Symbols, animal, government and politics

Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun
January 01, 1865

Sub-entries:  
- Confederate foreign recognition as a goose
- Confederate independence as a goose
"THE WINTER OF THEIR DISCONTENT--JEFF AND HIS LIEUTENANT OVERTAKEN IN A SNOWSTORM--OF BALLOTS."


Comic Monthly
January 01, 1861

Sub-entries:  
- donkey engine as a mechanical donkey
"MR. WHIPPLETROT'S PLUM PUDDING."


Comic Monthly
October 01, 1864

Sub-entries:  
- Copperheads (Peace Democrats) as a racehorse
- Emancipation Proclamation as a racehorse
- War Democrats as a racehorse
"THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE."


Campaign Plain Dealer
August 04, 1860

Sub-entries:  
- gull of intervention in the slavery issue
"THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL GULL HOVERS THE LINCOLN LEADER UNDER ONE WING AND THE DANITE DEMOCRAT UNDER THE OTHER."


Campaign Plain Dealer
July 14, 1860

Sub-entries:  
- Republican ratification of Lincoln's nomination as a rat
[ILLUSTRATED MEMOIRS OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN.]


Strong's Campaign Pictorial
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:  
- foreign missions as a fish
- New York City as an alligator
- presidency as a fish
- secretary of state office as a fish
[MR.EXPEDIENCY AND THE REPUBLICAN.]


Vanity Fair
January 19, 1861

Sub-entries:  
- secession as snakes
"THE RISING OF THE AFRITE."


Vanity Fair
November 16, 1861

Sub-entries:  
- Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889, as a fish
- Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883, as a fish
"MR. LINCOLN TO ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SPAIN."


Yankee Notions
February 01, 1863

Sub-entries:  
- rebellion as a donkey, mule, or ass
[AN OLD STORY IN A NEW SHAPE.]


 

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