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Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch

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DIVORCE A VINCULO. Mrs. Carolina Asserts her Right to "Larrup" her Nigger. [Punch: January 19, 1861]

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THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. President Abe. "WHAT A NICE WHITE HOUSE THIS WOULD BE, IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE BLACKS!" [Punch: May 11, 1861]

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"CÆSAR IMPERATOR!" OR, THE AMERICAN GLADIATORS. [Punch: May 18, 1861]

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NAUGHTY JONATHAN. "YOU SHAN'T INTERFERE, MOTHER—AND YOU OUGHT TO BE ON MY SIDE—AND IT'S A GREAT SHAME—AND I DON'T CARE—AND YOU SHALL INTERFERE—AND I WON'T HAVE IT." [Punch: July 6, 1861]

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HOW THEY WENT TO TAKE CANADA. "For the outrage offered in the Queen's Proclamation, the United States will possess itself of Canada,"—New York Herald. [Punch: August 17, 1861]

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A FAMILY QUARREL [Punch: September 28, 1861.]

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KING COTTON BOUND; Or, The Modern Prometheus. [Punch: November 2, 1861.]

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THE GENU-INE OTHELLO. Othello. "KEEP UP YOUR BRIGHT SWORDS, FOR DE DEW WILL RUST DEM. · · · · BOTH YOU OB MY INCLINING, AND DE REST." [Punch: November 9, 1861.]

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Mr. Bull. "OH! IF YOU TWO LIKE FIGHTING BETTER THAN BUSINESS, I SHALL DEAL AT THE OTHER SHOP." [Punch: November 16, 1861.]

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THE WILFUL BOY. Jonathan. "I WILL FIGHT—I WILL HAVE A NATIONAL DEBT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE" [Punch: November 23, 1861.]

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LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS. Jack Bull. "YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT, MY SON, OR I'LL BLOW YOU OUT OF THE WATER." [Punch: December 7, 1861.]

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A BAD CASE OF THROWING STONES. Mr Bull. "Now mind You, Sir—no Shuffling—an ample Apology—or I put the Matter into the hands of my Lawyers, Messrs. Whitworth and Armstrong." [Punch: December 7, 1861.]

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WAITING FOR AN ANSWER. [Punch: December 14, 1861.]

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A LIKELY STORY. Captain Jonathan, F.N. "JIST LOOK'D IN TO SEE IF THAR'S ANY REBELS HE-ARR." Mr. Bull. "OH, INDEED!—JOHN! LOOK AFTER THE PLATE-BASKET, AND THEN FETCH A POLICEMAN." [Punch: December 21, 1861.]

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COLUMBIA'S FIX. Columbia. "WHICH ANSWER SHALL I SEND?" [Punch: December 28, 1861.]

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BOXING DAY. Mr Punch. "NOW THEN! WHICH END WILL YOU HAVE, JONATHAN?" [Punch: January 4, 1862.]

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"UP A TREE." Colonel Bull and the Yankee 'Coon. 'Coon. "AIR YOU IN ARNEST, COLONEL?" Colonel Bull. "I AM." 'Coon. "DON'T FIRE—I'LL COME DOWN." [Punch: January 11, 1862.]

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NAUGHTY JONATHAN. Mrs Britannia. "THERE, JOHN! HE SAYS HE IS VERY SORRY, AND THAT HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT—SO YOU CAN PUT THIS BACK INTO THE PICKLE-TUB." [Punch: January 18, 1862.]

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OBERON AND TITANIA. Oberon (Mr. President Lincoln) "I DO BUT BEG A LITTLE NIGGER BOY, TO BE MY HENCHMAN." Titania (Miss Virginia) "SET YOUR HEART AT REST, THE NORTHERN LAND BUYS NOT THE CHILD OF ME." [Punch: April 5, 1862.]

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PEACE. MR. PUNCH'S DESIGN FOR A COLOSSAL STATUE, WHICH OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. [Punch: May 3, 1862.]

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THE NEW ORLEANS PLUM. BIG LINCOLN HORNER, UP IN A CORNER, THINKING OF HUMBLE PIE; FOUND UNDER HIS THUMB, A NEW ORLEANS PLUM, AND SAID, WHAT A 'CUTE YANKEE AM I! [Punch: May 24, 1862.]

