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The main text in the “boxes” (speech bubbles/dialogue labels) of the 1836 political cartoon General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster (also called “General Jackson Slaying the Many-Headed Monster” or similar variants; published by H.R. Robinson) consists of the following quotes attributed to the figures:
Andrew Jackson (on the left, raising a cane labeled “Veto”):
“Biddle thou Monster Avaunt!! avaount I say! or by the Great Eternal I’ll cleave thee to the earth, aye thee and thy four and twenty satellites. Matty if thou art true…come on. if thou art false, may the venomous monster turn his dire fang upon thee…”
Martin Van Buren:
“Well done General, Major Jack Downing, Adams, Clay, well done all. I dislike dissentions beyond every thing, for it often compels a man to play a double part, were it only for his own safety. Policy, policy is my motto, but intrigues I cannot countenance.”
Major Jack Downing (dropping his axe):
“Now now you nasty varmint, be you imperishable? I swan Gineral that are beats all I reckon, that’s the horrible wiper wot wommits wenemous heads I guess…”
Other prominent labels (on the hydra/monster and objects):
Jackson’s cane is marked “Veto.”
The largest head (Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States) wears a top hat labeled “Penn” (Pennsylvania) and “$35,000,000” (referring to the Bank’s capitalization and the Pennsylvania legislature’s rechartering of it).
Pennsylvania is the Keystone