What has been done, and is doing, by some of the states, confirms the opinion I have entertained of sufficient resources in the country.

Of the disposition of the people to submit to any arrangement for bringing them forth, I see no reasonable ground to doubt.

If we fail for want of proper exertions in any of the governments, I trust the responsibility will fall where it ought; and that I shall stand justified to congress, my country, and the world." [Illustration: Beverly Robinson Mansion at West Point _Benedict Arnold made this house his headquarters while in command of the fort and garrison there.

It was here that Washington came to breakfast with Arnold, one September morning in 1780 and made the discovery that his host had turned traitor and was conspiring to surrender West Point to the British._] A decisive naval superiority, however, was considered as the basis of any enterprise to be undertaken by the allied arms.

This naval superiority being assumed, the outlines of the plan were drawn, and the 5th of August was named as the day on which the French troops should re-embark, and the American army assemble at Morrissania.
This plan was committed to Major General the Marquis de la Fayette, who was authorized to explain the situation of the American army, and the views of the General, to the Count de Rochambeau.