An old hunker fishing for votes,Presidential Elections,Lewis Cass,O'Conor,1848

Title: An old hunker fishing for votes
Related Names:
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Lith: & pubd. by H.R. Robinson, 1848.
Summary: Facing a relative lack of enthusiasm for his campaign in New York State, Lewis Cass hoped to muster Democratic rank-and-file support by endorsing for lieutenant-governor the popular lawyer Charles O'Conor. Here the 'Old Hunker' (i.e., conservative Democrat) Cass fishes from a rock at right, dangling a line with O'Conor on its hook above a group of Irish immigrant laborers. O'Conor says, 'Come my Countrymen' as he is hailed enthusiastically by the workers, exclaim, 'Hurra for Charley O'Connor,' 'We'll have him President yet,' and 'Isn't he a darling.' A man at the far left says, 'Send down the Jewell.' Their tools--spades, wheelbarrow, pickaxes and such--are strewn about. At left is a wall plastered with posters advertising a 'Mass Meeting Cass & Butler' and 'One More Rally for Ireland.' Cass remarks, 'Upon my honor, I had no idea that a Lawyer was such excellent bait for the real Dimicrats!'
Notes:
Lith: & pubd. by H.R. Robinson 31 Park Row N.Y. (adjoining Lovejoy's Hotel).
Probably drawn by 'W.J.C.'
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 90-91.
Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1848-34.
Subjects:
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866.
O'Conor, Charles,--1804-1884.
Employment--1840-1850.
Politics & government--1840-1850.
Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
New York (State)--1840-1850.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661496/
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