You’re just making stuff up.
What “parties” did the Founders envision?
Seems I recall our first President being very concerned about factionalism and taking steps to crush it.
Nope, do your homework. We've effectively had a 2 party system from the beginning. The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party were the first names. The names have changed a bit, but the effect is the same.
What “parties” did the Founders envision?
They didn't officially enshrine 2 party's, but they created a system that is effectively a 2 party system.
Here you can read up on the concept if you didn't realize that is the system we are living in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_system
There is strong agreement that the United States has a two-party system;[1] historically, there have been few instances in which third party candidates won an election.
Seems I recall our first President being very concerned about factionalism and taking steps to crush it.
Concerned? Yes. But we still ended up with a 2 party system. Part of it was that they wanted majority candidates to win elections rather than plurality ones. There is an argument for that, but the effect is a 2 party winner take all system.