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| Keywords: The game-cock & the goose LC-USZ62-10827.jpg The game-cock the goose A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators Scott in uniform and looking uncharacteristically trim rides a giant gamecock He is clearly in the lead here and tips his hat to Pierce taunting What's the matter Pierce feel <u>Faint</u> ha ha ha lord what a <u>Goose</u> don't you wish you had my <u>Cock</u> well good bye Pierce good bye Pierce also in uniform but riding a large goose replies O dear me I shall <u>Faint</u> I know I shall <u>Faint</u> its <u>Constitutional</u> The added emphasis on the word Constitutional suggests that there is a pun intended The reference to Pierce fainting stems from the Battle of Churubusco in the Mexican War when Pierce suffering from earlier combat injuries collapsed unconscious and was carried from the field The goose was an unflattering symbol also associated with Pierce's Democratic predecessor James K Polk LOC-image cph 3a13236 1852 John L Magee c 1820 “c 1870 PD-old-100 Caricatures of Winfield Scott Caricatures of Franklin Pierce 1852 in the United States 1852 cartoons 1850s political cartoons of the United States John L Magee Images uploaded by Fæ | ||||
