Copperheads.
Something to do with wearing badges showing Indian headscut from coins.
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The Peace Democrats felt that the southern sates could be coaxed back into the Union by diplomatic means, or, failing that, that they should be allowed to secede peacefully.
Henry VII was given such a nickname in 1485.
Peace Democrats but there enemies called them copperheads
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Copperheads were Northerners who did not want to go to Civil War. Rather, they wanted peace and to try and find a compromise with the South.
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In the legislative environment that would be "the whip."
The official nickname for North Dakota is The Peace Garden State.
The Peace Democrats, later called the Copperheads. The leader was Clement L. Vallandigham.
The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the North, The name Copperheads was given to them by their opponents, the Republicans, because of the copper liberty-head coins they wore as badges
The Peace Democrats wanted to end the Civil War as well as the draft. They sympathized with the South.
Redeemers
The Republicans called the Peace Democrats "Copperheads" because they were comparing them to venomous snakes.
One nickname for Lucretia Mott was "The Prophet of Peace." This nickname was given due to her strong advocacy for pacifism and her belief in non-violent resistance as a means for social change.