Content note: 1876 Democratic print carrying an anti-Catholic accusation against the Republican campaign. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Grant to Hayes - I guess that reform bait wont work this side. Better try an anti-Catholic worm
Pro-Tilden comic print published by P. Jesse, New York (1876). Tilden and a companion fish successfully from one bank with a full basket; on the other, Ulysses S. Grant tells Rutherford B. Hayes, 'I guess that reform bait won't work this side. Better try an anti-Catholic worm.' The print attributes a sectarian appeal to the Republican campaign; it offers no evidence for the charge in the image itself.
- Date
- 1876
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- P. Jesse (publisher); signed F. G. Del.
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Grant Administration
- Leader
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1876 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-callingBandwagon
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1876); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
