▁Gazette , ▁repr int ed ▁Mad ison ' s ▁Federal ist ▁No . ▁ 4 6 , ▁in ▁which ▁Mad ison ▁made ▁the ▁argument ▁for ▁def ending ▁states ' ▁rights ▁against ▁a ▁national ▁government , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁government ▁trying ▁to ▁press ▁the ▁state ▁milit ia ▁into ▁national ▁service . ▁▁ ▁While ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁patri ot ism ▁offered ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁war , ▁outside ▁Federal ist ▁strong holds , ▁as ▁the ▁war ▁drag ged ▁on ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁suffered ▁frequent ▁revers als ▁on ▁land , ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁extended ▁beyond ▁Federal ist ▁leaders . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁pool ▁of ▁army ▁volunte ers ▁d ried . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁after ▁the ▁British ▁seized ▁Fort ▁Ni ag ara ▁and ▁s ack ed ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Lew ist on , ▁New ▁York , ▁General ▁George ▁Mc Cl ure ▁tried ▁to ▁call ▁up ▁the ▁local ▁milit ia ▁to ▁drive ▁them ▁back ▁but ▁found ▁that ▁most ▁would ▁not ▁respond , ▁tired ▁of ▁repeated ▁draft s ▁and ▁his ▁earlier ▁fail ures . ▁ ▁Even ▁those ▁who ▁did ▁appear , ▁Mc Cl ure ▁wrote , ▁were ▁more ▁interested ▁" in ▁taking ▁care ▁of ▁their ▁families ▁and ▁property ▁by ▁carrying ▁them ▁into ▁the ▁interior , ▁than ▁helping ▁us ▁to ▁fight ." ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁many ▁examples ▁of ▁other ▁milit ias ▁ref using ▁to ▁enter ▁Canada , ▁and ▁either ▁dis ob ey ing ▁or ▁simply ▁ref using ▁orders ▁to ▁move ▁into ▁Canadian ▁territory . ▁Political ▁opinions ▁even ▁inter fer ed ▁with