---
title: '"The Right Man for the Right Place" (Currier, 1856)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/right-man-fillmore-1856/
description: Fillmore stands calm between an armed Frémont at left and a dagger-wielding Buchanan at right, holding back both.
section: Collection
---

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# "The Right Man for the Right Place" (Currier, 1856)

Fillmore stands calm between an armed Frémont at left and a dagger-wielding Buchanan at right, holding back both. Tells: each rival is made to call the other a violent label (Frémont: 'He's a border ruffian!'; Buchanan: 'the rascally abolitionist!'), and the two are drawn as equally combative so the peacemaker appears the only alternative.

## Text on the object

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

```
He's a border ruffian! and I'll shoot the Slave-holding Villain! [balloon, left figure]

Stop! Stop! My friends, I cant allow any fighting, there must be peace between you as long as I stand here.— [balloon, centre figure]

Let go! Let me at him! I'll make Mince meat of the rascally abolitionist! [balloon, right figure]

Millard Fillmore [faint signature on the floor between the central figure's feet]

THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE RIGHT PLACE.
For Sale at N° 2 Spruce St N.Y.

[Library marks, not part of the print: "A 4186", "Currier & Ives".]
```

[← "The Great Presidential Sweepstakes of 1856" (Currier)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/presidential-sweepstakes-fillmore-1856/) [James Buchanan campaign banner (Baker & Godwin, 1856) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buchanan-democratic-banner-1856/)

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