[13] Eighteen states cast electoral votes at this election (1812). The electors were chosen by popular vote in eight states, and by vote of the legislature in ten states, including Louisiana (the former territory of Orleans), which was admitted into the Union April 8, 1812. The admission of Louisiana was bitterly opposed by the Federalists. For their reasons, read a speech by Josiah Quincy in Johnston's _American Orations_, Vol. I, pp. 180-204. [14] Perry's flagship was named the _Lawrence_, after the gallant commander of the _Chesapeake_, captured a short while before off Boston. As Lawrence, mortally wounded, was carried below, he said to his men, "Don't give up the ship." Perry put at the masthead of the _Lawrence_ a blue pennant bearing the words "Don't give up the ship," and fought two of the largest vessels of the enemy till every gun on his engaged side was disabled, and but twenty men out of a hundred and three were unhurt. Then entering a boat with his brother and four seamen, he was rowed to the _Niagara_, which he brought into the battle, and with it broke the enemy's line and won. [15] The story of the naval war is told in Maclay's _History of the Navy_, Part Third; and in Roosevelt's _Naval War of 1812_. [16] In this battle the great Indian leader Tecumthe was killed. [17] In New England the ruin of commerce made the war most unpopular, and it was because of this that the British did not at first blockade the New England coast. British goods came to Boston, Salem, and other ports in neutral ships, or in British ships disguised as neutral, and great quantities of them were carried in four-horse wagons to the South, whence raw cotton was brought back to New England to be shipped abroad. The Republicans made great fun of this "ox-and-horse-marine." [18] For a description of the scenes in Washington, read McMaster's _History of the People of the U. S._, Vol. IV, pp. 138-147; or Adams's _History of the U. S._, Vol. VIII, pp. 144-152; or _Memoirs of Dolly Madison_, Chap. 8. [19] Read Holmes's poem _Old Ironsides_. [20] This battle was fought on a clear moonlight night and was full of dramatic incidents. A storm had lashed the sea into fury and the waves were running mountain high. Wave after wave swept the deck of the _Wasp_ and drenched the sailors. The two sloops rolled till the muzzles of their guns dipped in the sea; but both crews cheered heartily and fought on till, as the _Wasp_ rubbed across the bow of the _Frolic_, her jib boom came in between the masts of the _Wasp_. A boarding party then leaped upon her bowsprit, and as they ran down the deck were amazed to see nobody save the man at the wheel and three wounded officers. As the British were not able to lower their flag, Lieutenant Biddle of the _Wasp_ hauled it down. Scarcely had this been done when the British frigate _Poictiers_ came in sight, and chased and overhauled the _Wasp_ and captured her.