. The great American book of biography . eable to myself The king listened to this address in evident emotion. He seemed not alittle agitated ; for to him it was an hour of deep humiliation. With a voiceeven more tremulous than that with which Mr. Adams had spoken, he replied :— Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the languageyou have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discoveredso jusdy adapted to the occasion, that I must say that I not only receive withpleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the people of the UnitedStates, but
. The great American book of biography . eable to myself The king listened to this address in evident emotion. He seemed not alittle agitated ; for to him it was an hour of deep humiliation. With a voiceeven more tremulous than that with which Mr. Adams had spoken, he replied :— Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the languageyou have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discoveredso jusdy adapted to the occasion, that I must say that I not only receive withpleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the people of the UnitedStates, but that I am very glad that the choice has fallen upon you as their INTERVIEW WITH THE KING. 85 minister. But I wish you, sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done ^ notliin^ in the late contest ,.< W- but what I thought myself ■ , ^ indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed to my people. I will be frank with you. I was the last to conform to the separation ; -- -, but the separation having. been made, and hav-ine become inevita^ble, I have alwayssaid, as I say now,that I would be thefirst to meet thefriendship of theUnited States as an independ-ent power. The moment Isee such sentiments and lan-guage as yours prevail, and adisposition to give this countrythe preference, that momentI shall say, Let the circum-stances of language, religion,and blood have their fulleffect. As Great Britain did not condescend to appoint a minister to the UnitedStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accomplishing but little, he solicited 6 THE ATTACK UN RIOTERS AT SPRINGFIELD, , IN I786. 86 JOHN ADAMS. permission to return to his own country, and reached his rural home in Brain*tree, from which he liad so long been absent, in June of 1788. When some persons accused Mr. Adams of being covertly in favor ofmonarchical institutions, Mr. Jefferson replied : Gentlemen, you do not knowthat man. There is not upon this earth a more perfectly honest man
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