Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1331 Intimidated by the Philadelphia Conference ([-])
"However, if those Indians are alive, they will seriously hinder the freedom of the people of the thirteen states!"

"The Chinese gave them support muskets, which aggravated this hindrance."

After hearing that Dashun would send troops to Louisburg and continue to support the Indian muskets, the atmosphere in the freemason hall suddenly became anxious.

Many people expressed surprise and objection, because in fact, the problem of the means of production that the owner farmers cannot own the limit of their own labor has already appeared.

Kill the Indians, drive out the French, and take the land there.Land speculators and big businessmen eat meat, and small farmers eat soup. Only in this way can the dream of the first version of the city on a hill with farmers as the main body be maintained.

The freedom understood by these North American Puritans was the freedom of the petty bourgeoisie and the yeoman class.That is, everyone has their own land with the limit of their labor, and their children and grandchildren can own 100 acres of land when they are separated; no one will force them to believe in heresy and heresy; they will not pay taxes or food; they will not be forced to serve; and they will not need service money ...

The latter is easy to say, and even compared to the chaotic Europe of the 1630s, where religions burned people and massacred each other, and sacrificed their lives for the nobles, it must be progress.

As for the front, it’s hard to say, how to ensure that everyone, or every male with a family, has 100 acres of land?The earth is not infinite, and America is not infinite. There were even aborigines who lived well here, plus the French, Spanish, Dutch, and now Dashun has also started to have settlements on the west coast. up.

This makes this petty bourgeois dream practically impossible to realize.

In the end, either expand abroad, reproduce the Acadian expulsion incident, occupy other people's land, houses, etc., use concentration camps to kill those original owners, and occupy the magpie's nest.

Or it can only be internal, and develop into those radicals who wanted to divide the land and restrict land speculators in the North American Revolution. Of course, those people were directly labeled as "mobs".

This is not to say that the Acadians were people and that it didn't matter if the Aboriginal people were encroached upon.It is because the colonists invented a set of scriptures to justify their occupation of the land. For example, if no one works on the land, it is not privately owned but belongs to everyone. The Indians did not work so it is not his blah blah blah. some type of.

The problem with the expulsion of the Acadians is that they cannot be explained with that set of scriptures, because the French also worked, reclaimed the land, and built houses, so how to explain the expulsion of them and the occupation of their land?The legality cannot be explained by using the set of scriptures that occupy the land of the aborigines.

The problem now is that if the French win, they will definitely take revenge. More than 1 people were slaughtered on a large scale and sent to concentration camps, which also aroused considerable anti-Puritan sentiment and revenge sentiment in France.

Seeing the amazed voices of disapproval from the crowd, Hancock could only continue to repeat: "But what the Chinese mean is that we also support the northward attack, the occupation of Canada, and the occupation of Ohio?"

Seeing what Hancock said, these people made it very clear and immediately refuted.

"But, didn't you say that the Chinese believe that the British government's trade policy is wrong and needs to be corrected, so they sent troops?"

"But, indeed... perhaps, the reason for the British government's northward attack is that they rely on and try to expand the original trade system. That is, the colonial production of raw materials to the home country, and the home country sells these accumulated funds."

"However, our people in North America and the state legislatures also contribute money and people to militias, not for this. We are not helping the British government continue the old trading system and expand the scope of this system's rule."

"If they really want to right the wrongs of the British government, just go to Britain. Why send troops to Canada, why fund the Indians?"

"Although we sent troops with the British government, provided logistics, provided militias, and participated in the expulsion of the Acadians and the elimination of Indians... But our purpose is different from that of the British government."

"We want land, eliminate heresy, prevent threats, and defend freedom. The British government wants to maintain and expand the original trading system."

"Maybe...can you make it clear to the Chinese? Let them fight the British government, not us? Don't help the French, let alone the Indians?"

"Aren't they reasonable? Isn't the Chinese Empire the most perfect country governed by morality and reason?"

Hancock shook his head, dismissing the ridiculously cute idea.

"Brothers and gentlemen, the question now is not reasoning. Because our reasoning is different from theirs. They say that reasoning between us and them is like talking with a duck. To some The basic definitions are all different, which is unreasonable—they say that according to their reasoning, the land of land speculators should be confiscated, and the land should be given to the reclamators as permanent land. But obviously, we absolutely believe in this reasoning. Impossible to accept."

"I can't make sense now, what I'm talking about is just a fact that is about to happen."

"The fact is that the Chinese will definitely send troops to help the French regain Acadia, help the Indians defend their tribal lands, and will definitely mark the demarcation line of Ohio and prohibit crossing the border."

