Wherever his presence could give aid and countenance to what was useful and honorable to man, there he was.

In the exercises of the school and of the college--in the meritorious meetings of the agricultural, mechanical, and commercial societies--in attendance upon Divine worship--he gave the punctual attendance rarely seen but in those who are free from the weight of public cares.
"Punctual to every duty, death found him at the post of duty; and where else could it have found him, at any stage of his career, for the fifty years of his illustrious public life?
From the time of his first appointment by Washington to his last election by the people of his native town, where could death have found him but at the post of duty?
At that post, in the fullness of age in the ripeness of renown, crowned with honors, surrounded by his family, his friends, and admirers, and in the very presence of the national representation, he has been gathered to his fathers, leaving behind him the memory of public services which are the history of his country for half a century, and the example of a life, public and private, which should be the study and the model of the generations of his countrymen." At the conclusion of Mr.Benton's address, the following resolutions, introduced by Mr.Davis, were passed by the Senate:-- "Resolved, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the message from the House of Representatives announcing the death of the Hon.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, a Representative from the State of Massachusetts.
"Resolved, That, in token of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate will attend his funeral at the hour appointed by the House of Representatives, and will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
"Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn until Saturday next, the time appointed for the funeral." President Polk issued a Proclamation announcing to the nation its bereavement, and directing the suspension of all public business for the day.

The public offices were clothed in mourning.

Orders were issued from the War and Navy Departments, directing that at every military and naval station, on the day after the order should be received, the honors customary to the illustrious dead should be paid.
At 12 o'clock on Saturday, the 26th of February, the funeral took place in the capitol.