John Hicks Adams Puns

>The Pelicans initially planned to sit Davis for the rest of the season once they responded to his request to be traded by deciding to keep him beyond Thursday’s deadline, according to two people familiar with New Orleans’ stance who were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

>But the league office said it intervened because of its rules about resting healthy players, which are in place largely to prevent teams from weakening their rosters intentionally to incur losses that could improve their draft position in June. The practice is known as “tanking.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/sports/nba-anthony-davis-fines.html

Good

1. Envisioned a national marketplace in which the North and South, town and country, were tied together by trade and exchange
2. Presided over major repairs and further construction on the National Road
3. Oversaw the beginning of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, the Louisville and Portland Canal around the falls of Ohio, the connection of the Great Lakes to the Ohio River system in Ohio and Indiana, and the enlargement and rebuilding of the Dismal Swamp canal in North Carolina
4. Oversaw the construction of the 1st passenger railroad in the U.S.
5. Oversaw the completion of the Erie Canal
6. Projects undertaken by Adams enabled rapid development in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Louisville
7. Called for the creation of educational institutions such as a national university
8. Called for the creation of a naval academy
9. Signed the bill for the creation of a national observatory
10. Presided over a harmonious and productive cabinet with general nonpartisanship
11. Proposed a national bankruptcy law
12. Attempted to launch a naval expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean
13. Renegotiated a treaty with the Muscogee to avoid direct removal from the Georgia government
14. Opened up trade through commercial treaties with a variety of nations including Austria, Brazil, the Central America foundation, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, granting the U.S. reciprocal trading rights
15. Sought to establish good relations with Latin America to help them avoid British colonization
16. Settled several American claims that arose from the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, and the Treaty of Ghent and received an indemnity from Britain(1$ million)
17. Received other indemnities from Sweden, Denmark, and Russia
18. Attempted to purchase Texas from Mexico
19. First abolitionist president

Bad

1. Passage of the Tariff of Abominations led to the nullification crisis and increased sectional tensions
2. Most proposals were defeated in Congress and failed to resolve partisan tensions
3. Failed to resolve the ongoing issue of trade with the British West Indies

Grade: B

I might make this a regular weekly series following this and the post I did on Ike a week ago.

“Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done or ever will do good.” – John Adams