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- GLC#
- GLC05508.001-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 20, 1842
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to James Brooks
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : free frank ; Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Adams comments upon his "essay" in defense of British actions in China during the Opium War. He maintains that he confined himself "to the question of right from wrong between the parties, as it stood upon the ransom of Canton." He bases his judgments on two principles: the equality of men and the love of God and neighbor. Adams alludes to Chinese demands of submission, and contrasts that with the Britons, "a Christian nation of Freeman" whom he hopes will practice mercy and moderation.
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