Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-03-22

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On the reception OF the news Of the
death of Mr.. Adams at Richmond, (va.)
the House of Delegates unanimously
adopted appropriate resolutions ofrespect
| TO his memory. On the next day, the
Locotoco majority in the Senate laid them
on the table by party vote! Prentice's
comments on this act Of infa,ny are so Just
that we copy them:
"How disgraceful does the conduct Of
those unrelen,ing Virginia partisans con-
.ras. with the conduct of their political
brethren in Washington! There, where
Mr.. Adams was best known, whore he WIS
in habits of daily intercourse with men Of
; al parties, where his greatness and good
ness were most clearly visible. not single
discordant note blended with the burst Of
llamentation that escaped every heart
when he was stricken down ut his post by
me angel Of death Political friends and
foes united in testifying. that, in the de-
parture Of the venerable man; the country
had sustained an incalculable loss. Men
who had baitled in fierce conflict against
Mr.. Adams for quarter OF q century.
gathered round his coffin and gave audi
bic vent 10 the grief that swelled their DO.
SONS as they gazed on all that was mortal
of the "old man eloquent" Eyes that had
flashed with anger AT him in bygone days
were believed with tears-hearis that had
cherished malice towards the living, were
pierced with anguish in the presence OF
| the dead-and tongues that had uttered
obloGuy against Quincy's statesman. poet.
philosopher. patriot. and sage, grew elo-
quent as they reviewed his distinguished
career, and dwell on he many virtues that
adorned his character like precious pearls.
Oh, il was touching scene to behold th,'
Young. the middle aged, and the old Of all
parties, with grief expressed in every lin.
camen.. pressing forward 10 take parting
glance al the lifeless form Of the great de.
parted before i, should be deposited in ''the
place appointed for all the living" lfsny
one was base enough to cherish unkind.
ness for the great man who had fallen, he
had shame enough TO mask his feelings
and unite with the immense crowd that
: was anxious TO offer the last tribute of re.
spect 70 the ables;, most learned, and most
honored Of contemporaneous statesmen.
AS the melancholy intelligence Of the ma
tons loss spread from city to city, md
from State to State, profound gloom gath.
cred over the country. City corporations
and State Legislatures. influenced by .
feeling proper to the occasion. expressed
their grief and adjourned their labors to
indulge in the emotions that animated
, their breasts. To the honor Of the coun.
| try, to the honor Of human nature, old 20.
: litical prejudces were hushed and voice
} Of lamentation arose from . stricken ma.
r ton like solemn elegiac hymn offered up
F., to the memory of the illustrious dead
There was but one spot in the country in
which men were found SO full Of ingraii-
tude and grovclling instincts as to refuse
to unite with their teiiow-countrymen. In
the capitol of Virginia, in that State whose
=, greatest and best men had conferred tho
i highes, honors on Mr.. Adams. little kno,
Of politicians were found who refused to
, respond to the common voice Of grief for
D the nations loss and veneration for the
: character Of the departed patriot. Shame
f on Virginia, shame on those Of her de-
generate sons, who ranking nth prejudi.
j., ced and embittercd with malice, declined
TO pay the tribute Of respect demanded by
. the occasion. Shame on the ingrates who
!; a, the moment when the spirit Of the i'm
mortal Washington was embracing the
spiritof the greatest Of family illustrious
p in the annals Of the country. just loosed
r, from the tolls Of time, could indulge ir
low born partisan hate! Theirs be the
II unenviable notoriety Of squeaking out the
n miserable sounds Of malice, at a momen
: when the heart Of the nation, convulset
with grief was uttering solemn strains o
= sadness which pierced the heavens anc
, wakened the appreciation Of on-!ookine
angels and seraphs!"