Whig harmony,Henry Clay,Horace Greeley,Zachary Taylor,Wilmot Proviso,Salt River

Title: Whig harmony
Related Names:
Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855.
Bucholzer, H.
Date Created/Published: New York : Published by James Baillie, 1848.
Summary: A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party's convention in June 1848. Here Horace Greeley, one of Clay's most influential northern supporters, tries to drive the party wagon downhill toward 'Salt River' (a contemporary idiom for political doom). At the same time, a Brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam figure steers in the opposite direction, toward the White House. Greeley whips his horse, a scrawny nag with the head of Henry Clay, with a switch or small branch; the uphill-bound horse has Taylor's head, and its driver wields a carriage whip. The cart is laden with papers marked 'Tariff,' 'Bank,' and 'Internal Improvements,' traditional catchwords of Whig politics. Greeley: 'It's of no use to talk to me, for Mr. Clay says he would rather be right than to be President, and that is the policy I am adopting now.' Brother Jonathan: 'Do slack up a little there, Horace, till we get over a chock that some one has put before the wheel.' The 'chock' that the cart has run into is a rock marked 'Wilmot Proviso,' placed in the road by Congressman David Wilmot. The question of the validity of the proviso, an 1846 proposal to prohibit slavery in territories acquired during the Mexican War, became an important issue in the 1848 campaign, and a stumbling block to candidates like Taylor who courted Southern support. The proviso was never passed by the Senate.
Notes:
Entered . . . 1848 by J. Baillie.
Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue, New York.
Signed in reverse: H.B. (H. Bucholzer).
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Lorant, p. 189.
Weitenkampf, p. 95.
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 1848-21.
Subjects:
Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.
Greeley, Horace,--1811-1872.
Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850.
Wilmot, David,--1814-1868.
Free Soil Party (U.S.)--1840-1850.
White House (Washington, D.C.)--1840-1850.
Wilmot proviso--1840-1850.
Presidential elections--United States--1840-1850.
Slavery--1840-1850.
Tariffs--1840-1850.
Salt River.
Lithographs--1840-1850.
Political cartoons--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2008661483/
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