Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-03-02

The SPEAKER rose and said:
Gentlemen Of the Ho:.se Of Repre-
sentativcs of the United States: Il has
been thought fit that the Char should
announce officially to The House MI
event already known to the memoer>
individually, and which bias filed al
our hearts with sadness.
A sea, on this hoor has been yaca
ted, towards which our eyes have been
accustomed 10 turn with no common
interest.
A voice has been huShed in his
hail, To which all ears have been Won't
TO listen with profound reverence.
A venerable form has faded from oul
sight, around which We have daily
clustered With an ahectionatc regard.
4 name has been stricken from the
roll o!the living statesmen OF our lana,
which has been associated for more
than half century Wi h TIE highest
civil service and the lofi-s civil! re-
nown.
On Monday, the 2l.t inst, JOHN
QuINcY ADAMS sunk in his seat, III
presence Of US all, by sudden illness,
from which he never recovered; and
he died, in the Speakers room, al a
quarter past seven O'clock las! evening,
with The officers Of !he House and The
delegation of his own Massachusetts
around him.
Whatever advanced age, long expe-
renee, great ability, vast learning, ac
cumula'ed public honors, sposIess
private character, and firm religious
faith could do to render any enc an
objec; of interest, respect, and adml-
ration, they bad done for this disiin-
guished person; and interest. respect,
and admiration are but feeble terms to
express the feelings with which the
men of this House and the people Of
the country have long regarded him.
After life ofeighty years, devoted
from its eatlies, maturity TO the public
service, he has a. length gone 10 bis
rest. l..- .. ....
He has been PRIVILEGED to die a, his
post; 10 fall whils in the discharge Of
his duties; to expire beneath the roo!
Of the Capitol, and TO have his last
scene. associated forever in history,
with the birthday Of that ii'ustsious
patriot whose jus: discernment brough;
him frs, into the service Of his country.
The close of such life, under such
circumstances, is not ali event :o7 IN
mingled emotions. We cannot ind it
in our hearts TO regret tina, be has died
as he has died. He himself could
have desired no other end. "yhis is
the end Of earth" we're bis last words,
uttered on the day on which he fell
But we nigh! almost hear him exclaim
ing, as he left us, in language hardly
less familiar to him than his native
tongue, -"Hoc est nin,iram n,ngis fe-
iei!er de vita migrare, guam nori.''
l, is for Others to sugges. wha! hon
ors shall be paid TO his memory. Nc
acts Of onrs are necessary to his fame.
Blu, it may be due to ourselves and &c
the country, that the national sense OF
his character and his services Should
be fully commemorated.
Mr.. NEWELL submitted the fol-
lowing resolution in addition to the
series offered by Mr.. HUDsoN, viz:
Resolved, That the sea, in this hal
inst vacated by the death of the late
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS be unoccupiet
for thirty days; and that i, togethe'
with the hall, remain clothed with the
symbol of mourning during that time
Mr.. MCDOWELL, Of Virginia, rose
and addressed the House as follows:
Such for half century, Mr.. Speak
err, has been the eminent position Of
MIR. ADAMS in the eyes Of his country
men; lis participation in the highes'
honors which j. was theirs to give; his
intimate association with controlling
events in their national annals, and
with the formation Of that public opin-
ion which brought them about; such
the veneration and almost universal
homage entertained for his intellect
and virtues; and such, in all respects,
his great relations to this entire Union
and to the daily thought of lis growing
millions, that onsihis sad occasion the
language of al is parts will be that of
lamentation and Of tribu'e. 1t IS not
for Massachusetts, TO mourn alone over
a solitary and exclusive bereavement
II il not for her alone TO feel a
solitary and exclusive sorrow. No,
s,r: 10! Her sister Commonwealth
gather to her side in this hour OF htr
affection, and, INTERVENING their arms
with hers, they bend together over the
bier of her iilus,rous son-feelIng as
she feels, and weeping as she weeps
over sage, a patriot, and statesman
gone. II was in these great charac-
t-r;S,;cs ofindiyid,,al and Of public man