Show IN THE DAYS OF JOHN ADAMS Only one Otto president oC of the United States has had the problem of oC be being belog ing log chief executive while his vice Ice executive represented a rival party This was tho predicament of oC John Adams Mams federalist and second president the anniversary of whose birth will be celebrated next Sun- Sun 5 tl s ft 1 Al 51 Phil The Tho government go was WS still in Its infancy and the th electoral system system tem tern was so inadequate that Thomas Jefferson of the opposition party was elected to servo sene with him John Adams also has another unique distinction In n that his son also served as president of the country He was born horn In Quincy Mass October 30 30 1735 In the New lew Eng Eng- England England England land tradition of oC eldest sons he was trained to be bea a lawyer la As a mem mem- member member ber of oC the second continental con con- congress congress congress gress he seconded the Declaration of oC Independence He lie died July 4 4 1826 1626 on the fiftieth anniversary of its adoption by br the colonies Foreign rather than domestic is is- issues issues sues occupied Adams Adams' administration tion Uon from 1796 to 1800 lie He con con- considered considered his greatest achievement the avoidance of war with France and wished an epitaph to that ef eC- effect ef- ef effect on his grave It was in an an- answer awer to public clamor that he pub pub- published published published the famous XYZ YZ papers to prove that Talleyrand was seek seek- seeking seeking ing fog monetary favors ors from Amer Amer- American American American ican commissioners to France in return for his friendliness to the United States The phrase mil millions millions millions lions for defense but not one ono cent I Ifor for tribute became popular as a result S Talleyrand's defection might have brought the tho United States into war with France but Adams Adams' appointment of oC a to minister to that country without consulting his cabinet avoided this disaster although it split the federalist party Another cause of the downfall of the party was the passage by bythe bythe bythe the federalists of the alien and se so- sedition laws These put extreme authority over aliens in the presidents president's presIdents presIdent's presidents president's dents dent's hands and threatened th dire punishment to anyone writing against the president or either house of congress The election of 1800 thrown into congress for decision brought Jefferson Into office Adams was wasso wasso wasso so incensed at not being elected re-elected that he left the capital before beCore the Inauguration j if J his successor One of the most important and reaching far acts of John Ad Adams am a awas was appointment of John Marshall as chief Justice |