write:But this was not one of them. He wasadamant that “war for the right can never be justlyblamed; war for the wrong can never be justied. ” Hisopposition to “this most outrageou

his energies hadincreasingly focused on America’s domestic perils
andthe fate of American slavery was now his biggestconcern. Adams was not opposed to war in general.There were “times and occasions of dire necessity forwar
” he wrote. But this was not one of them. He wasadamant that “war for the right can never be justlyblamed; war for the wrong can never be justied.” Hisopposition to “this most outrageous war” was total. Justbefore the vote he told his fellow Massachusetts