The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
Snangest Coincidence in History

!, ,arlv days of May, 1775, more
! ~ Wv score gentlemen wearing pow
Z W. ;otails, silk stockings and wide
= y ~ coats wended their way on
'sa or in cumbersome, comfort.
|geaslh |gesasshes from all see11ons Of the
e sosto ts0oward the city Of Philadelphia
|ssg ~ ,U" members of the Second Con
b gele geaangress , and they had a right
pa cpnS ayo faces, for Lexington and
bel g,aS paS lust been fought, and all
ro Inew pn the disgusting details of
n Il British law OF treason. n,
ar those men, were TWO whose
ireas slsr that time forward were to be
= uOa, ~ strange fashion. One of
ln ~ down from the north, the
. ioue, ,,on the south. The north
p ap . somewhat dour visaged man
q Eeh ,ho ace of 40, whose wig
LuE isgalistic turn Of his talk be-
y ~ ;he es fact that he was disciple
~ 1s ,San living Blackstone. Some
iN LIN .l;nsd to be irascible, consori.
. ,q; ra;n. he was yet nun Of high
~ s1u u.hsTneter and pure private NOR
y .d;Inted Puritan, viewing. the
q = .Svangh the Puritan S suspicious
3 a.n.swbat .unv iaundiced vision: 1t was
@r @sa,oud time that he had ridden
Sup 3 Philadelphia, for he had been
y s.r y Of the First Continental con-
Isnv " which his knowledge of af-
3 ,,"G,,;otic ~ convictions, high courage
lpsr legal mind had given him an
'srabe place. - A..
! :, ,nunser BY seven years, slender
,,!ws with freckled skin, curly red
saS hazel gray eyes that betrayed
;.ss az yet withal determined spirit.
In G = Virginia gentleman of large
- So displayed a disposition to-
! \. vhat in later days was called
y 'sosratic simplicity. " He brought
4 h;m a reputation for science, liter
], and a happy talent for compost
II was whispered that, in addi-
"a the classics, he understood Span
French. Italian, was learning Ger
and contemplated studying Gaelic:
1 he knew how to calculate an
y. plan building, set Il broken
|. try lawsuit and dance the min
Those of his fellow mombers who
I, IA know him intimately discovered
Z 10 was, in addition, most agree
I and consideratc companion, that
'vas passionately fond of playing
yiolin, and that occasionally he
II poetry.
Nrnniug Of Long Friendship,
|i,ss men were John Adams and
srss Jefferson. They speedily be-
: friends. Adams wrote of bis fell
member: "He was so prompt,
ID explicit and decisive upon com
tn and in conversation that he soon
nv heart. "
yar passed, and the revolt that
/ kgun to preserve our rights as
Iishmen ripened into revolution. The
& cane when a separation that al
ly existed in fact must be formally
pFnized in name also. And upon
|fsIl Of the committee OF five named
ryare the declaration of that fact
be world stood the names Of Thomas
'Epn and John Adams.
Thsrson wrote the immortal docu-
x but the task Of defending it be-
! the congress fell chiefly upon the
lshty Adams. And well did he per
D IL "He was our Colossus on the
h" wrote Jefferson in grateful ac-
1Ekdgment. "He was not graceful,
degsnt, nor remarkably fluent, but
eza out occasionally with a power
lsplght and expression that moved
ms our seats.' Assisted by II
ne Of hungry flies that came in
r-gh the open windows from a near
Edble and bit the Delegates through
y thin silk stockings, Adams's elo-
1a finally overcame the reluctance
ee more iimid, and the declaration
ldgpted.
hike as Jefferson and Adams were