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A cutting satirical cartoon, aimed at the great western explorer, John C. Fremont, and his main supporters in his 1856 bid for the White House. Fremont was the Republican nominee for the presidency, and ran on an anti-slavery platform. He was backed by New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley and radical abolitionist minister, Henry Ward Beecher. In the image, Fremont rides a horse - called the "abolition nag" - that has the face of Greeley. Fremont says, "This is pretty hard riding - but if he only carries me to the White house in safety I will forgive my friends for putting me astride of such a crazy Old Hack." The horse is led toward the Salt River [a metaphor for political disaster] by leading Republican, William Seward, who proclaims that "Which ever road I travel always brings me to this confounded river, I thought we had a sure thing this time on the Bleeding Kansas dodge." Mountains in the background are identified as Kansas and Nebraska. The Greeley-headed horse addresses Seward: "Seward it seems to me we are going the same Road we did in 'fifty two' but as long as you lead I'll follow if I 'go it blind.'" Henry Ward Beecher, who was known to have furnished antislavery emigrants with firearms to participate in the Kansas struggles, follows behind Fremont's horse, his arms laden with rifles. A mountain man - evoking Fremont's exploring past - cautions the Pathfinder: "Ah! Colonel - you've got into a bad crowd - you'll find that dead Horse on the prairie, is better for the Constitution, than Abolition Soup or Wooly head stew in the White house." The embossed seal to the bottom left corner is that of F.A. Caspari of Baltimore, "Dealer in Books & Stationery." This print is scarce. The Currier & Ives catalogue raisonné locates only the copies at the Chicago Historical Society and the Library of Congress. OCLC adds only two copies, one at the American Antiquarian Society and another at the University of Rochester. A fine satirical print of John Fremont and his abolitionist supporters in the 1856 presidential election. REILLY, AMERICAN POLITICAL PRINTS 1856-20. WEITENKAMPF, p.117. PETERS, CURRIER & IVES 1635a. GALE, CURRIER & IVES: A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ 1309. OCLC 192110863. OCLC 1136567691. Light, even tanning, lightly foxed. Old vertical fold running the length of right edge. Closed tears with repairs to the right and left edges, plus small closed tear to top right edge (along fold). Contemporary dealer's embossed seal to bottom left corner. Three small pieces of linen tape to top of the verso, some discoloration from old tape (since removed) on verso. Very good.
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