The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-21
The Adams Funeral in Boston. mayor quincy

| The Adams uiAeAoA 49,
On the 10th inst. the remains OF E1-President
Adams were received in great state at Boston. The
hest sneech connected with the occasion. is that OF
,Jayor Quincy, responding to Mr. Buckingham, on
behalf of the committee, which we transeribe from
the Boston Times of the llth as follows:
Mr., CHAIRMAN: In behalf of the citizens OF
Boston. of every sect and every party accept ihe
guardianship of the mortal part OF our distinguished
fellow citizen. The citizens OF Boston, VINO Sc ven
ty wears ago thronged this hail. and listened to Inc
words thai resulted in our revolution, have, We
trust welcomed what was immortal to the liberty
of the sons OF God.
Their. is something sublime in the scene that sur
rounds us. An honored son of MasSac hllseiiS-
one who was educated by slgner OF the Decafi
ton of Indepentlence-on who heard the thnuers
of the great struggle for liberty yon,er hill has,
after life of unparalleled usefulness and hdeilty,
fallen in the capitol of the country he served.
The inscriptions that adorn these walls, remind
us of the offices he held Yonder testimony OF the
Father of his Country, shows what was ms $ youth
full promise. The spontaneous feelings at this ma
ment of whole people, prove how that promise
redeemed.
His remains have been escorted here by dele
gates from every Stale in our Union. They have
passed over spots ever memorable in history. They
have everywhere been received with funeral hon
ors They have reposed in the Hall of Indepen-
dence. They lie in the Cradle of Liberty
1t were presumption In HE to anticipate what
will here be said on the character and virtues of
the depared-on the high offices he held. and the
great scenes in which he participated But as
citizen of Massachusetts, | cannot but acknowl-
edge our sense of the honOrs paid to her dlstln-
guished son. Mourned by nation at its capital
attended by the representatives OF the millions to
the grave--he has received tribute to his memory
unequalled among men.
And this is no mere pageant. The spots on
which this bier rests on its journey to the grave,
will not be marked by visible tokens-by the way
side cross inviting all to pray for the soul of the
depared-but associations and Secoectlons shall
cluster there Inspiring the living with the spirit of
the dead and should the time ever come when
distance and difference of inerets shall seem for
moment to weaken the bonds of the Union, we
will remember that our sister States sympathiZed
with in our grief, as readily as their fathers
rushed to our assistance in peril.
These remains now rest in the Cradle of Lib
erty. 1t is their last resting place their journey
home. As a statesman's = this is TO them the last
Ofearth >; tomorrow they will be deposited in the
peaceful churchyard of the village of his birth
there to be mourned, not as statesmen mourn for
statesmen, but as friend mourns for friend.
He will be gathered his fathers 80 and how
great in this case is the significance of the express
sion 1t is possible that other may be attended
he will be to the grave-but when again shall
the tomb of a President of the United States open
its doors to receive son that has filled the same
office +!
Happily for lis, in this country, there are no he
rediary honors But as we shall stand before the
simple monument erected by the filiaI piety of him
who sleeps before u.s. and read that below slumber
the remains of the second President of the United
States--of one who, on the fourth of July, l776,
pledged lis life, his fortune, and his sacred honor,
to the independence of his countrywide, in 1888.
by signing the defnitive treaty Of peace, redeemed
that pledge. and who, after having witnessed the
liberty his country, for fifty years, was summon
ed on the birthday Of the nation, to the indie
pendence of Immortality and the judgment of his
God will not the sternest republican allow that,
in his case, hereditary worth gave title to hered,
tary honors? The conclusion OF that epitaph is
the fittest inscription for his own grave:
From lives thus spent, thy earthly duties learnt
From fancys dreams to active virtue turn:
Let freedom, friendship, faith thy soul engage,
And serve like these, thy country and thy age.