Although he moved Washington's appointment, he began almost immediately to find fault with him, an exercise to which he was extremely prone.

Inasmuch as he could see how things ought to be done, he could not understand why they were not done in that way at once, for he had a fine forgetfulness of other people's difficulties, as is the case with most of us.

The New England representatives generally took their cue from these two, especially James Lovell, who carried his ideas into action, and obtained a little niche in the temple of fame by making himself disagreeably conspicuous in the intrigue against the commander-in-chief, when it finally developed.
There were others, too, outside New England who were discontented, and among them Richard Henry Lee, from the General's own State.

He was evidently critical and somewhat unfriendly at this time, although the reasons for his being so are not now very distinct.

Then there was Mr.
Clark of New Jersey, an excellent man, who thought the General was invading popular rights; and to him others might be added who vaguely felt that things ought to be better than they were.