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The Impeachment of
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Columbia -
"Shall I Trust These Men, And Not This Man?" |
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See the HarpWeek
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HarpWeek Commentary:
This early political cartoon of Thomas Nast contrasts Confederate politicians and generals
applying for pardons, which may give them the right to vote and hold office, with a black
Union soldier who has lost his leg and does not have the right to vote. Pardon petitioners
in the foreground who can be recognized include Roger Pryor (far right, a Virginia lawyer
and soldier); General Robert E. Lee (kneeling); CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens
(holding pardon petition); Raphael Semmes, commander of the Alabama naval ship which was
built in England, sank numerous Union merchant ships, and was the subject of a long-term
post-war claims dispute between Britain and the US (left of Stephens); Robert Toombs,
ex-Senator and leading Georgia politician (behind Stephens); John Letcher, ex-Governor of
Virginia (far left); General Richard Ewell (behind Semmes); General John Bell Hood (behind
Ewell). |
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