Excerpt from The Life of John Marshall, Vol. 4: The Building of the Nation, 1815-1835

When the Leopard attacked the Chesapeake, 2 Jefferson issued his proclamation reciting the enor mity as he called it, and ordering all British armed vessels from American waters.3 The spirit of Amer ica was at last aroused.4 Demands for war rang throughout the land.5 But they did not come from the lips of Federalists, who, with a few exceptions, protested loudly against any kind of retaliation.

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