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THE "SENSATION" STRUGGLE IN AMERICA. [Punch: June 7, 1862.]

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THE LATEST FROM AMERICA; Or, the New York "Eye-Duster," to be taken Every Day. [Punch: July 26, 1862.]

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ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. Old Abe. "WHY I DU DECLARE IT'S MY DEAR OLD FRIEND SAMBO! COURSE YOU'LL FIGHT FOR US, SAMBO. LEND US A HAND, OLD HOSS, DU!" [Punch: August 9, 1862.]

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LINCOLN'S TWO DIFFICULTIES. Lin. "WHAT? NO MONEY! NO MEN!" [Punch: August 23, 1862.]

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"NOT UP TO TIME;" Or, Interference would be very Welcome. [Punch: September 13, 1862.]

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THE OVERDUE BILL. Mr. South to Mr. North. "YOUR 'NINETY DAYS' PROMISSORY NOTE ISN'T TAKEN UP YET, SIRREE!" [Punch: September 27, 1862.]

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MORE FREE THAN WELCOME—A PROSPECTIVE FIX. Nigger. "Now den, Massa Jonathan, what you goin' to do wid dis Child? Eh?" [Punch: October 18, 1862.]

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ABE LINCOLN'S LAST CARD; OR, ROUGE-ET-NOIR. [Punch: October 18, 1862.]

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LATEST FROM SPIRIT-LAND. Ghost of King George III. "WELL, MR. WASHINGTON, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FINE REPUBLIC NOW, EH?—WHAT D'YE THINK? WHAT D'YE THINK, EH?" Ghost of Mr. Washington. "HUMPH!" [Punch: January 10, 1863.]

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SCENE FROM THE AMERICAN "TEMPEST." Caliban (Sambo). "YOU BEAT HIM 'NOUGH, MASSA! BERRY LITTLE TIME, I'LL BEAT HIM TOO."—Shakspeare. (Nigger Translation.) [Punch: January 24, 1863.]

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"BEWARE!" Keeper."HE AIN'T ASLEEP, YOUNG JONATHAN, SO YOU'D BEST NOT IRRITATE HIM". [Punch: May 2, 1863.]

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THE GREAT "CANNON GAME." Abe Lincoln (aside). "DARN'D IF HE AIN'T SCORED AG'IN!—WISH I COULD MAKE A FEW WINNING HAZARDS FOR A CHANGE." [Punch: May 9, 1863.]

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"ROWDY" NOTIONS OF EMANCIPATION. "The mob on the corner, below my house, had hung up a negro to the lamp-post. In mockery, a cigar was placed in his mouth. * * * For hours these scared negroes poured up Twenty-seventh Street, passing my house. * * * One old negro, 70 years old, blind as a bat, and such a cripple that he could hardly move, was led along by his equally aged wife with a few rags they had saved, trembling with fright, and not knowing where to go."—Manhattan's Letter in the Standard, July 30th. [Punch: August 8, 1863.]

Illustration from Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865)

BRUTUS AND CÆSAR. (From the American Edition of Shakspeare.) The Tent of Brutus (Lincoln). Night. Enter the Ghost of Cæsar. Brutus. Wall, now! Do tell! Who's you? Cæsar. I am dy ebil genus, massa Linking. Dis child am awful Inimpressional. [Punch: August 15, 1863.]

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THE BLACK CONSCRIPTION. "WHEN BLACK MEETS BLACK THEN COMES THE END (?) OF WAR. [Punch: September 26, 1863.]

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JOHN BULL'S NEUTRALITY. "LOOK HERE, BOYS, I DON'T CARE TWOPENCE FOR YOUR NOISE, BUT IF YOU THROW STONES AT MY WINDOWS, I MUST THRASH YOU BOTH. [Punch: October 3, 1863.]

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SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, OR THE MODERN ULYSSES. [Punch: October 10, 1863.]

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THE STORM-SIGNAL. We know not whence the storm may come, But its coming's in the air, And this is the warning of the drum, Against the storm, Prepare! [Punch: October 17, 1863.]

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EXTREMES MEET. Abe. Imperial son of Nicholas the Great, We air in the same fix, I calculate, You with your Poles, with Southern rebels I, Who spurn my rule and my revenge defy. Alex. Vengeance is mine, old man; see where it falls, Behold yon hearths laid waste, and ruined walls, Yon gibbets, where the struggling patriot hangs, Whilst my brave myrmidons enjoy his pangs. [Punch: October 24, 1863.]

