New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-24

| the part of the F.deralisis. Even The fss.snl !,
Hamilton 10 Massachusetts, embracing ,ho 20 T.
persons already described in the anal7ds tc~
which contributed 10 the establishment 81 N. ps
ion Of that State who bore no good win % ~
either as man or rs politician were drive. ,aaae
him. as under all circumstances the b.S, - s''y
through whom at once TO maintain their national ss
| ana TO fortfy their influence at home" RaJ
We have no space to discuss the impor.an. ~;
| zeal controversies which agitated the aan,;,'
| ton of Mr. Adams, and Of which his bocr,,1..,
given an elaborate account. sThe result !.
| ss follows:
His Presidency had been one long and
trial in the course of which il was his 10, tohs
fumness and independence of spirit put To the
the fourth time ID his carer under circum.tapoI.
appalling than ever before. For the frst time a.. -
popularity sunk completely under the shock m
tired disgraced in the popular estimation and n.
became by-word Of odium for many years R..S
had fully redeemed the pledge into which hs .n..s
with himself at the commencement Of his esassN
'act fearless, intrepid, undaun'ed part, tbomGs
forgetting likewise TO act prudent, caat,S' =,
con s;derate part And never was nnon - 1t
qualities more exemplticd than during this Er, gee
ton in the Of which his infle1ibe coprsssS.
saved the neutral policy and had removed the o,.,ss
ces which threatened the prosperity Of the nation
the moment that he took the helm.
On the 18th of March, 1901, the day on VIII,
Mr. Jefferson was inaugurated President Of 4.
United States, Mr.. Adams retired from p1hlxs
after an uninterrupted course of service Of Gisl
twenty years. The seclusion into which he way
once plunged at his farm in Quincy was proiVa
in the extreme. A few old friends chung aru2
him. but the crowd who had solicited fayos WAs
they were at his disposal were not slow in mona,
ON toward the new fountains Of supply. N.
Adams resumed the private occupations to whiss
be had been inclined by early tastes. All his fcs
tune was invested in the lands around him. II.
devoted himself TO their cultivation and improve.
ment, and they furnished his main support forth
remainder Of his days. The difficulties with Ora,
Britain prior to the war Of 1912, tempted him I
some degree from his retirement, and several pn
ductions of his pen were published in the jouna
of the day. Nor was he silent ON ah4
topics of political controversy, chiefly re.
latipg to his own career in public u.
"His correspondence began to grow upon him, VI
he divided his time between reading on more eI.
trnsye scale than ever, and writing to his numerous
friends. He devoted himself to very elaborate
examination Of the religion of all ages and nation,
the results of which he committed to paper in de.
sultory manner The issue of it was the fornatca
of his theological opinions very much IN the mod
adopted by the Unitarians of New England. Re.
iecting, with the independent spirit which in cary
life had driven him from the ministry, the prom.
nent doctrines Of Calyinism the Trinity, the atone.
ment and election be Was content to settle down
upon the Sermon on the Mount as perfect code
presented to man by more than mortal teacher.
Further, he declined to analyze the mysterious
nature of his mission. In this faith he lived with
uninterrupted serenity, and in il he died with per-
feet resignation"
The death of his wife in 1913 was an afflictioa
from the effects of which he never recovered. Sk
had gone through the yicissitudes of more than bal
century in his company, and had always Gym.
pathized with him in his higher aspirations, md
cheered him in his greatest trials. He was nv
eighty.t years of age, and Of course could not
expect to survive her long. From this time ting.
of sadness was observed in his manner, and be lost
the sprightly humor which had been such an Nrse.
able trait of his character.
In the eighty-sixth year of his age he was elected
by the people of his native town as delegate 10
the Convention for revising the Constitution of Ms+
sacbusetts He had been appointed to similar ONCE
ust forty years before, when the instrument now b
be amended was originally framed. When NJ,
Adams, with a form yet erect though tremuloa
with age, made bis appearance in the Convention
he was received by the members of this brilliant
assembly, all standing, with demonstrations Of the
utmost respect and regard. The ofiice Of presiding
OYER its deliberations had been unanimously tendered
to him through Committee instructed to preseo
to him series of resolutions expressing the highest
sense of the value of bis services to the country. Ito
declined the appointment of President on acccu'
of his great age and physical inrmities, but TOOK
lively interest in the proceedings of the Conyenhoa,
and attended the sittings as often as bis health
would permit.
The appearance of Mr.. Adams in this Conventicu
made an appropriate close to his public carsef'
His few remaining years were passed serenely u
his residence in Quincy, where he kept up the hsb'
of receiving the numerous strangers whom rever
ence or curiosity attracted to his abode. lie iVet
TO see his eldest son in the Presidential chair Of TN
United States, an event which he survived but it'll
more than year. "He was now at the age o
ninety, infm in body, but yet preserving re
markable activity of mind. Unable to see clearl
enough to read, or to guide pen to write, he sh
retained so much interest in present objects as full
to employ the services of members of his mmedi,st
family, both in reading to him and in writing ai,s
his dictation. What he most disliked was tb
mere vegetation of extreme age; rather than to i
into which he would cheerfully listen to any book
however trifing which might at the moment b
attracting the fancy of younger generations. Tn
brilliant ictions Of Walter Scott, then in the high
of their popularity, the sea stories of Cooper, an