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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch; cartoons, comments and poems, published in the London charivari, during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Walsh, William Shepard, 1854-1919, ed
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and Company
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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LINCOLNS TWO DIFFICULTIES. Lin. WHAT NO MONEY1 NO .MEN! 62 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND The same jibe finds vent in the followingpoems: ABES LAST CARD; OR, ROUGE-ET-NOIR Brags our game: and awful losers Weve been on the Red.Under and above the table, Awfully weve bled.Neer a stake have we adventured, But weve lost it still,From Bulls Run and mad Manassas, Down to Sharpsburg Hill. When lucks desperate, desperate venture Still may bring it back:So Ill chance it—neck or nothing— Here I lead THE BLACK!If I win, the South must pay fort, Pay in fire and gore:If I lose, Im neer a dollar Worse off than before. From the Slaves of Southern rebels Thus I strike the chain:But the slaves of loyal owners Still shall slaves remain.If their owners like to wop em, They to wop are masters;Or if they prefer to swop em, Here are our shin-plasters! THE LONDON PUNCH 63
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64 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND There! If that ere ProclamationDoes its holy work, Rebeldoms annihilationIt did oughter work: Back to Union, and youre welcomeEach to wop his nigger; If not, at White let slip darky-Guess I call that viffour! In September, 1862, the two combatants arerepresented as sinking exhausted into the arms ofnegro backers, who are vainly attempting to putthem on their feet. In the background stands aself-important eagle arrayed in the Napoleonicuniform and a biped lion dressed in a sack coatand an air of conscious superiority. Says the eagle to the lion, Dont you think weought to fetch the police? The legend under the cartoon runs, Not Upto Time, or Interference Would Be Very Welcome. In the following January comes a well imaginedcartoon entitled The Latest From Spirit Land,showing the bluff and kindly ghost of George IIItrying to enter into conversation with the stifflystupid ghost of Mr. Washington. Well, Mr.Washington, says George, what do you think THE LONDON TUNCH PU

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