The pedlar and his pack or The desperate effort, an over balance. A satire on the reverse impact of John Binns's anti-Jackson coffin handbill campaign during the presidential race of 1828. Editor-publisher Binns supports on his back a large load of coffins, upon which are figures of Henry Clay (left) and incumbent President John Quincy Adams (right). Binns: I must have an extra dose of Treasury-pap, or down go the Coffins Harry, for I feel faint already. Clay: Hold on Jonny Q--for I find that the people are too much for us, and I'm sinking with Jack and his Coffins! Adams (grasping the presidential chair): I'll hang on to the Chair Harry, in spite of Coffin hand-bills Harris's letter Panama mission or the wishes of the People.. Date 1828. The pedlar and his pack or The desperate effort, an over balance. A satire on the reverse impact of John Binns's anti-Jackson coffin handbill campaign during the presidential race of 1828. Editor-publisher Binns supports on his back a large load of coffins, upon which are figures of Henry Clay (left) and incumbent President John Quincy Adams (right). Binns: I must have an extra dose of Treasury-pap, or down go the Coffins Harry, for I feel faint already. Clay: Hold on Jonny Q--for I find that the people are too much for us, and I'm sinking with Jack and his Coffins! Adams (grasping the presidential chair): I'll hang on to the Chair Harry, in spite of Coffin hand-bills Harris's letter Panama mission or the wishes of the People.. Date 1828.