Parliament, both parties looking forward only
to a restoration of the state of things existing
before the disputes began. Among the leading
statesmen of America, independence was the
desire of Samuel Adams alone. He lost a
staunch supporter just now in the untimely
death of Josiah Quincy, Jr., by consumption,
which occurred on shipboard in April, on his
return from England, whither he had gone hop-
ing for an improvement in health. Quincy's
relations with Samuel Adams, who was twenty-
two years older than he, were almost those of a
son. Except Warren, no one stood higher in
Adams's esteem, who always referred to him
with respect and tenderness. Quincy, in turn,
was devoted. "Let our friend, Samuel Adams,
be one of the first to whom you show my let-
ters," he wrote to his wife, -- and again, speak-
ing of England: "The character of your Mr.
Samuel Adams stands very high here. I find
many who consider him the first politician in
the world. I have found more reason every
day to convince me he has been right when
others supposed him wrong."

His reputation as a desperate and fanatical
adventurer, with nothing to lose, still followed
him, and his advocacy of a scheme was often an
injury to it. Massachusetts, through Warren,
now beyond all men the leader at home, sought

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