By this time, Burritt had emerged at the head of a group of radical pacifists within the American Peace Society, and took on George Cone Beckwith, who supported a gradualist attitude on multiple fronts. There was a confrontation in 1845. Burritt was given the chance to take over as editor of "The Advocate of Peace", the organ of the American Peace Society, but Beckwith employed delaying tactics. When Burritt came into post at the beginning of 1846, he renamed the publication as "The Advocate of Peace and Universal Brotherhood". But when Beckwith had mustered enough support, in May, the decision was reversed. The infighting cost the Society its President, Samuel Elliott Coues, who resigned.