The embargo was not good for American merchants or even particularly successful, as depicted in this political cartoon showing a number of disgruntled men being addressed by a not-so-persuasive Thomas Jefferson. Note the perceived influence of Napoleon and the French in this London-published cartoon. George Cruikshank, “The happy effects of that grand systom [sic] of shutting ports against the English!!” London: Walker, 1808. Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99401790/.