This weekend on the presidency, author sen. Warren bingham discusses his new book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. It was nearly 1900 miles and it took nearly three. 5 months. Three and a half months. The capital was in philadelphia, and washington held district to the west because he knew it was , and alsohallenging because they were the most reluctant to join the union. They didnt really want to commit to the union, or the confederacy. Northolina and carolina has a history of wanting to be off to themselves. We had the shadow of virginia and South Carolina surrounding us, and those states poked fun at us. We were slow to move. We were not a united state in north carolina. We were slow to join the union, but we signed the constitution in november 1789, and were then cleared by washington to come see the southern states. Carolinas,ginia, the and georgia. Program hereentire on American History tv, only on sees and three. Cspan3. Coming up next on American History tv, rush loving,