Excerpt from An Eulogy on John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson: Pronounced by Request of the Common Council of Albany, at the Public Commemoration of Their Deaths, Held in That City, on Monday the 31st of July, 1826
Never, Americans, since we became a people, has any portion of our countrymen convened on an occasion more impressive and interesting than the present. But a few weeks ago, we united with our fellow-citizens from one end Of this vast continent to the other, to celebrate in our respective spheres, the jubilee Of our free dom; and whilst in the temple Of the living God, we poured forth our thanks to him for the blessing; or at the festive board, recalled the names, and recounted the deeds, Of the men most instrumental in producing it the two veteran statesmen, the most eminent amongst the surviving patriarchs of the Revolution who, next to Washington, had in succession held the highest station in the government; each, in his 'turn, like him, receiving it, as the best rewardthe people could bestow both these illustrious patriots, on the same day, within a few hours of each other, and at the completion Of the fiftieth year, since they had together signed that decla ration, from which their country dates its inde pendence both In extreme old age, (as if their lives had Been fireseryed to consecrate that day,) were, by the gentlest and most similar transi tions, removed from this earthly scene, and with equal tranquility, each yielded his immortal Spirit to the hand that gave it.
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