Going to Texas after election of 1844,Presidential Election,Political Cartoon

Title: Going to Texas after the election of 1844
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Lithd. & pubd. by James Baillie, 1844.
Summary: A comic scene anticipating a Whig victory in the upcoming presidential election. The date is 1845, after an election supposedly decided on the Texas question, the tariff issue, and Democratic identification with Jacksonian policies. The artist ridicules Democrat James K. Polk's advocacy of the annexation of Texas as misguided aggression. In addition, the title's use of the phrase 'Going to Texas,' contemporary code for embezzling, may be a swipe at the political spoils system associated with the Democrats since the Jackson administration. Incumbent President John Tyler also comes under attack for corruption. The scene is outside the White House. On a 'Loco Foco' donkey Polk and running-mate Dallas, heavily armed and equipped with military packs, are about to depart for Texas. Dallas holds a flag with skull-and-crossbones and the motto 'Free Trade,' a symbol of antiprotectionism. Around the donkey's neck is a feed barrel full of 'Poke berries.' Before the donkey stands Andrew Jackson, offering his trademark hat and clay pipe, and crooning: I give thee all, I can no more, / Though poor the offering be, / My hat and Pipe are all the store, / That I can bring to thee! / A hat whose worn out nap reveals / A friendly tale full well, / And better far a heart that feels, / More than Hat and Pipe can tell! At this the donkey brays, 'Eehaw!' and Polk bids Jackson, 'Goodbye General! It is all day with us. I am a gone Sucker!' Dallas exclaims, 'D--n Clay!' Behind the donkey stands John Tyler, with lowered head, reflecting, 'It is very odd, that after all my treachery, and the unscrupulous efforts of office holders and political dependents, this is my reward! If I had not laid by enough for a rainy day, I should slope for Texas too!' On the ground nearby lies a sign reading: For Sale A lot of hickory Poles will be sold cheap to close the concern. enquire of Polk & Dallas.' From the steps of the White House Henry Clay waves and calls out, 'A pleasant journey to you Gentlemen! may your shadows never be less!' Below the title is a narrative, purportedly excerpted from the Tyler administration organ the 'Madisonian' of April 1845: All wept particularly when the old chieftain approached and holding his hat and pipe in one hand and the other placed on his heart, with tremulous accent interrupted occasionally with a cough, sang the above lines, an impromptu composed by himself to the well known tune of my heart and Lute, even the sagacious Tyler was subdued and sank into a fit of melancholy abstraction; the Donkey brayed encore.
Notes:
Entered . . . 1844 by J. Baillie.
Lithd. & pubd. by James Baillie 118 Nassau St. N.Y.
Signed with initials: E.W.C. (Edward Williams Clay).
The print probably appeared late in the campaign, as the Library's impression was deposited for copyright on October 22, 1844.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 83.
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 1844-47.
Subjects:
Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.
Dallas, George Mifflin,--1792-1864.
Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845.
Polk, James K.--(James Knox),--1795-1849.
Tyler, John,--1790-1862.
Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.)--1840-1850.
White House (Washington, D.C.)--1840-1850.
Madisonian (Washington, D.C. : Weekly)--1840-1850.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661448/
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