The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-03-23
EuLoaY ON JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

EILooY ON JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The following culogy on Mr.. Adams, de-
livercd in the House Of Representatives on
the day subsequent bis death, is altogether
the best one Of tho many we have seem
Mn. HOLMES, Of South Carolina, rose
and said: Mr. Speaker: The mingled tones
OF sorrow, like the voice Of many waters,
has come to US from a sister State Mas.
sachusetts, weeping for her honored son.
The State have the honor in part 10 repre-
ssns once endured with yours, a common sui.
fering, battled for common cause, and re.
joiccd in common triumph. Surely.
then, il 10 meet that in this the day Of your
affection we should mingle our grieis.
When . great man falls, the nation
mourns; when patriarch 10 removed, the
people weep. Ours, my associates, is no
common bereavement. The chain which
linked our hearts with the gifted spirits Of
former times has been rudely snappcd.-
The lips from which flowed those living aud
glorious truths that our fathers uttered nre
closed in death! Yes, my friends, Death
has been among us! lie has not entered
the humble cottage of some unknown, ig-
noble peasant; he has knocked audibly Ut
the palace Of a nation! His fco,stcp Inns
been heard 10 the Hall Of . State! lie
has cloven down his victim 10 the midst Of
the councils Of people! lie has borne in
triumph from among you the grnves., wisesi
and most reverend head! All! he has ia
ken him AZ a trophy who once was chief
over many States, adorned with virtue, and
learning, and truth; he has borne II, his
chariot wheels q renowned one Of the
earth.
There was no incident in tho birth, the
life, the death OF Mr.. Adams not intimate
~ woven with the history Of the land
Born in the night ofhis coun,ry's tribulG.
ton, be heard the first murmurs Of discon.
tent he saw the first efforts for delivernnce
Whilst yet little child he listened with CT.
gerness to the whispers Of freedom, as they
wree brcst from tho lips Of her almost in
spired apostles; he caugh. the fire that wns
then kindlcd; his eye Lcamed with the first
ray; he watched the day spring from on high
and long before he he departed from cnrtt
il was grnciously vouchsaicd TO him to be.
hold the effulgence Of her noon,ide glory.
HE father saw the promise Of tho SON
and carly led him by the hand 10 drink ol
tho very fountains Of light aud liberty il,
self His youthful thoughts were kindlcd
with the idealism Of a republic, whose living
form and features he was destined to be.
bold visibly. Removed at an early ngc e
= distant country, he there, under tho eye
Of bis father, was instructed in tho rigid lore
Of a franklin, ms ! have heard him say
His intellect was expanded BY the CONVEX
Stations, and invigornted by tho acute dis
QUESTIONS, Of the Academicians, whose fer,
zeal, even .. that early pericod, wns wn
king up the mind Of France To deeper
thoughts, hinder inquiries, md moro matu
red reflection result ultimately, as wt
oil know, in terrific action. Returning II
this country, he entered into tho cool clos
ters Of the college,; passed through the W.
rious s,nQes, IL acquire TINT discipline Of
mind which intense study can nlonc i'm.
part; and thence, us he was about tn cmcrg,
appeared those buds ofpro,nise which soor
blossomed into those blashing honors lao nj,
forwards wore SO thick around him. Iii,
was not the dreamy life Of tho schools; bu
he leapt into the arena Of activity, to run
. career of glorious emulation with the gift
ed spirits ofthe earth. lie saw the effort.
10 place his country on deep md s.ablc
foundation, where i. now rests. lie had
seen the colonies emerge into States, and
the States ccmcnted into Union, md real.
lied, in the formation Of this confcdcraied
republic, oil that his arden, hopes Ind pic.
tvred out in the rccesses Of school, Young
% he then WINS, be contributed. by tho en-
ergy Of his mind and vigor Of his pen, 10
support the administration Of Washington.
who, we have just been told transferred him
st m early age to foreign court; scarcely
Unlisted into its diplomacy before his scrvi-
Gee were required for another aud more ex.
tended sphere. Passing from that, he re-.
turned 10 his own country, and wus placed
BY the sufIrngcs oi his State in tho chm.
Der ii the other end Of this Capitol; md
there, the activity Of his mind, the freedom
Of his thought, the independence Of his &c.
tion, rendered him 10 his constituents for
the iimc being, unacceptable by uniting
him 10 the policy Of Mr.. Jefferson. lie re.
tired from tho halls Of Congress; bu, he
went TO no ignoble casc. Wcaricd with
the tolls, heated with the contests. covered
with the dust Of politics, he Withdrew 10
the clnssic groves Of Cambridge, and there
he bsihed his wenry mind in the pure
strenin ofintellectunl rest. Purified, refresh.
Cd, invigorated, ho came forth, after severe
study and devout prayer, to do his country
service. He was sen. Immediately to Rus
sia, as has been stated; not, 10 rcposc amidst
lha 1uSurics nf conrta nr in rich enlnnna