The presidential elections of 1860 were among the most memorable in the country. The north and south of the country had a completely different vision of how they viewed their homeland. What made the situation worse was that their views were completely opposite. The North, predominantly Republican, wants America to be free; free from slaves and free from servitude. While, on the other hand, Southern supporters, mostly from Democratic states, wanted slavery in the country because that's what they made their living and profited from daily. The separation of South and North was not the only separation the United States contemplated. Through this, the Democratic Party had become divided. Northern and Southern Democrats attack each other. After several delegates left the Democratic convention, Douglas, who was not expected to run for president because he would not support the idea of ​​making all states have slaves, was named president. After Douglas was nominated without the full consent of the Democratic Party, Southern Democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge, who believed that all states should have slavery, resulting in a split within the Democratic Party. (Foner, 496) In political cartoon 5A, the first reaction you have is to laugh without knowing the deeper meaning, and I guess that's most people's reaction if they don't read the captions. In my opinion, this cartoon represents two events in our country's history, the "Democratic Split" and the "Lincoln Nomination." The main characters in this political cartoon are Abraham Lincoln, Douglas and John C. Breckinridge. The main symbols of this cartoon are the two rodents split at the tail. Another main symbol is how Abraham Lincoln carries the two rodents on a stick, as if they are very poisonous and need to be gotten rid of. The slit-tailed rodents represent the Democratic Party and how they are splitting up and not working together. This shows how corrupt the Democratic Party is. The way "Old Abe" transports these two rodents is the way anyone in New York would react to rats in the subway station today: "They've got to get rid of them"; and that's what I think the cartoon artist was trying to portray, that Abraham Lincoln had to get rid of the pest that is corrupting our nation. The 5A political cartoon supports Abraham Lincoln, it depicts Abraham Lincoln as the hero and Douglas and John C..