Original sentence: Forced at length to defend their own homes and firesides, Massachusetts and Connecticut now felt the reppercussions of their opposition to Madison's position on relations with England.In Connecticut, whose legislature denounced Monroe's conscription plan as barbarous and unconstitutional, a delegation of seven was made up — Chauncey Goodrich and James Hillhouse, at the head.Twelve delegates were appointed by the Massachusetts Legislature, chief of whom were Cabot and Otis
Edited sentence: Constitutional amendments were here proposed which, not utterly objectionable under other circumstances, must have been deemed at this time an insult to those officially responsible for the national safety, and only admissible as a humiliation of the majority.Forced at length to defend their own homes and firesides, Massachusetts and Connecticut now felt the reppercussions of their opposition to Madisons belligerant behavior.In Connecticut, whose legislature denounced Monroe's conscription plan as barbarous and unconstitutional, a congenial delegation of seven was made up — Chauncey Goodrich and James Hillhouse, men of national renown, at the head.Many citizens discovered, in the report and resolutions, a menace to the Union in its hour of tribulation, a demand for the purse and sword, to which only a craven Congress could have yielded, and a threat of local armies which, with the avowed purpose of mutual aid, might in some not remote contingency be turned against foes American not less than British.Report and resolutions doubtlessly disappointed both citizens who had wished for a new declaration of independence and citizens who had feared it.Twelve delegates were appointed by the Massachusetts Legislature, men of worth and respectability, chief of whom were Cabot and Otis