Thomas Nast – These Few Precepts in Thy Memory Published September 17, 2018 at 809 × 546 in Congressman Charles Hays and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 ← Previous / “These Few Precepts in Thy Memory,” a political cartoon about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by artist Thomas Nast, 1875. Photo courtesy of Princeton University http://pudl.princeton.edu/objects/1544bp24n.