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The surprising result of the Cincinnati
Convention-the presidential nomination of Horace Greeley-is interpreted by
Thomas Nast in this Harper's Weekly cover as an insult to the nation. A
snickering Senator Carl Schurz presents to an offended Columbia the scepter of
power, which is actually a jester's stick with Greeley's head where the orb
should be. Other symbols of national authority are the Capitol Building in the
right-background and the fasces (ax in a bundle of rods) on the fence
surrounding the Capitol. (Fasces were carried by Ancient Roman magistrates to
signify their power.) The epithet "adding insult to injury" derives
from a first century (CE) Greek fable by Phaedrus. A fly bites the pate of a
bald man, who forcefully slaps his own head in retaliation. The fly responds:
"You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death; what will you
do to yourself, who have added insult to injury?" |
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