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Barnum’s New “What Is It”
...temperance and the Ku Klux Klan. The principal issue dividing Greeley from his fellow Liberal Republicans was his Protectionism vs. their Free Trade. Carl Schurz, Lyman Trumbull and David Davis...
Tweed-Le-Dee and Tilden-Dum
...1873. He was given a twelve-year sentence and jailed in the state prison on Blackwell’s Island. Tweed served 19 months on Blackwell’s Island when the state’s highest court freed him...
The Immortal Light of Genius
Painting – 1896 On a trip to London in 1894, Nast received a commission from his English friend Henry Irving, the greatest Shakespearean actor and producer of the past quarter-century....
The First Step Toward National Bankruptcy
...his close friend and political ally, as well as on his predecessor Sherman, by leading the charge in the Senate for “free” unlimited silver currency and more inflation. Shortly after...
Lincoln
Latest Portrait of Mr. Lincoln New York Illustrated News– March 2, 1861 [Read More] Arrival of Mr. Lincoln at the Camden Station, Baltimore, at 4 o’clock on the Morning of...
Unconditional Surrender Grant
...his post through the next one. For Nast, the 1868 election was as much a winning referendum on the outcome of the Civil War as the 1864 contest had been....
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Nomination
Harper’s Weekly – July 3, 1880 In 1880, the Democratic platform called for hard money, a position that Nast had always endorsed. In protest, the inflationist Greenback Party nominated Iowa...
Dance to Your Daddy
...and published by Harper & Brothers in January 1876. Wells was a financial expert, who had served as a Revenue Commissioner for both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and strongly...
The Grand Peace Overture to “Our Wayward Sisters”
...their editorial drums. Greeley wrote Lincoln, beseeching the President to authorize him to enter peace negotiations at Niagara Falls. Lincoln complied, provided that the Confederates committed up front to restoration...
The Chicago Platform (extract)
Harper’s Weekly – October 15, 1864 This is an extracted centerpiece from The Chicago Platform, Nast’s 20-vignette follow-up to Compromise with the South, and published a month before the 1864...