Pilgrims of the Rhine-O!,Whig Party,Winfield Scott,Presidential Election,1852

Title: Pilgrims of the Rhine-O!
Related Names:
Childs, J. (John)
Date Created/Published: N. York : Published by John Childs, 1852.
Summary: Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his party pursue an abolitionist course leading toward Salt River and political doom. New York senator and antislavery advocate William Seward appears as a poodle which leads the blindfolded Scott and his entourage of three asses with the heads of prominent abolitionists David Wilmot, Joshua Reed Giddings, and Horace Greeley. They pass a signpost pointing toward Salt River (ahead) and Washington (in the opposite direction). Seward: 'Place the utmost confidence in me gentlemen asses . . . for when was I ever known to betray those with whom I was associated!' Scott: 'It seems to me that I scent a strange saltness in the air!' Wilmot carries a 'Free Soil' burden and is ridden by a black man. The slave exclaims, 'Whew Massa Scott! up here you can see de riber shining in de sun!' Ass Giddings bears a sack marked 'Abolition,' while behind him Greeley carries a load marked 'Higher Law.' Greeley complains, 'Here I am again upon my winding way. I would be glad to get off on my own hook, but this is my only chance for office, and I should like to get hold of another short term.' A man on a hill in the background points toward Washington, exclaiming, 'Ho there! Ho there! yonder lies your course! you're going astray! They are deaf as a post, or a set of obstinate jack asses!' (Under the man's feet the name 'Seward' was inscribed but later obliterated.)
Notes:
Published by John Childs, 64 Nassau St. N. York.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 108.
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 1852-32.
Subjects:
Giddings, Joshua R.--(Joshua Reed),--1795-1864.
Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872.
Seward, William Henry,--1801-1872.
Wilmot, David,--1814-1868.
Free Soil Party (U.S.)--1850-1860.
African Americans--1850-1860.
Abolition movement--1850-1860.
Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860.
Lithographs--1850-1860.
Political cartoons--1850-1860.
Bookmark /2008661561/
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