This postdated Budget of Fun cartoon uses the biblical analogy of Belshazzar’s Feast as a prediction that Republican Abraham Lincoln will win the presidential election. In the Book of Daniel, King Belshazzar hosts a sumptuous dinner for his rich and royal associates, at which a hand appears out of nowhere writing strange words on the wall. The prophet Daniel is called in to interpret the words, which were a promise of divine judgment on Belshazzar. The king died that evening.