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Tag Archives: Faults on both Sides
Why Peace Was So Important to New Englanders
John Lowell urged immediate action. He wrote “Throwing off all connection with this wasteful war making peace with our enemy and opening once more our commerce with the worlds would be a wise and manly course.”[1] The war was … Continue reading →
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How Alexander Hamilton Reacted to Pickering and Griswold’s Scheme
At first Hamilton simply opposed the whole disunion scheme. He agreed with George Cabot. The time was not right to secede. Most of New York’s Federalists helped to nominate Burr as a candidate for governor, despite Hamilton’s efforts to dissuade … Continue reading →
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Pickering and Griswold Promote A Scheme for Secession
Secessionist schemes were slow to gain popular support. While they had been the topic of conversation in Massachusetts since 1786, they did not gain traction until 1804.[1] After Jefferson purchased Louisiana Federalists in both houses of Congress agreed that a … Continue reading →
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Who was Theophilus Parsons?
Theophilus Parsons (1750-1813) like Timothy Pickering and George Cabot, was born in Essex County, Massachusetts. Parsons, the son of a Congregational minister, graduated from Harvard College in 1769. While he studied law he taught school in what is now Maine. Like … Continue reading →
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Did New England Have the Right to Claim Superiority in Commerce?
Carey claimed his readers would be amazed at the figures he was about to report. He wrote that he was astonished himself when he analyzed foreign and domestic exports from the United States. Exports Foreign and Domestic Exports Foreign and … Continue reading →
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The War of 1812: Whose Fault Was It?
“The first principle of all republican government—and of all government founded on reason and justice,” Carey wrote “is that the will of the majority, fairly and constitutionally expressed, is to be the law of the land. To that the minority is … Continue reading →
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Who Acted with More Virtue, the Democratic-Republicans or the Federalists?
Faults on Both Sides: A Comparison Faults of the Democratic-Republicans: 1. The Federal Constitution: Fearing tyranny, they failed to give the federal government enough power when writing the Constitution. 2. The Navy: They objected to forming a navy. 3. Treaty with … Continue reading →
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