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Place Created: New York
Year Created: 1885
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This political cartoon shows President Glover Cleveland standing at a table with his right hand on a document labeled, "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885." The document states, "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a President to dissolve the political bands which the machinery of his party has imposed upon him, he must speak in unmistakable words..." Cleveland is facing a group of men, one labeled "Tammany" and others labeled "Boss" and "Rural Boss", they are standing near a passageway labeled "Exit". Behind Cleveland are members of his cabinet, William C. Whitney, Daniel Manning, Augustus H. Garland, William F. Vilas, L.Q.C. Lamar, and Thomas F. Bayard who is holding a paper that states "The Cabinet 'Solid' on Reform". On the wall in the background is a painting showing the presentation of the "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776".
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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