Show rREDICTIONS Or JOHN ADAMS Yateset from a Iree 10 III till Joty 7 1110 Ihlllldlpbln JIIIT 3 1714 n1 0 dclllration 01 Independence been matte seven months ago It would bare ben IIIInded with many great and glorious efreota We mlllbt before lint hour have formed ollinnee with torelllll states Wo should liar mOl toftll Quebec and lIen In possession 01 Canada 1ou will Irrllnpa wonder how much II declaration would have Influence 1 our nrtRlra In CAnadR lilt II I could write with freedom I could easily convince you that It wOllld IIn1 ezpinln to ym1 the manner how Many lIonUolOn In hiGh 1110111 and 01 great Innl1enr hove been doped hr the ministerial bl1bblo 01 eommlon en 11 treat and In real sincere n pletntlon 01 tbla event which they eo fondly wlabell they have liven slow and ianeuld In promoting measures for the nll1rtlon oh that province Others thrro are In the colonies who really wished that our entrrprla In Canada would be dltrnted tint the colonies might be brought mien danger and dls tree between to flees and bo thus Induced to lubmlt OI11ra really wished to defeat the explItion to Canada teat Ibo conquest 01 It hould elovat the mind oC the neopie Inn much to hearken tn hoee terms r of r oscillation which they belloYf1 wOllld bo olter1 11 is These JnrrlllK view wlahel and designs arc IIlonOlI In op position to many IInl11lar measures which were rollORed for the I1PIorl or that IIIplIlIon and caused Db atrl1etlon embarrassments and stud led delays wblch have finally boat us the province All these causes however In conJunction con-Junction would hunt hno disappointed us 11 It hall not bn for 11 mlorlllno which could not have been foreseen mod l perhaps could nol hove been pre TrnlIl mean the IIroIIInre 01 the malllol among our troop This fatal fa-tal pestilence completed oar destruction destruc-tion It Is I 0 frown ollrnYldncft upon us which wo 01111ht to lay to hCTt limit nn the other hand the delay 01 tide declaration to this time has mnny IIfflll advantages allnlllnl It Thl hope 01 rronrlllatlon which were fondly cntrrlalnrtl by multitude or honest and I 1IIImoAnlnl though hortlllhtd and OIIlnllen people hove been Gradunlly anti ot last totally ottlnllulbed Time has been liven for the whole people maturely 10 consider con-sider tin a great lIuatlon 01 Inlrpnll once and to rIpen their Judgment ills slpato I their tears and nllllro their hope by > dllcl1l1lnl It In newspapers allil pRh1pblolII debating h In al lembll eanvrnllnnl committees ot safety and InspecilonIn town and county meeting as well am III private ronnraatlonl JO that the whole people peo-ple In every colony have now alopl lit l-It aa heir own act 7hle will cement the union and Told those heals and perhaps rOllrnlllon which might hnyo ben oerllon1 by such 0 d Inratlnn six months ago limit limp lay II pest The second day 01 Jill > 1TiG will bo II memorable opoMa In life history 01 America Ian I-an apt 10 telleve > thaI It will liD cute brAtt1 by succeeding generations nl the jfrlll Anlllvrllr fltllol It ought 10 be Mmll1onl U tint day ot deliverance by solemn acts 01 do ration 10 cloth Almighty It ought to bo solemnlzei 1 with romp shows tomes sports guns belle bonfires and IIhllnlnatloll from uno end 01 limo continent con-tinent to the othor Irolll this time forward 10roYoir You may think me transported with cntbullalml but I nOl no I am well aware 01 the toil an1 blood anti Irons lire that It will coat us to mllolaln thin drclarallon and support matt defend these talcs Yet through Ill the gloom 1 can sea the ray of tight antI glory 1 ran see that the end Is I more than worth all the mean and that pOltl1tT will trhlluPb although you and 1 may Fuewhlch 1 hope we shall aOL t a a u |