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"BEECHER'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP." "If I have said anything against England, I'll stick to it. * * * When I look not to the sentiments of popular assemblies, but to such significant acts as the detention of those Rams at Liverpool (cheers); when I look to such weighty words as those spoken by Earl Russell at Glasgow, and by the Attorney General at Richmond * * * I feel that the two nations are still one in the cause of civilisation, of religion, and I trust we shall continue to be one in international policy, and one in every enterprise."—Rev. Ward Beecher at Exeter Hall. [Punch: October 31, 1863.]

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"HOLDING A CANDLE TO THE *****" (MUCH THE SAME THING.) [Punch: November 7, 1863.]

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NEUTRALITY. Mrs. North. "HOW ABOUT THE ALABAMA YOU WICKED OLD MAN?" Mrs. South. "WHERE'S MY RAMS? TAKE BACK YOUR PRECIOUS CONSULS—THERE!!!" [Punch: November 14, 1863.]

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SOMETHING FOR PADDY. O'Connell's Statue (loq). "IT'S A REPALER YE CALL YOURSELF, YE SPALPEEN, AND YOU'RE GOIN' TO DIE FOR THE UNION." [Punch: August 20, 1864.]

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VERY PROBABLE. Lord Punch. "THAT WAS JEFF DAVIS, PAM! DON'T YOU RECOGNISE HIM?" Lord Pam. "HM! WELL, NOT EXACTLY—MAY HAVE TO DO SO SOME OF THESE DAYS." [Punch: August 27, 1864.]

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MRS. NORTH AND HER ATTORNEY. Mrs. North. "YOU SEE, MR. LINCOLN, WE HAVE FAILED UTTERLY IN OUR COURSE OF ACTION; I WANT PEACE, AND SO, IF YOU CANNOT EFFECT AN AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT, I MUST PUT THE CASE INTO OTHER HANDS." [Punch: September 24, 1864.]

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COLUMBIA'S SEWING-MACHINE. Mrs. Britannia. "AH, MY DEAR COLUMBIA, IT'S ALL VERY WELL; BUT I'M AFRAID YOU'LL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO JOIN THAT NEATLY." [Punch: October 1, 1864.]

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THE BLACK DRAFT. [Punch: November 19, 1864.]

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THE FEDERAL PHŒNIX. [Punch: December 3, 1864.]

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GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR 1864. [Punch: December 31, 1864.]

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THE THREATENING NOTICE. Attorney Lincoln. "NOW UNCLE SAM, YOU'RE IN A DARNED HURRY TO SERVE THIS HERE NOTICE ON JOHN BULL. NOW, IT'S MY DUTY, AS YOUR ATTORNEY, TO TELL YOU THAT YOU MAY DRIVE HIM TO GO OVER TO THAT CUSS, DAVIS——" (Uncle Sam Considers.) [Punch: February 181, 1865.]

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VULCAN IN THE SULKS. Britannia. "IF YOU TURN SULKY, AND WON'T MAKE MY ARMOUR, HOW SHALL I BE ABLE TO RESIST MARS?" [Punch: March 25, 1865.]

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THE AMERICAN GLADIATORS—HABET! [Punch: April 29, 1865.]

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BRITANNIA SYMPATHISES WITH COLUMBIA. [Punch: May 6, 1865.]

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Transcriber's Note. (1) Spelling, punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected, with the exception of those which occur in the illustrations and text copied directly from "Punch". (2) The book titles on images 4 and 8 have been removed as unnecessary duplications. (3) Most of the 49 pages of text consist of lengthy paragraphs, blockquotes and poems. Only a small proportion relate to specific adjacent cartoons, which are nearly all in chronological order, full-size on alternate pages of the book. As a result of these two factors, normal HTML-version procedures created an unacceptably uncomfortable read, often breaking with only a few lines of text between two screen-width illustrations, completely irrelevant to the nearby text. It was therefore decided to move all the cartoons to the end of the book, with links to the List of Illustrations. (4) Resulting from the decision in (3), the page numbers in the List of Illustrations coincide with the restructured format, not with the original book.

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