The Radical Party on a Heavy Grade
Anti-Republican cartoon. A cart of prominent Republicans, hauled uphill by Grant and others and pushed back down by its own weight, runs toward a precipice while speech balloons say the party is 'going backwards'; Horatio Seymour's head glows above the White House like a rising sun. The party is labelled 'Radical' in the title.
- Date
- 1868
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Currier & Ives (J. M. Ives, del.)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Andrew Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- 1868 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 (published 1868; over 150 years old); LOC records no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
