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I left the Headquarters of the Slave Master at Valley Forge and saw the guard shacks for Washingtons personal guards. A sign there stated that they had to be native Americans. I found out later that there was a plot by Washington's guards to kill him, and it was hatched by an Irish man who was a guard. I think he was hung in New York. After that event, the Slave Master from Virginia was very cautious with foreign born people with guns. So on my visit to Mt. Vernon, aside from learning that our Founder was viewed by some foreigners as a low life Slave Master scum, he thought some foreigners were low life scum that would try to kill him and his new country. In a word, Ironic.

That is an excellent bit of information! I wonder if there is an account of it in a book somewhere?

Do a search, its out there. My jaw dropped when I saw it at VF. It's on a sign, about 100 feet from his headquarters at the guard shacks. He instituted the American only policy after the plot was revealed, before getting to VF. And If I remember correctly, the ring leader was hung. So yes, GW had strong feelings about foreign citizens in the Army. Historically, this has decimated some countries. Carthage is a prime example. Foreign mercenaries in their army turned on them and killed many many thousand of them.