1978/04/01 by Donald R. Hickey · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · Arts and Humanities · #American Constitutional Law and Politics #American History and Culture #Mormonism, Religion, and History
paper · doi:10.1017/s0021875800006162
openalex publication_date 1978/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
There is no comprehensive study of Federalist opposition to the War of 1812. The fragmentary studies that exist suggest a party divided between New England extremists on the one hand and moderates in the Middle and Southern States on the other. In this interpretative framework, Federalists to the south and west are invariably portrayed as “good” Federalists, that is, as patriots who consciously and decisively rejected New England's leadership in order to support the war or at least maintain a discreet neutrality. A closer examination of the subject, however, suggests that this view is largely false.