The Old Print Shop

Carl is "Disgusted with American Politics." - Frankfort Gazette.

  • ARTIST: Thomas Nast

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Harper's Weekly. August 24, 1872.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving,

    DATE: 1872.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 3/4 x 9 1/4" (27.4 x 23.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Carl Schurz began the Liberal Republican party in 1870. He was disgusted without the Radical Republican party, which wanted to re-elect Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. There were a series of problems with Grant, but the scandals wouldn't come out until after his re-election. On the surface however were problems like the lack of social service reform. <br><br> In this cartoon Uncle Sam, smoking a cigar like Grant, mocks the vexed Schurz by saying, "Look here, stranger, there is no law in this country to compel yo to stay." Just beyond the door is a billboard reading, 'Steamer to Germany nearly every day : Passage Cheap,' and on the piano is the music sheet, 'Mein Herz ist am Rehin." Both implying that he should return to Germany, from which he had immigrated. On the wall are three signs. One reads, 'Republican Nomination for Presidency A. Lincoln 1860 & 1864 : U.S. Grant 1868 & 1872.' The second sign, which Schurz was a supporter of, reads, 'Democratic Nominations for Presidency 1864 Gen. G. B. McClellan : 1868 Seymour : 1872 H. Greeley. The list suggest that Greeley, who was Grant's contender, would lose like those who had come before him, a point made even clearer by the third sign, 'North Carolina gone Republican after all.'

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  • CONDITION: Good condition, minor discoloration in the margins.

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