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| Keywords: Old Hickory and Bully Nick.jpg en Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States and the former's campaign to destroy it The print is sympathetic to Jackson portraying him as the champion of the common man against the moneyed interests of the Bank In the center Biddle left and Andrew Jackson square off An obese woman Mother Bank holding a bottle of port stands beside Biddle Behind her are Biddle supporters Daniel Webster and Henry Clay Mother Bank Darken his day lights Nick Put the Screws to him my tulip Webster Blow me tight if Nick ain't been crammed too much under You see as how he's losing his wind On the right are Jackson's supporters Martin Van Buren Major Jack Downing and Joe Tammany a frontiersman in buckskins and raccoon cap On the ground next to Tammany is a bottle of Old Monongohala Whiskey Downing I swan if the Ginral hain't been taken lessons from Fuller Tammany Hurrah my old yallow flower of the forrest walk into him like a streak of Greased lightning through a gooseberry bush Below a mock account of the event as reported in the Washington Globe is given This celebrated fight took place at Washington in 1834 Several long and severe rounds were fought and from the immense sums bet many of the fancy were losers to a large amount Old Mother B is said to have backed her champion to the tune of more than dollar 150 000--Nick's weight of metal was superior as well as his science but neither were sufficient for the pluck and wind of Hickory who shewed his through training and sound condition so effectually that in the last round Nick was unable to come to time and gave in This impression lacks the imprint Drawn by one of the Fancy found on impressions cited by Weitenkampf and Murrell Harpers Weekly 1834 Author unknown PD-old-70-1923 Uncategorized 2013 June 4 | ||||
