Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

with you, take care that you don't
call 1t or think it independency. No
such ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is an hob
goblin. Of so frightful mien that it
would throw a delicate person into
fits to look in its face"
Adams was eternally wary. He was
chary OF the British and had many
grave suspicious Of their intrigues
among the colonists-even the most
influential. In April he writes his
wife in the same vein that he wrote
Gates. And in less than a month
from this date there is introduced
before Congress-. and adopted, a reso-
luton by him and r. H. Lee to the
effect: THAT it be recommended to
the respective assemblies and conven-
tions of the United Colonies where no
government sufficient to the exigen.
cies Of their affairs have been hitherto
established to adopt such government
as shall in the opinion Of the repre-
sentatives of the people best conduce
to the happiness and safety of their
constituents in particular and America
in general"
To him the labor was welcome. He
| was swimming with the tide, the cur
rent Of which he had been laboring
SO long to direct. And when the hour
came for the consideration and adop.
| ton Of the Virginia resolutions he was
ready. The goal he sought was in
sight.
The Americanism of Adams perme.
ated his home life as completely as It
did his public life. There has never
been an American family reared on
| such Spartan-like principles of patriot
ism as was the Adams family. Al
though eight generations Of Adamses
preceded John Adams on American
4, soil. he is still spoken Of as the first
Adams"
John Adams was fortunate in
marrying woman whose intellect
and patriotic fervor were a match for
his own. When the first gun Of the
Revolution was sounded in 1778. Abb.
gail Adams marshaled her little fam
wrote letters of assurance and en-.
couragement to her husband. fighting
at his post Of duty at Congress in
Philadelphia. While letters full of the
little home happenings and overflow
ing with tender pet names were flying
back and forth between Washington
and Jefferson and their families,
Adams. from the halls where flashed
the lightnings Of debate, was writing
to Mrs. Adams as my dearest
friend" and gravely admonishing her
as to the upbringing Of their children.
Fix their hearts upon great and
glorious objects. Root out the little.
nesses. Weed out meanness. Teach
them to scorn injustice, 1ngratitude,
cowardice and falsehood. Let them
revere nothing but religion. morality
and liberty"
The spirit Of resistance to tyranny
possessed every member Of tho house.
hold at the little New England home
in Braintree. In all Of the volumi.
nous Adams correspondence there is
never a word Of complaint from the
courageous Abigail Adams. facing
dangers and deprivation alone. Once
only does she mention her personal
comfort and that when she asks
Adams to send her q bundle Of pins, ~
and mentions that the new leather
shoes are rough on her feet, accus.
toned to the more refined "blacls
calmanco" for shoes, Her finest utter
ance is sounded in a letter to Adams
separated from her by an ocean: 'Dif
flcult as the day 10, cruel as the war
has been, separated as ! am on &C.
count Of Il from the dearest connec'
ton Of life. would not exchange my
country for tho wealth Of the indies
or be any other than an American
though I might be queen or empress
Of any nation upon the globe"
How well the lessons Of American