He was a leader of the peace faction of the Democratic party, with close ties to the Copperheads.
The Japanese military was steadfastly refusing to give up, so the peace faction seized upon the bombing as a new argument to force surrender.
Why, there would have been worldwide panic and probable insurrection by the peace factions!
Some mutinies might have happened, but the Emperor and the peace faction would have been dominant.
How strong is your peace faction, will you tell me?
"I think there's a war party that opposes the talks, and they're certainly not taking any orders from the peace faction."
(3) The manuscript indicates that there were several peace factions during the course of the war.
"That's how they get their money, and that source is probably well controlled by the peace factions."
I got word the kidnappers are skizzies in the peace faction.
He later became a leader of the peace faction and a statesman of the Sioux tribe.