Excerpt from An Address Delivered at Portland: On the Decease of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, August 9, 1826 They had received the last farewells of LA fayette, the parting envoy of Europe refreshed by his illustrious example, to the departing repre sentatives of America redeemed by the revolution; and they still remained conspicuous in the opposite quarters of our country the mutual, mild reflections of its two most ancient and honoured settlements. Their suns were going down together; their orbs approaching as they descended, and lingering on the horizon, as it were to merge their declining beams amid the congregated glories of the grand secular celebration. It was the prayer of J effer son to breathe the fiftieth anniversary. Adams hailed its approach and greeted its arrival, as a glo rions day. It seemed as though the heavens had bowed down to receive their prophetic spirit They reclined their venerable heads in silence, and breathed their last in peace. 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.