An American eagle is snatching the Constitution from Jefferson who is about it burn it. This shows how Jefferson was doing things that were not stated in the Constitution, thus not abiding by his theory of strict construction.
Jefferson is portrayed as a prairie dog throwing up money and being stung by a hornet which represents England. Jefferson is seen as a puppet because of his enforcing of the Embargo Act and how it was only hurting his own country and its economy.
The turtle represents the government enforcing the Embargo Act and how much it restricted trade and hurt the economy.
This cartoon shows the British on the left and the French on the right threatening America in the center. It represents Madison's Intercourse Act and how it solely restricted exports Britain and France, but rather than hurting Britain and France it was hurting America.
The turtle and man on the left represents the U.S. government who keeping the man on the right to smuggle. It shows how strongly the embargo act was enforced and how the government was almost tyrannical. It also shows how hated the embargo was.