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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sgiorgis, post: 1063942, member: 22657&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Edit: Just thought I&#039;d add, in 1840 I&#039;m sure there was no better way to rub the Whigs&#039; nose in it than to make a Biblical reference comparing them to King Belshazzar from the Book of Daniel. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Absolutely true! The Whigs and Democrats of the 1820-1850&#039;s were BITTER rivals. I spent the summer reading &quot;American Lion&quot; (Andrew Jackson) by Jon Meacham and Robert Merry&#039;s, &quot;A Country of Vast Designs&quot; a great work about James K Polks manifest destiny presidency. Going to read about Henry Clay to get the other side of the story!</p><p>Merry Christmas everybody, and Happy, Health 2011 to all! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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