Look up/Google "Whiskey Rebellion of 1794". In a related note: It is strongly connected with the Alternate History novel, and best novel of all time The Probabilty Broach by L. Neil Smith, in which the the people of Penn. successfully revolted, killed Washington for treason (hells yeah!) and threw out the Constitution. Booya!
The avatar?
Flag of the Whiskey Rebellion of '94.
I'm just a big ol' flaming Anarcho-Capitalist.
No, Washington was not the traitor, the Whiskey Rebellion people were the traitors for illegally rebelling against the United States. Washington was certainly in the right to put down that rebellion.