MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 32 Presidential Campaign (Part 2)

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To be honest, Franz is not interested in John Taylor, because the latter has always been a firm believer in "America First". Apart from the interests of the United States, almost everything else is out of his concern.

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But for Lewis Cass, Franz really has no impression of his previous life.

Judging from intelligence, he has an unusual hobby for slaughtering Indians, so he has won the "title" of "hero". In foreign policy, he also won the title of "man who never compromises" for his advocacy of being tough on Britain.

It's just that in the military, this seems to run counter to the thinking of the former Democratic war madman. Cass advocated cutting military spending and abolishing the militia. His reason was that Texas had less than 20,000 French troops.

While it is necessary to rely on this force to maintain law and order in a large area, it is also necessary to guard against the Indians in the territory at all times. Unless the French head is broken for a while, they will never have the intention to attack the United States rashly.

In fact, in order not to pin their hopes of border security on their opponents, the Americans and the Mexicans signed a defensive alliance agreement to deal with the threat of the French.

Therefore, Lewis Cass believed that 100,000 troops were a complete waste, as long as a standing army of 30,000 was maintained, it would be enough to deal with the threats from Britain, France, and Mexico.

He also believed that the arrogance of the British was too arrogant, and the Canadian colonial army was vulnerable. As long as the British sea support was cut off, it could be easily wiped out.

There is actually a basis for the US Navy's ability to defeat the British at sea.

In history, the U.S. Navy beat the Royal Navy violently with an absolute disadvantage of a quarter of its forces. Not only that, but they have broken their blockade many times, and even captured their merchant ships. It can be said that at this time the only country in the world that has fought a naval battle with England and won the final victory is the United States.

However, most of these naval battles were small-scale exchanges of fire. Most of the ships participating in the battle were frigates and cruisers. Take the legendary "Constitution" of the United States in this war at that time as an example. It was only equipped with 28 24-pound and 10 A 12-pound gun, this kind of firepower is really not on the table in the European battlefield.

Franz didn't think that the Americans could defeat the British at this time, and he didn't know what direction history would develop if Lewis Cass became the president of the United States.

But now he does not want France to continue to grow in North America, nor does he want to see the United States divided by Britain and France. Therefore, he needs a strong person to control the whole situation, so that even if there is a war, he will not be defeated quickly.

But Lewis Cass is obviously a little ignorant. It is too whimsical to rely on a 30,000 standing army to deal with European powers like Britain and France.

Moreover, Franz needs to intervene in the Civil War for the future, and needs to find someone with enough influence to do this.

John Taylor is a typical Virginian, and he really likes and enjoys the life of a slave owner, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to stand for the South in his later years. For this reason, he even lost all his family business in the North, He also bears an infamy that cannot be cleared away.

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As for the old guy Harrison, his physical condition is very bad. The president who has only been in office for one month in history died. It's worth it to win over a little bit.

The U.S. general election in this period is like a large-scale reality show in the 19th century. Of course, due to the lack of developed Internet, social networks, media, and TV broadcasts as in later generations, the presidential candidates at this time went to every station in person without hesitation. Visiting states, canvassing and debating opponents' supporters.

The first scolding battle between the two sides kicked off in newspapers.

The Democrats accused the Whigs of being a cover for slave traders, even going so far as to make deals with idiots who kidnapped members of the Austrian royal family, and narrowly escaped a serious international scandal.

The Whigs repeatedly made a big fuss about the many frauds of the Democratic Party, especially the "Samuel Theft". They accused a Democratic official of stealing one million dollars of state assets and absconding. What is even more frightening is that the lawyer William sent to investigate actually absconded with the money again. Therefore, the Democratic Party must accept public investigations without reservation.

In order to deflect accusations unfavorable to them, the Democrats reprimanded the Whigs for participating in smuggling operations many times and profiting from them.

The Whigs scolded the Democratic Customs Commissioner for this. Jesse Hoyint was Martin Van Buren's henchman, abusing his power for personal gain, appointing and dismissing officials at will, and taking the people's fat and anointing. A party full of such scum Where is the credibility?

The Democrats changed the subject again and poured dirty water on each other. "The Whigs support slavery and the abuse of black slaves. They have no humanity!"

The Whigs ridiculed that in the workshops of factory owners who supported the Democratic Party, the working conditions and treatment of workers were a hundred times worse than those of black slaves. They even allowed sick and unemployed workers to die of illness.

"We have no slaves in the north!"

"We have no unemployment in the south!"

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During the debate between Lewis Ska and Harrison, because he was at a disadvantage for a long time, he actually threw the water glass at the other party, and the other party did not show any weakness, and directly took off his shoes to fight back.

In the end, it even developed to the point where one party raised his cane and the other drew out his belt, and a duel was held in front of thousands of Americans. Although it was finally stopped, it still made politicians in other countries find it ridiculous.

Lewis Cass laughed at Harrison as a country bumpkin and country bumpkin who didn't know how to respect others and wore a tattered general uniform.

Harrison ridiculed that Lewis Cass was just a colonel, and like those extravagant and corrupt officials in Martin Van Buren's government, he used state taxes to buy himself exquisite outfits, just like those hypocritical nobles in European courts, and even joked that The current White House is "Little Versailles".

"Our country is suffering, but his ruler is enjoying himself in a timely manner. I want to share the joys and sorrows with the people of our country!" This has almost become Harrison's mantra.

It's clearly a resonant tactic, as life in America has gotten worse in recent years, and many are nostalgic for the tyrant they ousted, Andrew Jackson.

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So John Taylor took the opportunity to package Harrison as a "candidate of the people" and a "battle hero", intending to create a "Hero of Deepcanu" to keep pace with Jackson, the "Hero of New Orleans".

Although these two are called heroes, in fact it is only because they carried out massacres of Indians in these two places.

The campaign was very intense ~ www.novelbuddy.com ~ John Quincy Adams even commented.

"This country is in unprecedented turmoil, and thousands of people are going to hear those motivating speeches every day, and then, through themselves, spread those words farther."

"What is the future of this movement? We have no way of knowing, but according to the laws of history, if these movements initiated by political parties are not stopped, sooner or later they will turn into a revolution, just like the French Revolution."

But in fact, this presidential campaign is more like an entertainment show than previous political campaigns.

And Franz is one of the directors behind the silver screen of this entertainment show, and he and his special staff are behind the scenes to manipulate and bribe money and other means. For example, one day the Whigs give out candy to the people who listen to the speeches, and the next day the Democrats start giving out bread.

Later, a lottery to give black slaves was developed, and the Democratic Party immediately followed up and said that they would give away sewing machines by lottery.

The Whigs invited John Strauss Sr.'s orchestra to play waltzes, and the Democrats invited Broadway to play operas. The scene was once very chaotic.

The two sides also composed a lot of ballads to slander each other, but it is money ability that determines the final result.

After Franz's extensive bribery, many electors switched to Harrison, and he narrowly defeated Lewis Cass, who was backed by the Democratic Party.

With Martin Van Buren out of power, John Tyler sets out to clean up the American government for corruption. Friedrich List, the Secretary of State who once covered the sky with his hands, naturally bore the brunt.

But when the investigators from the US government arrived, the building was already empty.