...discriminations—Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western—whence designing men may endeavour to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views, ' and warned his countrymen against it. " After the lapse of half a century, these admonitions of Washington...

...Each of the main geographical regions benefited from the activities of the others. It was lamentable that "any ground should have been furnished for characterizing...is a real difference of local interests and views." Forty years later, in a second farewell address to the people of the United States, Andrew Jackson...

...endeavour to weaken its bands. "In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should...furnished for characterizing parties by GEOGRAPHICAL discriminations—NORTHERN and SOUTHERN— ATLANTIC and WESTERN; whence designing men may endeavour...

...contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union," observes that remarkable Statesman, " it occurs, as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should...furnished for characterizing parties by geographical designations — Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western — whence designing men may excite a...

...and issue in discontents, and these in depredations and war. GEORGE WASHINGTON Farewell Address, 1796 In contemplating the causes which may disturb our...is a real difference of local interests and views. . . . You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from...

...President Washington said: In contemplating the causes which Day disturb our union, it occurs, as a natter of serious concern, that any ground should have been...Southern, Atlantic and Western — whence designing nen nay endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. The...

...mistaken views of interest." And 9 years later in his Farewell Address, President Washington said: In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union, it occurs, as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties...

...The following excerpt from Washington's farewell address is embodied in the text of the manuscript : "In contemplating the causes which may disturb our...furnished for characterizing parties by Geographical discrimination — Northern and Southern — Atlantic and Western ; whence designing men may endeavor...

...this federal harmony, he had written, were sectional antagonisms inflamed by “designing men [who] may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views” and to organize “parties by geographical discriminations—Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western.”...

...your liberty, and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other. . . . In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties...