1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 46 Cocktail Party (2)

When Scrooge and Soupy were having a good conversation, the servant shouted outside: “Mr. Abraham Lincoln is here!”

“Ah, Scrooge, John, Mr. Lincoln is here.” Souby said, “Let’s go and welcome him together.”

“Okay.” Scrooge said. Scrooge is still very curious about the next president of the United States who has left the reputation of Immortal in future history.

“Mr. Lincoln is now a lawyer. He used to be a member of the House of Representatives. In 50 years, the slave owners made a stalemate for a while, and Mr. Lincoln withdrew from the parliament. He became a lawyer again.” As he walked towards the door, Soapy didn’t forget to introduce Scrooge by the way to Lincoln, the protagonist of the reception.

Lincoln stood at the gate of the manor very conspicuous, because he was so tall, it seemed that he was a head taller than Soupy. So that Scrooge somehow came out of his head for a while: “It’s a waste of this guy not to go to the NBA.” Fortunately, he didn’t have the kind of traverser’s mind and just said what he thought. The problem, or you have to spend time explaining to others what the NBA is.

Scrooge knew that there was such a joke about Lincoln’s height:

In his youth, Lincoln joined the militia in San Gamon, Illinois. His colonel commander was a short man, and Lincoln was very tall, much larger than the commander. Because he felt tall, Lincoln used to walk with his head down and his waist down. The colonel was very angry when he saw his stooping posture, and called him to reprimand him.

“Listen, Arbor,” the colonel yelled. “Hold your head high, you fellow!”

“Yes, sir.” Lincoln answered respectfully.

“Hold your head up high, you fellow.” The colonel insisted, “Hold it up.”

Lincoln had to straighten his body and stretch his neck long, and asked, “Is this all right?”

“Still a little higher,” the colonel said.

“Do you want me to be like this forever?” Lincoln asked.

“Of course, you fellow, do you need to ask?” The colonel was angry.

“I’m sorry, Colonel.” Lincoln said sadly, “Then I have to say goodbye to you, because I will never see you!”

In order to be able to see others, Lincoln still kept his head down and bent over, which also made him look extra amiable.

“This Lincoln looks different from the pictures I saw in the history books in my previous life. Well, it’s even uglier than the pictures in the books.” Scrooge felt a little surprised. “The United States election It’s not a beauty pageant, but if a person’s image is too bad, he will suffer no matter what. How did he choose a guy who is so ugly like this?”

But now is not the time to discuss this, because Mr. Lincoln has already come to them.

“Hello, Mr. Soupy. How’s the business going?” Lincoln asked.

“For the good of President Tob Cannon and the Democratic Party, business is terrible.” Subi replied.

“The dark days are over, after all, your business will get better just like United States.” Lincoln said in a pun.

“Well, Souby, you should introduce me to these friends.” Lincoln continued.

Next, Subi introduced Rockefeller and Scrooge to Lincoln. Lincoln also spoke with them politely. He was very surprised by Scrooge’s youth.

After the guests gradually arrived, the reception officially began. Lincoln first delivered a speech. In his speech, in addition to his constant criticism of the slavery system in the South, Lincoln also criticized the Democratic Party’s economic policy, especially at a critical moment, when other countries in the world raised tariffs. But it continues to maintain a suicidal economic policy of ridiculously low tariffs.

“In the beginning, we expected the Democrats to come up with effective economic policies to pull United States out of the crisis. Later, we expected them to at least take reliable actions to give us a little confidence. However, now, we are always trying to God prayed that Buchanan would not make too many actions that would interfere with the natural recovery of the United States economy. God, it would be great if he spent four years without doing anything.” Lincoln satirized his own political opponent. But it’s not gentle at all.

I have to admit that Lincoln’s speech level is very good, laughter and curse are all articles. After listening to his speech, I also understand why he became the President of United States. And he is very good at seizing the audience. He knows what his audience cares about most. For example, in today’s speech, he repeatedly emphasized that this crisis could have become an opportunity for United States to take advantage of Europe. The retreat of capital has taken a large number of important sectors and markets from the control of European capital back into the hands of United States capital. He constantly emphasizes that he can use those methods to help United States entrepreneurs seize this opportunity, as long as they Willing to support myself, I will never let their expectations come to nothing.

