This is the other half of the preceding cartoon - showing Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton shaking hands after the Webster-Ashburton agreement on the Northeast boundary lines of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.
Secretary of State Daniel Webster and British diplomat Lord Ashburton were the chief negotiators. They reached a compromise in 1842.
Many people in Maine were disappointed with Webster, thinking he had compromised the interest of Maine and the nation.
