Portrait and biographical records of Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . petitions for the abolition of slavery, hewas threatened with indictment by the grand jurywith expulsion from the House, with assassinationbut no threats could intimidate him, and his finaltriumph was complete. It has been said of President Adams, that when hisbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse offourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a
Portrait and biographical records of Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . petitions for the abolition of slavery, hewas threatened with indictment by the grand jurywith expulsion from the House, with assassinationbut no threats could intimidate him, and his finaltriumph was complete. It has been said of President Adams, that when hisbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse offourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a littlechild, he was accustomed to repeat everv night, beforehe slept, the prajer which his mother taught him inhis infant years. On the 21 St of February, 1848, he rose on the floorof Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address thespeaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by patalysis, and was caught in the arms of those around a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed tothe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around andsaid This is the end of earth /ihsxx after a momentspause he added, / am content. These were thelast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent. ?&?=-.
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