British bankers threatened that they would never again invest in these untrustworthy Americans. They could point to the precedent set by Hamilton, and had probably invested on the implicit understanding that, if necessary, the federal government would bail out the states again.
英国银行家威胁说，他们绝不会再向这群没有信誉的美国佬投钱。他们大概是受了汉密尔顿先例的误导，他们之所以投资，是因为他们认为联邦政府（如果必要的话）会再次出手拯救各州。