The Democratic funeral of 1848,Sam Houston,Thomas Hart Benton,John Calhoun

Title: The Democratic funeral of 1848
Related Names:
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911.
Abel & Durang.
Date Created/Published: Philada. : Pubd. by Abel & Durang, 1848.
Summary: Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of Texas, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, (obscured unidentified man), and South Carolina's John Calhoun carry a litter bearing the bodies of Van Buren, as a fox, and Lewis Cass, as a gas balloon (an unflattering play on his last name). Cass expels clouds of gas from his mouth. Benton carries a slip of paper with the words, 'Last of the Family Reign.' Calhoun carries an iron collar or manacle labeled 'Slavery.' They are followed by a second group of pallbearers: Ohio Senator William Allen, former Van Buren advisor Amos Kendall, New Hampshire Democratic leader Levi Woodbury, and former general William Worth, who carry a stretcher bearing retiring President Polk (with cloven hoofs and a devil's tail). Kendall also carries a document labeled 'Latest Despatch' while Worth holds his 'Military Comi--- [Commission?],' possibly alluding to his role in the Scott-Pillow controversy. (See 'Self-Inflating Pillow,' no. 1848-2.) An empty 'Sub Treasury' box lies open next to Polk on the stretcher. The Independent or 'Sub Treasury' bill was a widely criticized measure passed by the Polk administration in August 1846. All of the mourners wear clerical robes. A tombstone for the newspaper 'Washington Union' is at left and a monument 'To the Memory of Democracy' at right.
Notes:
Probably drawn by E.F. Durang.
Pubd. by Peter E. Abel & Durang, Philada.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 90.
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 1848-48.
Subjects:
Allen, William.
Benton, Thomas Hart,--1782-1858.
Calhoun, John C.--(John Caldwell),--1782-1850.
Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866.
Houston, Sam,--1793-1863.
Kendall, Amos,--1789-1869.
Polk, James K.--(James Knox),--1795-1849.
Woodbury, Levi,--1789-1851.
Worth, William Jenkins,--1794-1849.
Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
Slavery--1840-1850.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661510/
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