Alexandria Gazette

Mr. Adams.-Mr. J. Q. Adams received many "honied words of commendation and applause," for his "voice for war," from a side of the House to which he does not belong, in the debate on French Affairs, in the House of Representatives on Saturday.
Mr. McKinley, of Alabama, said-that he warmly approved the spirit in which the motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts had been made and supported.
Mr. Lytle, of Ohio, said-that he had never, since he had enjoyed the honor of a seat on that floor, or had had the good fortune to listen to speeches in that House, or in any other place, or at any other time, felt the same sensations which were excited in his mind by the proposition and the appeal presented by the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts to the House that morning. There was in it, to his mind, however it might appear to others, a degree of moral grandeur-of sublimity and of excellence, which, as an American citizen, he was proud and happy to see and hear.
Mr. Sutherland said-that he was as much pleased as the gentleman from Ohio, to find that, in the contest, they should have the powerful aid of the very distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts. He had rejoiced to hear the noble sentiments to which that gentleman had given utterance.
Mr. R. M. Johnson said-that he should do injustice to his own feelings if he took his seat without admitting that his heart palpitated with joy on hearing the patriotic sentiments of the honorable member from Massachusetts, (Mr. Adams.) Those sentiments were truly American; and like the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Lytle) he honored them for the source from which they came.
To all and singular of which puffs, when Mr. Adams obtained the floor, he cooly replied as follows:—
Mr. Adams said, he had only wished to explain to the House that the object of his motion had not been to advocate a war, but to obtain the deliberation of the House, and to prevent the loss of time.