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Image Title: Baltimore National Convention Of Ratification. Clay And The Tariff, 1844

Creator: Parsons & Preston.,

Date: 1844 ;

Summary: A crude campaign badge produced for Whig National Convention held at Baltimore in May of 1844. There are two illustrations: above, a sailor with a hammer nails an American flag with the words "HENRY CLAY" to a ship's mast; below is a bust portrait of Clay in an ornamental frame, with the slogan "People's Candidate, Our Country's Hope." The image of the sailor with the flag was commonly used as a nativist emblem. Its appearance here may reflect Whig attempts to appeal to anti-foreigner sentiment among American voters. Mention of the tariff alludes to the party's protectionist platform.

Related Names: Woods & Conant.

Subjects: Baltimore, Md
Clay, Henry, as presidential candidate
Nativism
Tariffs

Original Media: Engraving

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