When their numbers had reached sixty thousand or more, they precipitated a contest over their admission to the union, " ringing an alarm bell in the night, " as Jefferson phrased it.

当他们的人数达到 60000 或更多时，他们引发了一场争夺加入工会的竞争， 正如杰斐逊所说， “在夜间敲响了警钟” 。