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28 February 1832
adams-john10 Neal Millikan
32428. VI. Tuesday. Psalm 82 Amidst the Mighty, God is strong The Gods are subject to his Laws— When will ye cease to sanction wrong? When ease to prop the wicked cause? The poor and fatherless defend; And from oppression’s yoke relieve The wretched and the poor befriend, And from the godless hand retrieve. They will not understand or know Earth shakes—in darkness they proceed. Yes—I have call’d you Gods below— Sons of the most high God indeed— But die ye shall, as doom’d from birth Like earthly princes ye shall fall Arise O God and judge the Earth For thine of humankind are all Dr Wallace breakfasted with us— Philip Nicklin of Philadelphia here. Free trade man— Took Wallace to Post-Office. H.R.U.S. Letter to Webster— Report of Comee. on District of Columbia. Clayton’s Anti-Bank Resolution— Patton, Polk—Branch Cambreleng— Huntington Many more to speak— Adjourned at 4. Judge Baldwin here this Evening— His plan for the modification of the Tariff. Has seen Hayne— M’Duffie. The President M’Lane— Cash payments and a tax on Auctions—
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