▁Baltimore , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁a ▁bo om town ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁population ▁of ▁recent ▁French , ▁Irish , ▁and ▁German ▁imm igr ants ▁who ▁especially ▁h ated ▁Britain . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁several ▁ri ots ▁took ▁place , ▁cent ering ▁on ▁the ▁anti - war ▁Federal ist ▁newspaper ▁the ▁Federal ▁Republican . ▁ ▁Its ▁offices ▁were ▁destroyed ▁by ▁a ▁mob . ▁ ▁Local ▁and ▁city ▁officials , ▁all ▁war ▁ha w ks , ▁expressed ▁disapp ro val ▁of ▁the ▁violence ▁but ▁did ▁little ▁to ▁stop ▁it . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁Federal ▁Republican ▁tried ▁to ▁return , ▁they ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁protect ive ▁cust ody ▁in ▁j ail ▁by ▁a ▁mob , ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 7 , ▁and ▁tort ured ; ▁one ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁veter an , ▁James ▁L ing an , ▁died ▁of ▁his ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁O pp on ents ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁then ▁largely ▁ceased ▁to ▁open ly ▁express ▁their ▁opposition ▁in ▁Baltimore . However , ▁Federal ists ▁did ▁take ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁incident ▁to ▁public ize ▁L ing an ' s ▁fun eral ▁in ▁stories ▁that ▁were ▁widely ▁printed ▁about ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Baltimore ▁ri ots ▁were ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁violent ▁back l ash ▁during ▁the ▁war , ▁whose ▁popular ity ▁dropped ▁through ▁ 1 8 1 3 ▁and ▁ 1 8 1 4 . ▁ ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁when ▁the ▁Hart ford ▁Convention ' s ▁proceed ings