, 1877-09-08

hu cs,'l.!ict III tho House u! Representatives..
-fhe nsc,In where In fought h!s tIcrctt Entt1ct,
~-!lo frequently tliseIDac1 mn anguish wh!..lt
cnuess wonder that snc 40 strong c,uiil le ss,
opponents to tho mast reckless aMl ftientttsa
ASSAULTS, should bc NO painfully sensitive t.,
tiSlt nstaeks; There waa taint Of vanity and
wh'rl, rendered lin, krcnly susceptible to tiso
mani.cstntto1's Of hostility whitl, were ablnl-
unity tItsplsyc.l toward ii4l by his ult, al enc
mics. He wo,al'! hare rcioccsl In universal
g,tnnge, ,t and nc va ol'l!gc.' to recognize II, him
llfc. one Of tue snost. II not tic most, unIMpl-
Jar OF American statesmen. Still, H. must bt,
remembered 70 bis honor that lie voluntarily
chose G to tsar ~ sore trial rather than sarrice
one 3nt of loity principle.
=. 10 !StJ, less tlant,rce years before hs death,
Alr. Adatns mat!t Nh entry In his Journal which
fairly rcnects The more quiet tenor OF Ills feel
ing. II wAs the forty-cfgllth anniversary of his
spect'Te glance over tho past. !. Wel,aYe cnluycd
mucl',m runs The rccprd. "Wc haze suffered
not little. Good aid evil hare followed ua
alternately, The thread has been Of tilcekcrGd
one upon earth, and every feeling Of my heart
ought to be- sentiment Of gratitude 10 n!m
who is the disposer Ut events. 1,ave met with
bitter disaopontn,cnts. Heavy ealnm!t|cs have
lt bclal'su ne. Az ny eiilLren, With one e1-
fancy, two tn tile primo Of life.-and this be-
reavs'ncnt hns once been extended to tic sec-
onl generation. The successive deceaso OF mY
brother Charles of iny stster, If my mother, u
my father, md of MY brat1lcr Thomas, llayo tof
the Inst thirteen years left me the onfy men,
ber Of tho family Of tho past and present gcuee
alton surviving on th!s Garth. With RI
gard to what Ia caliell the wheel OF Fortune. mr.
c.srecr In life has been. with severe vlcsstud<d
On tho whole highly auspieious VIII, a,lvse
tagcs of education perhaps ui.paraltcict; WIT
principles of integrity. Of bencYu:cnrc, OF 10 .
tiuslry and frugalIty, and tho lofty spr!t Of ps
tsiot!sm md Independence, taught me from 10
cradlc with tht lave oi letters anu the arts. Ea
ful and uE1aMcntal; mud with aspirations |,
science, limited onl, " the scanty spark j
my contcinporarses las, ln nit It's fluctuations
becn more successful tt,nn deserved. sty Ii
has been spcnt in The public tesslee. Washing
ton, Madison. Munroc, were MY frtenua nu<
bcnefartors; Jefferson, a hollow md treachsf
GUS friend; Jackton, Charles J. lngersoll
George W. Ewing, Jonathan Russell, .Ausa
malignant, and lying cnelE'cs,-n list to wl,ictaI
enjoyed portion Of tho favor Of tny country Al
least equal to my desert. but l,nso suTeies%
outvcnoms all thc worms of tue S!lc."
Tue closing volume of htr. Adams McutofEa
continues his diary from April 2, 1s44, to The
Eth Of February, 1877. After tlI!s latter t!ate
entries were written at intervals by hIs eratid-
daughter from lila tt'etat'on, but tllu elior has
pre.eTrcd to publish 10 extracts from tlle:t.
place In one Of the eoiltnIttce.roonla Of the
National Capitol, oil tho sd Ut February, 1873.
Is extremely brief, aud no comment wtlatever IL
passed uEun tho lIfe 10 infinitely written out by
himself. 4 cut,fnus Index, 0ernpying 213 pages,
completes the Yolumfnous work.