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English: The Language of Money |
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“Another Kind of ‘Silent' (Democratic) Majority” |
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Cartoonist: Thomas Nast |
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Source: Harper's Weekly |
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Date:
October 9, 1880, pp. 648-649
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Click to see a large version of this cartoon |
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
This double-page cartoon by Thomas Nast mimics an earlier Nast cartoon,
"The 'Silent' (Democratic) Majority" of August 28, which
both praises Democratic presidential nominee General Winfield Hancock's military
heroism at Gettysburg and condemns his political association with the Democratic
party. Here, the focus is English's reputation as a rich banker whose ruthless
foreclosure policies led to the impoverishment and early deaths of his
struggling former patrons. English looks down at the sign for the cemetery where
his victims lie. In the left-background, a family watches as their home and few
worldly belongings are auctioned to the highest bidder, while vultures circle
overhead. |
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Warning
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