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# "Fire Him Out" — Judge, July 22, 1882 This cartoon satirizes President Chester Arthur's alleged plan to send someone (likely Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson, based on the caption) to Egypt to build a navy there, with the cynical joke that Egypt won't pay for it anyway. The cartoon depicts a large naval cannon or explosive device being fired, with small ships visible in the background waters. The satire targets both American foreign policy adventurism and corruption—suggesting the administration would dispatch officials on expensive, dubious international projects to incompetent or unwilling clients, essentially defrauding them. The "Fire Him Out" title suggests removing Robeson from office through this absurd assignment. This reflects 1880s political criticism of Arthur's administration's naval spending and foreign entanglements during a period of post-Reconstruction political uncertainty.