American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

Lithograph, 1860, 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (creasing, light toning or dampstain); matted and framed to 23 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame). 

A political cartoon published during the 1860 presidential election. Republican candidate Lincoln is seated upon a rail labeled "Republican platform", a dual allusion to his frontier origins and the Republican anti-slavery platform. The rail is supported by an African American man and Horace Greely of the New York Daily Tribune, a vocal supporter of Lincoln's unlikely candidacy who says, " We can prove that you have split rails & that will ensure your election to the Presidency."