New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-04

mono who did not ultimately acknowledge the Justice
and wisdom Of his academic administration. When
ever he appeared public days Cambridge be was
always welcomed with the most cordial enthusiasm and
every ausion TO his name sauted by rounds OK applause
Ono OF his last Appearances there was on tho occasion
Of the Of MS ourte or tns ate
during the delivery ofthe Inaugural Address the enro
audience and cheered him for several minutes The
eve that him blessed him and the ear that heard
him bOro witness 10 him,
After the Commencement Of 1916 he took leave Of
Cambridge and removed TO Boston. between which city
and his estate at Quincy he divided his year about
equally He took his farm again into his own hands,
and amused himself with conducting Its economy for
more than years when be resigned into thehands
OF his eldest His old age singulariy free from
the inrmites and distempers incident to protracted
life His temperance and activity Of body and mind
preserved him in fuller possession OF al mis- faculties
than often falls TO tho lot OF man. Indeed his health
had been unbroken in extraordinary during
all his fo He never confined 10 his bed, after tho
diseases Of childhood we're over until the accident
which happened TO him the verge OF ninety Of which
we shall presently speak. During his Presidency Of
sixteen years ho hndered in his duties for
day by any illness accident. During his retirement
ho amused the leisure which the management Of own
rryate affairs and of extensive truss permitted him.
with reading and his pen. and wtheconstant inter.
course with society and his many friends. One OF bis
private operations was characteristic enough TO de-
serve to be mentioned here. When Mayor he had
created certain wharf called the City Wharf. which
belonged TO the city and which from It's position he
thought should always be held by it which opinion he
had left on record at the time. When he was more
than eighty the City Government proposed selling this
property Mr. Quincy demonstrated against 1t IN tue
papers and by memorial setting forth the reasons why
II was important that the control OF that particular
niece of property should be retained by the city Tho
authorities however proceeded with their scheme and
the sale he appeared and bid 1t on having thus inc
control of he wrote TO tho Mayor offering TO reoonyey
il TO the city il it would bind itself not 70 sell II az an
for twenty years. The city refused ana no retained
the property and thus made tho first and only specu
ton of bis life tho success Of which seemed TO give "a
much pleasure 10 all his fellow citizens as 1t did TO him.
self. As life thus declined with gradual and almost
unperceyed decay In the society OF his children grand
children and friends the most reyered and h0nOred an
the city where he lived rounding life OF singular ires
dom from msortunes by Old age OF extraordinary wig
or aud enjoyment In December lo6l just before com
pleng his nnetieth year he slipped from chair by us
bedside Just after rising in the morning and injured his
hip severely which confined him for threo or fOur
months almost entirely TO has bed His strengh OF con
sttution however enabled him to recover from this 40
cident in remarkable degree. Though unable TO wax
without assistance, he free from pain and could
himself with his books his pen and bis numerous
visitors as well as before II happened
Mr.. Quincy emnently handsome az ali periods
OF hs.fc even down 20 extreme old age. Three nrst
class portraits remain Of him. One by Stuart taken ia
1906 when he was " in the primo of manhood where
youth ends in the earlier and highly finished style OF
tho artist. The second also by Stuart taken In l56
Ia his later and freer And the third by Page.
in 1912 President Of the University. in the first
greenness OF his old age. He not gent Of speech
In his later years. though have heard that his utter
ance was swift enough in the fiery days Of his Congress
whenever engaged in conversation which excited his
mind his words full Of wise thought, illustrated
BIZ long experience He very happy and ready IN I'm
pranptu speeches and admirable presiding officer at
public dinners during his prime His interest in pub
lie affairs remained undated TO the last and he was
OF the few examples Of keeping at least abreast
with his time 10 extreme old age. The commissions
and disturbances which Slavery has produced OF late
time he had foreseen and pr0pheed from the beginning
its inevitable fruits though he had not expected 70
live 10 see them ripen The part which he took in the
Fremont campaign not yet forgotten and his interest
was great though his active participation wa ess
in that which ended in the election n Mr. Lincoln Far
from being cast down by the disturbance OF public and
private affairs consequent upon the civil war which suc
ceoded hs looked upon that war the most hopeful
sign that he had during his long life OF the future
Of his country He used 20 say. after the had be-
gun that he believed thstswe were going 10 be =
great nation Of which he never felt before. Tbs
respect and veneration in which he held by all de-
sorptons Of mon during his later years were the Just
reward Of his long life Of disinterested public ssr-
vice. He was never even accused by MS worse
enemies VI any by-ends or sefseeking. His public
spirit real, and his Observation-Disclosures perfect.
and though no might have reached higher political
distinction by less straightforward pablo life II could
never have been crowned with more approving con-
science more universal reverence and affection.
accorded him the patriarch Of the public men OF
America Beside many speeches IN Congress and ora
tons particular OCCASIONS sole OF which We have
mentioned Mr.. Quincy has published the following
History OF Hary ard University, vols" Cambridge
1910. The Journals Of Major Samuel Shaw. the first
American Consul at Canton. with Life Of the Author
Boston. l5f7); The History Of the Boston Athena
um" Cambridge 1850; Tho Municipal History Of the
Town and City Of Boston during Two Centuries Boa
1859; Essay the Selling Of Cattle" Boston 1852