When Virginia asked for commissioner to come to Washington, Michigan said concessions and compromise are not to be entertained or offered to traitors

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"When the Virginia General Assembly extended an invitation to all states to send delegate to a convention at Washington on February 4 to attempt to work out a peaceful solution to the problems that were dividing the nation." (Michigan and the Civil War Years 1860-1866 A Wartime Chronicle, by George S. May), the matter was sent to the Michigan legislature. The legislature said no and passed a joint resolution that stated: "That Michigan adheres to the government, as ordained by the Constitution, and for sustaining it intact hereby pledges and tenders to the general government all its military power and material resources." The resolution declared that "concessions and compromise are not to be entertained or offered to traitors"
 
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