He found few sympathizers, his words fell upon deaf ears, and he was left to struggle on and maintain his ground as best he might, without any substantial backing.

As it turned out, England was more severely wounded than he dared to hope, and her desire for peace was real.

But Washington's distrust and the active policy which he urged were, in the conditions of the moment, perfectly sound, both in a military and a political point of view.

It made no real difference, however, whether he was right or wrong in his opinion.
He could not get what he wanted, and he was obliged to drag through another year, fettered in his military movements, and oppressed with anxiety for the future.

He longed to drive the British from New York, and was forced to content himself, as so often before, with keeping his army in existence.