File:DemocraticPlatform1856Cartoon.jpg

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Political cartoon of the 1856 United States presidential election. Satirizes the Democratic Party platform, with James Buchanan as a plank being ridden on by a slaveholder and his slave; the slaveholder (holding a pistol and a whip) says he doesn't care "as long as the platform supports me and my Nigger". Brother Johnathan observes from left; prominent Democrats are below supporting Buchanan.

Brother Johnathan
"Mister Fire-eater [pro-southern radical], I would not rely too much on the supporters of that Platform; they are liable to give way at any moment."
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current14:34, 7 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:34, 7 April 20201,264 × 815 (597 KB)Tm (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 17:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
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