In the Name of Our Lord, Jesus H. Christ, Who would you have voted for in the 1844

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Presidential Election? In 1844, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
James Buchanan, a moderate
Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

In four short years he met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump
 
This election is one of the biggest yawners in American History.
Almost as dull as the previous election.
 
Manifest destiny was a newspaper headline's term for the policy. It tried to pretty up the policy of land grabbing. But Polk knew that the doing wasn't going to be pretty. He stated in his campaign that he'd serve one term and one term only, so that he didn't have to worry about alienating any portion of the electorate once he was in. So he schemed and used diplomacy, encourage a revolt in California, provoke war with Mexico, and started the Gold Rush without any independent varification of richness nor potential of the gold strike he announced it before Congress in winter of 1848, not caring about the gold, knowing only it would flood the new territories with Yankess. And the in doing of all that you named and more, he killed just about worked himself to death. The US stretched from coast to coast, but he didn't live long to enjoy the fruits of his labor, he left office in March of 1849 and was dead by June.
 
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