Carpet Bag And Bayonet Rule Political Cartoon

As for grant his presidency itself was a hands off let my buddies handle it type presidency.

Carpet bag and bayonet rule political cartoon.

Share alamy images with your team and customers. A letter from governor samuel bard to president grant on the political situation in georgia and. Hayes plowing under the carpet bag bayonets with a plow marked let em alone policy. A great past and a pitiful present cartoon shows whitelaw reid john sherman george f.

Grant in a carpet bag marked carpet bag and bayonet rule. Two part cartoon showing. Printed in puck new york city. Hoar and john logan lifting uncle sam above a swamp filled with several faces of corruption labeled blainism robesonism mahone repudiation land grab whiskey ring rotten ships pension swindle fraud 1876 star routers salary grab army ring and sectional issue with reid gesturing toward a statue.

The strong government 1869 1877 creator. Later however as reconstruction governments began to alter the reality of southern political life the newcomers were characterized by white southerners as the dregs of northern society preying upon the misfortune of the defeated south. Wales james albert 1852 1886 artist date created published. The guys represent union soldiers that were sent to rule the south after the war and avoid another uprising.

You ll notice in the grant picture that the bayonet rule document is laying on the ground with bayonets scattered around it. It goes without saying that the greatest tragedy in the history of the american republic was the war between the states by which the industrialized north became the predominant force in the new american nation while the remnants of true republicanism were suppressed in the south through an often brutal military occupation called reconstruction. Copy paste by peter pappas dedicated to relinquishing. Woman the solid south carrying ulysses s.

Bard samuel ya pamphlet collection library of congress. Also available in digital form.