"THE GREATEST DANGER TO THE UNION, THOUGH, STEMMED FROM THE COMBINATION OF FACTIONALISM AND EXTERNAL INVASION. WASHINGTON EXPLAINED THAT PARTISANSHIP “OPENED THE DOOR TO FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND CORRUPTION” BECAUSE IT WEAKENED VOTERS’ ABILITIES TO MAKE REASONED AND DISINTERESTED CHOICES. RATHER THAN CHOOSING THE BEST MEN FOR OFFICE, THE PEOPLE WOULD BASE DECISIONS ON “ILL-FOUNDED JEALOUSIES AND FALSE ALARMS,”
