when lincoln was a young man the president of the united states was john quincy adams. when john quincy adams was a boy in massachusetts he heard the gunfire at the battle of bunker hill. perhaps one of the greatest figures of that battle, another great and forgotten figure of the american founding is a man named joseph warren. in the context of the american founding you might recall the suffolk resolve. he is also the man who sent a horseman named paul revere on a very famous ride. he was very dedicated to the revolutionary cause. and when the british had been chased from concord back to boston, and the americans took position on bunker hill, a very weak position, though he was a leader in the colonial movement and had been appointed a general, adjunct general he went instead volunteered to fight defending that position. the british, of course, where wanting to have nothing with these rabble who thought they could fight off the greatest military power in the world. so attacked head-on through frontal assaults. the first time they did so they failed. you might remember a

your independence and your trust i will hope for a time the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adamskennedy and his brother ted. and as i proudly -- let me say proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america every time the role is called. [cheers and applause] i go to washington as the representative of no faction, for no special interests, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. [applause] however, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate: but i know who i am and who i serve. i'm scott brown. i'm from wrentham. and i drive a truck! [cheers and applause] let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support. i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you! [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling that tonight's going to be a good nigh

of course, written by john quincy adams, but i think in terms of, it seems to have been a sort of approachat we have often taken. that said, i do think that hugo chavez is probably not and i may be wrong with this prediction, but i don't think he's going to be around all that much longer because he is bending himself -- spending himself into a predictable financial crisis. he is so much in favor of populist policies that address the needs of the port and that is certainly not a bad thing at all. but by making and in use of major lenders -- making enemies of major lenders and turning to governments like iran and north korea, he is dealing with problems of debt to an inflation and i think he is not bright enough frankly to get himself out of of the fix he has put himself then. but also i would have to say that there are a number of countries in latin america that do not share chavez be used, ideas for the united states with the rest of the world. certainly the government of peru, the government of mexico doesn't and while in brazil under this has to deal with venezuela because it is close by

in the house or the senate and so what jackson called the corrupt bargain was struck between john quincy adamshenry clay and it is thought henry clay also writing but didn't have enough votes for his electoral votes and his supporters to adams for exchange of becoming secretary of state. you can imagine jackson who is and tempestuous -- >> host: they don't have deals like that anymore in the senate, do they, john? you say he reinvigorated the presidency. what do you base that? >> guest: between the period of jefferson and jackson i think a very bad thing started. we are not seeing it again now but the congress creates a caucus of democratic leaders because the democratic party comes to be the only real party in the country. the essentially picked the president -- >> host: the congress nominates. >> guest: they pick the nominee for the democratic party. there's no serious opposition and that person becomes president so as you can imagine under that system the presidents become a week because the congress picks the president, they get to pick whether he's going to be renominated after four years

john quincy adams thinks it was a brilliant moment in american history in his experience that we had acted on behalf of the world against these scoundrels, the ancestors of khadafy and so on. there is a wonderful -- benjamin franklin's last piece, some of you may know this, he wrote in march of 1790, he had signed a petition that went to the congress asking for the abolition of slavery. congressman jackson gave an impassioned speech about how this would be impossible, it is so hot here. we brought christianity to them and he went on in this vein. the last hoax ever written for a newspaper by franklin was imagine one of these arab leaders in coming out of tunisia or something and writing a piece saying why they had to enslave these white sailors because they needed them. they were much better workers than the mediterranean people and we are bringing islam to these souls. it is just a wonderful -- last thing he ever did. it was perfect for expression of franklin's irony and humor. yes, sir? >> is it fair to say the bitter partisanship we face today in the political world we live in is

says of your independence and your trust, i will hope for a time once filled by future it from john quincy adamsy take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america, every time the role calls. [cheers and applause] i go to washington, i go to washington as the representative of no fashion or no special interest answering only to my conscious and to you the people. [applause] however, however i know, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i yam and i know who i serve. and scott brown -- and scott brown and i drive a truck. [cheers and applause] [chanting] and let me just say, let me just saying conclusion, let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator accept yours. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ .. ♪ ♪ i gotta feeling ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night ♪ ♪ a feeling ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night

