Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas' 'Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass engage in a bout of fisticuffs in their battle for the presidency in 1848. Taylor, clearly getting the better of his opponent, seizes Cass by the lapels. His appeal for help is to conservative Democratic senator Thomas Hart Benton.

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Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas' 'Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass engage in a bout of fisticuffs in their battle for the presidency in 1848. Taylor, clearly getting the better of his opponent, seizes Cass by the lapels. His appeal for help is to conservative Democratic senator Thomas Hart Benton.

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