Shall I vote for ten cents a day?.

Notes:

In the background, behind a fence, James Buchanan can be seen addressing a working-class gathering, telling the audience that if he is elected they shall be "on the same plan as the laborers of Europe, ten cents a day." Millard Fillmore crouches this side of the fence, watching. John C. Frémont, with a carpenter's tools and smock and shirtsleeves rolled, stands in the foreground. Fillmore (aside, to Frémont): "Monte, I've got my eye up on the old Buck--with such a crowd as he's got, he can't go in, I'll bargain with you? If I can't win, why you shall." Frémont: "All right, agreed and if I don't win why you shall, but look here, If Ten Cent Jimmy wins we working men will have ten cents a day. How are we to live? Look at the price of provisions." To the left is a "Cheap grocery & provision store" offering goods at high rates. At right is the boardinghouse of "Mrs Woodbee Late Pierce," with a sign reading "Mechanics boarded at $3 pr. week." Probably drawn by John L. Magee.

Date Issued:

1856-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

William L. Clements Library Image Bank

Subject Topic:

Buchanan, James,--1791-1868--Caricatures and cartoons.; Fillmore, Millard,--1800-1874--Caricatures and cartoons.; Frémont, John Charles,--1813-1890--Caricatures and cartoons.; Caricatures and cartoons--United States.; Elections--United States--1856.; Political campaigns--United States--1850-1860.; Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860.; Cost & standard of living--United States--1850-1860.; Wages--United States--1850-1860.; Hussey-Wadsworth Family Papers.; Prints shelf.; United States--History--1849-1877.; Magee, John L.,--artist.; Childs, J.--(John),--publisher.; United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

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UND

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