#every time i see that cheery mfer i think of 'deploy the battletwink'
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calhoun deployed robert hayne in 2 settings with 50% success rate by 1. being so charming it tripped up tom benton and 2. getting his ass beat by dan webster
#to be fair who in the same setting would not have gotten their ass beat by dan webster#me when i show up to a debate contest and the opponent is Dan Webster on the subject of the Eternal Sacrosanct Inviolability of the union#every time i see that cheery mfer i think of 'deploy the battletwink'#meanwhile benton has to take 10% off the top in Hating the Nullies cause like uhhhhhhh thats his boy bestfriend#thus sparing houn of the brunt of his battering ram assholery#hayne and a jax also apparently had a congenial relationship which is WILD. man can befriend ANYBODY#houn aiming his fucking social blunderbuss at general jackson like Lets see how you fare#against the CONCENTRATED POWER OF SOUTHERN CHARM
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