The Ostend doctrine. Practical Democrats carrying out the principle,1856

Title: The Ostend doctrine. Practical Democrats carrying out the principle
Creator(s): N. Currier (Firm),
Related Names:
Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932 , artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : For Sale [by Nathaniel Currier] at no. 2 Spruce St., [1856]
Summary: The Ostend Manifesto, advocated by American minister to England James Buchanan, minister to Spain Pierre Soule, and John Y. Mason, minister to France, urged the purchase or (if necessary) seizure of Cuba from Spain. The manifesto was issued in October 1854. Here Buchanan is singled out for attack for his role in the controversy. He is surrounded by four unkempt toughs seeking to rob him of his coat, hat, watch, and money. I pozziz the power.&1' Second hoodlum, armed with a club and knife' Fourth hoodlum: 'I'll take your hat Old Buck! I hain't got none as I may catch a cold in my head 'its immediate acquisition' by me 'is of paramount importance.' Buchanan protests: 'Why! Why! this is rank robbery! Help! Help! all Honest men!'
Notes:
Title from item.
Weitenkampf attributes to Louis Maurer.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5021
Weitenkampf, p. 113
Century, p. 72
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1854-6.
Subjects:
Buchanan, James.
Cuba.
Irish-Americans.
Ostend Manifesto.
Lithographs--1850-1860.
Political cartoons--1850-1860.
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