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“The Return of the Prodigal”

Topic:
Ben Butler Re-Turns

Source:
Harper's Weekly

Cartoonist:
Unknown

Date:
September 25, 1880, p. 623

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Using the New Testament parable of the prodigal son who returns to his forgiving father, the cartoonist pokes fun at Benjamin Butler's embrace of Hancock and the Democratic party after being kicked out of several other political parties. (See the explanation of the previous cartoon, "The Widow's Wants.")

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