modern terms was her daughter-in-law, louisa katherine adams, the wife of the future president, john quincy adams, abigail's son and i think it's safe to say louisa and abigail had had issues as in los sometimes do. she was first of all guilty of having been born in britain although from a family in maryland and a family who was a wealthy when she was a kid and later lost all of their money. the father declared bankruptcy right after she married john quincy. all of it the gail's kids fail to marry just by her urging. and, the worst thing about louisa in abigail's eyes was that she was a weiner. she was not a cheerful and it is a reminder as the head of part-time and she was in so many ways, abigail had traditional ideas about the role of women and particularly wives and one of those was to be cheerful and louisa was not cheerful. they had some positive moments. still abigail letter $150 guess what louisa did with half of that money? she passed through to her three sons, charles francis adams and his two brothers, gave it to the grandson's that abigail had disinherited. that is, that she left noth

your independence, and your trust, i will hold for a time the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adams to john f. kennedy and his brother ted. as i proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. i go to washington as the representative of no faction or interest, answering only to my conscience and to the people. i've got a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i am and i know who i serve. i'm scott brown, i'm from wrentham, i drive a truck, and i am nobody's senator but yours. let me to say in conclusion, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's heart. thank you for your continued support, but i am nobody senator except yours. [applause] thank you prada thank you very much. ♪ i've got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night at tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good, good night i feel it ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night

now because of your independence and trusts, i will hold the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adamshn f. kennedy and his brother ted. [applause] as i probably take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. [applause] i go to washington as the representative of no special interest, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. however, i know i have a lot to learn, but i know who i am and who i served. i am scott brown. i drive a truck. [applause] let me just say in conclusion -- first, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you. thank you very much. ♪ >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ ♪ i have a feeling that tonight is going to be in a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to read a good, did night -- good night ♪ ♪ that tonight is going to beat a good night ♪ ♪

, ted kennedy and his brother john, to henry cabot lodge, charge sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. where it gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. in an order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates that are with us. scott brown, the republican candidate, is in his third term in the state senate welcoming -- representing the north folk district. martha coakley, the democratic candidate, was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who was a member of the national libertarian party pretty worse in information technology. in preparing questions, i consulted with members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, once again, hold your applause until the end. we will

, ted kennedy and his brother john, to henry cabot lodge, charge sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. where it gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. in an order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates that are with us. scott brown, the republican candidate, is in his third term in the state senate welcoming -- representing the north folk district. martha coakley, the democratic candidate, was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who was a member of the national libertarian party pretty worse in information technology. in preparing questions, i consulted with members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, once again, hold your applause until the end. we will

past ted kennedy and his brother john to henry cabot lodge, charles sumner, daniel webster and john quincy adamsthose are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. we are gathered this boston campus of harvard university. and then ordered determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates with us. scott brown, republican candidate is in his third term in the state senate representing the middlesex and north old districts. he previously served three terms in the house. martha coakley, the democratic candidate is the attorney general of massachusetts. she was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who is a member of the national libertarian party. preparing questions, i consulted members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, please hold your applause until the end. we will begin with a series of questions leaving time in

ted kennedy and his brother, john, to henry cabot lodge, charles sumner, daniel webster and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. we are gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. and in order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates here with us. scott brown, the republican candidate is in his third term in the state senate, representing the norfolk bristol and middlesex district. he previously served three terms in the house. martha coakley, the democratic candidate is the attorney general of massachusetts. she was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator is an independent candidate who's a member of the national libertarian unit party. he works in information technology and. in preparing questions, i have consulted with members of the media and other people whose judgment i trust. the questions the

from teddy kennedy and his brother john to henry avalos, charles sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adamshose are some shoes to fill. so this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. we are gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. in an order determined by me introduce the three candidates here with us. scott brown, the republican candidate is in his third term in the state senate, representing the north bristol and middlesex district. he previously served three terms in the house reared martha coakley, the democratic kennedy is the attorney general of massachusetts. she was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who was a member of the national party works in information technology. in preparing questions, i've consulted with members of the media and with other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. t