In his 1796 farewell address, Washington doubled down on his rejection of the Democratic-Republican Societies. He declared that, “The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.” He warned that popular associations would interfere with the electoral process. For Washington, they were likely “to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government…” Washington's denunciation was informed by the Terror in France and news of continued political instability throughout Europe. In light of this news, Washington's warnings, and the Quasi-War with France during the administration of John Adams, most of the Democratic-Republican Societies disbanded by the end of the decade.
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