K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings

A sheet music cover illustrated with an ornamental vignette and motifs alluding to the Know Nothing party. In the center a nocturnal procession of men in tricornered hats, holding bayonets and a banner with a skull and crossbones. From the crossbar of the banner hang a raccoon and a cock. The scene is framed by a grouping of American flags with a liberty cap and an eagle and shield (above) and by two trees. A raccoon crouches on the limb of a tree at left. Below are pumpkin vines and a rooster standing on a ledge near cornstalks. The raccoon, pumpkins, and cornstalks, all indigenous to North America and distinctly non-European, symbolize the xenophobic orientation of the nativist party. Winner & Shuster were prolific Philadelphia music publishers.
Philada. Published by Winner & Shuster, 110 North Eighth St. New York, Firth, Pond & Co. Boston, G. P. Reed & Co. Indianapolis, A. E. Jones & Co. Cincinnati, W. C. Peters & Son.
The Library's impression of the music sheet was deposited for copyright on August 16, 1854.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1854-2.