USA as a monarchy?

This gets tossed around a lot, but has anyone found a quote from any founding father wishing we were a monarchy?

Well, the idea I have in my mind is that after the revolution is over, during the time between then and the Constitutional Convention, things get a bit crazy within the 13 states, which leads some to the opinion that a King is needed to rule the country, and that better a native king than one an ocean away or some such, and George Washington ends up taking said role or some such.

It's just an idea I have at the moment.
 
This gets tossed around a lot, but has anyone found a quote from any founding father wishing we were a monarchy?
Adams said some things which led people to suspect him of being a closet monarchist, which resulted in huge public outcry. You'd need to really change the public opinion of monarchies, which dated back to at least Paine's Common Sense.
 
Adams said some things which led people to suspect him of being a closet monarchist, which resulted in huge public outcry. You'd need to really change the public opinion of monarchies, which dated back to at least Paine's Common Sense.

Adams was a republican who believed in a government led by the betters, but that doesn't make someone a monarchist.
 
Adams was a republican who believed in a government led by the betters, but that doesn't make someone a monarchist.
Right - my point was that when people thought (incorrectly) he was a monarchist, there was great opposition. If you want there to actually be a monarchy, there'd be even more opposition. You'll need to change this somehow.
 
America could easily have been a monarchy in OTL.

Take this quote from the "famous quotes that never were" thread:

"King? I guess I could be King".

- George Washington.
 
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