|Plate Number Six--This cartoon, "The Situation," published in _Harper's Weekly_, on July 13, 1861, reminds one that the advocates of compromise were numerous and noisy until well toward the close of the war. Here Lincoln is depicted as a constable in the act of arresting Davis. "I've got you now, Jeff," are his words as he lays hold of his prisoner. "Guess you have," is the reply of Davis. "Well, now let us compromise." [Illustration: 007] |Plate Number Seven--This cartoon, "Got the Right Weapon at Last," published in _Harper's Weekly_, on October 19, 1861, has for its subject the first of the national loans which assured a successful prosecution of the greatest war in history. Jay Cooke, who still lives, was the agent through whose patriotic and sagacious efforts most of these loans found takers, and he it was to whom Grant, in the closing days of the war, sent this message: "Tell him for me that it is to him more than to any other man that our people will be indebted for the continued life of the nation." [Illustration: 008] |Plate Number Eight--This cartoon, without title, published in _Vanity Fair_, on November 16, 1861, has for its subject the Union's relations with foreign powers. It depicts the President, guarding with sword and cannon a pond filled with trout (the Confederacy) in which three boys--England, France and Spain--are anxious to cast their lines. "Boys, I reckon I wouldn't," is his significant comment. [Illustration: 009] |Plate Number Nine--This cartoon, "Up a Tree--Colonel Bull and the Yankee Coon," was published in _Punch_ on January 11, 1862. The artist, whose point-of-view is one of contemptuous ridicule, inspired by the Mason and Slidell incident, and having in mind Davy Crockett's familiar story of Colonel Scott and the coon, depicts that animal with the head of Lincoln, crouched on the limb of a friendly tree, and gazing furtively down on John Bull, armed with a blunderbuss and about to fire, whereat the following dialogue ensues: Coon--"Air you in arnest, Colonel?" Colonel Bull--"I am." Coon--"Don't fire--I'll come down." [Illustration: 010]