The Chicago Copperhead Convention : the treasonable and revolutionary utterances of the men who composed it. Extracts from all the notable speeches delivered in and out of the National "Democratic" Convention

Abstract/Description:: "A surrender to the rebels advocated--a disgraceful and pusillanimous peace demanded--the federal government shamefully vilified, and not a word said against the crime of treason and rebellion. "FAU Libraries' copy copy with untrimmed edges and unopened pages. Summary: Extracts from speeches at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 29-30, 1864, designed to put the speakers and the Copperhead theme of an "honorable peace" in a bad light. The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling antiwar Democrats "copperheads", likening them to the poisonous snake. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored the Union and strongly opposed the war, for which they blamed the abolitionists, and they demanded immediate peace and resisted draft laws. They wanted President Lincoln and the Republicans ousted from power, seeing the president as a tyrant who was destroying American republican values with his despotic and arbitrary actions.

Title:	The Chicago Copperhead Convention : the treasonable and revolutionary utterances of the men who composed it. Extracts from all the notable speeches delivered in and out of the National "Democratic" Convention.	39 views
Name(s):	Republican Congressional Committee 1863-1865 Democratic National Convention (1864 : Chicago, Ill.)
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Speech
Date Created:	1864
Publisher:	The Congressional Union Committee
Place of Publication:	Washington, DC
Physical Form:	online resource
Extent:	16 pages ; 25 cm
Language(s):	English
Abstract/Description:	"A surrender to the rebels advocated--a disgraceful and pusillanimous peace demanded--the federal government shamefully vilified, and not a word said against the crime of treason and rebellion. "FAU Libraries' copy copy with untrimmed edges and unopened pages. Summary: Extracts from speeches at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 29-30, 1864, designed to put the speakers and the Copperhead theme of an "honorable peace" in a bad light. The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling antiwar Democrats "copperheads", likening them to the poisonous snake. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored the Union and strongly opposed the war, for which they blamed the abolitionists, and they demanded immediate peace and resisted draft laws. They wanted President Lincoln and the Republicans ousted from power, seeing the president as a tyrant who was destroying American republican values with his despotic and arbitrary actions.
Identifier:	fauwsb21f28 (IID)
Physical Location:	Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B21F28
Collection:	Florida Atlantic Digital Library Collections
Subject(s):	Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century Copperhead movement Democratic National Convention -- (1864 : -- Chicago, Ill.) Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Platforms Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864 Slavery -- United States Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f28
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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