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title: '"Curse the d--d congress committee and their guns!" (anti-Bank print, 1832)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/curse-congress-committee-runaway-phaeton-1832/
description: A runaway phaeton marked 'Courier Enquirer', pulled by horses with collars labelled Biddle and Burrows, careers off a road; one of the three men standing…
section: Collection
---

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# "Curse the d--d congress committee and their guns!" (anti-Bank print, 1832)

A runaway phaeton marked 'Courier Enquirer', pulled by horses with collars labelled Biddle and Burrows, careers off a road; one of the three men standing by a signpost holds a placard 'The Veto' (LOC says the other two hold guns). In the distance a coach carrying Jackson and Van Buren travels smoothly toward the Capitol. Tell for name-calling: opponents are shown as named runaway horses and a spooked driver, with the horses' collar labels (Biddle, Burrows) and the driver's curse on the 'Congress Committee' doing the labelling.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
No fear of my horses stumbling. The people have removed all obstacles from this Road. [speech balloon, driver of the distant coach]

Curse the D--d Congress Committee & their Guns ! their Report has frightened my Leader off the right track.-- God knows where he'll drag me with my $ 52,000!.. [speech balloon, driver of the phaeton]

Good bye Col! Since you can't go the Right Road I'll quit the Concern. [speech balloon, standing man on the phaeton]

Curse him, how hard he Draws on me! H'll surely break my Rein. [speech balloon, horse BIDDLE]

Keep to the right Nic. or we'll Run down the Bank !! [speech balloon, horse BURROWS]

BIDDLE [collar of the near horse]
BURROWS [collar of the second horse]
COURIER / ENQUIRER [panel on the phaeton]
[illegible: label on the money bag; LOC's summary reads it as 52000, matching the driver's '$ 52,000' balloon]

To Washington [signpost]
To the Dismal Swamp [signpost]

THE VETO [placard held by one of the three men; the lines of small print beneath are [illegible]]
```

Read from the 1024 px LOC JPEG with enlarged crops. The title's 'd--d' is printed in the balloon with a broken dash. The small print on the VETO placard is not legible. 'he'll' in the phaeton driver's balloon is the best reading of a blurred word. The figure on the money bag is not legible in the 1024 px scan and is not transcribed.

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