The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-03-09

n Inc uiSnt OF us country IiOuia'Su, ue u
heard the first murmurs Of discomfort; he
saw the frs, efforts for deIiveIauce. Whilst v
We, little child he listened with eager {
ness to the whispers Of freedom as they q
brea,hed from the lips Of her almos, in {
spired apostles; he caught the fire that i
was then kindled his eye beamed with
the fir3 ray; he watched the day spring
from on high, and long before he departed
from earth it was graciously vouchsafed I
unto him to behold the etialgence Of her
noon,ide glory.
His father saw the promise Of the sou;
and early led him by The fountains Of light
and liberty itself. His youthful thoughts
were kindIed with the idealism Of repub-
lie, whose living form and features he was
destined to behold visibly. Removed at
an early age &c distant country, be there,
under the eye Of his father, was instructed
IN the rigid lore of Franklin, as have
heard him say. His intellect vas expand.
ed by the conversations, and invigorated
BY the acute disquisiions, of tho Acads.
micians, whose fiery zeal, even at that
early period, was waking up the mind al
France 10 deeper thoughts, holder inqn
ries, and more matured retiecliun-lo re.
suit ultimately, as We all know, in terrific
action. Returning to this country, he en-.
Tered into the cool clolsters Of the college
passed through the various stages to
acquire that discipline Of mind which
intense study can alone impaft and
thence, as he was about 10 emerge, APP
peared those buds Of promise which soon
blossoned into these blushng honors he
afterwards wore so thick around him. His
was not the dreamy life Of the schools (;
but he leap, into the arena OF activity, TO
run career Of glorious emulation with The
gifted spirits OF the earth. He saw the
efl1rts to place his country on deep and
stable foundation, where II now rests. lie
had seen the colonies emerge into States,
, and the States cemented into Union, and
realized, in the formation Of this conied'
Grated republic, all that his ardeni hopes
had pictured out in the recesses OF schools.
I Young as ho then was. lie contributed, b,
the energy Of his mind and the vigor o.
his pen, to support the administration Vi
Washington, who, we have jus, bee.
, told, transferred him at an early age TO q
foreign court; scarcely initiated into IT,
T diplomacy before his services we're requIr
ed for another and more extended sphere
: Passing from that, he returned TO his ewr
country, and was placed by the sufii ase
of his State in The chamber Of the u,be
;, end of this Capitol; and there, tbs aei,i
~ Of has mind, the freedom oil his thought
the independence of his action, rcndefe,
I him TO his constituents for the lime beins
unacceptable, by uniting him to the polio,
Of Mr.. Jefferson. He retired from III,
halls Of Congress; but he went 10 no igno
bic cause. Wearied with the tolls, hea
ted with the contests, covered with ih
dust Of politics, he Withdrew 10 tn
classic groves Of Cambridge, and ,her
o he bathed HE weary mind IN The pur
l. stream Of intellectual rest. Purified, re
!. freshed, lnvigoratsd, he came forth, aGe
j. severe study and devout prayer, 10 do hi
Z country service. lie was sent immedi
i. ately to Russia, as has been stated, not t.
\ repose amidst the Injuries of courts, or il
n rich saloons am DIST the glitter OF Ugh,
ii and the swell Of volupuous music, bot |,
e watch the swell and play of those shadow
pillows with which all Europe heaved be
n ueath the shroes Of tho great hear,
France.
y Mr.. Adams saw and felt that the pulls
y Of freedom day by day beat feebler an
f eb'er Throughout, The continent. He cour
seIIed the Ministers Of Russia. lie wa
. one Of those that stimulated Them to wax
from their torpor, and he had The salsfac
ton to behold, from The frozen regions {
o the north, those mighty hotdes pour ou
q upon the sunny nations of tie SOu'h I
a give deliyerance 10 People, States, an
u Powers. His own country demanded hi
services, and he became, with GalIati
u and Clay, mediator Of tina, peace betwee
J. two nations which we trust shall exist for
c ever, while the only contests shall be lhos
l. Of good will on earth and mutual brother
q hood.
He wenl--as his father had gone ahe
The first war of the Revolution upon ih'
: termination of the second war, 10 the Cour
Of ST. james. He remained not long be
" fore another sphere was opened to him.
As Secretary Of State for eight years h
fulfilled the arduous duties incident to ha
. high pos, in a country just enc rgiug lrou
: conflict. To the highest Office OF the PEG
pie he was quickly raised and how 10 tia
sphere be moved, with what ease, ability
and grace, we all know. and history vii
record he crushed no heart beneath ,h,
q rude grasp Of prescription; he lef, NJ
u heritage OF widows cries or OF phins' tears
Hs disrobed himself with dignity OF til,
vestufes Of office, not 10 retire ~ tn
shades Of Quincy, but, in the maturity o
his intellect, in the vIgor Of his thought
TO leap into this aresa, AMI 10 continue, Al
; he had begun, disciple, an arden, devo
{ tee at the temple Of his country's freedom
How, in this department, he minls,ered tt
!, his country's wants, We all know and have
witnessed. How often we have crowded