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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 8115217, member: 101855&quot;]Thank you [USER=74863]@Collecting Nut[/USER]! That was an interesting summary. I have collected the political HTTs for many years. The pro-Jackson pieces are much harder to find than the anti-Jackson pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The turtle with the safe on it&#039;s back refers the Sub Treasury system. At first the Federal Government moved its funds from the Bank of the United States to the &quot;pet banks.&quot; When they started losing the Government&#039;s money, the Democrats passed a bill with created the Sub Treasury. The Sub Treasury collected and disbursed the government&#039;s money. The satire here implies that the Sub Treasury was slow in paying its bills.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412261[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412262[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The refers to a line from Martin Van Buren&#039;s inaugural address where he said that he &quot;was following in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor.&quot; Since Jackson had been depicted as a jack ass, Van Buren got the same treatment. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of the pro-Jackson HTTs. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1412268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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