See quotation, 1858.
1844. [He was] as rank a blue-light federal whig as ever justified the Hartford Convention, or worshipped a coon.—Mr. Duncan of Ohio, House of Representatives, March 6: Congressional Globe, p. 399, Appendix.
1846. [This talk about not fighting for Oregon] might sound very well for a city where blue-lights had been in fashion, but it grated unpleasantly to an American heart.—Mr. Martin of Tennessee, the same, Feb. 6: id., p. 325.
1847. Where, tell me where, have you buried the sins of these “old blue lights” of New Hampshire? With what magic wand have you changed their Federalism into modern Democracy?—Mr. Culver of N.Y., the same, Jan. 20: id., p. 252, App.
1848. The late war with Great Britain was unpopular with the blue-light Federalists.—Mr. Ficklin of Illinois, the same, March 2: id., p. 418.
1848. There were birds of every feather [in the Philadelphia Convention]—blue-light Federalists, no-territory men, abolitionists, &c.—Mr. Foote of Mississippi in the Senate, June 22: id., p. 866.
1850. Such men aided England in the days of the Revolution; held out blue-lights to her in 1812.—Mr. Savage of Tenn., House of Repr., May 13: id., p. 558, App.
1858. They met in convention at Hartford, in that odorous land of the nutmeg and the onion; and, worse than that, they hoisted blue-lights at New London, that [the] enemy might know where to strike us.—Mr. Maynard of Tenn., the same, March 20: id., p. 1209.
