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“The Democratic Axe-Grinder”
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In this A. B. Frost cover-illustration for Harper's Weekly, the Democratic
campaign slogan-"A Change is Necessary"-translates to dissatisfaction
and complaint (axe-grinding) with the peace and prosperity brought by Republican
rule. Democratic presidential nominee Winfield Hancock sharpens his axe on a
whetstone cranked by the irascible Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal. In the latter's pocket is a paper referring to his threat
during the 1876 electoral college controversy that 100,000 men would march on
Washington if Democrat Samuel Tilden were not declared president. Tilden himself
lubricates the wheel with coins from his barrel of tainted money. Behind the
trio stands a restless mob of anxious Democrats holding signs that clamor for
political patronage and federal money to pay Confederate debts. Their ready axes
communicate the wholesale damage they would do to the American federal
government, and indicate the violent nature of the Democratic party. |
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