The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-22

ace 10 distant e0nnfry, he therr. nndsr
The eve Of his father. was inslurled in
fhe rigid lore Of a FEanklia, - hare
heard him say. Hisinlelleel vas expanded
by The conversations. and insigor.led By
the aeuie disquisitinns. of lhs Arademi-
clans. whose 6rry seal. even II tlIai early
period, was waking up The MAD Of France
10 deeper ihoagiis, hnlder Inquiries. and
more masured rrhecli0n-io result ulii-
maiely. n We al know. in terrific action
Returning 20 this country, he entered int
the cool rloislrrs Of The college; passed
through The various stages 10 acquire that
discipline Of mind which intense study
can alone impair; and thence, ~ he was
about 10 emerge, appeared those buds OF
promise which soon blnssomed into those
hlushing honors he. afterwards wore 90
thick around him. His Was not the
dreamy life Of The schools; bni he leapt IN
10 Jhe arena Of aciiyiiy. 10 run career Of
glorious emulation with The gifted spirits
tof The earth. lie saw the efforts to place
his country on a deep and slable founda.
lion, where il now rests. He had seen
the colonies emerge into States, and the
States cemenled into Union. and realized.
in the formation of this conlederaled re.
public, al that his ardent hops has pic
tnred out In the recesses Of the schools.
Young as he then was, he contributed. hy
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 al an carly age 10 foreign
court; scarcely initiated into lis diplomacy
before his sevices were required Cor anolh-
er and more extended sphere. Passing
from that, he returned TO his own country,
and was placed by The snifrages Of his
State in the chamber Of the other end of
this Capitol; and there, tie activity Of his
mind, the freedom Of his thought, the
independence Of his action, rendered him
10 his constituents for the time being
unacceptable, by uniting him 10 the policy
of Mr.. Jefferson. He retired from the
halls Of Congress; but he went to no igno-
bic ease. Wearied with the tolls, heated
with The contests, covered with The dust Of
politics, be Withdrew 10 the rlassic groves
Of Cambridge, and there he bathed his
weary mind in the pure stream Of INTEL
leciual rest. Purified, refreshed, invigora.
ted, he rame forth, after severe study and
devout prayer. TO do his country service.
|, He was sent Immediately TO Russia, 40
has been stated, not 70 repose amidst the
Injuries ofcourts, or in rich saloons amidst
the glitter Of lights and the swell of yolun.
tuous music, but to watch The swell and
play Of those shadowy pillows with which
!, all Europe heaved beneath the throes Of the
great heart Of France.
/ Mr.. Adams saw and Eel. tina, The pul,.
OF freedom day BY day bea. feebler and
ieebler throughoutth The continent. He conn.
selled the Ministers of Russia. He wa,
one OF those that stimulated them 10 w,ke
from their torpor, and he had the salts
faction 10 behold, from The frozen regions
OF the north, those mighty hordes pour
out upon the sunny nations of the south 10
give deliyerance TO People, States, and
Powers. His own country demanded his
services. and he became. with Galla,:n
and Clay, a mediator of that peace be-.
tween two nations which we trust shalt
exist forever, while the only contests shall
! be those of good will on earth and mutual
! brotherhood.
He went-as his father had gone after
the first war Of the Revolution-upou ,he
termination of the second war, to the Court
OF 81. James. He remained not long be.
fore another sphere was opened 10 him.
|, As Secretary Of State for eight years he
fulfilled the arduous duties incident to that
high post in a country just emerging from
conflict. TIE the highest Office Of The peo.
pie he was quickly raised; and how in
that sphere he moved. with what ease,
ability, and grace, we all know, and history
will record: he crushed no heart beneath
the rude grasp Of prescription: he left no
heritage of widows cries or orphans tears.
He disrobed himself with dignity OF The
veslures of Office, not 10 retire to the shades
/ of Quincy, but, in the maturity of his
intellect, in the vigor of his thought, 10
lCdp iItO NtiS dtCIids diIu W Cuttulue as ne
had begun, disciple, an ardent devo,ee
, at the temple Of his countIy's freedom.
. How, in this department., he ministered
TO his coun,ry's wants, we all know and
} have Witnessed. How often we have
crowded into that. aisle and clustered
, around that new vacant desk TO listen 10
!, the counsels oil wisdom as they fell from
!; the lips of the venerable Sage. we can ali
!. remember, {, ii was but of YESTERDAY
But wha. change! How wondrous
S how suddenl "ris like a vision of the
night. That form which we beheld bu,
few days since is now cold in death!
/ But the las. Sabbath. and in this Hall
J he worshipped with Others. Now hi,
] spirit mingles with the noble army o
martys and the Just made perfect, in III,
II eternal alteration of the living God. Will
him "this is The end Of earlh," He sleep
j, the sleep that knows no waking. He /
81 gone---and forever! The sun that usher
- in The morn of pext holy day wb;l.