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DescriptionBuchanan as Dog Buck 1861.tif	English: Buchanan as Dog Buck 1861 - From a series of 4 anti-secessionist political cartoons. Columbia as Bo-Peep, representing the Union, her 7 lost sheep are the 7 slave states. The sheep-dog "Buck" represents lame-duck President Buchanan and his inability to get the states to return to the Union. Wolves wearing the crowns of European empires prowl at the tree line, one says "If only we can get them separated from their flock, we can pick their bones at our leisure".
Date	1861
Source	No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep. Strong's dime caricatures. Library of Congress (1861).
Author	John H. Goater
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• 2011-01-01 02:57 (UTC) | Javaweb | 1624162 (bytes) | 1536×1056 | {{cite web | title=No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep |url=http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661617/ |publisher= Library of Congress| work= Strong's dime caricatures| year=1861 | location=N.Y.}} From a series of 4 anti-secessionist political