The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-12-06

We fiaa the f.iinNiRg description ol
Inc 'fnnlh ~ TX PIrshlrnl Adams. in .
Late lesser 0l GIars GnfRWO'"d. IN j.
iRIrresling. and ~ III Trray Pfrnsal:
liul il Was "a the tomb III Iiae gTeatest
nf llle name illaI ne made "ur PTilsinlage.
We EnunL il .nIhe quiet aEd nlisilesl rlurril-
gasd-s 'PiiiR graRiie sinrlHEr. with ma
monument. hnI table hearing only in let
IeEs raised an the stone. the name Of J.
q. Adams.
I Al Mas unOsieniaiians. severity simple
anG purify rsPsslicaR a. The lie af The
isFAVe patriot aRi CONSCIENTIOUS statesman.
aud humble hearted hrislian. gone Ia re-
eeiEe his rewanl-Ihe peare. Il,e rrsI. the
lnTe. and In glorisus immnrIaiily IL Gnd.
As ] siOOd hy the lolllh. the events at
the long and IllusiTiaus inmate. passed IN
rapid l,w hcfore me. lh"nghI 81 the
n"hle father "a O beni with smile above
his cradle, anh of Ille great hearted moth
or WIN nur al him. ! thought of the
mare than Roman hnnor, ylr.ur. and great
nrss insiilled inI0 his spirit with rhIld'
lInnd's EARLIEST iearhing. Ihmghl at the
fPaiieal ministry AMI lofty ambition. IN "a
IhFFing altogether. and boarding up all va
riFiIcs nf knnwledRe-nf the high and
ssiahliess' morality ni lIf, hcsrI hy many
and peculiar Temptations. of al that grand
and heanIiiul preparation far the part hy
Heaven assigned in the councils of ,he ma
Iinn in the history of the republic. !
thought of The sunshine whirh had played
around. sad Ihe storms whirh had beaten
upon his path. II he made himself ,learer
Ia his r"anlry, and drew down upon his
thead n"re aud mora nf mad par,izan
hate.
| thought of an. even IN illai hour when.
full Of honor and years. he was strlrken
dawn in the nalinnal halls. like star struck
suddenly lrnm the fare III heaven. When
with r0nlenl upon hi lips and divine faith
bearing up his soul. he waited in Gods
love. the swift, silent, coming ul the an-
gel Of death: and when his last sighs went
quivering up through The same air. which.
sears ago. had oft times troubled with
the voire Of his fervid and impassioncd
elOqncnre.
Then as gazed upon the simple rest
ing place, said, This is the end Of hui
man grealness!" But NV lipsswcre pro
\ famed by unworthy sentence. True the
greatness and goodness are as immortal AZ
the great good God. from which they ema.
nate. The greatness and goodness Of
Adams belong To us and our country for
ever-a legacy grand, beautiful, priceless
aud imperi-hahle.
| a friend in company. the gifted artist,
VI. \. Kellogg. late of FInrenre. Took an
admirable sketch nf the tomb for mel
priced il above every thing.
The iilusirions parents Of john Quincy
Adams are buried beneath The walls of
the Unitarian church short distance from
the burial ground. On the right Of the
pulpit, as Won enter. is a tablet uf white
marble. with beautiful inscription tn
their memory, surmounted with bust Of
John Adams. To my mind that Of Mrs.
Adams should he placed beside il. for she
= was undoubtedly as remarkable person
rs her husband. The cid Romans would
have raised statue for the memory Of
such a woman without fear Of counte-
nanciug woman's rights 10 any dangerous
extent. Had the mnil,rr nf John Quincy
Adams heen an inferior woman. he could
never have been all that be has been to
hIs country.