A meeting of Federalists in Dec. 1814 and Jan. 1815. They were charged with planning secession and independence.
1828. We are no apologists for the Hartford Convention—that body of men stink now, ever have stunk, and ever will stink, in our nostrils.—Richmond Whig, July 16, p. 3/1.
1840. The character of the Hartford Convention is marked with an indelible brand.—Mr. Parmenter of Mass., House of Repr., April 20: Cong. Globe, p. 451, App.
1840. The memory of the Hartford Convention cannot die. It is embalmed in memory and recorded in history as a negative example to after times.—Mr. Hopkins of Va., the same, April 22: id., p. 644, App.
1850. A certain Hartford Convention demanded “dissolution or secession” as the remedy for what that body considered to be a great wrong.—Mr. Stanton of Kentucky, the same, March 11: id., p. 498.
1863. Much doubt has existed concerning the purposes of the Hartford Convention that assembled during the war of 1812, but no one will ever entertain a doubt of the purposes of the Hartford [Democratic] Convention assembled amid the throes of fratricidal strife. This Convention reflected the sentiments of Toucey, Seymour, Eaton, &c.—Mr. Henry Wilson of Mass., U.S. Senate, Feb. 21: Id., p. 1163/3.
