Such a thing was totally unheard of.

The people, however, of the Plymouth congressional district in which he resided, met and duly nominated him for the proposed office.

All doubts as to his acceptance of the nomination were speedily dispelled by the appearance of a letter from Mr.Adams, in the Columbian Sentinel, Oct., 15, 1830, in which he says:-- "If my fellow-citizens of the district should think proper to call for such services as it may be in my power to render them, by representing them in the twenty-second Congress, I am not aware of any bound principle which would justify me in withholding them.

To the manifestations of confidence on the part of those portions of the people who, at two several meetings, have seen fit to present my name for the suffrages of the district, I am duly and deeply sensible." In due time the election was held, and Mr.Adams was returned to Congress, by a vote nearly unanimous.

From that time forward for seventeen years, and to the hour of his death, he occupied the post of Representative in Congress from the Plymouth district, in Massachusetts, with unswerving fidelity, and distinguished honor.