. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . t.,n. ;^ \V1\H ?\VI; I ,JIfln. X \TII WIKi, ^Mi ril, (; \L\ IN <,ODi)\i::). l;.i(.( ,M. SIIUIiMAN, Tiiint) ]*[u,Aii I , ^ ) vi<i\M-i\yzy,-s:r,\. j. ().\ Tucsdav the Le-i;sl:.;ie lliiw Stale convened in this to\ EscelloiC; Governor the san)cdavsrnt ihcni a ini KS3-e, ; a-a al)ie, ii -dcpendet;t and ii-te|li:cjent dcvi :, fjf the• : ■, :.:■:.. Naiional and State afTn^s. andc , . -J ■ ■ : ohem thcinipjitttt KcmjIh-!ii,: .. ( j
. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . t.,n. ;^ \V1\H ?\VI; I ,JIfln. X \TII WIKi, ^Mi ril, (; \L\ IN <,ODi)\i::). l;.i(.( ,M. SIIUIiMAN, Tiiint) ]*[u,Aii I , ^ ) vi<i\M-i\yzy,-s:r,\. j. ().\ Tucsdav the Le-i;sl:.;ie lliiw Stale convened in this to\ EscelloiC; Governor the san)cdavsrnt ihcni a ini KS3-e, ; a-a al)ie, ii -dcpendet;t and ii-te|li:cjent dcvi :, fjf the• : ■, :.:■:.. Naiional and State afTn^s. andc , . -J ■ ■ : ohem thcinipjitttt KcmjIh-!ii,: .. ( j:;.!ni,iilca,ij:ct| Photograph of Parts of Two Columns of the Boston Centinel for November 9,1814. The second column shows the New England pride in the achievementsof the New England privateers in marked contrast with the ill-veiled delightat the reverses of the American land army elsewhere shown in the same paper. advised Madison to get a faster horse than he had when hefled from Washington before the British raid, — or theswift vengeance of New England will overtake the wretchedmiscreant in his flight. 392 NEW ENGLAND AND THE WAR The Hartford Convention met December 15, 1814, andremained in session one month. It talked State sovereigntyand nullification. It blustered and threatened. As anultimatum, it demanded amendments to the Constitution(which would have rendered the government impotent in acrisis) and the immediate surrender to the States of controlover their own troops and taxes (which would have been avirtual dissolution of the Union). All its words and actspointed to secession ; but it did not
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