tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70447961618785538452024-03-05T13:15:54.685-08:00James K. PolkPhoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-14208138077969581582011-07-17T16:53:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.457-07:00James Polk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQY7TplbTi69I6YM9ErcoMoms8ni12hxrIpgMrjUNVJi5AFYrQ54ip2Fjz0pS7siPE2i4QnPCnNj8gPbS5jR9-P79KgKsR4VCUpdRK75qJm7Rb3Kk2appS-WGQt-_S3dsi2I79a00ksA/s1600/jkp1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQY7TplbTi69I6YM9ErcoMoms8ni12hxrIpgMrjUNVJi5AFYrQ54ip2Fjz0pS7siPE2i4QnPCnNj8gPbS5jR9-P79KgKsR4VCUpdRK75qJm7Rb3Kk2appS-WGQt-_S3dsi2I79a00ksA/s320/jkp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630473940166557154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-31870847212026160152010-10-07T17:09:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.462-07:00James Polk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifT-Ca-ldse_HLdCwHsizTCLEVlIyz1F_PQRtMp_KE3-zIf3Aa47XIwTH37S7_Ew-ZxWd3lNi2J_OptLqeLG6ntSwn7dJMG4GgXpTRz0lKWPimolDN2h5quBjNLx3AQWft1KDK7CyJcOk/s1600/455px-James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 508px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifT-Ca-ldse_HLdCwHsizTCLEVlIyz1F_PQRtMp_KE3-zIf3Aa47XIwTH37S7_Ew-ZxWd3lNi2J_OptLqeLG6ntSwn7dJMG4GgXpTRz0lKWPimolDN2h5quBjNLx3AQWft1KDK7CyJcOk/s400/455px-James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525460707389100834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-8016974548169197522010-10-07T17:08:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.479-07:00James Polk<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YZD8sxlwdnmFsp8o3gV7qNEP64FRo0eVQHe83K0-xv9-xMhqG8AXKH3DvDg8gCGMERd-drXqBNZoCtkQkB9uu1xv3TKFNkXcVCXgCIiqHo7h0l4triAyPx2djvT0gSZuxb4R9ae63ws/s1600/James_K_Polk_and_Sarah_C_Polk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 455px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YZD8sxlwdnmFsp8o3gV7qNEP64FRo0eVQHe83K0-xv9-xMhqG8AXKH3DvDg8gCGMERd-drXqBNZoCtkQkB9uu1xv3TKFNkXcVCXgCIiqHo7h0l4triAyPx2djvT0gSZuxb4R9ae63ws/s400/James_K_Polk_and_Sarah_C_Polk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525460373499010786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.</span>..</span><br /><br /><br /></div><span class="body"></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-34761376111934713672010-10-07T17:07:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.465-07:00James Polk<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUO4vonIjdZ_xxl3YkhDAwet-4WErAxpxltlsfkYfxwQNTmqnUz2oEdSrFt3R4vHztOr-hPtGe1L1ulp84IJw1ErAMmTHDa86746NhgBiErPG4CA_G-lXYsAiKH3dXcA2oPaIksM1Pnlk/s1600/Polkpolk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 496px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUO4vonIjdZ_xxl3YkhDAwet-4WErAxpxltlsfkYfxwQNTmqnUz2oEdSrFt3R4vHztOr-hPtGe1L1ulp84IJw1ErAMmTHDa86746NhgBiErPG4CA_G-lXYsAiKH3dXcA2oPaIksM1Pnlk/s400/Polkpolk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525460202803181938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.</span>..</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-8002621210596062232010-10-07T17:06:00.002-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.476-07:00James Polk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1466vG6CnGSKOXdJS-iIQABW9F2XnprtO60rlbnaGELg_qwgtQ3QJKiyrcYCzcbCKqWJsTA-rFwW08ozfXBMoJm75OQMBhs629rZsUKbW5XotxKdyLXMfxokX4UlM9Ih-Zu4GTroGnlQ/s1600/498px-James_Polk.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 426px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1466vG6CnGSKOXdJS-iIQABW9F2XnprtO60rlbnaGELg_qwgtQ3QJKiyrcYCzcbCKqWJsTA-rFwW08ozfXBMoJm75OQMBhs629rZsUKbW5XotxKdyLXMfxokX4UlM9Ih-Zu4GTroGnlQ/s400/498px-James_Polk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525460088766551042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-24711987176475267172010-10-07T17:06:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.459-07:00James Polk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDIIaTQ9vL842U2xBy1GXcw7hmNtRiTmStVwDkF-WfjCM0Rbo_pZ1qNJl5QeWt31Xn77LCJf1Im17kH_r6PFCIWNTj_b0JcWJtQVX82sDNQsoJMatbRoOsJtB_8uNXP5gCcIFfQmnRJ8/s1600/jkp.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDIIaTQ9vL842U2xBy1GXcw7hmNtRiTmStVwDkF-WfjCM0Rbo_pZ1qNJl5QeWt31Xn77LCJf1Im17kH_r6PFCIWNTj_b0JcWJtQVX82sDNQsoJMatbRoOsJtB_8uNXP5gCcIFfQmnRJ8/s320/jkp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630472119945590706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-50734504826194077692010-10-07T17:05:00.002-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.473-07:00James Polk<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-44592476559931695722010-10-07T17:05:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.468-07:00James Polk<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good...</span></span></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-49590052531214571992010-10-07T16:57:00.002-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.470-07:00James Polk<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" class="sqq" >The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves...</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044796161878553845.post-89318508325987488222010-10-07T16:57:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:23:05.481-07:00James Polk<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family....</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.com