Americana by James Dunkerley

“And Polk’s dismissal of his opponents as lacking in patriotism took such a partisan form that many, like Tennessee congressman Meredith Grey, welcomed the implied treason: ‘Because we will not crouch, with spaniel-like humility, at his feet, and whine an approval of all his acts, we are met … with the grateful compliment from the President that we are traitors to our country.’ Some went so far as to write letters of solidarity to the Mexican government, raising the cry of betrayal for real when a bunch were discovered by Scott’s troops in the main post office of the enemy capitol.”

—James Dunkerley, 2000