Title: the great republican reform party, calling on their candidate
abstract: fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered suffragette, a ragged socialist holding a liquor bottle, a spinsterish libertarian, a catholic priest holding a cross, and a free black dandy. Temperance man: "the first thing we want, is a law making the use of tobacco, animal food, and lager-bier a capital crime. " suffragette: "we demand, first of all; the recognition of woman as the equal of man with a right to vote and hold office. " socialist: "an equal division of property that is what i go in for. " elderly libertarian: "col. I wish to invite you to the next meeting of our free love association, where the shackles of marriage are not tolerated & perfect freedom exist in love matters and you will be sure to enjoy yourself, for we are all freemounters. " priest: "we look to you sir to place the power of the pope on a firm footing in this country. " freedman: "de poppylation ob color comes in first. Arter dat, you may do wot you pleases. " fremont: "you shall all have what you desire. And be sure that the glorious principles of popery, fourierism, free love, woman's rights, the maine law, & above all the equality of our colored brethren, shall be maintained; if i get into the presidential chair. "
physical description: 1 print on wove paper: lithograph; image 30 x 39 cm. Notes: probably drawn by louis maurer.;published in: american political prints, 1766-1876 / bernard f. Reilly. Boston: g. K. Hall, 1991, entry 1856-22.;the gale catalog describes another, earlier state of the print, with only "ferences. "; title from item. Date: 1856.
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