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1832. Democracy. 1864

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Description: Image of two scenes contrasting Democratic presidential candidate of 1832, Andrew Jackson, and 1864 candidate George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's staunch preservation of the Union is applauded. In the left panel Jackson berates John C. Calhoun, leader of the Southern nullification effort of 1832. Three men in the background also bow. On the right McClellan and running mate Pendleton kneel on the "Chicago Platform" before a standing Jefferson Davis. Two soldiers stand behind Davis making disparaging comments about McClellan and Pendleton.
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Date: ©1864
Call number: priJLC_POL_002706
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The outbreak of the rebellion in the United States 1861

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Image of an allegorical critique of the American Civil War criticizing the Buchanan administration, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederacy; President Abraham Lincoln and allegorical female figures Liberty and Justice stand on an elevated plane with an American flag, bald eagle, and scale, surrounded by a crowd of people carrying symbols of rebellion, bags of money and weapons; former president James Buchanan and his Secretary of War John B. Floyd kneel in foreground; a serpent wearing a crown hisses at Justice from a tree at left.

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The Sunday Journal of March 28

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Image of an advertisement for the Sunday Journal; two women kneel praying and beseeching before a small lit figure of an angel atop an altar with incense burning nearby

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Camp Putnam. The encampment of the National Guard of New York, at New-Haven Conn. June 1832

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Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.

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Victory and reform

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Image of a souvenir print from the Democratic party featuring portraits of Grover Cleveland, Thomas A. Hendricks, with surrounding portraits of Samuel J. Tilden in 1876; George B. McClellan and Andrew Jackson with horses in military uniform; and Thomas Jefferson in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence in hand; soldier and sailor with American flags representing the United States Army and Navy at left and right.

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