James K. Polk, n.Definitions

James K. Polk is a bewildered, confounded, and miserably perplexed man.

James K. Polk is a victim of the use of water as a beverage.

James K. Polk is a disaster. May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

James K. Polk is surrounded by hanger-ons -- he has a set of interested parasites about him, who flatter him until he does not know himself. He seems to be acting upon the principle of hanging an old friend for the purpose of making two new ones.