DoomsdaysCW<p>Hubby, who used to teach American history, reminded me of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HartfordConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HartfordConvention</span></a> from 1814-15. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connecticut</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RhodeIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhodeIsland</span></a> had considered leaving the union and forming their own "independent republic" in opposition to "political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. "</p><p>Excerpt:<br>"Some delegates may have been in favor of New England's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/secession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secession</span></a> from the United States and forming an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> republic, though no solution was adopted at the convention. Historian Samuel Eliot Morison rejected the notion that the Hartford convention was an attempt to take New England out of the Union and give treasonous aid and comfort to Britain. Morison wrote: 'Democratic politicians, seeking a foil to their own mismanagement of the war and to discredit the still formidable Federalist party, caressed and fed this infant myth until it became so tough and lusty as to defy both solemn denials and documentary proof.' "</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Convention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford</span><span class="invisible">_Convention</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a></p>