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Excerpt from Oration on the Death of John Quincy Adams: Delivered Before the Legislature of the State of New-York, at Albany, on the 6th Day of April, 1848 We are in the midst of extraordinary events. British-American Civilization and Spanish American Society have come into collision, each in its fullest maturity. The Armies of the North have penetrated the chapparels at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma - passed the fortresses of Monterey, and rolled back upon the heart of Mexico the unavailing tide of strong resistance from the mountainside of Buena Vista. Martial colonists are encamped on the coasts of California, while San Juan d'Ulloa has fallen, and the invaders have swept the gorge of Cerro Gordo - carried Perote and Puebla, and planted the banner of burning stars and ever-multiplying stripes on the towers of the City of the Aztecs. The Thirtieth Congress assembles in this conjuncture, and the Debates are solemn, earnest and bewildering. Interest, Passion, Conscience, Freedom and Humanity, all have their advocates. Shall new loans and levies be granted to prosecute still farther a war so glorious? or shall it be abandoned? Shall we be content with the humiliation of the foe? or shall we complete his subjugation? Would that severity be magnanimous, or even just? Nay, is the war itself just? Who provoked, and by what unpardonable offence, this disastrous strife between two eminent Republics, so scandalous to Democratic Institutions? Where shall we trace anew the ever-advancing line of our empire? Shall it be drawn on the shore of the Rio Grande, or on the summit of the Sierra Madre? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from An Oration on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered Before the Citizens of Cincinnati Shall we then mourn the loss which our country has sustained? Such is not my feeling. From the first announcement until now, the predominant emotion of my bosom has been, profound gratitude to Heaven for giving us such a man, and sparing him so long. I lose my regret that he is dead, in my deep joy that he has lived: and this I believe to be the general sentiment of his countrymen. Now, for the first time, does the priceless value of such a man begin to be appreciated. During the latter part of his life, he probably had as few enemies as any great man ever had. But in politics, party spirit perversely tinges every thing with its own hues. No eminent statesman can be without zealous Opponents, as well as partizans. The one detract, as much as the other exaggerate; and the truth is but dimly seen, if seen at all, through this turbid medium. But death disperses the mist, dispels the clouds; and through the clear atmosphere which surrounds their memory, the dead are seen truly, as they could not be while living. Already has this been most beautifully exemplified in the case of Mr. Adams. The most glow ing and heart-felt eulogies, in both Houses of Congress, came from those who had been his most determined political opponents. Party animosities were all forgotten; the politician was merged in the higher character of the man; and the warm sympathies of every generous heart gushed forth from nature's purest fountains. 0 this bitter party spirit! It should be the cause of infinite good, by the strict espionage it exercises over our public servants, in order to counterbalance the immense evil it occasions, by smothering (thank God, not extinguishing!) the noblest emotions of magnanimity and generosity. But death breaks down these party barriers; dissolves this incrustation which has hardened round the heart; and in the eye of man, as in the eye of God, the just on earth become per fegt in Heaven. This occasion, then, is not one of mourning, for the sake either of the dead or the living; but rather one for the expression of fer vent gratitude, and chastened joy, for the precious example of such a life and death - for the lessons of true wisdom it is designed to teach, - and for the devout and lofty aspirations which it should ex cite. In this spirit let it be improved by us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.