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title: '"The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine" (W. H. Rease, 1860)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lincoln-hamlin-rease-union-must-be-preserved-1860/
description: Lithograph banner with oval portraits of Lincoln and Hamlin in rustic twig frames, a draped slogan "Free Speech, Free Homes, Free Territory", two workmen…
section: Collection
---

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# "The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine" (W. H. Rease, 1860)

Lithograph banner with oval portraits of Lincoln and Hamlin in rustic twig frames, a draped slogan "Free Speech, Free Homes, Free Territory", two workmen flanking a shield reading "Protection to American Industry", and an eagle before massed flags. Tells: virtue-word slogans ("The Union must and shall be preserved") are printed alongside policy lines (the tariff slogan "Protection to American Industry", and "Free Speech, Free Homes, Free Territory"), and the eagle and flags lend national symbols to the ticket.

## Text on the object

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

```
THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED
FREE SPEECH,
FREE HOMES,
FREE TERRITORY.
PROTECTION
TO
AMERICAN
INDUSTRY
FOR PRESIDENT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
OF ILLINOIS
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
HANNIBAL HAMLIN
OF MAINE
LITH. BY W.H. REASE
COR. 4TH & CHESTNUT STS. PHILADA.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by W.H. Rease in the Clerks Office of [illegible] Court of Eastern [illegible] of Penn[illegible]
PUBLISHED BY W. H. REASE, PHILADELPHIA.
```

The small copyright line is partly illegible at this resolution. Pencil notes in the margin are not part of the object.

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