The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1473 Bone Refining Candy

The same telegram also fell into the hands of Spain. At this time, Ferdinand II and the Spanish top leaders were already preparing to issue a short essay condemning the despicable behavior of the Americans.

However, he soon received a telegram from Franz, saying that the Austrian Empire hoped that Spain would make a statement later.

So the Americans' wild words were glamorously ignored by European governments, and even the Austrian Empire did not make a clear statement.

This incident was widely circulated among the people, especially in Germany. Many people regarded it as a joke. After all, the Austrian Empire at that time was really very powerful in the hearts of the Germans, and in a sense it was the embodiment of the German nation.

As for the threat from the Yankees, not many people paid attention. The so-called humanitarianism of the Americans seemed somewhat self-deceptive to the Europeans at that time.

After all, most of the things that the Americans do have nothing to do with humanitarianism. They talk about morality but they are all about business in their hearts.

This is Franz's evaluation of the Americans, and he will not give up the public opinion position.

With Franz personally taking the lead, the effect was naturally extraordinary, and many people's stereotypes about Americans were deepened.

Millard Fillmore's speech received a remarkable response in the United States.

Washington, famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass climbed a street lamp and shouted.

"Brothers and sisters! Have you ever seen the real hell? It is not in Dante's poems, but on the island of Cuba, less than 200 kilometers away from Florida!

The cruel Spaniards tortured innocent people day and night, and even some of our compatriots were deceived and brought to the island of Cuba.

They lured innocent people to the island of Cuba in the name of indentured labor, and used the corpses of those poor white people to build their sugar empire!

That's right! They are making sugar from our American bones!"

"So evil!"

A young man who was sucking on a lollipop shouted loudly. What do you mean by making candy out of human bones? How can he swallow it? Under the leadership of the young man, the people around him also joined the army of condemnation.

However, this approach could only attract a small number of people, so they decided to change the slogan.

"Listen to me, my friends! Every inch of Cuban soil is flowing with milk and honey, and the Governor's office is piled with mountains of gold bars.

Liberate Cuba, and these spoils will be ours! Every family will have land and gold! Our factories in the north will have an inexhaustible supply of raw materials, and everyone will have work and bread!

Our merchants and our ships will no longer have to pay heavy taxes and levies to the Cubans.

The government is now recruiting volunteers from all over the country, whether you are a lumberjack, a dock laborer, or a homeless vagrant.

The government promised that if they took Cuba, everyone would get land and you would have a new life in Cuba!"

After hearing this, the people immediately became enthusiastic.

"I want to participate! For America!"

"I want to participate! Long live humanitarianism!"

"So what are we waiting for? Let those gentlemen in Congress hear our voices!"

"war!"

"War!" "War!"

Crowds gathered from all directions holding up signs that read "Liberate Cuba" and shouting "War".

"Oh my God! Are these people crazy? Do they know that people will die if they start a war?"

John Caldwell Calhoun said somewhat uneasily.

"Mr. Senator, these short-sighted guys must have been deceived by someone. But you don't need to worry. Narciso Lopez has less than a thousand troops and is estimated to have been arrested by the Cuban authorities.

As soon as word got back to Washington that Narciso López had been defeated, the crowds would disperse.”

"You are right, Senator Soros. I am old. The future belongs to you young people. I am very optimistic about you."

Soros was somewhat flattered to receive praise from John Caldwell Calhoun, the leader of the Southern faction in Congress.

However, Cuba had tens of thousands of troops and a strong man like La Concha in charge, while Narciso Lopez led just a group of peddlers.

The outcome of both parties can be predicted at a glance. Will the other party really praise themselves for this?
Soros is no fool, he will visit the big boss with gifts after the meeting. After all, this concerns his future and money.

In this era, no country would resist the temptation of expanding its territory. If it were easy to take over the island of Cuba, members of the U.S. Congress would naturally not be so opposed to the war.

But soon another telegram reached Washington, and this time the emotions of the American people were completely ignited.

“Not only was the great General Narciso Lopez not annihilated, he developed an army of more than 10,000 people.”

"A free soul can't be killed!"

The Associated Press used a full-page headline to report in detail the latest news coming back from Cuba.

(In May 1846, the New York Herald, the New York Sun, the New York Tribune, the New York Journal of Commerce, the Express, and the New York Courier and Inquirer formed the Associated Press.)
The name Narciso Lopez has become a legend. It is said that he dug up the treasures of the Aztec dynasty and obtained countless gold and silver. It is even said that he could fight nine bulls alone and repel tens of thousands of Cuban colonial troops with his own strength.
The other side of the island of Cuba.

The legendary man himself, Narciso Lopez, did not expect things to go so smoothly, and his troops increased rapidly. After defeating several landlord armed forces in succession, the Cuban colonial army finally began to act.

Perhaps everything was going too smoothly, and Narciso Lopez's confidence began to swell. So the two sides had their first head-on conflict, and the result was naturally a complete defeat.

The ragtag army that Narciso Lopez assembled was no match for the Cuban colonial army, but his reputation had spread, and as long as he was alive, there would be a steady stream of people coming to join his team.

The vast majority of these people were native white people, and real black slaves were rare. They were familiar with the local environment and had a strong desire to fight.

However, Narciso López also learned from these people a piece of information that made him despair, that is, it was not the main force of La Concha that defeated him before, but the armed forces put together by some landlords and the local guard.

Strictly speaking, the previous battles were not wars at all, but large-scale armed conflicts.

The main reason why these landlord armed forces were so active was because Narciso Lopez claimed to liberate the slaves in Cuba.

These slaves were the lifeblood of the plantation owners. In this era, slaves were more valuable than land. Some slave owners would even personally breed good varieties of slaves.

At that time in the United States, the price of an adult male black slave was as high as $800-1500, and some slaves with special skills could even be sold for as high as $2000.

Narciso López wanted to abolish slavery, which was more painful than burning down their estates and killing them, so the estate owners rose up in resistance.

However, the manor owners were also in a bad mood after the previous battle, and both sides came up with the idea of ​​compromise.