Border jumpers and a lack of paperwork: People had no official identification in the 1850s which allowed for Missouri residents to come into Kansas to vote on the issue of slavery.
This issue is known as Bleeding Kansas. As slavery was up for a vote in the Kansas territory, people from neighboring MO came across the border to influence votes and to vote themselves. With paperwork easy to forge and nothing official from the government it was easy to vote and move around anywhere. <span />
John Quincy Adams is the answer
It could be argued that the term guerrilla emerged during "Napoleon's" invasion of Spain, since much of the resistance he encountered during this invasion was "unconventional".
It's basically saying that the more you think of yourself, the higher quality you think you deserve, and if you are 'the smaller man', or the man who is humble, you know that comfort is more important than quality or price.