As for how to deal with the relationship with the South, Lincoln emphasized on the one hand that both the South and the North belong to the same United States. Under the premise of a United States, everything can be discussed. On the other hand, it is also believed that the spirit of freedom is the foundation of United States, and slavery is fundamentally deviated from it. The question of slavery is not whether it should be abolished, but when it should be abolished. On this issue, the South must show their loyalty to the spirit of freedom.

“I believe that after the end of the barbaric and evil slavery system, it is not only the black slaves who have been liberated, but also the vast majority of the people in the South.” When it comes to this, Lincoln’s words are sincere. ,Touching.”Mr. Lincoln grasped the crux of the matter. He understood what we care most about.” Scrooge said to Rockefeller. “By 1860, he will definitely become president.”

“I dare you to say that he is in the south and he can’t even get an electoral vote.” Rockefeller said, “but the number of votes close to the north is enough to make him president.”

“Because of this, southerners will be very dissatisfied with his election. And a person in the South who does not even get a single electoral vote can become president with a clear advantage, which in itself means the South and the North. The division of China, and the complete loss of the South’s political influence. Even if the Southerners object, the North will be able to elect a president who fully represents their interests. It can also control participation by relying on the dual advantages of the number of people and the number of states. House of Representatives. Under such conditions, the South has completely lost almost all political influence. In the federal government, they no longer have any influence. In other words, the federal government will no longer represent their popular and political influence. Interests. Under these conditions, besides withdrawing from the Union, what choice does the South have?” Scrooge put his hands on his chest and said leisurely, “At that time, as long as we are prepared, we can accept To the most lucrative return. This is the charm of investing in political futures.”

At this time, Lincoln had finished his speech, and the waiters brought plates full of wine glasses, and the glasses were filled with enticingly aromatic golden champagne. The guests picked up their wine glasses one after another and began to walk and talk in the courtyard. Another waiter brought a notepad and started collecting donations for the Republican Party. If you are willing to donate five dollars to the Republican Party, you can get a Republican Party certificate. Well, then, you are a Republican.

The political parties in United States are much more casual than those in some European countries. Whether it is the oldest-qualified Democratic Party, the split Whig Party, or the rising Republican Party, they lack strict organization. Joining or withdrawing from a political party is even easier than children’s play. This tradition has continued into the 21st century. In his previous life, Scrooge had a classmate from United States. Because of his opinions on environmental protection, marijuana, abortion, homosexuality, etc., he changed from a Democrat to a Republican and then back to a Democrat several times in a month.

Generally speaking, if you claim to vote for a certain party in the election, or donate money in its political fundraising, well, you are considered a member of this party. As for the activities and discipline after joining the party, um, the only discipline is probably that if you are a Republican, you should get the Republican vote in the election, and the same is true for other political parties.

Among those political parties in United States, there will be so-called party leaders, but they do not necessarily hold so-called party positions. Moreover, there are no such positions as “chairman” or “general secretary” in the party. The traditional explanation for this situation is this:

This situation reflects the United States people’s love of freedom and their instinctive vigilance against any organizational instincts that may result in the shackles of the precious freedom of the individual. It is this love for freedom and vigilance against totalitarianism that makes United States a beacon of freedom, Barabara…In other words, the people of United States seem to belong to the wood elves in the chaotic and good camp.

But in fact, any industrial country must belong to the order camp. The difference is that they are orderly good angels, orderly neutral Titans, or only need evil ribs dragons. Because industry is the most in need of organization, and the most important way of production is order. Any country that has risen in response to the tide of the force of order—the industrial revolution must be a member of the order camp.

Among other things, it depends on the United States’ constitution and the system of separation of powers. How rigorous and well-ordered is the United States’ constitution? The looseness of political parties is simply because the political parties in United States do not assume more social functions like the political parties in some countries. Those who really perform these functions, and in charge of the entire United States, have never been these bright parties, but the orderly consortium hiding behind.