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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

#JamesMadison

See also: War of 1812 - Campaigns in Upper Canada (1813)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812
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https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

"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

#BirthAnniversary #Quotes #JamesMadison #USPresidents

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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

#JohnQuincyAdams #JamesMadison

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

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

#JamesMadison

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

1813 in Canada
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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)

#JamesMadison

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

Hype for the Future 121E: Town of Gordonsville, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/hype-for-the-future-120e-town-of-gordonsville-virginia/

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Pres. Madison is advised that 1,000 soldiers, artillery and #Maine volunteers could take New Brunswick, "one of the most valuable of the British Provinces"

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0546
See also: A correspondent of Madison says Boston is defenceless against attack from Nova Scotia
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0052

#JamesMadison #NewBrunswick #Boston #BostonHistory #NovaScotiaHistory

See also: New Brunswick - History - Development
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/new-brunswick
James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

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The halt to fighting arranged by Gov. Gen. George Prevost and U.S. Maj. Gen. Henry Dearborn is vetoed by Pres. Madison; Prevost suspects the U.S. has undeclared #war aims

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18121112&printsec=frontpage
Pg. 1 of 2 (lefthand page)

#ceasefire #JamesMadison

See also: Sir George Prevost - Prevost's Preparations for War
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-george-prevost
Henry Dearborn - Dearborn in the War of 1812
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/henry-dearborn
James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

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#Congress approves Pres. Madison's request for a declaration of #war on the United Kingdom "and the subjects thereof"
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660961
Pg. 205 (3rd column)
See also: The New York Evening Post regrets "that such madness[...]should have seized a majority of our Representatives at Washington"
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269508 (Pg. 2)

#JamesMadison #UnitedKingdom

See also: War of 1812 - Causes of the War of 1812
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812
James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison
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