New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-20
A LETTER TO BE READ.
To JoHS QrIxcr ADAMS, e.

To JoHS QrScr ADAss, e.
NlY DEAR Sra; Can il be possible that what hear
from some Of your neighbors, and what read IN my
newspaper ia really true that you, a Heal desccnd-
ant of John Adams Of glorious meuory and grandson
o tie Old Man Eloquent, aud besHi heir names, TOO,
as well nheritiug their blood, have done 80 mean
an to enter formal protest with the civil aG-
,loItes against the occupation Of strip Of barren
laud in the old colony for a few days by mpaDy cf
Massachusetts, volunteers enlisted for the war. for
elcampment where they might be drilled in The Of
weapons with which they propose to defend the nsti
titous Of this land, which your ancestors sud mins
helped to eHt,bishl Have you considered Sir how
this manifestation OF meanness and snObbshnesa VIII
ok in history when tie record Of these times is so
up to be transmitted IN good Tlln type to the latest
genera ion: or what your brave Old grandfather and
great grandfather would have said Of such con-
duct on tue part Of one Of their descendanis'
II you have not Just contrast for moment the psSit on
Of the irst John Adams in that history aud your own
See tie sturdy old patriot ia the fret Congress, insli
ing Lis colleagues with the patriotic ardor which
gIowed In his own heart aud thd,d IN b's own veins
wien he .aid Al that have, aud all ttat am, and
all tia, hope in this life, ere give to the c'ufei'
and then see yourself Others you, making your
self ri cuous as well miserable because Of the occu-
paun of few Of y0ur fathers barren by single
courany Of our brave Massachusetts Volunteers. As
AN OLD Colony man blush for you, Mr.. Adams and
all tie nore from the fact that the land you mailing
such ;ufs about is vueess for agricultural purposes,
| producing only mullen stalks aud sorrel, and IN tie
beet II seasons furnishing only slender forage 10 few
! hundred gassholres.
As have before said John Quincy am an Od
Colony man. aud my ancestors have dwelt "a oa thoss
| sandy hsiles and L.,rren plains even longer than
YOUR. and feel toward the Old Colony Just what
Daniel Webster expires ed when lie sd TO AIr. Hsyns
Of South Carolina, Z" claim part Of the honor, par
aie in the pride OF her great names. claim them for
countrymen, one and all ald soon this pleasant 5im'
mtr morning while our gallant Old Colony boys aIc
f .h NJ IN defense Of the Union the ConflituJn, aud
the laws 10 Maryland and Virginia, aud tie hardy ncn
who are eucsnped down there near the beach a. the
foot Of Mount Walaton are preparing 70 follow them'
could not forbear writing friendly word 10 you with
the hope that you may hatalthough The ar do'n,s
treason to be giving aid and conioT TO the country
enemies, the enlightened public sentiment OF the Od
Bay State does really regard ttat iue Of conduct ouly
a oeyree less Ia mrpitude which withlolds aid and
cont II from the friends u the country In their time
Of need aud eudcavors to haass them by such orders
as am told you have given to your fathers domeslios'
such IA not 20 sell any ms batter eggs or vegetables
ON the farm and Notwithstanding heir le al right to
occupy tie preni-es 60 make then brei scourn upn
them ~ unoomfor rabe possible In the last war with
Great Britain had near relative who is repuled TO
have .od boat load Of vegetables 80 the British n Of
on a certain night when It lay of one Of tbe seaP IT
towns ofthe Old Colony, and have alwsys feis tia'
that act was bit upon the patriotism Of my family;
tm the poverty ana tie sufcrings Of wife aud ohi-
dren through the destruction which the war had caused
OF the business by which they had been supPorisd'
was perhaps some pahStion for his crimes aud err
nly there ID no aspect of that whIc is not gn-
erous and patriotic in with the attitude when
YOU have voluntarily assumed ia your pride OF wsath
and exuberance Of m,anne@ against the defences :"
our beloved country who have pitched their 'sn' II
the foot Of Mount Wallastou.
Permit me to hope, Mr. Adams, Us a ireno o. YOU
and yourt-as the SOD of the man who wrote tne nia
odtoraatce which brought forward The name oi your
bopored grandfather ms candidate for the Pfesidenc,
that Glle calm reflection upon this affair will enable
vo to see in its true Hght the unenyiable position Ioa
have assumed before the pablo, 50 that t shall "o'
always be said as it is to-day that the patriotic ADAMS
blood bas at last begun run enPtts IN the veins
of the descendants of The heroes and cages OF