The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"

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The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"

This political cartoon shows President Lincoln and Jefferson Davis pulling at a map of the United States as it is ripping in half. Meanwhile General McClellan, Mac, stands in the middle attempting to stop it. This represents the Civil War and McClellan's stance that preserving the Union should come first.