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“Our Portrait Gallery—No. 10: Douglas in search of his Mother…” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 10”

Topic:
Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source:
The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Cartoonist:
Unknown
Date:
August 25, 1860, p. 1
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This cartoon and poem in The Chicago Rail Splitter (Chicago) poke fun at Northern Democratic presidential nominee Stephen Douglas for using a visit to his mother as a pretext for a campaign tour of the Northeast. There was a longstanding tradition against presidential candidates stumping for office. Douglas’s 1860 electioneering in the Northeast and later in the South were the first issues-oriented speaking tours by a presidential nominee.

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