| | Visual Materials | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | The Two roads to peace!: How shall we end the rebellion--shall we coax it, or crush it? Every American citizen wants the Rebellion ended and peace restored. Two plans have been proposed for doing it: one, by a convention which met at Baltimore June 7; the other, by the convention which met at Chicago, August 30. Read and compare the two
| | | | Creator: | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | | | | | Democratic Party (U.S.) | | | | | National Union Executive Committee (U.S.) | | | | | National Union Executive Committee (U.S.) | | | | Publication: | | | | | Notes: | Campaign circular published by the Republican Party's national committee, listing resolutions of "The Chicago platform" and "The Baltimore platform," followed by seven numbered "points of contrast." "Fellow-citizens! These are plain and practical issues: study them well ... If we surrender to the Rebellion, the Union is gone forever. If we fight the rebels a little longer, it is safe forever. If we give them to understand, in November next, that the only road to peace lies through the victory of the national arms, the contest is over! The election of Lincoln and Johnson is the death-knell of the Rebellion!!" Printed area measures 27.2 x 19.7 cm. | | | | Call #: | O.4 | | | | Extent: | 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 31 x 24 cm | | | | Subjects: | Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Platforms | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Platforms | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | American Civil War (1861-1865) | Political parties -- United States -- Platforms | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864 | Elections -- United States | Elections | Peace | Political parties | Politics and government | Presidents Election | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace | United States | History | Political platforms | Campaign literature 1864 Republican | Broadsides
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