Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-03-08
REMARKS ON THE DEATH OF MIR.
ADAMS

Below VIII be found tho eloquent eulogics pro-
nounced IN the House Of Representatives upon the
venerable EX-President ADAMS, by Mr. Hudson Of
Mass, Mar. Holmes Of s. c., and our own Renre.
sentative, Mr.. Mcdowell.
Mr.. HUDSON rose and addressed Tho IIorxo
| as follows ~ 'o'So
| Mr. SPEAKER: rise with no ordinary emotion
TO perform painful duty which has been ASSIGNED
me by my colleagues, growing out of an event
wh'ch mas recently occurred in the midst of us.
the announcement of which has lust been made by
the Chair. My late venerable coleaoue is M moro,
n great and good man has fallen! He has been
stricken down in the midst Of us. while in tbe die
| charge oil his public duties. One whose nubl;cse
vices are coeval with the establishment nj orr O.
Vernment-one who has come down to rs f-or, MAST
Seheiauoh9' ana OF when it nigh; almos, be said
he WAS iNihg In the midst Of pos,erity an example
10 us and to those who come after us hos ,e.co; e.
| ms iaoors, and gone 10 his reward The paculior
circumstances of his death are known io eyer,
member OF this House, and are Calculate, tn m,Le
deep and lasting impression They weigh 50
nedVly upon my own mind and feelings, that / am
almost inclined TO believe that silence is the most
appropriate token of our grief and the most sui,o-
| bic tribute TO his memory
Johh quincy Adams was born on the Itb d,v
oil July, 1907, IN that part Of Braintree Massocbn
SOUS, which was subsequently, incorporated into
'own by the name of Quincy, and hence was in the
elS",yhfSl year OF his age. In l17S, when he
was out eleven years of age, he accomponied bis
father, John Adams, to France who was semi with
benlamln Franklin and Arthur Lee as Commits
sloners to the Court of Versailles Alter remain
| ing IN rance about eighteen months durinr which
time he applied himself closely TO The study Of the
rench and Latin languages, he returned to his own
country IN August, l719. In November of tho
same year, his father was again dispatched to En-
rope for the discharge Of diplomatic services. and
took his son John Quincy with him. AT Paris he
was put 10 school, and when, in 1880, John Adams
removed to Holland, his son enjoyed the adyanta
ges OF the public school at Amsterdam. and after
/ wards of the University at Leyden. Francis
Dana, who accompanied John Adams. as Secre,a-
ry 10 the Embassy, received in l7Sl tho appoint
lnent OF Minister PlenipOtentary 10 Russia. and
, LOOK John quincy Adams, then fourteen years of
/ age, with HIM rs his private secretary. Here he
remained till October, i1S2, when he left Mr.
lana At %. fetersburgh, and returned through
/ Sweden, Denmark Hamburg, ana Bremen. IN
iioiiahd, where he remained some months ill his
Iaiher took him TO Paris at the time Of the, sonipr
/ OF The treaty of peace in 1883 From thai tne
I'll 1853 he was with his father in England. TIol-
land, and France during the whole Of which ne
! RCD he was close student.
1T Inc age Of eighteen, at his own request, his
father permitted him to return TO Massachusetts
where he entered Harvard University, and was
| graduated III 1857 with distinguished honors-
Soon alter leaving college he entered the Office Of
the celebrated Theophius Parsons. afterwards
/ Chief Justice Of Massachusetts, where he reroaip
ed the usual period Of three years in the study of
the law, where he entered the profession and eeiaL
! ished himself at Boston
| In 1874 Gen. Washington appointed him resi-
/ deht minister TO the United Netherlands iyron,
! that period till 1901 he was in Europe empIoved
| iii diplomatic business, and as a public minister in
Holland, England and Prussia. Just as General
asnlngton was retiring from Office he appointed
! min rio
of Portugal. While on his way to Lisbon he 70
ceiyed a new commission, changing his destination
| To Berlin. During his residence of about three
years and halt at Berlin, he concluded an mpor-
tant commercial treaty with Prussia-thus accom-
plishlng the object of his mission. He was recall
ed near the close OF his fathers administration and
arrived In his native country in September. 1901
In iSO2 he was chosen BY the Boston distric, to
| the Senate OF Massachusetts, and soon after was
elected by the Legislature Senator in Congress-
! for slX years from March >, 1903. He remained r
the Senate Of the United States until 1868, when
! ne resigned. While In the Senate he received the
appointment of Professor Of Rhetoric in Harvard
University. an Office which he filed with dstin
! gushed ability
In lou9 he was appointed by President Madison
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoertiarv TO
/ the Court OF Russia, where he rendered the most
| important services 10 his country. BY his infIu-
! ence with that Court he induced Russia IN OFF,
ted States in the war of 1912; and, when the pro
! per time had arrived, he was placed by President
Madison at the head Of five distinguished commits
sIoners to negotiate treaty of peace. which was
concluded at Client in 1871. Mr. Adams was then
associated with Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Ga!latin to ne
got'aie commercial convention with Great Bsi-
tain, and was forthwith appointed minister pleri-
poten;iarv to The Court of St. James While in
Europe, in ISL he received the appointment of
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the L.
nited States. which he declined
After remaining in England til the close Of Pre-
sldent Madison's administration, he was called
home and placed by President Monroe at the head
OF the Department Of Slate, where he remained
eight years.
In 1923 ne chosen bv the House of Repre-
sentatlves President of the United States for the
term Of four years.
On leaving the Presidency in 1920 he returned
to his native place in Massachusetts, and in 1851
he was elected member OF this House, and by the
free suffrages Of the people has been continued in
that office TO the day of his death.
This IS but hasty and imperfect enumeration of
the public stations which have been filled bv my
late lamenteG colleague or the manner in which
he has discharged these public trusts it is moi ne
cessary for me to speak. Sufiico it TO say that his
long eventful life has been devoted 10 the public
service. and the ability and fidelity with which he
has discharged every duty are known and acknow-
lodged throughout the nation. His fame is so
blended with his couniry's history that it will live
when all the Prail monuments of ar; shall have
> crunbled into dust. BY his death the country has
lost pure patriot, science an ardent votary and
the cause Of human freedom devoted friend.
, But it is not as public man merely that we arc
to contemplate Mr.. Adams. In the private walks
Of lie, "where tired Discrimination drops the mask -
and man appears as he teally is, VIC find in him all
those silent and social vgiuea which adorn the cha.
racer His ardent love Of justice, MS nRexibIe re-
E gard for truth. his stern devotion to tho cause o