Running The "Machine" This poster was issued by Currier and Ives in September 1864, when the contest which resulted in the re-election of Mr. Lincoln, was nearing its most heated stage. It has vigor and directness. The artist depicts Secretary of the Treasury, Fessenden, with anxious face, turning the crank of Chase's patent geenback mill, while two war contractors greedily view the fruits of his labors. Stanton, now a devoted lieutenant of Mr. Lincoln, receives with joy the news of some minor Union victory. When Salmon Chase resigned as Secretary of the Treasury, in the summer of 1864, Mr. Lincoln promptly, and with characteristic adroitness, solved the problem of filling Chase's place by appointing William Pitt Fessenden of Maine, a man of great ability, and wholly devoted to the Union cause. Published: Currier and Ives << | >> ALL | TEXT