Bagging the game,Whig Party,Presidential Election,Zachary Taylor,Pigeons,1848

Title: Bagging the game
Related Names:
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911.
Abel & Durang.
Date Created/Published: Philada. : Pubd. by Able [i.e., Peter E. Abel] & Durang, 1848.
Summary: The artist predicts a decisive Whig victory in the presidential election of 1848, with Whig candidate Zachary Taylor 'bagging' all of the states in an electoral sweep. (Taylor actually carried only fifteen of the thirty states.) A kneeling Taylor (left) gathers fallen pigeons, each bearing a state's name, into a bag. Holding up the New York bird he muses, 'My purpose would be suited without this fellow, however I'll take him: the more the merrier for the 4th of March next.' Taylor's strength in New York was considered questionable before the election. Standing to the right is Lewis Cass with a musket at his side. Looking over at Taylor, he marvels, 'What an all devouring appetite the fellow has: I expect he'll bag me in the bargain!' In the background Martin Van Buren is caught by the seat of his trousers on the nails of a fence. Holding a rooster labeled 'Proviso' he cries, 'Cass, come and help an old crony won't you!' Peering over from behind the fence is Pennsylvania congressman David Wilmot, author of the Wilmot Proviso, who threatens Van Buren with a switch, 'I'll teach you to come ta robbing my barn!' Van Buren and the Barnburner Democrats adopted the proviso, which barred slavery in American territory gained in the Mexican War, as the main plank in their 1848 campaign platform.
Notes:
Probably drawn by E.F. Durang.
Pubd. by Able [i.e., Peter E. Abel] & Durang. Philada.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 97.
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 1848-46.
Subjects:
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866.
Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850.
Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862.
Wilmot, David,--1814-1868.
Wilmot proviso--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 /2008661508/
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