Adams then foretold, what subsequent events proved, that the war then commencing would be, on the part of the United States, "a war of aggression, conquest, and for the reëstablishment of slavery where it has been abolished.
Quincy predicts that the war will be characterized by aggression and a push to reinstate slavery in territories where it had been abolished.
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May the Ruler of the universe preserve you from such degradation! 'Freedom!
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