Title |
To a Secessionist. |
Publisher |
[New York] : Strong, N.Y. |
Date |
[1861-1865?] |
Description |
The thin secessionist wears a large hat and has two pistols and a large knife stuck in his belt. He has an arrow with a skull
and crossbones label in his forehead. The text suggests that the Civil War appears to be ending or has recently ended.
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Notes |
Text: With sallow visage, gaunt and grim, / And legs-- like TREASON'S chances-- slim, / You wander round as might a ghost
/ From the foul region of the lost! / Or SATAN'S self, whose pride God quelled, / When he, like you, 'gainst RIGHT rebelled!
/ You mourn perchance, the tale of dread / Whose opening scene was Hilton Head, / And groan, that on Secessia's shore / The
stars of Freedom blaze once more. / Think you a Northern girl would mate / With such a godless reprobate!
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Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Comic valentines. |
Subject |
American wit and humor. |
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Secession -- Southern States -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.536.jpg |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 11.35 |