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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But the first principles of morals and politics, which have long been settled, acquire the authority of self-evident truths, which, when first discussed, may have been vehemently and portentously contested.
I am determined to get my own living, and to be dependent upon no one.
He dismissed from office, without trial, without charge, and without fault, faithful and able men.
But, if we go to war, what must be the effect of the peace that follows?
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