A Cartoon that Foreshadowed Events

A Cartoon that Foreshadowed Events

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Title: A Cartoon that Foreshadowed Events

Year: 1860

Creator: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Description: This cartoons depicts a conversation between the two frontrunners for President in early 1860. Stephen Douglas asks: “Well, Billy, what are you driving at now?” William H. Seward replies: “I am peddling books – anything to get a living. Shall I put you down for ‘The Impending Crisis’” (The Impending Crisis by Hinton Helper was an anathema in the South) Douglas, with papers saying “Squatter Sovereignty” responds: “No, thank’ee, Billy. The impending crisis will put us both down, I reckon.”