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I'm saying that Madison and Hamilton lied in their arguments supporting the Constitution against spot on identification of the problem by Anti-Federalists.

Why is it when the record comes out, people have to start smearing George Washington along with poor old Lincoln?

Washington said in 1787 that the goal of every true American was the consolidation of the national Union.

You might can make the point that Madison was dancing around a bit, but I don't know if you can say that about GW.

Walt

Try this: George Washington was wrong to support a strong central government.

The only possible way to found a nation with a chance of avoiding the pitfalls of tyrannical government growth is to strictly limit the government.

Washington said in 1787 that the goal of every true American was the consolidation of the national Union.

We all know where Washington was comming from. Knowing full well that the British, France, or Spain, for that matter could mount a campaign against the fledgling Republic; and the experiment would be over. Washington knew there was strength in numbers.

However, one of the requirements for Statehood, at least for this State, was that it have a republican form of government and not opposed to the Constitution.

If your view of Washington's power is correct, that is, if he had the power to do so, then why didn't he just annex the rest of the territories into the Union as they settled their respectives claims with the various Indian tribes?