Besides Nast’s mastery
of caricature, knowledge of classic literature and
mythology, inventive mind, and impish sense of humor, the
incorporation of catchphrases and symbols into his cartoons
was one of his most effective, and sometimes devastating,
techniques. That skill is nowhere on better display
than in his images of Horace Greeley. This website
features Nast’s Greeley cartoons organized by four
catchphrases—“What I Know About…”; “Clasp Hands over the
Bloody Chasm”; “Anything to…”; and “Go West, Young Man, Go
West”—along with two symbols—the Gratz Brown nametag and the
organ that was not an organ. Nast’s relentless use of
these epithets and emblems merged into a negative public
image that helped bury the candidacy of Horace Greeley.
Based
on the title of a Greeley book, What I Know About Farming,
the phrase was used by Nast to ridicule Greeley's pretension to
expertise on various topics.
June 24, 1871, p. 584
Farming
December 9,
1871, p. 1152
Everything
December 16, 1871, p. 1184
White Washing Hall
January 20, 1872, p. 52
Horace Greeley [title], Bailing Jeff Davis [left],
Grant [right]
February 10, 1872, p. 132
the Presidency
March 16, 1872, p. 208
Bolting
March 30, 1872, p. 241
Carl
April 13, 1872, p. 284
Conventions
April 20, 1872, p. 313
Emigration
April 27, 1872, p. 321
Journalism [unclear]
April 27, p. 328
Navigation, Bailing Jeff Davis
May 4, 1872, p. 345
Twisting
May 4, 1872, p. 351
Hatching
May 4, p. 352
Beating Grant 1872, Beating Lincoln 1864
May 11, 1872, p. 361
Steering, Telling the Truth
May 11
1872, p. 364
Blowing
May 18, 1872, p. 392
Geology
May 18, 1872, p. 400
Blowing My Own Trumpet
May 25, 1872, p. 408
Making Myself Notorious
May 25, 1872, p. 416
Liars
June 1, 1872, p. 428
Horsemanship
June 1, 1872, p. 440
White Feathers
June 8, 1872, p. 448
Getting Votes
June 8, 1872, p. 456
Those Shoes
June 29, 1872, p. 505
Splitting
June 29, 1872, p. 517
Farming
July 6, 1872, p. 528
[blank]
July 6, 1872, p. 536
Getting Votes
July 13, 1872, p. 548
Warfare
July 13, 1872, p. 560
Eating My Own Words
July 27, 1872, p. 584
Stooping to Conquer
August 3, 1872, p. 596
Clasping Hands over Bloody Chasms
August 3, 1872, p. 605
Honesty
August 3, 1872, p. 608
Swallowing
August 17, 1872, p. 637
Shaking Hands
August 17, 1872, pp. 640-641
Resisting Temptation
August 17, 1872, p. 648
Myself
August 24, 1872, p. 652
Being “Liberal”
August 31, 1872, p. 665
Reform
August 31, 1872, p. 668
Being Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy; Party
Whipping In [Reid]
September 7, 1872, p. 692
Capping the Climax
September 14, 1872, p. 713
Wilkes Booth
September 14, 1872, p. 716
Lying
September 14, 1872, p. 728
Being the Liberal Candidate; Being the Democratic
Candidate
September 21, 1872, p. 729
Flags
September 21, 1872, p. 732
Shaking Hands over the Bloodiest of Chasms
September 21, 1872, p. 744
New Departure
September 28, 1872, p. 745
[blank]
September 28, 1872, pp. 752-753
His Friends; His Present Position; the
Democrats; the South
October 5, 1872, p. 764
Bailing
October 12, 1872, p. 785
Secession in 1860 and 1872; Pittsburg, Penn., Sept.
19, 1872
October 12, 1872, p. 792
Letting the Cat out of the Bag; What I Said and What
I Meant; Office Seeking
October 19, 1872, p. 804
Reconciliation
October 19, 1872, p. 813
Mistakes; Reform [shoulder-hitter]; Organs That Are
Not Organs [Reid]
October 26, 1872, p. 825
Popping the Question
November 9, 1872, p. 865
Riding the Democratic Mule
November 9, 1872, pp. 872-873
Shifting
November 9, 1872, p. 877
the Power of the Press
November 16, 1872, pp. 896-897
[blank]
November 23, 1872, pp. 912-913
Running for the Presidency; Oblivion; Chasms
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