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title: '"Soliciting a vote" (1852 campaign cartoon, drawn before the Democratic nomination)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soliciting-a-vote-webster-scott-1852/
description: Four politicians (Webster, Houston, Douglas and Scott in uniform) crowd a short, wide-eyed voter, each pressing his ticket on him; a whip is held in…
section: Collection
---

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# "Soliciting a vote" (1852 campaign cartoon, drawn before the Democratic nomination)

Four politicians (Webster, Houston, Douglas and Scott in uniform) crowd a short, wide-eyed voter, each pressing his ticket on him; a whip is held in Webster's hand with its lash trailing past the voter (LOC says the voter holds it), and the wall at right is labelled 'DEM.' and 'WHIG.'. The speech boxes pair high-sounding phrases ('Serve my beloved Country') with money and conquest boasts ('$25,000 a year', 'lick all Europe'); the tell is the gap between the virtue words and the stated interest. Neutral: Whig and Democratic aspirants are mocked alike.

## Text on the object

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

```
SOLICITING A VOTE.

[Speech box, Webster:]
My honest friend, these men are interested parties, I have no further interest in this matter myself, than the inclination to "Serve my "beloved Country," My Family cannot subsist on less than 25,000 $ a year.

[Speech box, Houston:]
This is the "Ticket" for you, my good friend, I am "Old Sam Houston" if elected I shall not only "lick all Europe", but all "Creation" to boot .

[Speech box, Douglas:]
There, there; go away, away, dont worry the man, leave him to me, leave him to me.

[Speech box, Scott:]
My good Friend, allow me to present you this Ticket, I am "Old Genl. Scott" you know me, I licked the British & the Mexicans, if elected I shall probably lick all Europe.

[On the wall at right:]
DEM.
WHIG.

[On the tickets and coat:]
Houston.
Webster
Douglas
Scott

[Names under the figures:]
Webster.   Houston.   Douglas.   Scott.
```

The quotation marks around 'Serve my beloved Country' are partly doubled in the print; reproduced as best read. The red 'MICROFILMED' stamp and the handwritten number at lower right are library marks, not part of the object.

[← "Position of the Democratic Party in 1852" (anti-Pierce, anti-Fugitive-Slave-Law print)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/position-democratic-party-1852/) ["The Whig Organ" (Frank Bellew, The Lantern, 28 August 1852) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/whig-organ-scott-bellew-1852/)

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