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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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mationDoes 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 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.—September 27, 18
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THE OVERDUE BILL. Mr. Soutu to Mr. North. YOUR NINETY DAYS PROMISSORY NOTE ISNT TAKEN UP YET, SIRREE! m ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND of your fine republic now, eh ? What dye think ?What dye think, eh? To which Mr. Washing-ton retorts with an inarticulate Humph! In May of 1863 a cartoon entitled The GreatCannon Game shows Abe Lincoln playing bil-liards with Jeff Davis. It is the latters shot. Hurrah for Charleston! he cries; thatsanother to me. Abe Lincoln mutters in an aside, Darned if heaint scored agin! I wish I could make a fewwinning hazards for a change. An accompanying article entitled The GreatAmerican Billiard Match is amusing enoughwhen read to-day in the light of the great winning-hazards that were to be made by Abe within lessthan sixty days. Considerable excitement, it runs, has been caused insporting circles by this long protracted match, which, owingto the style of play adopted by the parties, appears to makebut very little progress toward a finish. The largeness ofthe stakes dep

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