to 1798. inventor of the telegraph. Besides many other voices that raised a cry of alarm, George Washington spoke out publicly against their efforts to foment revolution. in 1794, serious western insurrection was promoted by a group established by Edmond Charles Genet, an [lluminist, and the French envoy to the United States. This group, known as the Mino Creek Democratic Society, tried to bring about secession and set up a separate country in that region. This event is referred to by historians as the Whiskey At a cost of a million dollars, President Washington put down the rebellion and publicly denounced the influence of French Illuminists behind it. William P. Hoar President Washington believed the revolutionary Democratic Clubs were responsible for the so-called Whiskey Rebellion. Whatever the case, it was certainly the spirit of the French Revolution that sustained it. Albert Beveridge comments that "when the troops sent out to put down insurrection reached Harrisburg, they found the French flag flying over the courthouse." President Washington said: "I consider this insurrection as the first formidable fruit of the Democratic Societies 72 The Secret Side of History John Robison's book Proofs of a Conspiracy from 1797 Another influential writer who did much to expose the activities of the Illuminati in the United States was Jedediah Morse, the father of Samuel Morse, the famous Pennsylvania Rebellion. said this about the event: