An American history . fic, which theyreached November 25, 1805.^ So intense was this feeling that some sort of movement seems to have beenstarted to separate New York and New England from the Union and form aseparate northeastern confederacy. Dread of the West, and of what mightcome out of the West, inspired a speech made by Josiah Quincy of Massachu-setts in 1811 against the admission of Louisiana. He said, If this bill passes,it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of the Union: thatit will free the states from their moral obligation; and as it will be the right ofall,
An American history . fic, which theyreached November 25, 1805.^ So intense was this feeling that some sort of movement seems to have beenstarted to separate New York and New England from the Union and form aseparate northeastern confederacy. Dread of the West, and of what mightcome out of the West, inspired a speech made by Josiah Quincy of Massachu-setts in 1811 against the admission of Louisiana. He said, If this bill passes,it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of the Union: thatit will free the states from their moral obligation; and as it will be the right ofall, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, ami-cably if they can, violently if they must. However, he had little support atthe time. 2 Another famous exploration was conducted by Lieutenant Zebulon Pikeof the United States army. He went up the Mississippi, skirted the presentboundary of Canada, and returned southeastward through the Rocky Moun-tains. One of his discoveries was Pikes
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