rebukes Congress, 294;
appoints Greene to command Southern army, 295;
sends Knox to confer with state governors, 296;
secures temporary relief for army, 296;
sees the real defect is in weak government, 296;
urges adoption of Articles of Confederation, 297;
works for improvements in executive, 298,299;
still keeps a Southern movement in mind, 301;
unable to do anything through lack of naval power, 303;
rebukes Lund Washington for entertaining British at Mt. Vernon, 303;