Washington hailed him as he would have hailed the open succour of France.

It was France without its flag.

La Fayette and the young officers who followed him assured him of the secret wishes of a great people for the independence of the new world.

The American general employed M.de La Fayette in this long war, the least of whose skirmishes assumed in traversing the seas the importance of a great battle.

The American war, more remarkable for its results than its campaigns, was more fitted to form republicans than warriors.