...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...

...be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor 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 have been furnished for characterizing parties...

...intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand — 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...

...and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence impelled me to abandon the idea. . . . In contemplating the causes which may disturb our...a belief that there is a real difference of local interest and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts...

...may disturb our union, it occurs, as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have heen furnished for characterizing parties by geographical...— whence designing men may endeavor to excite a helief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party...

...produce, but which opposite foreign alliances, attachments, and intrigues would stimulate and embitter In contemplating the causes which may disturb our...is a real difference of local interests and views To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliance,...

...The greatest danger to the new Union, Washington had said in his "Farewell Address" (1796), lay in "Geographical discriminations: Northern and Southern;...is a real difference of local interests and views." Individual regions were referred to as though separate nations: Benjamin Franklin called Philadelphia...

...be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands. In contemplating the causes which may disturb our...is a real difference of local interests and views. 375 One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent...

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