Does not the event show they judged rightly? Absorbed in a thousand
trifles, how has the nation all at once come to a stand? Men begin, as
in 1776 and 1640, to discuss principles, to weigh characters, to find
out where they are. Haply we may awake before we are borne over the
precipice.
I am glad, sir, to see this crowded house, It is good for us to be here.
When Liberty is in danger Faneuil Hall has the right, it is her duty, to
strike the key-note for these United States. I am glad, for one reason,
that remarks such as those to which I have alluded have been uttered
here. The passage of these resolutions, in spite of this opposition,
led by the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, will show more clearly,
more decisively, the deep indignation with which Boston regards this
outrage.
[Illustration: John Q. Adams]
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
OF MASSACHUSETTS. (BORN 1767, DIED 1848.)
ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL WAR POWER OVER SLAVERY
--HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 25, 1836.
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