The 'Worst Enemy' of Government: Loyalty to Party Over Nation
According to the first American president George Washington, one of the chief dangers of letting regional loyalties dominate loyalty to the nation as a whole was that it would lead to factionalism, or the development of competing political parties. When Americans voted according to party loyalty, rather than the common interest of the nation, Washington feared it would foster a “spirit of revenge,” and enable the rise of “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men” who would “usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines, which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
In fact, political parties had already begun to emerge by the time Washington stepped aside. Federalists, who drew their support largely from New England, advocated a strong national government and the fiscal programs created by Hamilton, the nation’s first secretary of the treasury. Republicans (later Democratic-Republicans) led by Southerners like Thomas Jefferson and Madison, opposed Hamilton’s economic policies. They also split with the Federalists in foreign policy, favoring a closer relationship with France over Great Britain.
Washington supported Hamilton’s financial programs and sided with the Federalists in supporting the Jay Treaty with Britain. By the end of his presidency, Washington was weathering increasingly bitter attacks from his Republican critics, and his farewell address represented his response to such attacks, as well as a more general statement of his principles.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I completely agree. We see this today with how the Republican party (which statistically represents a minority of Americans) cares more about their party allegiance than the wellbeing of the country. Even moreso with the loyalty to the former president, where the mere statement of truth regarding the validity of the last election gets you ousted from the party.
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Are you serious? Oh, its you Jackson? Never mind. lol
@Krunoslav oh I see, you were trying to make it seem like only Democrats / Liberals were bad. Republicans / Conservatives are pillars of virtue and never hypocritical or corrupt. Keep living in your fantasy.
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