. Lincoln caricatures : during his campaign, after his election and during the Civil War . the methods employed by him in private lifeas well as in the service of his country, which were ridi-culed in the contemporary cartoons reproduced in thesepages. Curtis Joseph Kirch and ]Milton Fuessle. ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT. (From Vanity Fair, May 4, 1861.) PRESIDENT LIXCOLN has been accused of inde-cision—of saying a thing one day, and withdraw-ing it the next. We shall see a nev»^ and startling proofof this soon. Fort Sumpter is his word now, and wehave very reason to believe that he will very speedily
. Lincoln caricatures : during his campaign, after his election and during the Civil War . the methods employed by him in private lifeas well as in the service of his country, which were ridi-culed in the contemporary cartoons reproduced in thesepages. Curtis Joseph Kirch and ]Milton Fuessle. ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT. (From Vanity Fair, May 4, 1861.) PRESIDENT LIXCOLN has been accused of inde-cision—of saying a thing one day, and withdraw-ing it the next. We shall see a nev»^ and startling proofof this soon. Fort Sumpter is his word now, and wehave very reason to believe that he will very speedilytake it back. THE SIDE SPLITTER. (From Vanity Fair, July 6, 1861.) **liy|B. LINCOLN, we shall find this compromiseXTa movement a hard thing to get through, said Chase, confidentially, as they sat together cracking nuts and jokes. Never mind, replied merry old Abe, Ive had to get through many of knotty points in my days. Ho, ho, chuckled the dignified Secretary of the Treasury, holding his ribs. Really, Mr. Lincoln, you ought to be called the side-splitter. After-Election Cartoon 45. ^<:**%^^^r-—-•i^BWWMjr^ THE INSIDE TEACK. THURLOW REED TO PRESIDENT ELECT.—Trust to US. Well compromise the little difficulty for trust to US. Gentlemen from the country are oftenegregiously swindled by unprincipled sharpers. (Im-pressively) TRUST TO US! From -Vanity Fair, :\rarch 2, 1861. 46 Lincoln Caricatures A WAR SONG. ^fr. Augustus Snipes, Late of the Journal of Commerce, rather flatters himself, that tvhen a model for a War Song is desired, the following will he about the martial go: COME draw your triggers,And fight for your niggers,Though nobody cares to disturb em!These pestilent fleasMust vote as we please, Or, by Johnny Calhoun, well curb em! For the ballot and boxLet us substitute knocks; Hard knocks, and sweet stringing dry knocks!Though were rich in assets,Yet we wont pay our debts To a parcel of pestilent Shylocks. O we rise as we think onThat scamp, Abram LINCOLN
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