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Civil War, "Bloody Shirt," and Black Americans |
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“What a Pity!” |
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Cartoonist: Thomas Nast |
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Source: Harper's Weekly |
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Date:
November 13, 1880, p. 725
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Click to see a large version of this cartoon |
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
Appearing Wednesday, November 3, the day after the election, this cartoon
displays how General Winfield Hancock's record of Civil War heroism is
besmirched by the dirty hands of the Democratic party, which has nominated him
for president. Hancock's reputation is embodied as a statue. His likeness poses
tall, erect, and proud, but his head has been turned from the right direction by
the siren call of political expediency. These points are expressed by a dismayed
Columbia, standing on the steps of the White House. The Hancock statue is
surrounded by Democrats.
On the left side (left to right) are Southern Democrats: Cincinnati Commercial
editor Murat Halsted (?); Senator Wade Hampton of South Carolina; Senator L. Q.
C. Lamar of Mississippi; Louisville Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson;
former Confederate secretary of state Robert Toombs of Georgia; and former
Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
On the right side (left to right) are Northern Democrats: Congressman Fernando
Wood of New York; Tammany Hall boss John Kelly; John Forney of Philadelphia, the
author of Hancock's campaign biography; [Fitz-John Porter, police commissioner
of New York City]; former congressman Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts;
Congressman Samuel S. Cox of New York; and [unknown]. |
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Warning
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