TITLE: Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how long will you be ledd by such leaders" CALL NUMBER: PC/US - 1852.L434, no. 1 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-10485 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' platform, as established by the Baltimore Convention, which in the interest of preserving the Union endorsed the Compromise of 1850. More specifically the artist condemns Pierce's pledge to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act, included in the compromise as a submission to southern slaveholding interests. In the center Pierce prostrates himself before a "Slave holder & Peace Maker," a bearded man in wide-brimmed hat and striped trousers holding a cat-o-nine-tails and manacles. The upper half of Pierce is over the Mason Dixon line, his face in the dirt on the "Baltimore Platform." The slaveholder says: "Save the Union, / And with the "meanest" Yankee grease / Smear the hinges of your knees / And in "silence" pray for peace." Pierce, dubbed "one of the Southern "dirt" eaters "Saving" the Union," replies, "I accept this cheerfully." The Democratic platform is labeled "Southern pine" and is inscribed with reference to the compromise, "Fugitive Slave Law and nigger catching, and resist agitation on the Slavery question &c." On it lie a skull and crossbones, manacles, and a serpent. At far left is "the Devil come up to attend his revival," who commends, "Well done my faithful servants!" On the right is the infamous Hungarian general Julius von Haynau, who carries a whip and wears a "Barclay's Brewery" pitcher on his head. (Haynau was assaulted by Barclay employees while in England.) The Hungarian extends his hand toward the slaveholder, saying, "I feel quite at home in this company give me your hand my good fellow." Further to the right are Lewis Cass and Stephen A. Douglas, disappointed aspirants for the 1852 Democratic nomination. Cass says, "We are down Douglass, "Pierce" has bid lower than either of us." Douglas: "There is nothing impossible for a New Hampshire "Hunker" [i.e., conservative] Democrat to do in that line." On the ground nearby are the words, "the "slave&1ocratic miscalled the Democratic party, how they obey the "crack" of the slaveholder's whip!" MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 31.3 x 42.4 cm. (image) CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1852. RELATED NAMES: Leach, William K. Marsh, Bela, 1797-1869. NOTES: Entered . . . 1852 by William K. Leach, Massachusetts. Sold by Bela Marsh no. 25 Cornhill Boston Mass. Title appears as it is written on the item. Blaisdell and Selz, no. 22. Weitenkampf, p. 106. 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 1852-25. SUBJECTS: Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866. Douglas, Stephen Arnold,--1813-1861. Haynau, Julius von. Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826. Pierce, Franklin,--1804-1869. United States. Fugitive slave law (1850) Devil--1850-1860. Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860. Slavery--1850-1860. FORMAT: Lithographs 1850-1860.Political cartoons 1850-1860. PART OF: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a12907 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a12907 CONTROL #: 2008661555
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