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Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cousin John
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Confederate States of America France Confederate States of America--Great Britain |
| Description | Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs John Bull from a fenced garden where the latter has been poaching. Grabbing him by the scruff of the neck, Sam warns, "John, You lost your Non-interfering Principle. I'll lay it on your back again." The American wields a large stick "Principle of Non Enterference." John Bull has a handful of cotton plants, more of which appear at right, and wears "Armstrong's Patent" cannon on his legs. (The term refers to a type of English-made gun used by the Confederates.) The artist has hidden several Negro faces in his drawings of cotton plants here. A cock with the head of French leader Napoleon III watches from his perch on the fence at left. At right stands a large scarecrow from whose arms hang the lifeless bodies of Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard and Confederate president Jefferson Davis. A plaque on the scarecrow reads, "All Persons Tresspassing These Premisses, will be punished according to Law." |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Civil War Cartoon Prints, American |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Confederate States of America--Foreign relations--Great Britain--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Beauregard, G. T.--(Gustave Toutant),--1818-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Confederate States of America--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | France--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slavery--United States--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Napoleon--III,--Emperor of the French,--1808-1873. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
