NY Tribune,NY Times,New York World,3rd-term,Grant,1874

Title: The Third-term Panic. 'An ass, having put on the lion's skin, turned about in the forest, and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met in his wanderings' - Shakespeare or Bacon / Th. Nast.
Related Names:
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 , artist
Date Created/Published: 1874.
Summary: Illustration shows a braying ass in a lion's coat and 'N.Y. Herald' collar frightening animals in the forest. A giraffe (N. Y. Tribune), a unicorn (N.Y. Times), and an owl (New York World) represent newspapers and an ostrich with it's head buried represents 'Temperence.' An elelphant, 'The Republican Party,' stands near broken planks (Inflation, Repudiation, Home Rule, and Re-construction) over a pit labeled 'Southern Claimes. Chaos. Rum.' A fox (Democratic Party) has it's forepaws on the plank 'Reform. (Tammany. K.K.)' The title refers to U.S. Grant's possible bid for a third presidential term which was criticized by N.Y. Herald owner and editor James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18 no. 932 (1874 Nov. 7), p. 912.
Subjects:
Presidential elections--United States--1870-1880.
Journalism--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880.
Animals--1870-1880.
Periodical illustrations--1870-1880.
Wood engravings--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2004682001/
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