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Tue claims of this volume are humble. For more than half a century Jonn Quincy Apams had occu- pied a prominent position before the American people, and filled a large space in his country’s history. His career was protracted to extreme old age. He out- lived political enmity and party rancor. His purity of life—his elevated and patriotic principles of action —his love of country, and devotion to its interests— his advocacy of human freedom, and the rights of man —brought all to honor and love him. Admiring legis- lators hung with rapture on the lips of “the Old Man Eloquent,’ and millions eagerly perused the senti- ments he uttered, as they were scattered by the press in every town and hamlet of the Western Continent. At his decease, there was a general desire expressed for a history of his life and times. A work of this de- scription was understood to be in preparation by his family. It was not probable, however, that this could appear under several years, and when published, would undoubtedly be placed, by its size and cost, be- xii PREFACE. yond the reach of the great mass of readers. In view of these circumstances, there was an evident want of a volume of more limited compass—a book which would come within the means of the people generally,—and adapted not only for libraries, and the higher classes of society, but would find its way into the midst of those moving in the humbler walks of life. To supply this want, the present work has been pre- pared. The endeavor has been made to compress . within a brief compass, the principal events. of the life of Mr. Adams, and the scenes in which he participated ; and to portray the leading traits of character which distinguished him from his contemporaries. It has been the aim to present such an aspect of the history and principles of this wonderful man, as shall do jus- tice to his memory, and afford an example which the youth of America may profitably imitate in seeking for a model by which to shape their course through life. How far this end has been attained, an intelli- gent and candid public must determine. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Ancestry, Birth, and Childhood of John seas Adams . ‘ CHAPTER II. John Quincy Adams studies law—His Practice—Engages in Public Life—Appointed Minister to the Hague. CHAPTER III. Mr. Adams transferred to Berlin—His Marriage—Lite- rary Pursuits—Travels in Silesia—Negotiates Treaties with Sweden and Prussia—Recalled to the United States CHAPTER IV. Mr. Adams’ Return to the United States—Elected to the Massachusetts Senate—A ppointed U.S. Senator—Sup- ports Mr. Jefferson—Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres—Appointed Minister to Russia. rp ata CHAPTER V. Mr. Adams’ arrival at St. Petersburg—His Letters to his Son on the Bible—His Religious Opinions—Russia Xili PAGE 17 45 63 82 xiv CONTENTS. PAGE offers Mediation between Great Britain and the United States—Proceeds to Ghent to negotiate for Peace—Vis- its Paris—Appointed Minister at St. James—Arrives in London. . : ; : : ; : : coor CHAPTER VI. Mr. Adams appointed Secretary of State—Arrives in the United States—Public Dinners in New York and Bos- ton—Takes up his Residence in Washington—Defends Gen. Jackson in the Florida Invasion—Recognition of South American Independence—Greek Revolution . 1138 CHAPTER VII. Mr. Adams’ nomination to the Presidency—Spirited Presidential Campaign—No choice by the People— Election goes to the House of Representatives—Mr. Adams elected President—His Inauguration—Forms his Cabinet . ; ‘ 3 : ‘ 5 : . 187 CHAPTER VIII. Charges of Corruption against Mr. Clay and Mr, Adams— Mr. Adams enters upon his duties as President—Visit of La Fayette—Tour through the United States—Mr. Adams delivers him a Farewell Address—Departs from the United States. ° «0 s)) 4s. 3 eee CHAPTER IX. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—Their Correspond- ence—Their Death—Mr. Webster’s Eulogy—John Q. Adams visits Quincy—His Speech at the Public School Dinner in Faneuil Hall. : ‘ ‘ ; ; . 187 CHAPTER X. Mr. Adams’ Administration—Refuses to remove political opposers from office—Urges the importance of Internal CONTENTS. xv PAGE Improvements—Appoints Commissioners to. the Con- gress of Panama—His policy toward the Indian Tribes—His Speech on breaking ground for the Ches- apeake and Ohio Canal—Bitter opposition to his Ad- ministration—Fails of re-election to the Presidency— Retires from office ; ; : : : : . 202 CHAPTER XI. Mr. Adams’ multiplied attainments—Visited by South- ern Gentlemen—His Report on Weights and Meas- ures—His Poetry—Erects a Monument to the memory of his Parents—Elected Member of Congress—Letter to the Bible Society—Delivers Eulogy on Death of ex- President Monroe . ; ; ° ‘ , ° . 232 CHAPTER XII. Mr. Adams takes his seat in Congress—His Position and Habits as a Member—His Independence of Party— His Eulogy on the Death of ex-President James Mad- ison—His advocacy of the Right of Petition, and Op- position to Slavery — Insurrection in Texas— Mr. Adams makes known its ulterior object. . P . 254 CHAPTER XIII. Mr. Adams presents Petitions for the Abolishment of Slavery—Opposition of Southern Members—Exciting Scenes in the House of Representatives—Marks of Confidence in Mr.Adams. . . . .«. « . 280 CHAPTER XIV. Mr. Adams’ firmness in discharge of duty—His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves—His connection with the Smithsonian Bequest—Tour through Canada and New York—His reception at Buffalo—Visits Niagara Falls—Attends worship with the Tuscarora Indians— XVi CONTENTS. PAGE His receptian at Rochester—at Auburn—at Albany— at Pittsfield—Visits Cincinnati—Assists in laying the Corner Stone of an Observatory . : f A . 