In
the summer of 1864 a growing number of politicians in the north began
to criticize Abraham Lincoln for not
negotiating a peace deal with Jefferson Davis.
Even former supporters such as Horace Greeley,
editor of the New
York Tribune, accused him of prolonging
the war to satisfy his personal ambition. Others on the right, such
as Clement Vallandigham, claimed
that Lincoln was waging a "wicked war in order to free the slaves".
Fernando Wood, the mayor of New
York, began advocating the city should secede from the Union.
Vallandigham and Wood joined forces to form the Peace Democrats (Copperheads).
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