. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . e matter. Taking advantage of the soldiers bitterdiscontent, a group of officers in the camp at Newburgformed a plan to get better government by making Washing-ton king. This proposition Washington at once repulsed,with grieved anger ; but still an anonymous committee calleda meeting of officers to find some way of forcing Congress toact while the army still had arms in their hands. A conflictthat would have sullied the beginning of the new nationscareer was averted only by the tact and unrivaled influenceof Washington. He anticipat
. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . e matter. Taking advantage of the soldiers bitterdiscontent, a group of officers in the camp at Newburgformed a plan to get better government by making Washing-ton king. This proposition Washington at once repulsed,with grieved anger ; but still an anonymous committee calleda meeting of officers to find some way of forcing Congress toact while the army still had arms in their hands. A conflictthat would have sullied the beginning of the new nationscareer was averted only by the tact and unrivaled influenceof Washington. He anticipated the meeting of the officersby calling an earlier one himself, at which he prevailed upontheir patriotism to abandon all forms of armed compulsion;and then he finally induced Congress to pay five yearssalary in government certificates, worth perhaps twentycents on the dollar, — a meager return, but perhaps allthat the demoralized government was equal to. a ; CO 00 ■2 s O t- Oh ^ ^, S §2 ^ c; ^ w c« o w ^ S:^. S ^s ;?: >- •3 .2 D pa ^ Ss o S i§. THE TREATY OF PARIS IN 1783 233 IV. THE PEACE TREATY OF 1783 The negotiations for peace were carried on from Paris,with Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams to represent theUnited States. In spite of King George, the fall Peace ne-of Yorktown overthrew Lord Norths ministry; gotiationsand the new English government contained statesmenfriendly to America, such as Fox, Rockingham, and Shel-burne (page 183). This fact and the remarkable ability of theAmerican negotiators resulted in a treaty marvelously ad-vantageous. England could not well avoid conceding Ameri-can independence, but Shelburne meant to do it in generousfashion. He intended not merely peace, he said, but recon-ciliation with America, on the noblest terms and by thenoblest means. The critical question concerned territory. Just beforethe war (1769), a few Virginians had crossed the westernmountains to settle in fertile lands between the Ohio -j-j^^ signif-and Cumber
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