LAD #7: Washington's Farewell Address

In his farewell address Washington states that they his now and forever leaving the social politcal scene and is finally retiring to Mount Vernon, as he originally planned after the war. In the address he tells the listeners the importance of a central government, showing that he was beginning to lean in Aleander Hamilton's federalist direction. He wants a fifty-fifty split when it comes to the government. Individual state governments with half the power but a united central government that has the other half of the power. The most important topic though is the subject of war. He expresses his desire for the nation not to form permanent alliances and keep a policy of neutrality, feeling that that would best serve the nation. His main goal was for the young nation to avoid war to let it grow and prosper.