Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-02
TIE DEATH OF MIR ADAMS

HE death o hs venerable arIiot, al the ms, r,
", IN The Capitol oi the Republic an age y,,o..,
Iotew, with accessories Of almost INT 10 dramatic
IS an event Which has m1de profound inpr,s.ioa.
on the public nnd, and called forth the lesI ,Ia..
he natlon Every one must feel that e,nns.. +"
lux between The present time aud the Heroic Az.
Republic is broken. II subject Of Wonder a.,
crest 10 hhd IN the middle u the nineteenth c,nt,,
his seat as representative Of the people ma, -,
had received h.h dlplpnaic appointment from u.
hands oil The Father OF his Canntr, near sixty ya,r
and whoso public services commenced al even An
let period. MI Adams, more than any other u, ~.
sc1nnfrymen. was emphatlcaIly public man Win u.
Ace tion oi less than five years all from the ~,
sixteen IN his last oen, his life was spent in III. NH
lie service. We believe his forte was Diplom1cx H.
dispatches, while Ambassador al yaruus Courts h.,
srne'lons 10 Foreign Ministers whilst Secretary Of S,.
and line various negotiations which, in the same c,n,c
y, he carried on with the representatives of fue,o
efnaeas at Washington .-anl particularly the d. o,,.
correspondence all enduring monuments u HI, FAM,
II impossible to ed the papers which passed bet We,
the American and British Commissioners al Chen, with
out heng struck with The superiority in all espec,s If
iese signed Ivy the former. These documents i, !.
WILL known, from the pen Of Mr. Adams A.
President ii the United States, Mr.. Adams wa, SUBJ
Jeced Ia opp,stn butter and unpnciprl ,h,n
ANY Which had ,aplo thai lint. been Witnessed lie sc,,n
,ed 10 the ronage Of the government 10 strengthen
his Administration OF 10 his election liz ap-
fponted we Ferly -Aeve as many opponents e ids
oice, and Nj Holmes in his place in the Hou,.
lol Repres natiyes SAID, Thursday .h. crushed no
heart beneath the rude grasp u proscr ton he le
heflagee WIDOWS crles nr orhans Tears has been
the fashion 10 abuse his Administrations Its merits ma
be safely eopled ~ the pen Of history. We believe is
have been the puresi, nios econonca and palsewor-
Which las Lieu Witnessed during the century, Re-
lrng 10 private lie, the did mol long beyc. Ia
hing diIl'nt Vie" Of duty and ropreiy from his pre-
decs orshe did not thnk either undignied or unre-
pubean 10 serve as representative OF the people, after
having filled The highest OF earthly Offices He was cho-
the first ensuing election represent his District
III tonaftss aud has been returned by the constiiu
,ehcy eight itTnS III succession.
The obituary addresses made in the House by the
Speaker, Mr.. llnls5n Mr. Holmes, Mr.. finton, and
Mr.. NJ .Dowsll, in the Senate by Mr.. Davis and
,Co Benton, all worthy of the occasion. We have
room only Tor the eloquent remarks Of Nj. M;Dowel,
.of Nrglna. The President. il will be seen, has direct
ed the highest funeral onors 10 be paid his remains
The Supreme Court adJ burned the dea III Of
Mr. Adams Announced. public meeting was held
than halt his time 1r the last thirty years) at which
Itesauios Of an appropriate character were adopted
Every demonstration oil respect will be manifested through
out the lnion
The funeral took place on Slfur lay