Stаge 2 — The Electiоn оf 1796 аnd Wаshingtоn’s Farewell In 1796, as George Washington prepared to step down after two terms, the young United States was already showing signs of division. Political parties—something the nation’s founders had not originally planned for—were taking shape. The Federalists, led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, fought bitterly over the nation’s future. Watching this growing rivalry, Washington used his Farewell Address to warn Americans about the dangers of political parties, or “factions,” fearing they could divide the country and threaten its survival. Primary Source Excerpt: — George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human Mind. It exists under different shapes in all Governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.” “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.” “However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People, and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” “It serves always to distract the Public Councils and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.” Student Questions:This is a written response question. Choose one of the following questions and answers in your own words (all writing and language must be you own creation): Why did Washington fear political parties? Based on the 1790s, were his warnings justified? Use specific quotes from his farewell address to support your response. Looking at today’s political climate, how do you think Washington would view the modern two-party system? Use specific quotes from his farewell address to support your response.
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