Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.

Mr. Wayne,

A reference having been made by Tench Coxe to me in the Aurora of the 9th instant, upon the subject of Mr. Adams's political opinions, I conceive it my duty to publish the following occasion of it. During an evening Mr. Coxe spent with me a few weeks ago, in the course of conversation, he spoke of the monarchical principles which were held by some people in this country. I replied by saying, "if I were to mention all the opinions, and wishes I had heard upon that subject, I should be persecuted out of our Country." These opinions, and wishes came chiefly from private citizens. As they were uttered in private conversation, the authors of them were not mentioned, and shall never be known. None of them came from Mr. Adams. I declare I never heard him express any other opinions on government than those contained in his defence of the American Constitutions, and that I never heard him express a wish for a monarchy in the United States. On the contrary, I have uniformly heard him say in conversation, as he has done in his works, that our present government was best calculated for our country.