A Eulogy On the Life And Character of John Quincy Adams Delivered At the Reques
A Eulogy On the Life And Character of John Quincy Adams Delivered At the Reques
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His journey, from Massachusetts to Ohio, was a triumphal procession. New York poured out the population of her cities and viUages to bid him welcome. Since the visit of Lafayette, the country had seen nothing like it. And if I wished to prove to the young men of the country, by the most instructive instances, that the only true greatness is that which rests on a moral basis, I would point them to the ex-president of the United 53 States, on the occasion referred to, and the ex-king of the Frenc...h : — the one, retiring to private hfe, an unsuccessful, but not discredited, candidate for reelec- tion to the chak of state ; ruhng, in a serene old age, in the respect and affection of his fellow-citizens ; borne, at seventy-six, almost on their shoulders, from one joyous reception to another: the other, sovereign, but yesterday, of a kingdom stretching from Mount Atlas to the Khine ; master of an army to bid defiance to Europe ; with a palace for every month, and a revenue of three miUions of francs for every day in the year ; and to-day, (let me not seem to trample on the fallen, as I utter the words, ) steahng with the aged pai'tner of his throne and of his fall, in sordid disguise, from his capital ; without one of that mighty host to strike a blow in his defence, if not from loyalty, at least from compassion ; not daring to look round, even to see if the child were safe, on whom he had just bestowed the mockery of a crown; and compelled to beg a few francs, from the guards at his palace-door, to help him to flee from his kingdom !
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His journey, from Massachusetts to Ohio, was a triumphal procession. New York poured out the population of her cities and viUages to bid him welcome. Since the visit of Lafayette, the country had seen nothing like it. And if I wished to prove to the young men of the country, by the most instructive instances, that the only true greatness is that which rests on a moral basis, I would point them to the ex-president of the United 53 States, on the occasion referred to, and the ex-king of the Frenc...h : — the one, retiring to private hfe, an unsuccessful, but not discredited, candidate for reelec- tion to the chak of state ; ruhng, in a serene old age, in the respect and affection of his fellow-citizens ; borne, at seventy-six, almost on their shoulders, from one joyous reception to another: the other, sovereign, but yesterday, of a kingdom stretching from Mount Atlas to the Khine ; master of an army to bid defiance to Europe ; with a palace for every month, and a revenue of three miUions of francs for every day in the year ; and to-day, (let me not seem to trample on the fallen, as I utter the words, ) steahng with the aged pai'tner of his throne and of his fall, in sordid disguise, from his capital ; without one of that mighty host to strike a blow in his defence, if not from loyalty, at least from compassion ; not daring to look round, even to see if the child were safe, on whom he had just bestowed the mockery of a crown; and compelled to beg a few francs, from the guards at his palace-door, to help him to flee from his kingdom !
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