Copperheads worshiping their idol [graphic]. [1864]

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Copperheads worshiping their idol [graphic]. [1864]

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A political cartoon demonizing George B. McClellan and his 1864 Presidential bid on the Democratic ticket. McClellan, wearing a crown and dressed in a king's robe, is mounted on a monument. At his feet is a tangle of copperhead snakes and skulls labeled "Yankee skulls." The platform that he stands on is held up by an African American slave in chains. "Capital shall own labor" is printed on the tablet directly beneath the slave. Holding up the monument and standing on either side are caricatures of Clement L. Vallandigham, Governor of Ohio and leader of the Copperheads, and Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York. They are surrounded by a cheering crowd of Irish Americans, dressed in rags, many of whom are praying before the monument of McClellan. To the right a priest carries a large cross. To the left a maimed Union soldier on crutches cries out, "Here, I must get out of this crowd, I've been badly taken in and done for. I voted for LIttle Mac in Sixty four & I've lost my leg for nothing." In front of the monument is a box addressed to Horatio Seymour from E. Donahue. The box is labeled "Soldiers Votes." (Edward Donohue, Jr. was arrested and convicted of attempting to defraud New York soldiers of their vote in the 1864 presidential election.).

1 print on paper : lithograph, b&w ; image with text 43 x 31 cm., sheet 51 x 32 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Vallandigham, Clement Laird, 1820-1871

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