The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-05
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rnary. lSls. John Quincy Adams, cf Mass
&c huss;ts, VIM had completed a circle oi
yublic services filling hty ycsrS, beginning
with an inferior diplsna,ic function, pass
ing through tie Chief Magistraoy, and clos
ING with The ,rtrt Il a Representative IN
Congress. departed frum the csr1h certainly
respected by mankind. aud II all po~,ha.
nous louors are no, insincerc and false. de-.
plorcd BY his country.
On fair, cloudlcss dny In Jane iSs0,
when the loud, deep voice Of wailing had
iu., died Away in the land. the Senator
from Michigan. Of New England born, and
by New England reared. the leader of =
rrca, party. no, only here, but IN the whole
country, arose in the Senate, and after com
plsining TIM, member of the family Of
thu, grca, statesman Of the East, instead
of going backwards with garment 10 cover
his inhrmi,ics, had revealed them by pub
fishing portions cf his private diary, him
self proceeded TO read the obnoxious OK
tracts. They showed the authors strong
Opinions, that by the federal compact the
slave.holding class had obtained. and that
they had exercised, controlling influence
in the government, Of the country. Placing
these extracts by the side Of passages taken
from the Farewell Address Of Washington,
the senator from Michigan said-"iic IL
unworthy the name of nm American who
does m, feel a, his hearts core the differ
encc between tho lofty patriotism and noble
sentiments Of one Of these documents, and
but ] will not say what the occasion
would Justify. 1t cannot, nor will IT, nor
should II, escape the censure Of an age like
this better that il had been cn,ornbed,
like ancient Egyptian records, till its Ian
guagc was lost. than thus 10 have been OK
posed to the light Of day." The senator
then proceeded 10 set forth the contrast be-
tween his own greater justice and gcncr-
ostv to the Southern States and his own
fidelity 10 the Union. This was in the
Senate Of the United States, and yet no
one rose TO vindicate the memory Of John
Quincy Adams, or to express Nh emotion,
even of surprise or regret, that II had been
thought necessary TO invade the sanctity Of
the honored grave, where the illustrious
statesman who had so recently passed the
gates of Death, was sleeping.
was not Of New England, by residence,
education or descent, and these were rea-
sons enough why should endure IN silence
pain that shared with so many of my
country but then determined that when
the tempest Of popular passion, that was
rcigning in the country, should have pass
cd by, | would claim hearing here; not
TO defend or vindicatc the sentiments which
the Senator from Michigan had thus severe
" ccnsured, for Mr. Adams himself had re-
| ferred them, together with all his actions
ana opinions concerning slavery, not 10 ,nis
tripunai' OF even 70 'hc present u'ne, pu'
70 uiat aItei agc Whic,, ea,ne's ana RECORDS
Tue imparnai ana uiImatc judgment OF
ipankihd, ont 10 sho" now Just ana gehcr-
Gus ne naa peen IN MS pubic career To-
wards all INC members OF t's Vnited con-
iederncy' ana now de'o'cd 70 inc omon oil
inc states ana the aggrahd'zeiheh, Oh inc
Republic.
! am thankful that inc necessary LOT per.
forming That dnty has passed by ana Thai
the statesman oil e1uincy mas, carrier thar
hoped, received his vindication,and receiv'
cd It, too, nj the hands OF him from when
IT was justly due, the accuscr himself
regret only this, that the viRdication was
not az generously M II was effcctually
made.
Mr. Seward then proceeded to prove
which he did by documentary evidence
that Mr. Adams was the author OF the Mon
roe doctrine. lie afterwards read an cx
tract from MIR Adams instructions, in 1873
to Mr. Forsyth, then American Minister u
Spain, and afterwards to MIR Nelson, Nj
rs successor, gong 70 snow that Mr. a
was also the author OF those measures o.
manifest destiny which MIR Cass' resolution
seeks to reafiirm.
MIR ,. then SAID, IN bringing. ,cgethe'
these actions OF John Quincy ADAMS u
lsE2, and OF the Senator from Michigan u
ioo,' ana placing tncn IN Juxhposinon' u
.hc h,stofy OF uic 'ccna' s nnve doile u, u,
u'I ,,'e ocna.or noih "ioniean nas ei
e''uone 10 ''nuca's t'ic uepa''ou s.aIts'n ,a
,ion' "'c oehs 'neo hcaPcu upo'' nm W ny
ieing ono y, low. nelMI q. tneh SPok'
VI MI Sws ,t ~" m'h, .or,,',ne nuns, rs,
i ~ VI. y. CO -. III
or Crco, Rr;,,;n want CHA II 10 !, sloy'
coIonv. ,hov h,vo ,hoi;shed s,ayory in nj
/ Their nossess;ons. Sbonld either NJ tbcn
oh,a;n ,ha, Island tho f;r., net NJ tho GOV
ernmor, there mus, he the abol;,;on n
! slaynrr
The aholi,;on of sl,vcrv. too. INNS, h,
, made With rom,onsa,;o, ana Tho connon
; ss,iop mns, he drawn from tho home iron
snrv Will ci,be, If them ,okc CHA !,
7 r,ch n cost, And what would Cuba with
ont slavery bo worth 10 either Of these now
: ors5 IS, their exncrience in the West In
dies answer Cnha w;,hor, sIayo,v wo.,l
: bc wor,b,css N .nv nower bn, Tho Iin;tc,
. states and Jobn Quincy Adams was r;gh,
i Cuba ei,he, with or wi,6om sl,vcrv arey;
t,tes towards and will nlt,matclv III ~,
n The Amcr;can Iyn,or '' SUI
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