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Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Peirce, Buchanan.... all puppets and/or conspirators. Poor Zach Taylor got in their way so he was "stomach illnessed" away... sound similar to William Henry Harrison eh? Btw, check out the connections between Buchanan and our friend John Slidell.
Have a read over this speech... Slidell pops up quite a bit
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/speech-on-the-mexican-american-war/
Slidell was being sent to allegedly broker a treaty with Mexico and yet at the same time Polk orders Taylor to move into the disputed zone. Perhaps Clay wasn't fully aware of Slidell's behind the scenes maneuvering but somehow I doubt that.