and
patriotism. Well might it be said of him, as lie
lay in state in the magnificent odifcc that con.
tains the wriHe', annals of his beloved country
fhn rncorI, nd tho &c lao
and renown, upon which his own great name
is so often and so honorably inscribed,
N mCnumentum quacris, cIEcrMsrlcE"
lie died amid the splendid trophies of his wisdom
and ability, on the very field of his labors and
rewards, "with his harness on" and before
:" the fine gold" of lis wonderful powers had
I" become DIM A glorious life, and life use.
fu to mankind as it was glorious, had thus ar
appropriate end on earth
The death of JomS Quincy ADAMS, under such
circumstances, awakcns in the public mind Il
feeling rather of devout wonder and thanksgiv.
ing than of grief or sorrow. The good he has
done lives, and will live after him. A kind
Providence has seemed to approve and sanctify
his life, BY the ordering of his death and we
who survive arc permitted to look upon his clear
example, and to study his exalted character, as
we look upon and study the star, which, we
feel assured, is in its appropriate place in the
heavens.
And this is the manifest tone of the popular
scnsibility, public and private, that the sudden
termination of the life of this great and goot
man has awakened. Reverence and honor
extraordinary in character and degree are every
where paid to his name and memory Public
business is suspended Public Offices are clio
sed--thc Councils of the Nation are mute for
season the din of War, and thep artisan strif,
of men in hot debate. are forgotten the messen
ger of Peace is for time unhecded while al
hearts and tongues unite to pay tribute of pro
found and ailtctionatc respect for the honoret
and illustrous dead, with the still cheerin!
conviction that
- every great good mans death is n step
! Firm set towards their cnd-the end OF beings
hch Is the goo! Of all and love Of God"