SECTIONALISM, POLITICAL PARTIES, AND THE ATTEMPT TO RELOCATE THE NATIONAL CAPITAL IN 1814.(Statistical Data Included)

From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

In one of the most destructive episodes of the War of 1812, British forces attacked Washington, D.C., in August 1814, burning the Capitol, the White House, and other public buildings. Shortly after the devastating assault, several northern cities, including Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, offered to house the U.S. government as an alternative to Washington. An editorial in Philadelphia's United States' Gazette suggested that the president and Congress move the capital and "take refuge [here] ... in the bosom of a brave and loyal people"(1) Relocating the capital, ...

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