Figure 2. — Presidential campaigning between the Civil War and 1900 was 

 characterized by widespread organizations and innumerable mass demon- 

 strations, designed to maintain party fervor and loyalty. The barbecue and 

 torchlight parade illustrated here occurred in Brooklyn, New York, near 

 the end of the presidential contest of 1876. These were quite typical of 

 political gatherings during this era. {Harper's Weekly, November 11, 1876, 

 p. 916.) 



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