Judge, 1890-01-11 · page 9 of 16
Judge — January 11, 1890 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This 1889 Judge cartoon by artist Nidor critiques incomplete American Reconstruction efforts. The central figure is a wounded soldier labeled "The Union," attended by a woman representing America or Liberty. The quote from H.W. Grady (a prominent Atlanta editor) advocates for national unity transcending regional divisions—"no South, no North, no East, no West." However, the cartoon's title and imagery suggest this unity remains unachieved. The wounded soldier, surrounded by symbolic imagery including what appears to be sectional representations on the walls, indicates that despite Grady's 1889 plea for reconciliation, the nation's wounds from the Civil War (ended 1865) remain unhealed. The satire critiques the gap between noble rhetoric about national loyalty and the persistent regional suspicion and estrangement the quote itself acknowledges still existing.
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WORK UNFINISHED. Grady, December 23, 1889. ¢¢ PF HIS hour little needs the loyalty that is loyal to one section and yet holds the other in enduring sus- picion-and estrangement. Give us the “broad and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts Georgia alike with Massachusetts —that knows no South, no North, no “East, no West, but endears with equal and patriotic love every foot of our soil, every State of our Union.” H.W. Grady. Dee. 12, 1889, Nido R., Sackett a Wilhelms Litho Co.New York, comicbooks.com