The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-11
FuueraI Heaor- 20 Mr.. Adams.

NJ tle usual nOOr OF lne meeting oil the
two houses Of Congress, on the 2ith ult.,
there was a very full attendance Of the
members, and an immense concourse Of
citizens, assembled to pay due honors to the
memory of the Hon. John Quincy Adams.
In the House Of Representatives, Mr..
Winthrop, the Speaker, rose and said:
G,SleseH The Hszseof Repr,.,lisls>. Of ne T. Sa,s:
Ii has been thought fit that the Chair
should announce officially to the House an
event already known to the members indi-
viduaIly, and which has filled all our hearts
with sadness.
A seat on this floor has been vacated,
towards which our eyes have been accustom-
ed TO turn with no common interest.
A voice has been hushed forever in this
hall TO which all ears have been wont 10
listen with profound reverence.
A venerable form has faded from our
sight, around which We have daily cluster
I'd with an affectionate regard.
A name has been stricken from the roll
Of the living statesmen of our land, which
has been associated for more than half a
century with the highest civil service and
the loftieSt civil renown.
Whatever advanced age, long experience,
great ability, vast learning, accumulated
public honors, sPOtless private character,
and a firm religious faith could do, to rem
der any one an object Of interest, respect,
and admiration, they had done for this dis
tinguished person; and interest, respect, and
admiration are but feeble terms TO express
the feelings with which the members Of this
House, and the people of the country have
long regarded him.
After life of eighty years, devoted from
lis earliest maturity TO the public service, he
has at length gone to his rest. He has been
privileged to die al his post; 10 fall while
in the discharge OF his duties; to expire be-
meath the roof Of the Capitol; and to have
his last scene associated forever in history
with the birthday Of that illustrious patriot,
whose Just discemment brought him first
into the service Of bis country.
The close Of such life, under such cir
cumsiances is not an event for unmingled
emotions. We cannot find il in our hearts
to regret that ne has died as he has died.
He himself could have desired no other end.
This is the end Of earth" were his last
words, uttered on the day on which he fell
But we might almost hear him exclaiming,
as he left us-in a language hardly less "a
miIiar to him than his native tongue-"Hoc
est. minimum, nlags teliciter de rita mig
rare, guam morn.
When the Speaker concluded
MIR. Hudson, Of Massachusetts,, rose and
addressed the House as follows:
MIR. SPEAKER: ] rise with no ordinary
emotion TO perform a painful duty, which
has been assigned me by my colleagues.
My late venerable colleague is no more
A great and good man has fallen! One
whose public services are coeval with the
establishment Of our government-one who
has come down to US from past generations,
and Of whom it might almost be said, that
he was living in the midst Of posterity, an
example to US and to those who come after
us, has ceased from his labors, and gone to
his reward.
John Quincy Adams was born on the
18th day oil July, 1907, in that part oil
Braintree, Massachusetts,, which was subse-
quently incorporated into a town by the
name Of Quincy. In 171S; when he was
but eleven years of age, he accompanied
his father, John Adams, to France, who
was sent with Benjamin Franklin and Ar.
thur Lee, as commissioners to the Court Of
Versailles. After remaining in France
about eighteen months, during which time
he applied himself closely to the study of
the French and Latin languages, he return
ed TO his own country in August, 1779. In
November Of the same year his father was
again despatched to Europe for the discharge
Of diplomatic services, and took his son
John Quincy with him. At Paris he was
put to school, and when in 1880 John Ad.
ans removed TO Holland, his son enjoyed
the advantage Of the public school at Am
sterdam, and afterwards Of the University at
Leyden. Francis Dana, who accompanied
John Adams as secretary 10 the embassy, re-
ceived in 1881, the appointment OF minis
ter plenipotentiary 10 Russia, and took John
Quincy Adams, then fourteen years Of age,
with him as his private secretary. Here he