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Matty's perilous situation up Salt River
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Description | A pro-Whig satire on the presidential campaign of 1840. Martin Van Buren is neck-deep in the waters of "Salt River," a colloquial term for political misfortune or failure. He sinks under the weight of boxes marked "Tariff," "Hooe's Trial," "Negro Suffrage," "Sub Treasury," and "Standing Army of 200,000 Men," surmounted by a crown with a hand holding a purse. His hat, filled with newspapers friendly to the administration, floats away. Whig candidate William Henry Harrison paddles downstream on a barrel of hard cider. On the shore behind him is a shed labeled "Humane Society's Apparatus for the Recovery of Drowned Persons." Van Buren: "Oh that I could shake off this load! I am sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksand of Loco Focoism! Help! Ming! Riel! Slam! Bang! Help!" (He names New York Democratic figures Alexander Ming and Levi Slamm.) Harrison: "It's a pity to let the poor fellow drown; I had an idea of making him Inspector of Cabbages of Kinderhook for that's all he's good for; but I think he will sink. Oh what a weight!" |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Prints, American |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Harrison, William Henry,--1773-1841. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slamm, Levi D.,---1862. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Salt River. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ming, Alexander,--1773?-1849. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--1840. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Army--1840. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Van Buren, Martin,--1782-1862. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
