Punch in Canada, August, 1849.
DROPPING A HINT.
Colonel Gugy, M.P., was a prominent member of the Opposition under the Baldwin-Lafontaine Ministry, but announced his withdrawal from that position during the heated scenes which followed the Rebellion Losses riots. He is regarded as having been the progenitor of the Liberal-Conservative Party of the present time. The cartoon conveys the insinuation that Colonel Gugy sympathized with the Annexation movement, which was the sensation of the day.
Punch in Canada, May, 1849.
DROPPING A HINT.
Boy.—Hallo, Mister! ye’ve dropped yer hankercher.