![The debilitated situation of a monarchal [sic] government when puffed up by pride and self-importance ....](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/wcl1ic/9127/WCL009202/!250,250)
The debilitated situation of a monarchal [sic] government when puffed up by pride and self-importance ....
At left is a shore on which King Louis Philippe stands with several of his men and an overturned chest from which issue statements of the country's debts. Moored off the shore is the boat Dido with two other boats. The text below reads: "The debilitated situation of a monarchal Government when puffed up by pride and self-importance, whose resources must be wrung from the people's hands. The difficulties to which such a State must ever be exposed." The scene is contrasted with one on the opposite shore where Andrew Jackson and other American officers stand near a chest full of money. Near the chest is a book open to a list of American victories. In the distance three ships are moored: the "Constitution," "New Orleans" and an unnamed vessel. Below reads: "The flourishing condition of a well-formed industrious Republic. The willingness displayed by the citizen of a free State to serve his country with his blood and fortune."; The lower margin shows a medallion that is the head of Liberty surrounded by stars. Below the medallion are eight lines from Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," (XCVI) praising American liberty and questioning Europe's prospects for freedom.
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