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You must make your choice. Birds of a feather flock together Miller's national unity series, no. 3 / / design by William Miller ; Photo-Eng. Co., N.Y.

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You must make your choice. Birds of a feather flock together Miller's national unity series, no. 3 / / design by William Miller ; Photo-Eng. Co., N.Y.

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A Republic campaign broadside making Horace Greeley the scapegoat for anti-Southern and ant-Democratic feeling. Greeley is shown together with Southern statesmen John C. Calhoun and former president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. In contrast, Republican candidate Ulysses S. Grant is placed between portraits of former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The contrast extends to the symbolism of the portraits. The Republican portraits are partly wreathed in ivy, oak, and olive branches. The bust portraits of Greeley et al, on the other hand, are adorned with thistles and thorns and inscribed with allusions to Democratic infamies and Confederate atrocities: "Andersonville," "Fort Sumpter," "Jackson," "April 14, 1865," (the date of Lincoln's assassination), "K.K.K.," and so on. The Republicans are called the party of "National Unity," while the Democracts are associated wtih "Nullfication" and "Secession."

"Entered ... 1872, by Wm. Miller ..."
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1872-10.

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01/01/1872
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Miller, William.
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