...he wrote, had no motive save patriotism to continue in the service, and no hope of better things. " If either the temper or the resources of the country...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." When Congress could not pay a courier to carry important despatches...

...spot, an opinion to the contrary, judging human nature on the usual scale, would be chimerical. ... To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present strain." So felt the chief and leader who carried the burden of responsibility, and upon whom the very...

...and certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." On June 6 Knyphausen concluded to make a diversion into New Jersey,...

...and certainly will not outlive the campaign unless it finds something more substantial to rest upon. To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...not admit of an alteration, we may expect soon to bs reduced to the humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America in America upheld by foreign...

...three years of hard fighting and unceasing endeavour : and two years later he reported to Congress : ' To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present strain.' And worse than this, he was not even upheld by loyal and whole-hearted colleagues. ' Party...

...•*•— — .» * » fighting and unceasing endeavour : and two years later he reported to Congress : ' To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present strain.' And worse than this, he was not even upheld by loyal and whole-hearted colleagues. ' Party...

...money, but do not depend upon this people or upon their means." Soon afterward Washington wrote: " If either the temper or the resources of the country...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America in America upheld by foreign arms." Again he wrote : " But I give it as my opinion that a foreign loan...

...decisively turned and the result was no longer in doubt. "To me," said Washington, August 20th, 1780, "it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer.'' "If," he added, "the temper and resources of the country will not admit of alteration, we may be reduced...

...to mine; and the wisdom and justice of congress can not fail to give it the most serious attention. To me it will appear miraculous, if our affairs can...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America, in America, upCHAP, vin held by foreign arms. The generosity of our allies has a claim to all our confidence,...

...such that his troops absolutely declined to receive it. '' To me," he wrote in August, " it will be miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present train." The news of Gates's defeat at Camden could not but increase his discouragement. " The fate of North...