The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser

Judge Woodbury's opinion of Mr. Adams. In 1821, the Hon. Levi Woodbury published a "Vindication of Mr. Adams' Oration" from which we copy the concluding paragraph, as follows:—

"We are aware, that the attacks on Mr. Adams may have been sharpened by causes which do not meet the ear. He has splendid qualifications to fill the highest office in the Union. If some Cataline or his incendiaries, in the strife for supremacy, are already scattering firebrands and poison, it behooves every well wisher to the republic to awake. It is one of Mr. Adams's peculiar excellencies, that while he is second to none in talents and experience, he makes neither personal influence nor exertion for what should always be the free gift of a free people. The discussion is premature. The election and its various bearings too distant. But in the mean time, if the character of Mr. Adams is destined to be mangled, and even crucified to gratify British sycophants or the sinister views of demagogues, whose path to office is obstructed by his virtues; let the tempest rage—

"An honest man is still an unmoved rock.
Washed whiter, but not shaken by the shock."