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The Harper’s Weekly cartoonist and Tribune editor continued as
allies in the Republican camp during the 1868 presidential campaign, backing
General Ulysses S. Grant against his Democratic rival, Horatio Seymour, the
former governor of New York. Shortly before the November election, Nast arrayed
Grant’s Republican forces—“The Boys in Blue”—facing Seymour’s Democratic
troops—“The Boys in Grey.” It was a confrontation obviously intended to remind
readers of the Civil War contest between Union and Confederate troops. On the
left, in the Republican-Union half of “Both Sides of the Question,” Greeley
appears holding the New York Tribune just behind Schuyler Colfax, the
Republican vice-presidential nominee (who stands behind Grant). Nast is shown
in the lower-left corner sharpening his pencil. |
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