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A Boston source notes Pres. Madison is recommending only U.S. sailors to crew U.S. ships, and suggests that had he said that four years ago, war might have been averted

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18150511&printsec=frontpage
Pg. 1 of 4 (lefthand page, 3rd column)

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1814 in Canada
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President Madison informs Congress of the U.S. acceptance of a U.K. proposal to begin peace negotiations (but not with any relaxation of war preparations)

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18140224&printsec=frontpage
Pg. 2 of 2 (lefthand page, 1st column)

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1813 in Canada
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Pres. Madison decides to publicize the imprisonment of some British prisoners of war as hostages for the naturalized U.S. citizens taken to Britain for trial as traitors

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0638

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1813 in Canada
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After so many U.S. disasters, "we should think that 'the most enlightened people in the world' would begin to be sick[...]of the idea of 'taking Canada'"

https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/165/issues/34624/pages/247652
Pg. 1 (1st column)

See also: Pres. Madison says he's aware of the discontent, and that "success alone" will end it

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0648

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"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant."

On his birthday, some very relevant quotes from James Madison:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/16-march-james-madison-quotes.html

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1813 in Canada
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U.S. ambassador John Quincy Adams tells a Russian count that U.S. troops "were all too raw and unskilled in #War to make much progress in Canada"

https://www.primarysourcecoop.org/publications/jqa/document/jqadiaries-v28-1813-02-p449--entry1

See also: Adams says the U.S.A. is "the scorn and laughter of all Europe."
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-03-02-2244

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Tribune libre – De Madison à Vance : la remise en cause de la séparation des Églises et de l’État

https://www.clp-kvd.org/2026/03/tribune-libre-de-madison-a-vance-la-remise-en-cause-de-la-separation-des-eglises-et-de-letat/

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British writer-editor Francis, Lord Jeffrey discusses the differences between the U.S. and U.K. with Pres. Madison, including the latter's vision of a conquered Canada

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-07-02-0042

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Even the pro-U.S.A. British won't "surrender the maritime rights of" the U.K., and Pres. Madison says "freedom of the seas must be conquered through Canada"

https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/165/issues/34621/pages/247642
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

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