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| "Compromise-Indeed!" |
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Cartoonist: Thomas Nast |
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Source: Harper's Weekly |
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Date:
January 27, 1877, p. 64
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
This cartoon registers the dissatisfaction that many Republicans, including
candidate Rutherford Hayes, felt about the Electoral Commission Act:
"Compromise-Indeed!" reads the caption. Democrats, on the other hand,
widely supported the law which created a multi-institutional committee to settle
the election dispute. Dominating this picture is the image of the cocked pistol
and bullwhip, their meaning reinforced by menacing quotes-"Tilden or
Blood"-printed on a profusion of papers. To Nast, at this point, the
commission was merely an institutionalized way to allow Democratic coercion to
prevail. |
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