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Figure 132- “All <strong>the</strong> West going for Matty”, 1840<br />

A Whig cartoon spoofi ng Democratic claims of Western support for Martin Van Buren during<br />

<strong>the</strong> election of 1840. Pursued by animals from <strong>the</strong> “Alleghany Mountains” and <strong>the</strong> Mississippi<br />

River, including among o<strong>the</strong>rs a buffalo, alligator, beaver, turtle, and fox, Van Buren fl ees to<br />

<strong>the</strong> right saying, “This is going for me with a vengeance! I wish I was safe at Kinderhook! [his<br />

birthplace and family home was Kinderhook, New York] for I am a used up man!” A parchment<br />

“Sub-Treasury Bill” has fallen at his feet, referring to <strong>the</strong> independent treasury plan, <strong>the</strong> centerpiece<br />

of Van Buren’s fi scal program.<br />

(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)

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