A Traitor's Peace

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GLC#
GLC02389
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
30 October 1863
Title
A Traitor's Peace
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 47.6 cm, Width: 30.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Broadside signed "A Democratic Workingman." Expresses anger at politicians calling for peace and "the Union as it was." Criticizes Southern peace terms from the "Richmond Enquirer" : including recognition of the Confederacy, withdraw of Union forces from Maryland and a free vote to decide where it wants to go, the federal government giving the Confederate government their portion of the navy that existed at the time of secession, and the withdrawal of federal forces from all Confederate territory including Kentucky and Missouri. In response "A Democratic Workingman" says "Vote for the party that stands by the government, and vote for the men who stand by us, and by our brave brothers in the field, and let the ballot-box tell the story of your patriotism, and your resolve not to be the 'white slaves' of traitors or their friends."

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