For a man, who was obsessed with his presidential legacy, who spent nearly his entire post-presidential life defending what he'd done from 1841 to 1845, to be relegated to American ignomy would probably be the ultimate insult.

对于一个痴迷于总统政绩的人，一个几乎整个总统生涯都在捍卫他从1841年到1845年所做的事情的人来说，被贬为美国的耻辱可能是最大的侮辱。