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 Peace Democrats and Copperheads

 


 "The Copperhead Plan for Subjugating the South"
  Cartoonist:  Frank Bellew
  Source:  Harper's Weekly
  Date:   October 22, 1864, p. 688

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Caption: War and Argument - Cold Steel and Cool Reason - having failed to restore the Union, it is supposed that the South may be bored into coming back.

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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
This cartoon by Frank Bellew ridicules the Peace Democratic (i.e., Copperhead) proposal that a truce and negotiated settlement would return the Confederacy to the Union. Standing on the far-left are (l-r): Fernando Wood (in front of the Democratic Donkey), Democratic presidential nominee George McClellan, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee George Pendleton.
 

 

 

 
 

 

     
 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     
 

 

 

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