In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
Well, it's described concisely in the book _Don't Know Much About History_. The
congresscritters of that day used that argument to rouse public
enthusiasm for the
war. I would provide a quote, but my copy has grow legs.

I can't remember the book, but what I read said that the coastal states
wanted to go to war to stop the Royal Navy from boarding US ships at sea
to "impress" (aka "Shanghai") US citizens into Royal Navy service, but in
order to get states like Tennessee and Kentucky to vote for the war, they
promised them the chance to invade and loot Canada.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
....life suddenly made much more sense, the day I fully grokked that people
are stupid.
-- Frank Sweetser