It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, i mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. i hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. i repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. but, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. the excerpt above is from george washington's farewell address, which was printed in philadelphia's american daily advertiser on september 19, 1796. what issue was washington addressing in the passage above?

I hope that this helps. Please dun't judge me I'm from Havana Cuba and dun't know much. 
George Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by first President of the United States George Washington to "The People of the United States of America".
Washington wrote the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home in Mount Vernon. It was originally published in David C. Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796 under the title "The Address of General Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency of the United States," and it was almost immediately reprinted in newspapers across the country and later in a pamphlet form. Later on, the work was called the "Farewell Address,". It was also Goerge Washington's valedictory after 20 years of service of the presidential to a new nation. It was/is a classic statement of republicanism by warning the Americans of the political dangers that they must avoid if they are to remain true to their values. The first draft/letter was originally prepared in 1792 with the help of James Madison. As Washington prepared his retirement, a following single term that was in office. However when he set aside the letter and ran for a second term after the arguments between his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson it was which that convinced him that growing divisions would rip apart the country without his help/leadership. Divisions between the newly formed Federalist and Democratic/Republican parties as long with its current state of foreign affairs. I hope this helps.

Aunitary state is a form of state where power is concentrated and there is a single center of power that extends its actions throughout the territory of the respective state. this, through its agents and local authorities, delegates of that same central power, and in its majority; it can count on a single legislating apparatus; except for certain exceptions, which legislate for the entire country; a judicial power, which applies the current law to the entire territory of the state and within which a supreme court of justice is established, which has jurisdiction at the national level; a single executive power, that is conformed by all the governors (president, governors, mayors, etc.); and a single political constitution, which governs all the territory and to which all the authorities and inhabitants of the state are subject.a confederation (from the latin: confœderatĭo) consists of the union of states that retain their sovereignty and are governed by certain common laws. initially there was talk of "confederation" in the case of alliances, for this reason the word "confederation" is still used in non-governmental civil society institutions. for this reason, the term confederation is also used to describe any type of organization that combines the authority derived from other semi-autonomous entities. in this case, sports confederations can be cited as some examples. however, the word confederation takes much more relevance when it comes to some permanent alliance of states or some association or association of states.characteristics of a federal government system

  a) written constitution. also known as magna carta and a necessity of the democracies that form federations to regulate the principles by which the government will be governed, because if they had to act without a body of specific laws would produce confrontations.

b) territorial division. federalism is constituted by the division of powers on the geographical basis of each territory.

c) decentralization. in a federal system there is both a central government and units of government lower than the central one, each making decisions regarding the provision of certain public services in their respective geographical jurisdictions.

d) supreme court of justice. to counteract the rigidity of the written constitution, judicial action is required to interpret said constitution and necessary changes can be made.