It is high time for a peace." These were grave words, coming from such a man as Washington, but they passed unheeded.

Congress and the States went blandly along as if everything was all right, and as if the army had no grievances.

But the soldiers thought differently.

"Dissatisfactions rose to a great and alarming height, and combinations among officers to resign at given periods in a body were beginning to take place." The outlook was so threatening that Washington, who had intended to go to Mount Vernon, remained in camp, and by management and tact thwarted these combinations and converted these dangerous movements into an address to Congress from the officers, asking for half-pay, arrearages, and some other equally proper concessions.

Still Congress did not stir.
Some indefinite resolutions were passed, but nothing was done as to the commutation of half-pay into a fixed sum, and after such a display of indifference the dissatisfaction increased rapidly, and the army became more and more restless.