Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation

Collection

Content note: 1864 anti-Democratic cartoon with Black and Irish caricatures in draft-riot and slave-auction scenes. This object is shown as it was published. Why

The Chicago platform

The Chicago platform

Broadside signed 'Th. Nast', hostile to McClellan though laid out like a campaign platform sheet. Around a portrait of McClellan watching Malvern Hill, each Democratic platform resolution is paired with a vignette that the LOC describes as supporting its reverse: bloodhounds chasing a Black man, the 1863 New York draft riots, a slave auction, soldiers guarding a polling place, and Union graves. Below are extracts from McClellan's letter of acceptance and from Pendleton's speech in Congress.

Date
1864
Period
Pre-1914
Made by
Thomas Nast
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Print
Issuer type
Individual
Regime
Lincoln Administration
Leader
Abraham Lincoln
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Demonize
Themes
Elections and party politics, War and the military
Event
1864 US Election
Techniques
Card stackingTransfer
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
Public domain (published 1864; work is over 160 years old)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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