Federal-Abolition-Whig trap, to catch voters in
still image
graphic
government publication
Broadsides-1840.
Woodcuts-1840.
lau
monographic
New Orleans
[s.n.]
1840
eng
1 print : woodcut on wove paper ; 10.6 x 11.5 cm. (image), 32.1 x 19.2 cm. (sheet)
An illustrated anti-Whig broadside, designed to combat the "Log Cabin campaign" tactics of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The text warns the people of New Orleans of Whig election propaganda: "People of Louisiana, above you have an accurate representation of the federal "Log-Cabin" Trap, invented by the "bank-parlor, Ruffle-shirt, silk-stocking" Gentry, for catching the "votes" of the industrious and laboring classes, of our citizens, of both town and country. . . . The "log cabin" is raised to blind you with the belief, that they are your friends . . ." The author then goes on to describe Whig campaign techniques as relying on deception, alcohol, and visual enticements, and as an "appeal to [the people's] passions, with mockeries, humbugs, shows, and parades. . . ." In the illustration a man sucks at a barrel of "Hard Cider" linked by a trip-rod to a precariously tilted log cabin. Above is the "Federal Bank Whig Motto. We Stoop to Conquer."
No known restrictions on publication.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1840-24.
Harrison, William Henry,
1773-1841
Employment
1840
Log cabins
1840
New Orleans (La.)
1840
Hard cider (Harrison campaign symbol)
Broadside Collection, portfolio 25, no. 16
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a41041
2008661363
LC-USZ62-40710 DLC
hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3a41041
aacr
gihc
DLC
940524
20090122162028.0
15594724
Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl
(Revision 1.172 20230208)