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DC. our days that wo may apply our hearts U
| wisdom.
We tender to his afflicted family our heart
sympathy, and assure them that nations te
will be mingled with theirs. And while we L
for consolation to the wisdom and goodness of
over ruling Providence, would allectionatt
commend them 10 that gracious Being who has
vealed himself as the father of the fatherless a
the widows God and friend.
MIR. HUDSON concluded by offering the foIowil
resolutions:
Rcsolyed, That this House has hoard with III
deepest sensibily of the death i'm this Capitol {
John Quincy Adams, member of the House from
! the State of Massachusetts,
Resctced, That rs testimony Of respect for ths
memory OF this distinguished statesman, tho officer
and members of the House will wear the usua
badge OF mourning, and attend the funeral in this
Hall on Saturday next, at IL O'Clock.
heso!rcd, That Il committee be appointed to SUI
perinend the funeral solenlnities
Reso!red, That the proceedings of this House in
relation to the death of John Quincy Adams be
communicated to the family Of tile deceased by the
Clerk
itesofccd, That this House, as a further mark Of
respect Tor the memory Of the deceased, do adjourn
10 Saturday next, the day appointed for the funer-
al
Before the question was stated on these resolu
tons
i MIR. HOLMES, of South Carolina. lose and
said MIR SpEAKER: The mingled tones of SOY
row, Ike the voice OF many waters, has come upon
Us from sister State-Niassachuset weennu for
her honored son--'rhe State | have the honor in
part to represent, once endured, with yours, com
mon suffering, batled for common cause and re-
Jolced IN common triumph. Surely, then, it is
meet that in this the day OF your ailliciion wo
should mingie gries.
When great man falls the nation mourns
when lie .ho
Ours, my associates, is no common bereavement
lie chain which linked our hearts with the Uifted
spirits OF former times has been rudely snapped-
The lips from which flowed those living and plo-
rious truths that fathers uttered are closed i'm
death Yes, my friends Death has been among
us! lie has not entered the humble COTTAGE Of
some unknown, ignoblc peasant he has knocked
aud6!y at the palace of 4 nation! His footstep
has been heard in the Hall of State! He has clio
ven down his victim in the midst of the councils OF
people! lie has born in triumph from among
you The gravest, wlSest most reverend head Ali
ne has taken him as trophy who was once chief
over many States, adorned with virtue, and learn
ing, and truih he has borne at his iot-wheels
a renowned ono Of the earth
There was no incident in the birth. the life, the
death, OF Mr. Adams not intimately woven with the
history of the land. Born in the MIG Int of his coun
uys tribulation, he heard tho first murmurs of dis
content; he saw the first efforts for deliverance.
WI list yet little child he listened with carer
ness to the whispers Of freedom as they breathed
IRON the lips of her almost inspired apostles he
caught the fire that was then kinded his eve
Deamed with tho first ray he watched the day
spring from on high and long before he departed
from earth ii was graciously vouchsa!cd unto him
TO behold the elfulgence OF her noontide glory.
His father saw the promise OF the son, and
early led him by the hand 10 drink of the very
fountains of light and liberty itself His Youthful
thoughts We're kindcd with the ;dealisn Of
republic, whose living form and features he
was destined to behold visbly. Removed at an
early age 10 distant country, he there. I'M
der the eye Of his father instructed in the ii
gid lore Of Franklin. rs have heard him saw
His intellect was expanded by the conversations.
and invgorated by the acute disquistions, of the
Academicians, whose fiery zeal, even at that early
period was waking up the mind of France TO deeper
thoughts holder inquiries, aud more matured reflec
ton, to result ultimately, all know in terrific
notwithstanding 20 this country, he entered into
the cool coistcrs OF the college passed through
the various stages to acquire that discipline OF mind
which intense study can alone impart and thence.
rs he was about to emerge, appeared those buds OF
promise winch soon 5los8omed into those blushinG
honofs he afterwards wore thick around him -
His was not the dreamy life Of the schools but he
eap INTO the arena Of activity to run a career OF
glorious emulation with the gifted spirits of the
earth. He saw the efforts to place his country ON
deep and stable foundation, where it now resis-
ne mad seen the colonies emerge into States and
the States cemented mo Union and realized in
the forms ton Of this coniederated republic, all thai
his ardent hopes had pictured out in the recesses d
schools. Young as he then was, he contributed
by The energy of his mind and the vigor of his pen
to support the administration of WASHINGTON who
We have Just been told, transferred him at an earl,
age 10 2loregn court; scarcely initiated into its d;plo
macy before his services Were required for anothe
and more extended sphere. Passing from tina
ne returned to his own country, and was placed hi
the suiiTageS OF his State in the chamber of tho -
Their end OF this Capitol: and there the activity n
his mind, The freedom Of his thoughts. .hs indie
Pchdenca OF ne action, rendered him to his cor
s!l'uenls iof me Tine beng unacceptable, by uni
ting him 10 the policy of Mir Jefferson He r,,it
ed rom the halls Of Congress bat he went to n
ignoble ease. Weaied with the tolls, heated wit,
The contests. GOV cred with the dnst Of poilics h
Withdrew 10 the classic groves Of Cambridoe an
there he baihed his weary mind in the pure stresn
OF intellectual rest. Purified, refreshed inygoTn
ted, nc came forth, after severe study and dsvn,
prayer. to do hrs country service. He was SOC
immediately TO Russia, as has been stated not
reposa amidst The luNurcs of courts or in rich :.
looms amidst the glitter Of lights and the evveu
voIupiuous music, but to watch The swell and -.
OF those shadowy pillows with which ali - 80.
| heaTed beneath the thtoes Of the great hear, 7
France '9"i'
Mr. Adams saw and felt that the nnise 81 GO.
dom day by day beat feebler and feebler tlrooho'
The continent. lie counsolled the Mniste%,
Russia. lie was of those that stinoIbtoJ 81 =
to wake from their topper and he had tha satiss;;
don to behold, from The frozen regions Of The 49,.
these mighty hordes pour out upon the SAM y.
tons of the south TO give deliveraDcs to poonI
states, and Powers. His own country denaDfI,
his services, and he became, With Gallai;n w
Gay, mediator OF that peace between two natio,
which We trust shall exist forever while tL w.
contests shall be those Of good will on eatth o ~.
mutual Brotherhood 0'''n al