Title: the right man for the right place
abstract: another satire complimentary to fillmore, whose campaign slogan was "the right man in the right place. " fillmore was nominated at the american party's february 22 convention in philadelphia. Here he is the embodiment of equanimity, in stark contrast to the combative hostility of republican john c. Fremont (left) and democrat james buchanan. Fillmore mediates between the two men, who are armed here with a musket and dagger respectively. Fremont: "he's a border ruffian! and i'll shoot the slave-holding villain!" he associates buchanan with recent violence against antislavery settlers in kansas, and with the slaveholding interests. Buchanan, raising his dagger but restrained by fillmore: "let go! let me at him! i'll make mince meat of the rascally abolitionist!" fillmore: "stop! stop! my friends, i cant allow any fighting, there must be peace between you as long as i stand here. "
physical description: 1 print on wove paper: lithograph; image 27 x 34 cm. Notes: published in: american political prints, 1766-1876 / bernard f. Reilly. Boston: g. K. Hall, 1991, entry 1856-25.;probably drawn by louis maurer.;title from item. Date: 1856.
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