Complaints made by commentators at anti-war convention in NY:
1. Loss of life “And how many of those precious lives of those who went forth, as they supposed, in defence of their country --whose bones now whiten many a battlefield—have been sacrificed on the altar of ambition and imbelicility?”
2. War dragging on with no end in sight. “We have been beaten. We cannot conquer the South. A glance at all history would have told this before.”
3. Money is squandered in questionable army contracts to political favorites
4. “. . .arbitrary arrests, not by any lawful authority, but by the monstrous and frightful usurpations of the President . . .”
5. “The war is the curse of the age in which we live. Without it we would have retained all the liberties now lost.”
6. “The great body of people are tired of the war and demand peace . . .”
7. Lincoln condemned as a leader, and his top general, Burnside. A retired top general, McClellan, supports the peace movement.
8. The war us unlawful and immoral.
9. Calls by some in audience for Lincoln to be hung.
10. War is a pretext for criminal acts.
11. Creating a great debt we cannot afford.
12. Military powers overriding courts and constitution.
13. Lincoln characterized as a dishonest villain.
14. “Mr. Lincoln had broken every pledge of the Constitution and his oath of office, and was, consequently, a perjured criminal.
2007-02-27
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