Print: A War President. Progressive Democracy, 1848
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  • Title: A War President. Progressive Democracy, 1848
  • Description: A caricature of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, suggesting that his expansionist leanings would lead the United States into war. Cass (dubbed "General Gas" by the unfriendly press) is pictured as a veritable war machine. He sits on a wheeled gun-carriage, with his various limbs and body parts in the form of cannon shells and barrels shooting "gas" and shot. Over his head he waves a bloody saber labeled "Manifest Destiny," while reciting, "New Mexico, California, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, MEXICO, Peru, Yucatan, Cuba." These reflect, with some exaggeration, Cass's ambitious agenda for territorial expansion in the wake of American victory in the Mexican War. In his left hand he holds a spear.
  • Creator: N. Currier (Firm),
  • Subjects: Cass, Lewis, as presidential candidate, Manifest Destiny, Mexico, U.S. war with, War of 1812
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, American. This assemblage of prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art.
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