The Votes of the Copperheads in the Congress of the United States
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The Coppeiheads votal that tbeie should be no draft of new troops to fill up the broken ranks of cur noble soldiers.in ihe field, iinlil the Pk si- dent has degraded the country by requesting "an armstice," and appoint- ing commissioners to negotiate peace with the bloody-handed rebels in arms against the Government, thereby acknc.wledgii'g the bogus confede- racy of Jeff. Davis. Soldiers in the field, the Copperhead candidate for Vice President, GEO. H. PENDLETON, thus voted your_ ranks should... n( t be filled, except upon conditions that would crimstn wi'h shame the cheek of every loyal man in the country. 1864, Jun* 20, on the final passage of the Enrollment Bill, Mr. Le Blond, of Ohio, otfered this proviso : Pvovided, That no levy of troops shall be made under the provisions of this act, except by volunteering, till euch time as the President of the United States shall have made a request for an arrastice ; and s-hall have made such efforts as are consistent with honor to tesioie haimony among tie Smtes, by the appointment cf commissioners empowered to negotiate for peace upon the terms of a restoration of the Union under the Consti- tution, and until such offer shall have been rejected by the so-called Con- federate Government.
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