Oration on the Death of John Quincy Adams
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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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