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General Jackson slaying the many headed monster
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | Pennsylvania |
| Description | A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the states. Jackson (on the left) raises a cane marked "Veto" and says, "Biddle thou Monster Avaunt!! avaount I say! or by the Great Eternal I'll cleave thee to the earth, aye thee and thy four and twenty satellites. Matty if thou art true...come on. if thou art false, may the venomous monster turn his dire fang upon thee..." Van Buren: "Well done General, Major Jack Downing, Adams, Clay, well done all. I dislike dissentions beyond every thing, for it often compels a man to play a double part, were it only for his own safety. Policy, policy is my motto, but intrigues I cannot countenance." Downing (dropping his axe): "Now now you nasty varmint, be you imperishable? I swan Gineral that are beats all I reckon, that's the horrible wiper wot wommits wenemous heads I guess..." The largest of the heads is president of the Bank Nicholas Biddle's, which wears a top hat labeled "Penn" (i.e. Pennsylvania) and "$35,000,000." This refers to the rechartering of the Bank by the Pennsylvania legislature in defiance of the adminstration's efforts to destroy it. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Prints, American |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | (Fictitious character) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bank of the United States--1830-1840. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pennsylvania--1830-1840. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Biddle, Nicholas,--1786-1844. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.--Political activity. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bank of Pennsylvania--1830-1840. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Adams, John Quincy,--1767-1848. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
