Except in the instance of slavery, all the changes described
in this chapter were favourable to the union of the states 88
But while the state governments, in all these changes, are
seen working smoothly, we have next to observe, by
contrast, the clumsiness and inefficiency of the federal government 89
CHAPTER III.
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP.
The several states have never enjoyed complete sovereignty 90
But in the very act of severing their connection with Great
Britain, they entered into some sort of union 91
Anomalous character of the Continental Congress 92
The articles of confederation; they sought to establish a
"league of friendship" between the states 93-97
But failed to create a federal government endowed with real
sovereignty 98-100
Military weakness of the government 101-103
Extreme difficulty of obtaining a revenue 104, 105
Congress, being unable to pay the army, was afraid of it 106
Supposed scheme for making Washington king 107
Greene's experience in South Carolina 108
Gates's staff officers and the Newburgh address 109
The danger averted by Washington 110, 111
Congress driven from Philadelphia by mutinous soldiers 112
The Commutation Act denounced in New England 113
Order of the Cincinnati 114-117
Reasons for the dread which it inspired 118
Congress finds itself unable to carry out the provisions of
the treaty with Great Britain 119
Persecution of the loyalists 120, 121
It was especially severe in New York 122
Trespass Act of 1784 directed against the loyalists 123
Character and early career of Alexander Hamilton 124-126
The case of Rutgers _v._ Waddington 127, 128
Wholesale emigration of Tories 129, 130
Congress unable to enforce payment of debts to Brit
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