Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-24


TOR AT GENEVA.
The peat of arbitratorat Geneva, 4
under the Treaty Of Washington,
accepted BY Hon. Chaas
Francis Adams. A better man
could scarcely have been selected.
and, his acceptance Of the position
will, therefore, cause general salts
faction. Mr.. Adams il the son OF !
John Quincy Adams, the sixth
President of the United States, and
the grandson of John Adams, the
second President. He was the only
son of the family that survived the
father, John Quincy Adams. Charles
Francis,Ada was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, August 10, 1907. |
At the age OF two years he was
taken by his father to st. Peters
burg, where he remained, for the
next six years. his father being
United States Minister at the Rus
sian Court. During his residence
at the Russian capital he learned to
speak Russian, German, and French,
as we'll as English. In February,
1916, he made the perilous journey
from st. Petersburg to Paris with
his mother, in private carriage, to
meet his father. The intrepidity of
Mrs. Adams in undertaking such a
journey in midwinter, and when all
Europe was in state Of commotion,
gave evidence that the courage and
DARING which her son inherited was
not all due to the fathers side.
John Quincy Adams was next ap-
pointed Minister to England, and
during his residence there he placed
Charles at a boarding school.
| Ia 1917 his father was recalled to
America to BECOME Secretary Of
State in President Monroe's adj
ministration, and young Adams on
his return was placed in the Boston
Latin School, from whence he
entered Harvard College in 1921,
and graduated there with honor in
1926. His father was at this time
President, and the son spent the
next two years in Washington, but
in 1927 returned to Massachusetts
and commenced the study of the
law in the Office of Daniel Webster
He was admitted to the bar in 1928
but did not engage actively in prac
tice.
In 1929 Mr.. Adams mrTried {
daughter of Peter c. Brooks, M
epulent merchant of Boston, another
Of whose daughters was the wife o
Hon. Edward Everett. He wa
, nominated in 1880 as Representa-
tive in the Massachusetts, Legisla
ture; but he had no political aspira
tons, and declined to be candi
date. At his fathers request, how
ever, he consented to be a candi
, date the next year, and was electe'
for three years successfully, an'
was then chosen State Senator 70
two. years. His sentiments were n
this time more decidedly anti
slavery than those of most of tn
5 leading Wings of Boston and it
: vicinity, and as he avowed then
freely, and did not seek or desir
! political prefexment, he was suffer
!. ed to remain in private life, an
!. busy himself, Of he desired to de
n with literary pursuits.
J. In OF about 1916 he commence
= the publication of daily paper i
= Boston, bearing the title of tn
Boston Wing. The aim of thi
= paper was to represent the view
d Of the anti-slaveiy portion Of tn
Wing party.
r In 1848 the nomination Of Ger
r Taylor by the Wings, on a pre-
y, slavery platform, and of Genera
$ Cass, by the Democrats, on a
equally Southern declaration {
i opinions. led to a withdrawal of tn
5. anti-slavery men of both partie
e and the formation of the Free So
, party. The party at their conven
= ton in Buffalo, nominated EXPIRES
: dent Van Buren, for the Presidapc,
?. and Charles Francis Adams for th
e Vice Presidency. There was, &
= course, no hope of an election
n these candidates, but the party ha
It a respectable following. After th
It. election the Boston Wing becam
: the Boston Republican, and NJ