New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

wealth and the t,lL af,cntly and Cireuty AZ hOihe
ana abroad G,or accordance w.th As own patriotic
Injunction. II Tie duty Of every c.dzen u'onGh nc
may have bus ous day ave, To devote tnt day I" tAe
scryi.c Of his country" AMI dcd on us "aJ 20 s post
~ vi-c-rrcsidcnt or the tinted States
OnS nor, name Is stiil TO he Pronounced one more
.t,r 81 taai ltle s.acif,is chester is sta to he OBJ
~cgvsI aad no;ed And is is which, On the precise
occasion We COMMUNICATIONS Which, during those
great vs Of Jane and July, 1876. IN when she PeS.ion
OF Ia eIenleuce was hmm iiely discussed ana dechi'd
hal hardly "a lilo. IN The afIHaIn nj" AMI when was
certainly the bright particular STAR of our own con
steia,iun. YOu viii al have Anticipated me IN nain'g
Jonn Adams Beyond al doubt his i. the Mas'achs It's
maine most nfominenty associated with the ininc"i'te
day celebrate.
Others may have been earlier or more active man he
IN preparing the way others may have LiboFed longer
and more zc1ously to instruct the popu!ar NINA ana -
fame tine popular heart for the great STEP winch WIS
now To he taken. Others may have been more ardent as
taey uuque.tionaby prominent. in the various
STAGES OF te struggle inst wits Of Assistance and
Stamp tcs ard Tea Taxes Bat from the date " mat
marvellous letter OF hs 10 Nathan WEBB III 100 wnen
he WIS lees nln 20 years Old he seems 10 baVe fore
the dcstnics OF tns confident a. Few DINER men ="
any ge at that had DONE while from the moh'ht
a, witch the Continental Congress tooh the question OF
Independence fairly hand ~ question to DC decided
ami acted on until they had brought it 10 It's final Issue
II the Declaration fs was the voice, above and before
ALI other yo cs which cJmman lei the ears, convinced
tie minds end inspired the hearts OF BIS colleagues, AMI
triumph .uly secured the result
need speaA of him in other relations or Ia aer
years HIS long life of varied and noble serYc' 10 ms
country In amJ very sphere Of public duty domestic
and foreign lcongs history; aud history mas long ago
taken u in charge. But the testimony which was borne
to his Grand efforts ard uttcrances by the usoT OF tne
Declaration himself. can he gainsdd, never he
weaken 3D. never be forgotten. That testimony old az II
f.. familiar - H. bclons 10 this day. JOAN Adams VIII
be remembered ard h0norcd forever, In every true
American heart 20 me Acknowledged Champion OF .hGe
ptndonce in the Continental Congress" coming ont with
mower which moved us from seats -" our Colossus
the floor"
And when recall the Circumstances of his death
the year. the day. The hOurand the Last words upon bis
dying lips Independence forever WHO can help feel
ing that there was como tie holding back bis
heroic spirit from the skies uut It should be set free
amid the e1ung shouts Of his ccunrys first National
JubEeel
But not his heroic spuit alone!
In this rapid sur reg o. che men assembled ~ Phia!e
phia hundred year. AGO to-day, began with Thomas
JeGerson OF Virginia. and I end with John AdtBs OF
Massachusetts, and hesitate to admit that,
under Cod they the very alpha and omega OF that
day's doings-the pen and tine tOnsUe--the mastery
author and tie less mastery advocate, OF the Dcea
ton.