On his commitment to the U.S. Constitution.
09/18/1796
https://founders.archives.gov...
I shall not affect to conceal the cordial satisfaction which I derive from the address of the House of Representatives.
For the fulfillment of your anticipations of the future I can give no other assurance than that the motives which you approve shall continue...
It is truly gratifying to me to learn that the proclamation has been considered as a seasonable guard against the interruption of the public...
I think it my duty, therefore, to declare that I deem the nomination to have been null by the Constitution.