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Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams

CHAPTER XIV
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Christopher Morgan, the committee, Auburn Guards, and a number of the citizens of Auburn, he was conveyed in an extra train of cars, in an hour and five minutes, to Syracuse.
At Syracuse, at Utica, at Albany, the same spontaneous outgushing manifestations of respect and affection met him that had hitherto attended his journey in every populous place through which he passed.

In his reply to the address of Mr.Barnard, at Albany, he concluded in the following words:-- "Lingering as I am on the stage of public life, and, as many of you may think, lingering beyond the period when nature calls for repose--while I remain in the station which I now occupy in the Congress of the United States, if you, my hearers, as an assembly, or if anyone among you, as an individual, have any object or purpose to promote, or any end to secure that he believes can in any way advance his interests or increase his happiness, then, in the name of God, I ask you to send your petitions to me! (Tremendous cheering.) I hope this is not trespassing too far on politics.

(Laughter, and cheers.) I unhesitatingly promise you, one and all, that if I can in any way serve you in that station, I will do it most cheerfully; regarding it as the choicest blessing of God, if I shall thus be enabled to make some just return for the kind attentions which you have this day bestowed upon me." In his route homeward, Mr.Adams was received and entertained in a very handsome manner by the people of Pittsfield, Mass.

He was addressed by Hon.

George N.Briggs, who alluded, in eloquent terms, to his long and distinguished public services.


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