Studying political economy. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A crudely drawn but complex satire mocking Zachary Taylor's military background and lack of political experience. Student Zachary Taylor, wearing a paper cap made out of the journal "The True Whig" is seated on... More
Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
The modern Gilpins. Love's labor lost
A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention. Specifically, the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests, which u... More
Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image
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 supp... More
The buffalo hunt - Drawing. Public domain image.
An optimistic view of the presidential prospects of Martin Van Buren, nominated at the Free Soil Party's August 1848 convention in Buffalo, New York. Here Van Buren rides a buffalo and thumbs his nose as he se... More
Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image
In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More
Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
Smoking him out - Political cartoon, public domain image
A humorous commentary on Barnburner Democrat Martin Van Buren's opposition to regular Democratic party nominee Lewis Cass. Van Buren and his son John were active in the Free Soil effort to prevent the extensio... More
Shooting the Christmas turkey - Political cartoon, public domain image
While Democratic and Whig candidates debate strategies to win the presidency, or "shoot the Christmas turkey," Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren makes off with the bird. At left Democrat Lewis Cass (facing f... More
Town & country making another drive at the great question.--No go!!
A mild reproof of Zachary Taylor's evasion of the slavery question in the campaign of 1848. Although Taylor's views were widely broadcast in the form of published letters, his stand on the main issue--the Wilmo... More
Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
Studying political economy. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A crudely drawn but complex satire mocking Zachary Taylor's military background and lack of political experience. Student Zachary Taylor, wearing a paper cap made out of the journal "The True Whig" is seated on... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
General Cass on the Wilmot Proviso
Caption title. At head of title: "Read and circulate. Published under the authority of the Committee." Signed on p. 8: Lewis Cass. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy for... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More