File:"Taking the stump" or Stephen in search of his mother LCCN2003674591.jpg
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English: Title: "Taking the stump" or Stephen in search of his mother
Abstract: A satire on Douglas's July 1860 campaign tour of upstate New York and New England. (See also "Stephen Finding His Mother," no. 1860-35.) Here a double-entendre in the use of the word "stump," playing on its use as a colloquialism for both campaigning and a wooden leg. In the center Douglas, wearing a wooden leg, speaks with John Bell of Tennessee, Constitutional Union presidential candidate (far left), and influential Democrat Virginia governor Henry A. Wise. Douglas claims, "Gentlemen ⁽'m going to see my mother,' and solicit a little help, for in running after a nomination, I fell over a big lump of Breckenridge [i.e., rival Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge], and have been very lame ever since." Bell remarks to Wise, "I think I'll give him a trifle in New York currency." Wise responds, "He looks like a smart little man, and if I were not Wise I'd go my pile on him." At right incumbent James Buchanan offers another stump to Breckinridge, his own favorite, saying, "Here Breck, as Dug has taken the stump you must stump it too." Breckinridge replies, "Well old Buck, if you say so, I suppose I must, but I know it will be of no use, for I feel that I have'nt got a leg to stand on." His right foot is bandaged, possibly a souvenir of his defeat by Douglas at the May Democratic Convention in Baltimore. Abraham Lincoln, leaning against a rail fence at the far right, declares confidently, "Go it ye cripples! wooden legs are cheap, but stumping wont save you." Physical description: 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 27 x 41 cm. Notes: Probably drawn by Louis Maurer.; Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1860-36.; Title from item. |
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