Called Young Hickory and accused of being the lackey of the president, Polk was also the convenient whipping boy for anti-Jacksonians who did not wish to incur public wrath by assaulting the heroic president himself.
波尔克被称为年轻的山核桃, 被指控为总统的走狗, 他也是反杰克逊主义者的方便的鞭打男孩, 他们不希望通过攻击英雄总统本人来引起公众的愤怒。