 Proclaiming his dissatisfaction with Macon's Bill Number 1, he maintained that all embargoes and sanctions would fail as long as "the British have a Canada or a Nova Scotia on the continent of America", although he acknowledged the high cost in both money and lives that annexation of Canada would entail.On June 4, 1812, he voted in favor of a declaration of war on Great Britain, officially beginning the War of 1812.Desha returned to Kentucky after the congressional session.