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革命战争行将结束,初步和平文件已经签署,只是尚未送达美洲。这时驻扎纽堡的大陆军,发生了一件在美国历史上最奇怪而不可思议的事件。值此胜利之际,军官们响应一个匿名同伴的煽动,会集在一起,考虑举行反对合法的民选政府的叛乱。纽堡阴谋是美国陆军历史上发生的最接近于起义或政变的事件,它暴露了共和国初创时期军民之间关系的脆弱性。如果在国家诞生的关键时刻,军队摆脱民间的控制,以后几代人想建立起一支国家军队都是不可能的。 1783年3月纽堡事件的背后,有一个复杂的阴谋,不仅牵涉到某些军队领导人,也牵涉到一些国会领袖。更为重要的是,就是所卷入的这些人们,在以后的岁月里要担负起建立美国军队的责任,他们冒险动摇军队与人民之间微弱的信任关系,破坏军队不干预政治的传统。忽视长期以来人们提出的军队危险的警告,他们的行动愿望反映了联邦党人在整个存在期间的一种倾向。 虽然危机的根源可以追溯到几年之前,但纽堡阴谋始于1782月底。12日的最后一个星期,亚历山大·麦克杜格尔少将、约翰·布鲁克斯上校和马特海·奥登上校来到费城,向国会递交了纽堡驻军请
The revolutionary war is coming to an end and the initial peace document has already been signed but has not yet been sent to the Americas. At this time, the mainland army stationed in Newburgh had the strangest and weird incident in the history of the United States. On the occasion of this victory, the officers, in response to the incitement of an anonymous companion, came together to consider holding a rebellion against a legitimate, democratically elected government. The Newburgh conspiracy was the closest thing in the history of the United States Army to an uprising or coup d’état, revealing the fragility of the military-civilian relationship in the Republic’s initial days. If the armed forces get rid of the control of the people at a crucial moment when the country is born, it will be impossible for generations to want to establish a national army. Behind the Newburgh incident in March 1783, there is a complex conspiracy involving not only some military leaders but also some congressional leaders. What is even more important is that these people involved have the responsibility to establish the U.S. armed forces in later years. They risk their weak trust in the military and the people and undermine the military’s tradition of not interfering in politics. Ignoring the long-awaited warning of military danger, their desire to act reflects a pro-Federalist tendencies throughout their existence. Although the root causes of the crisis date back several years, the Newburgh plot began at the end of 1782. In the last week of the 12th, Major General Alexander McDougall, Colonel John Brooks and Colonel Matt Oden came to Philadelphia to submit the Newburgh garrison to Congress