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| Keywords: The modern Gilpins.jpg 'A parody of Democratic politics in the months preceding the party's 1848 national convention Specifically the artist ridicules the rivalry within the party between Free Soil or anti-slavery interests which upheld the Wilmot Proviso and regular conservative Democrats or Hunkers The Gilpins named after the hero of William Cowper's 1785 Diverting History of John Gilpin who also loses control of his mount to comic effect are regular Democrats Lewis Cass Thomas Hart Benton and Levi Woodbury who ride a giant sow down Salt River Lane away from the Head Quarters of the Northern Democracy ' Salt River is a symbol of political doom Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division American Cartoon Prints Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a19493 1848 John L Magee PD published in U S prior to 1923 LOC-image cph 3a19493 PD-old 1848 engravings Politics of the United States 1848 cartoons 1840s political cartoons of the United States 1848 in the United States Caricatures of politicians of the United States Free Soil Party | ||||
