Judge — September 19, 1896 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a Judge magazine cartoon titled "Shade of Lincoln—'Stop! How dare you!'" The image depicts the ghost or spirit of Abraham Lincoln gesturing to halt someone or something in a landscape. The spectral Lincoln appears to be protesting or objecting to an action occurring in the scene below him. Without additional visible context on this page, the specific event being satirized is unclear. However, the invocation of Lincoln's shade typically signaled editorial disapproval of actions the cartoonist believed violated Lincoln's principles—likely related to Civil War legacy, Reconstruction policies, or civil rights issues. The dramatic supernatural framing emphasizes moral outrage, suggesting the cartoonist saw contemporary actions as betraying Lincoln's vision. The copyright date (1806 appears to be a transcription error) and Judge's satirical nature indicate this comments on a specific political controversy of its era.