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The Usual Irish Way of Doing Things
Harper’s Weekly – September 2, 1871 Irish Stereotype In multiple cartoons, Nast denigrated the Irish with dozens of simian-featured stereotypes, as well as the Catholic Church. He had valid reasons...
The “Magnetic” Blaine; or, a Very Heavy “Load”-stone for the Republican Party to Carry
...the House Judiciary Committee about the letters and Blaine’s commission of $162,500 in free bonds. Nast also disdained Blaine’s support for Chinese exclusion. During 1879 and into 1880, Nast drew...
Who Stole the People’s Money? – Do Tell
...prison in 1878. Asked to define “Ring,” he responded: “A combination of men to do any improper thing.” Nast often used “Tammany” and “the Ring” interchangeably. Other crooked Tammany/Ring members...
Brazening It Out
...had brought the letters to the attention of the House Judiciary Committee investigating Blaine. He read favorable extracts from the letters, lied to the committee, and subsequently tricked Mulligan into...
The “Brains”
...“W.M. Tweed” and didn’t use his middle name. His eldest son was William Magear Tweed, Jr. Tweed loved ostentation, revelling in his image as “Boss,” and maintaining a bold, commanding...
About Nast
...during the Civil War, reached as high as 200,000 in the course of major election campaigns and came close to 300,000 at the height of his 1871 victory over Boss...
Civil War
Contraband of War Painting – 1867 [Read More] The Grand Peace Overture to “Our Wayward Sisters” Phunny Phellow – August 1864 [Read More] Compromise with the South — Dedicated to...
A Negro Regiment in Action
Harper’s Weekly – March 14, 1863 Some of the first Black soldiers in the Union army were South Carolina Sea Island Negroes who were freed as contrabands in November 1861....
The Ogre of Andersonville
...after several months, and he was free to walk the grounds. On May 13, 1867, Horace Greeley and others signed a $100,000 bail bond, and Davis was a free man....
Foreshadowing of Coming Events in Our Public Schools
...used to support parochial schools of any denomination. Conversely, many Catholics rejected Protestant “common” schools because they objected to lessons in history and religion which denigrated the authority and practices...