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“An insinuation had fallen from the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Grundy) that the late massacre of our brethren on the Wabash [at Tippecanoe] had been instigated by the British government. Has the President been given any such information? Has the gentleman [Grundy] received any such, even informally, from any officer of this government? Is it so believed by the administration?. . . . Our people will not submit to be taxed for this war of conquest and dominion. The government of the United States was not calculated to wage offensive foreign war - it was instituted for the common defense and general welfare . . It is to remove the British influence that you launch into war–without understanding the costs of the war beyond coin.”
Annals of Congress,12th Congress, 1st session, vol. 1, cols. 445 -446, 449 450, 533 (December 12, 1811)
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2) Is this document the position of a WAR HAWK or DOVE?
My answer - DOVE (against war)
Am I correct?
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