06062ckm a2200865 a 4500 000069909 20230913195651.0 kj bo 990607s1868 nyunnn kneng d (CPomAG)AFR-105AF0000000R1 1 3 ppl PPL dcrmg The great November contest. Patriotism vs bummerism. [graphic]. New York : Bromley & Co., 1868. 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 48 x 61 cm (18.75 x 24 in.) Title from item. Date from copyright statement: Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1868 by Bromley & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the southern District of New York. Weitenkampf, p.157 Reilly, 1868-15 Racist cartoon depicting the 1868 Presidential Election as a carriage race between the "patriotic" Democrats and the "bum" Republicans who support Reconstruction. Depicts the elegant Democratic carriage with the banner "This is a White Man's Government" pulled by the horses with the heads of Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair racing passed the stalled Republican wagon steered by the asses with the heads of nominees Ulysses Grant and Schuyler Colfax. In the Democrats' carriage are four allegorical figures: Liberty, depicted as a white woman holding the Constitution and a banner which reads "Our Glorious Union Distinct, like the Billows, One, Like the Sea' This is a White Man's Government!"; Navigation, depicted as a white woman holding a miniature ship; Agriculture, depicted as a white woman holding sheaves of wheat and a scythe; and Labor, represented by a bearded white man with a hammer and flywheel. The Republican wagon passengers include radical Thaddeus Stevens, the grim reaper, and an African American man and woman couple, portrayed in racist caricature and speaking in the vernacular. Massachusetts Republican representative Benjamin F. Butler tries to push the stalled wagon passed the bones of those who paid "The Price of Nigger Freedom" and the rocks of "Ruined Commerce," "Debt," and "Negro Supremacy." In the background, a cheering crowd brandishing American flags near the U.S. Capitol await the winning Seymour and Blair while on the building's other side a group of African American men dance. In the left foreground, Henry Ward Beecher and Horace Greeley play a shellgame looking for Grant and an African American man and woman, attired in torn and worn clothes, discuss another man returning to his former enslaver. In the right foreground, an African American man sits behind a table labeled, "Pompey Smash, Salt River Line Ticket Agent" and sells tickets to "Salt River" (i.e., political disaster) to a white man with a bag labeled, "J.G.B. Boston Carpet Bagger." Behind them, two African American men and a drunken white man holding a bottle talk about the Republican wagon. Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush. RVCDC Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014. Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 Caricatures and cartoons. Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Caricatures and cartoons. Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Caricatures and cartoons. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Caricatures and cartoons. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Caricatures and cartoons. Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886 Caricatures and cartoons. Democratic Party (U.S.) 5194 Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 8213 African American men Caricatures and cartoons. African American women Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans Caricatures and cartoons. Allegories. lctgm 67371 Animals Symbolic aspects. Horses United States. lctgm Liberty. lctgm 75232 Presidents United States Election 1868. Race relations United States. lctgm Racing United States. lctgm Racism in popular culture. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 79027 Women United States. lctgm 82700 Lithographs 1860-1870. gmgpc Political cartoons 1860-1870. gmgpc Women. 82663 SP3 African American History Printer Bromley & Co., publisher. Imprint N.Y. New York. 1868. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT *Political Cartoons - 1868-15 [5760.F.125] 5760.F.125 5760-f-125.jpg Pr *Political Cartoons - 1868-15 [5760.F.125] Pr 5760.F.125 LCPD *Political Cartoons - 1868-15 [5760.F.125] (CPomAG)00070548 66974 66974 000069909 CONV 00 20051208 1944 000069909 BATCH-UPD 00 20051210 0607 000069909 20060120 1727 000069909 20060201 1531 000069909 JENNY 40 20061220 1452 000069909 JENNY 40 20061220 1453 000069909 MASTER 40 20070417 0956 000069909 20071018 1946 000069909 CONCETTA 40 20140310 1539 000069909 LINDA 40 20211014 1053 000069909 LINDA 40 20211014 1029 000069909 LINDA 40 20211028 0835 ppl N.Y. New York. 1868. Imprint Bromley & Co., publisher.