"I don't want to accept this fact, because my uncle invested in the land of the evicted people in Arcadia and used the priority to occupy a large area, but obviously, his investment will fail."

"As for Mr. Washington in Virginia, he established Ohio's priority land enclosure company with many people in Virginia early on, and their investment will be wiped out."

"None of us want to accept it, but the reality is we can't stop this behavior."

"Because the British government will definitely accept it. And if we oppose it, it will mean that we need to fight a war with China, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and use the war to get what we want."

"However, it is clear to everyone that we cannot do this. Doing so will bring disaster."

"As long as France has colonies in North America, the French will not support us; the Spaniards are a disgusting reign of terror; the Indians prefer the French to us; and the Chinese already have settlers on the western coast point……"

"We have no choice but to accept. Because without the help of the mother country, these enemies will wipe us out, just like we wiped out the Indians."

"My uncle has accepted this reality. Even though he has already invested a sum of money in Arcadia and circled a large area, he still accepts this reality."

"And if the people of the Ohio Enclosure Company want to oppose and use iron and fire to win their company's interests, I will never support it. They can fight it themselves! Why, we have to fight for the land speculators in Ohio and Virginia war?"

As soon as he said it, there are some masters in Freemasonry. After hearing Hancock's words, someone immediately pointed out the most terrifying part of Dashun's statement.

"This is a conspiracy!"

"This is they are using class and interests to divide us and disintegrate our unity!"

"Some people have interests in land investment, some people have interests in trade, some people just own their family's arable land, and some people live on the interest of commercial loans..."

"They conspired to use class to divide us, so that we are not united with each other! Such a conspiracy is worthy of vigilance!"

"All of us are brothers because of our faith in God."

"The only level between us is virtue, morality, and there is no other level."

"Whether it's rich or poor, landed, rich or not, that shouldn't be a hierarchy. They're sowing the seeds of hate."

The speaking Masonic member inadvertently looked at Mackintosh, a cobbler and urban civilian with high prestige.

These people are quite sensitive about this kind of thing.

Historically, when the "Loyalty Nine" and "Sons of Liberty" started the Boston Tea Party, they were already worried about McIntosh.

Because, this group of people, businessmen, capitalists and wealthy petty bourgeois, are very [worried that Mackintosh will become the next Masanilo].Instead of letting him become Massanillo, it is better to seize power, replace him with his own people, and squeeze out Mackintosh.

Massanino, the leader of the bottom uprising in Naples during the Thirty Years War, was born as a poor fisherman.

The "success" of the North American revolution was that in the early days, it was a bourgeois revolution in which "big capitalists, big merchants, big slave owners, petty bourgeois, and peasants" resisted together. However, when the revolution continued to spread, the big capitalists and the big The merchant and slave owner decisively sold the bottom layer and stabbed the bottom layer of their former ally.

Including the author of the very, very famous revolutionary pamphlet "Common Sense" that sold 200 copies in North America with a population of 50 million that year. Utopian tendencies”; and rants about Washington’s betrayal of the revolution, the son of a bitch traitor; he suddenly realized that whether it is Judaism, Catholicism or Protestantism is shit, etc., when he finally died, he was not even allowed to enter the cemetery.

Many years later, Lincoln wrote a paper, wanting to rectify Thomas Paine's name, which frightened his political ally Samuel Hill, and burned the paper overnight, which saved Lincoln's political career.

As people have commented, there is no American who does not know "Common Sense", but no American knows the story behind "Common Sense". "Common Sense" is harmless. The author should die after writing "Common Sense" which is anti-feudal, anti-monarchy, and anti-suzerainty, instead of continuing to live and oppose those things that continue to be opposed after anti-monarchy and suzerainty.

Of course, this kind of thing is not unusual at all, it is very normal.

Because this will continue to be repeated in various countries, first-developed countries, colonies, and semi-colonies, time and time again.

The former fellow traveler, after walking the same road together, the higher-ups were worried that they would become "Massanilo" if they continued to move forward, so they stabbed in the back with a backhand without hesitation.

Now people from the new school in Dashun started to talk about "different classes have different interests", which naturally aroused great vigilance within the Freemasonry.

Mackintosh didn't have too many thoughts at this time, and he didn't understand these things yet, because he didn't read much and had no one to guide him or show him the way, so he could only vaguely believe that "except virtue There is no other class outside, under the embrace of God, no matter rich or poor, everyone is a brother." Such words.

He even felt that the words of those who worried that this was Dashun's conspiracy seemed to be right.We are all brothers who believe in God. There are only grades in moral virtues. How can there be any other grades?
(End of this chapter)