On September 19, 1796, less than two months prior to the
meeting of the Electors to choose the next President of the United States,
George Washington stunned the country by publishing “The Address of General
Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency
of the United States”—what came to be known as Washington’s Farewell
Address. - See more at: http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2016/06/washingtons-farewell-secret.html#sthash.GbTtZpTd.dpuf
