However, among the States several resisted and opposed war, favoring commerce with Europe over the sheer belligerent supremacy exhibited by the British Navy. Mainly Antiwar Federalists (New Englanders) were opposed to the war and its ambiguous outcome. They state, There is seen a headlong rushing into difficulties, with little calculation about the means, and little concern about the consequences.” To the Federalist, the war was a reckless means to defend American honor, and saw no need in sending troops to put an end to impressments when the detained may never be freed. They sought to take control from the Republican majority by reducing the South’s power and abolishing the Constitutions three-fifths clause, limiting the presidency’s terms