The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons

An illustrated satirical poem that transposes the Ulysses–Polyphemus myth to lampoon a well-known public figure tied to New Orleans, portraying him as a blustering, drunken opportunist whose showy martial posturing conceals greed, cowardice, and legalistic chicanery. Using mock-epic diction, classical allusion, and caricatured plates, the verses recount scenes of threatened violence, bungled enterprises, and venal ambition while attacking patronage and hypocrisy. The pamphlet alternates invective, allegory, and comic portraiture to expose personal vanity and public corruption and to ridicule the era's civic and military pretensions.