...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...train. If either the temper or the resources of the couutry will not admit of an alteration, we may expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating condition...

...atrocious cause, Against thy king, thy country and the laws. — Loyalist poem, by JONATHAN ODELL, 1779 To me it will appear miraculous, if our affairs can...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms. . . . It is true that our enemies as well as ourselves are struggling...

...until next year. Sunday, August 20, 1 780. Today, George Washington writes the Continental Congress: To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can...humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign Arms. The generosity of our Allies has a claim to all our confidence...

...tocsin too many times. To General Washington's utmost chagrin, very few responded to his calls in 1780. "We may expect soon to be reduced to the humiliating condition of seeing the cause of America, in America, upheld by foreign arms," he concluded sadly. All of that and much more left the American...

...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." To appreciate the full force of this, we must remember that, except...