The history of their country will do them ample justice.
Their names shall stand upon its pages, illuminated by a well-earned fame for patriotism and faithful devotion to public interests, when those of their accusers will be lost in a merited oblivion.
Mr.Adams, having entered upon his duties as President of the United States, prosecuted them with all that diligence and industrious application which was one of the leading characteristics of his life.
Unawed by the opposition and the misrepresentations of his political enemies, and uncorrupted by the power and influence at his control, he pursued the even tenor of his way, having a single object in view, the promotion of the welfare of the people over whom he had been called to preside.
In the meantime, the heart of the nation was being stirred by old and valued reminiscences.

LA FAYETTE,--a hero of the revolution--the companion of Washington--whose blood had enriched American soil in defence of American freedom--had expressed a wish to re-visit once more, before departing life, the scenes of his early struggles and well-earned glories.

This intimation was first given in the following letter to Col.
Willet, an old friend and fellow-soldier of La Fayette, who was then still living in New-York.
"Paris, July 15, 1822.
"My DEAR SIR:--I avail myself of a good opportunity to remind you of your old friend and fellow-soldier, in whose heart no time nor distance can abate the patriotic remembrance and personal affections of our revolutionary times.

We remain but too few survivors of that glorious epoch, in which the fate of two hemispheres has been decided.

It is an additional monitor to think more of the ties of brotherly friendship which united us.