Bivouack in Safety,Florida Troops,Surprise,1840,William Henry Harrison,Cuba

Title: A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise
Related Names:
Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820.
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. ; Washington, D.C. : Lith. & pub by H.R. Robinson, 1840.
Summary: Another parody of Van Buren administration efforts to end the long and costly Second Seminole War in Florida. The War Department was regularly subjected to public and congressional attacks for cruelty, waste, and incompetence in its prosecution of the war. It drew especially heavy fire for the introduction of Cuban bloodhounds to hunt the Seminoles in early 1840. (See 'The Secretary of War,' no. 1840-5). Several dandified soldiers lounge in a commodious tent as a corps of uniformed bloodhounds stand guard outside. Their standard says 'Puppy Guard Sentinel.' The soldiers are surrounded by luxury items like 'Windsor Soap (soft),' cigars, and 'eau de cologne,' and one is fanned by an Indian squaw. One soldier remarks, brushing his long hair, 'I say Major, as we are in no danger of losing our scalps, we may as well put our Soap locks on the Peace Establishment.' Another, playing chess, says, 'Since our new Allies from Cuba have joined us, we can have a quiet game of Chess without any fear of a check from our red friends in the Swamp.' An older, pipe-smoking soldier laments, 'Ah! the Army is not what it was! Where's the Hero of Tippecanoe.' (He refers to Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison.)
Notes:
Lith. & pub. by H.R. Robinson 52 Cortlandt St. N.Y. & Pennsa Ave Washington D.C.
Signed with monogram: HD (Henry Dacre?).
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Fowble, no. 338.
Murrell, p. 144.
Weitenkampf, p. 59.
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 1840-6.
Subjects:
Harrison, William Henry,--1773-1841.
United States.--Army--1840.
United States.--War Dept.--1840.
Bloodhounds--Florida--1840.
Military art & science--1840.
United States--History--War of 1812.
Cuba--1840.
Lithographs--1840.
Political cartoons--1840.
Bookmark /2008661353/
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