"Pilgrims' Progress"

Andrew Jackson, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates James Polk and George Dallas toward "Salt River," a figure of speech for political disaster. The candidates ride in panniers while Martin Van Buren, in the form of a fox, is dragged along by his tail behind the donkey. Van Buren says: "I wish you would stop long enough to let me "define my position," for our sufferings "is intolerable!"" (The phrase "our sufferings is intolerable," an uncharacteristic Van Buren grammatical lapse, was quoted often by Whig humorists.) Jackson growls back at him: "Be quiet, Matty! The honor of travelling in my company ought to satisfy you." Polk says to Dallas: "I feel like the baby in the primer [a children's reader] 'only born to weep and die.'" Dallas replies: "This is not quite so bad as if we were riding to the gallows."

Date:
1844
Original Format:
Cartoon
Item#:
11.054
Height:
2406px
Width:
3006px
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