The power of the conspiracy behind the Revolution was gaining such force that it would not only sweep away King, nobles, and clergy, but eventually, the leaders of the Revolution as well. The end result was a reign of terror and anarchy. Although sentiment in America over the Revolution was divided, there were several wise and able statesmen who could see the coming holocaust. In his book Architects of Conspiracy, William P. Hoar relates the insight of John Adams: skeptical of the French Revolution from its beginning. Among these was the always perceptive John Adams. Biographer Page Smith reports that Adams "from the first moment viewed it with misgivings .... At the same time he could not forbear to point out 'that the form of government they have adopted' could be ‘nothing more than a transient experiment. An obstinate adherence to it' would involve France ‘in great and lasting calamities.’ A single assembly would be dominated by demagogues and the result would be repeated upheavals and disorder — a succession of bloody contentions."” Gouverneur Morris, the conservative statesman who had been the architect of much of the U. S. Constitution. 44 The Secret Side of History But the fact is that a number of Americans were Another American statesman who viewed events in France with alarm was Gouverneur Morris. William P. Hoar also recorded Morris' views: On the scene as our Minister in Paris was