The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

paplcS Hrc never out or my MIND nor
absent from my heart"
Seventeen months after Abigail
Adams and her son. John Quincy, stood
on the heights near their country
home at Braintrce and wa tchcd the
battle ut Bunker Hill, the absent
/, father was appointed commissioner to
France. 1T was n mission which in.
volvcd great personal danger to John
Adams, who had been proclaimed
rebel by the British government and n
reward offered for his capture. dead or
alive. Despite the peril Of his voyage
To France, the patriot decided that his
eldest son. then in his eleventh year.
the lad who had seen the battle at
Bunker lli!l. should be his compagnon
du voyage.
1t was a heroic scheme inspired by
the ardent father love which burned 80
steadily side by side with the love ot
country that fred the Massachusetts
statesman To the Unit 81 patriotic en-
deavor The frigatc Boston, on which
they sailed, was chased by a British
nan-of-war bat 1t WAS ordained that
John Adams aud his boy should roach
BordaauN in safety. and they did.
When they arrived In Paris John
Quincy was put In a boys school, and
eighteen months later, when they were
returning To America on tho vessel
that was taking tho French an.hassa-
dor TO the new republic, the Cncvalier
de Ia I,n1crno proposed that the boy
should hccomc his instructor. SAYING to
the delighted father: "Your son
teaches US more than YOU. lie shows
ns no mercy and makes us no COM
pliments. W. must have Mr.. John for
our teacher"
Their homo coming did not mean n
resumption OF the domestic happiness
which ADAMS craved Almost imme-
diately he was appointed .'rnin.stcr TO
treat With Great Britain for peace and
commerce." and TINT involved Il speedy
return to France. He returned on 10
Sensible, the French ship which Ind
brought him home this time taking
with him his two eldest sons Tie mo-
ment he felt that the treaty of psacc
was assured he yielded to his home
sickness and sent IN his resignation,
WIN The intimation that II Its accept
ahee We're not forthcoming speedily he
should come back without it The
acceptance didn't arrive and the homr-
sick American didn't make good his
,hreat Instead. he sent for Mrs.
Auhms to Join him in Paris with the
Younger children. and when they an
p"ared he leased house at AuteuIl
and set up housekeeping.
Just as they were beginning to feel
al nome IN their new quarters MIR. Adj
ans was ordered TO London. When he
Went nc took his united family with
nun. declaring that nothing short Of
death should part him from his chill
urch. AFTER four years duriru which
ne was obliged to be absent tluch of
'nc 'lmc' no resigned SO cmphaticaIlv
'hitl ms request was granted. and he
"alied Tor America with the highest
heaf'' lie wrote, that has been mine
'or years. Then followed the stirring
poiitical events that resulted I'm the
election of Adams to The vice -prcsl-
oencH' and then 10 the presidency. His
toun Win Alexander Hamilton and his
i"iinre 10 secure a second torn,
through the latter.s powerful opposi-
hon sent him home To- the long
coveted domestic retirc!ucnt at t.uiucy
with bitter heart, but his hour Of
triumph came when that beloved son
OF his declining years, the boy who
had been his companion during his
years OF political exile. became Prcsi-
dent OF the United States.
AS "a father, John Quincy Adams fol
lowed closely In the footsteps of his
own sire Unlike his father, he was
utterly devoid of personal magnetism.
ana In tho eyes of all but his wife and
children was siugularly Lacking In
those qualities which win n loyal and
devoted following. lie repealed those
WIN whom lie was brought into social
relations. but his children We're not