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Lincoln and the Republicans |
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“The Last Rail Split by ‘Honest Old Abe’” |
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Cartoonist: Unknown |
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Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial |
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Date:
November 1, 1860, p. 6
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Click to see a large version of this cartoon |
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
In order to appeal to average voters, Republicans emphasized the poor, hardworking origin of their candidate through the myth of Abraham Lincoln as a rail-splitter. This cartoon in the Wide-Awake Pictorial plays on that image by joking that the last rail he split is the Democratic Party in 1860, which divided into Northern and Southern factions. |
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