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| Keywords: 1856 cartoon union soup.jpg en From the Library of Congress A pro-Buchanan satire critical of the divisive or sectionalist appeal of the other two presidential contenders in the 1856 race Buck or Buchanan left has evidently won a card game over Fremont fallen at right and Millard Fillmore at right blindfolded Holding four aces and a large cauldron of Union Soup Buchanan vows I have fairly beaten them at their own game and now that I have became possessed of this great Reservoir I will see that each and Every State of this great and glorious Union receives its proper Share of this sacred food Fremont has tripped over a Rock of Disunion and fallen to the ground still holding his large spoon Abolition He laments Oh that I had been born a dog --This is too much for mortal man to bear Had I not stumbled over that Blasted rock I might have reached the fount of my ambition and with this good ladle 'Deal' to the North and leave the South to 'Shuffle Cut' off their mortal coil by starvation I shall have to 'Pass' Behind Fremont Fillmore wanders blindfolded holding a Know Nothing lantern reflecting his party's nativist affiliation and a spoon He despairs I regret to say that 'Going It Blind' is a loosing sic Game I did hope that I would be able to dip my spoon in the Pot without much difficulty --My Hand is played out--'Buck' wins and I am satisfied--Four aces can't be beat and Buck holds them cph 3b38366 Bernard F Reilly 1856 PD-old-100 Caricatures of James Buchanan United States presidential election 1856 1856 cartoons 1850s political cartoons of the United States Political posters of the United States Caricatures of John C Frémont Caricatures of Millard Fillmore Know Nothing | ||||
