The true issue or "that's whats the matter."

Title:: The true issue or "that's whats the matter."
Description:: Election of 1861. The Democratic candidate George B. McClellan is shown trying to prevent Abraham Lincoln, the Republican incumbent and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy from tearing a map of the United States in two. The Democrats had adopted a "peace at any price" platform, which sought to preserve the Union. McClellan personally did not support this view but he was saddled with it all through the campaign. Lincoln won the election.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Political cartoons
Lithographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Civil War & Reconstruction, Cartoon & caricature [1861-1876] (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Americana Collection
Subjects:: Presidents
Generals
Presidential elections
Maps
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Extent:: 1 print : lithograph ; 13 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.
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