800 CHAPTER XV. Mr, Adams’ Last Appearance in Public at Boston—His Health—Lectures on his Journey to Washington—Re- mote Cause of his Decease—Struck with Paralysis— Leaves Quincy for Washington for the last time—His final Sickness in the House of Representatives—His Death—The Funeral at Washington—Removal of the Body to Quincy—Its Interment . ° : ° . 825 EULOGY. : ; Re als 0 Re ee THE LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. CHAPTER I. THE ANCESTRY, BIRTH, AND CHILDHOOD, OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. THE Puritan Pilgrims of the May-Flower landed on Plymouth Rock, and founded the Colony of Massa- -chusetts, on the 21st day of December, 1620. Henry ApAms, the founder of the Adams family in America, fled from ecclesiastical oppression in Eng- land, and joined the colony at a very early period, but at what precise time is not recorded. He erected his humble dwelling at a place within the present town of Quincy, then known as Mount Wo.LnasTon, and is believed to have been an inhabitant when the first Christian Church was gathered there in 1639. On the organization of the town of Braintree, which com- prised the place of his residence, he was elected Clerk of the Town. He died on the eighth day of October, 1646. His memory is preserved by a plain granite monument, erected in the burial-ground at Quincy, 17 18 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. by Joun ApaAms, President of the United States, and bearing this inscription :— In fMlemory OF HENRY ADAMS, Who took his flight from the Dragon Persecution in Devonshire, in England, and alighted with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston. One of the sons returned to England, and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and the neighboring towns ; two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here, who was an original pro- prietor in the Township of Braintree, incorporated in the year 1639. This stone, and several others, have been placed in this yard, by a great-great-grandson, from a veneration of the piety, humility, sim- plicity, prudence, patience, temperance, frugality, industry, and per- severance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending an imitation of their virtues to their posterity. Joseph Adams, the son of Henry Adams mentioned in the above inscription, died on the sixth of Decem- ber, 1694, aged sixty-eight years. Joseph, the next in succession, died February 12th, 1736, at the age of eighty-four years. His son John Adams, was a Dea- con of the Church at Quincy, and died May 25th, 1761, aged seventy years. This John Adams was the father of him who was destined to give not only un- dying fame to his ancient family, but a new and power- ful impulse to the cause of Human Freedom throughout the world. JoHN ADAms, son of John Adams and Susannah LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 19 Boylston Adams, was born at Quincy on the nine- teenth day of October (old style), 1735. He received the honors of Harvard University in 1755, and then, in pursuance of a good old New England custom, which made those who had enjoyed the benefits of a public education, in turn impart those benefits to the public, he was occupied for a time in teaching. It ought to encourage all young men in straitened circumstances, desirous of obtaining a profession and of rising to eminence, to know that John Adams, who became £0 illustrious by talents and achievements as to lend renown to the office of President of the United States, pursued the study of the law under the incon- veniences resulting from his occupation as an instruc- tor in a Grammar School. John Adams was an eminent and successful lawyer, but it was not the design of his existence that his tal- ents should be wasted in the contentions of the courts. The British Parliament, as soon as the colonies had attracted their notice, commenced a system of legisla- tion known as the Colonial System, the object of which was to secure to the mother country a monop- oly of their trade, and to prevent their rising to a con- dition of strength and independence. The effect of this system was to prevent all manufactures in the Col- onies, and all trade with foreign countries, and even ‘with the adjacent plantations. The Colonies remonstrated in vain against this pol- icy, but owing to popular dissatisfaction, the regula- 20 LIFE OF JOHN QUiNCY ADAMS. tions were not rigidly enforced. At length an Order in Council was passed, which directed the officers of the customs in Massachusetts Bay, to execute the acts of trade. A question arose in the Supreme Court of that province in 1761, upon the constitutional right of the British Parliament to bind the Colonies. The trial produced great excitement. The cause was argued for the Crown by the King’s Attorney-General, and against the laws by James Otis. It will be seen that the question thus involved was the very one that was finally submitted to the arbi- trament of arms in the American Revolution. The speech of Otis on the occasion, was an effort of sur- passing ability. John Adams was a witness, and he recorded his opinion of it, and his opinion of the mag- nitude of the question, thus: : ‘““Otis was a flame of fire! With a promptitude of classical allusion, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal au- thorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American INDEPENDENCE was then and there born. Every man of an unusually crowded audience, appeared to me to go away ready to take up arms against Writs of Assistance.” Speaking on the same subject, on another occasion, John Adams said that “James Otis then and there breathed into this nation the breath of life.” LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 21 Fiom that day John Adams was-an enthusiast for the independence of his country. In 1764 he married