Evenhanded Justice,Breaking up Star Chamber,1840,Glentworth Affair,Vote Fraud

Title: Evenhanded justice of the breaking up of the star chamber
Related Names:
Spoodlyks.
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. ; Washington, D.C. : Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 1840.
Summary: Another in the series of 'Spoodlyks's' satires on the Glentworth affair. (See also nos. 1840-60, -61, and -63). Here the artist portrays Glentworth's attempt to remove evidence in the vote fraud inquiry from the recorder's office, and the ensuing scuffle involving the sheriff, the mayor, and the recorder. In the cartoon the recorder's office has erupted in a brawl. Glentworth (center) stands clutching the package of evidence to his chest. City recorder Robert H. Morris (left) and sheriff Jacob Acker, with a writ of replevin in his pocket, try to wrest the package from Glentworth. Sheriff: 'By virtue of this writ I claim the package.' Morris: 'No you dont Mr. Sherriff.' Glentworth: 'This is my property and I'll Keep it at the risk of my life.' On the left Mayor Isaac Varian struggles with another man. Varian says, 'The package is gone Officers shut the door.' A third man comments, 'I like that. Shut the door When the horse is stolen.' Others lament 'O.K. orful Konspiracy.' and 'O.K. orful Katastrophe.' and 'O.K. help the journal of Kommerce.' The term 'O. K.,' standing for Van Buren's nickname Old Kinderhook, was a watchword of Loco Foco Democrats during the election campaign of 1840.
Notes:
Drawn by 'Spoodlyks'.
Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N.Y. & Pennsa. Avenue Washington D.C.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 171.
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 1840-62.
Subjects:
Acker, Jacob.
Glentworth, James B.
Morris, Robert Hunter,--1802-1855.
Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.)--1840.
Political elections--1840.
Politics & government--1840.
New York (N.Y.)--1840.
New York (State)--1840.
Newspapers: Journal of Commerce.
Lithographs--1840.
Political cartoons--1840.
Bookmark /2008661397/
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