Commenced in the june of 1812. Since that time the administration, having relentlessly avoided any imposition of the suppression of the present speech alluded to in the bill of rights, this administration has been most fervent in not disturbing the rights of the American People. The accessibility to freedom of speech and the press has found great opposition in this administration. The outbreaks and riots in baltimore that occurred shortly after the declaration in july of 1812 in baltimore affected how many citizens supported the war. The outcome was the consequence of the publications. My friend, henry lee, had suffered that is the consequence of that there. We were not about suppress the press on those matters. You had seen a reflection in the country and in the unit new england state. We have seen their expressions of discontent, even amongst those in the democratic republican party, who expressed reservations about the war. But let us talk to the war itself. For years comparing the