Abigail, daughter of the Rever end William Smith, of Weymouth. The mother of John Quincy Adams was a woman of great beauty and high intellectual endowments, and she combined, with the proper accomplishments of her sex, a sweet- ness of disposition, and a generous sympathy with the patriotic devotion of her illustrious husband. In 1765, the British Parliament, in contempt of the discontent of the Colonies, presumptuously passed the Stamp Act; a law which directed taxed stamped pa- ver to be used in all legal instruments in the Colonies. The validity of the law was denied; and while Patrick Henry was denouncing it in Virginia, James Otis and John Adams argued. against it before the Governor and Council of Massachusetts. The occasion called forth from John Adams a “ Dis- sertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws,’—a work, which although it was of a general character in regard to government, yet manifested democratic sentiments unusual in those times, and indicated that republican institutions were the proper institutions for the Amer- ican People. The resistance to the stamp act throughout the Col- onies procured its repeal in 1766. But the British Government accompanied the repeal with an ungra- cious declaratory act, by which they asserted “that the Parliament had, and of right ought to have, power 2 22 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. to bind the Colonies, in all cases whatsoever.” In the next year a law was passed, which imposed duties in the Colonies, on glass, paper, paints, and tea. The spirit of insubordination manifested itself throughout the Colonies, and, inasmuch as it radiated from Boston, British ships of war were stationed in its harbor, and two regiments of British troops were thrown in the town, to compel obedience. John Adams had now become known as the most intrepid, zealous, and indefatigable opposer of British usurpation. The Crown tried upon him in vain the royal arts so suc- cessful on the other side of the Atlantic. The Gover- nor and Counc;] offered him the place of Advocate General in the Court of Admiralty, an office of great value; he declined it, “decidedly, peremptorily, but re- spectfully.” At this interesting crisis, Joun Quincy Apams was born, at Quincy, on the 11th of July, 1767. A lesson, full of instruction concerning the mingled influences of piety and patriotism in New England, at that time, is furnished to us by the education of the younger Adams. Nor can we fail to notice that each of those virtues retained its relative power over him, through- out his long and eventful life. He was brought into the church and baptized on the day after that on which he was born. John Quincy Adams, in one of his letters, thus men- tions the circumstances of his baptism: “ The house at Mount Wollaston has a peculiar in- LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 23 terest to me, as the dwelling of my great-grandfather, whose name I bear. The incident which gave rise to this circumstance is not without its moral to my heart. He was dying, when I was baptized ; and his daughter, my grandmother, present at my birth, requested that I might receive his name. The fact, recorded by my father at the time, has connected with that portion of my name, a charm of mingled sensibility and devotion. It was filial tenderness that gave the name. It was the name of one passing from earth to immortality. These have been among the strongest links of my at- tachment to the name of Quincy, and have been to me, through life, a perpetual admonition to do nothing unworthy of it.” | It cannot be doubted that the character of the per- son from whom, in such affecting circumstances, he derived an honorable patronymic, was an object of emulation. John Quincy was a gentleman of wealth, education, and influence. He was for a long time Speaker of the House of Representatives in Massachu- setts, and during many years one of His Majesty’s Provincial Council. He was a faithful representative, and throughout his public services, a vigorous defender of the rights and liberties of the Colony. Exemplary in private life, and earnest in piety, he enjoyed the public confidence, through a civil career of forty years’ duration. The American Revolution was rapidly hurrying on during the infancy of John Quincy Adams. In 1769 24 LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. the citizens of Boston held a meeting in which they instructed their representatives in the Provincial Leg- islature to resist the usurpations of the British Govern- ment. John Adams was chairman of the committee that prepared these instructions, and his associates were Richard Dana and Joseph Warren, the same dis- tinguished patriot who gave up his life as one of the earliest sacrifices to freedom, in the battle of Bunker Hill. Those instructions were expressed in the bold and decided tone of John Adams, and they increased the public excitement in the province, by the earnestness with which they insisted on the removal of the British troops from Boston. The popular irritation increased, until on the 5th of March, 1770, a collision occurred between the troops and some of the inhabitants of Boston, in which five citizens were killed, and many wounded. This was called the Bloody Massacre. The exasperated inhab- itants were with difficulty restrained from retaliating this severity by an extermination of all the British troops. Smee The Sportsman’s Club among the Trappers. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold . . FRANK NELSON SERIES. By Harry Castle- mon. In box containing the following. 3 vols. 16mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold». <.. 2.7 ae SR Snowed Up; or, The Sportsman’s Club in the Moun- tains. -' Illustrated. 16mo./. <2 .79. 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