...work. They adopted a party platform that included a resolution calling the war a failure and asking for “a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States.” This so-called peace plank was Vallandigham's chief contribution to the proceedings...

...Johnson and the Union party that "liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts Ije made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at, the earliest practicable moment, peace may...

...Vallandigham: "After four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . [we] demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation...hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may...

...Vallandigham: "After four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war. . . [we] demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation...hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may...

...resolution which stated, " 'After four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war . . . humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that...immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities . . .' " Thus, notwithstanding General McClellan's expressed commitment to continue the war, the Democrats...

...four years of failure to restore the Union by the Experiment of War, Justice, Humanity, Liberty and Public Welfare demand that immediate Efforts be made for a Cessation of Hostilities." Phila., [1864]. Fol. Mounted on linen, edges slightly scorched. Burton, A., Jan. 12, '16. (156) $.?.oo....

...the Federal armies in 1862, who had received the Democratic nomination on a platform declaring that "justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare...immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities." Violence and allegations of corrupt politics marred the campaign. Johnson pleased some by denouncing...

...autumn of 1864, rendered cerw»r, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution...hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceful means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be...

...politically, nominated McClellan for president on a platform that declared the war a failure and called for "a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be...

...that "after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which . . . the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every...that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities."87 Other planks denounced Lincoln's interference with the political process in the border...