- Date:
- 1834
- Original Format:
- Cartoon
- Item#:
- 7.114
"The Political Barbecue"
This cartoon satirizes the political controversy surrounding President Andrew Jackson's withdrawal of federal funds from the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson is being roasted as a pig on the fires of public opinion, while Martin Van Buren (shown as a little scampering animal) flees with a bag of Treasury Notes. Overseeing the roasting are five critics of the president's bank policy: Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, William B. Preston, bank president Nicholas Biddle, and an unidentified man.