Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 365: Anti-Public Consensus between the American Government and Opposition?

April 1868, 4, United States of America.

Last month, after Secretary of Education Galante died in a horseback riding accident, the position of Secretary of Education was vacant. President Lincoln officially nominated new cabinet members to the Senate for the first time after the passage of the Congressional Committee Act. However, when the Secretary of Education was Unexpectedly and unexpectedly, the nominee was rejected, which shocked the whole world.

The power of the Senate suddenly reached its peak.

The development of the situation in the Commonwealth of America has caused a huge stir in Europe.

The Lincoln administration was actually castrated and became a lame duck without the support of the Senate and House of Representatives.

The Netherlands was not favored by people before, and now it is not favored by people. Knowing the Lincoln cabinet government, the election will be held at the end of the year. At this time, Lincoln's second term is about to end, and everyone can't help but feel sorry for him.

After all, if he had not fallen out with the Netherlands, perhaps he would have become famous through the ages as he was one of the most popular people in the past, but in the last more than a year of his term, he had become the person with the greatest power emptied in the history of the United States. The president may become a generous person who will be laughed at by future generations.

For this reason, in the end, Lincoln could not slightly change his overall pro-German bias and chose to move closer to neutrality.

Therefore, many people have taken the opportunity to prepare for the year-end general election.

The two parties began to attack each other.

Many people in the Commonwealth of America believe that Prussia is the main cause of the deterioration in internal relations within the Commonwealth of America.

Among them, during the debate between the Democratic Party and the Communist Party, the Prussian army's interference in the internal affairs of America, Prussia's infiltration of American industry, and Prussia's support for the rise of Germans in politics in America have all become topics for the two parties to attack each other.

In addition to public debates in newspapers across the country, the ruling and opposition parties also began to actively carry out election campaign activities in major ethnic communities.

Multiple newspapers have reported that as Lincoln began to accept the fact that the Senate and House of Representatives were ousting him, Lincoln began to adjust his diplomatic direction and change his policy to move closer to Prussia. This worsened the relationship between the United States and Prussia. With this change, the relationship between the United States and the Confederate States of America The number of racist incidents against Germans in society is increasing.

In an interview with the New York Times, Steven Douglas, leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate of the United States, said that without sacrificing the security and sovereignty of the United States, he felt that better diplomatic methods could be used to deal with Prussia.

During the German community activities, relations with Prussia surpassed important issues such as living costs and trade relations and became the most heated topic.

"It's the Kingdom of Prussia's fault," Stephen Douglas replied.

Although the ruling and opposition parties attack each other on the issue of relations with Prussia, they accuse Prussia of the same tone. The difference lies in how to continue to handle bilateral relations and how to deal with Prussia's growing influence in North America.

Although it is not stated clearly, it is obvious that the influence here refers to the important German cabinet government officials supported by the Prussian royal family, such as Secretary of State Seward.

In this matter, Stephen Douglas accused the Communist Party, which was only in its second term as the ruling party, that the Germans were almost ousting them. It should be called the German Party.Facing Stephen Douglas's questioning, President Lincoln retorted, accusing Stephen Douglas' Democratic Party of often siding with Prussia, and questioning Stephen Douglas and the Democratic Party during the import and export trade between the Commonwealth of America and the Kingdom of Prussia. Which party's state has more trade volume and volume with Prussia? Who has more contacts with the Kingdom of Prussia?

"The situation in the Confederate States of America has now formed a front against the expansion of the Kingdom of Prussia's influence in the Confederate States of America."

Stephen Douglas said, "U.S.-Prussian relations actually do not depend on the United States, but on the Kingdom of Prussia. Of course, especially the relations between Prussia and their neighboring countries have triggered spillover reactions to the United States. As we all know, the United States is full of immigrants. "

On April 4, Democratic Senator Bragg and Democratic Shadow Attorney General Mark Revers promoted their campaign platform to the Dutch community at a campaign event in New York City.

During the question-and-answer session, when someone asked, five of the nine questions actually related to relations with Prussia, including trade, politics, and geosecurity issues with Prussia.

During the debate between the ruling and opposition parties at the Senate Joint Meeting on the same day, Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had a heated debate on American national security and relations with Prussia. Democratic Party leader Douglas criticized the Communist Party for allowing Prussia to disrupt internal relations with the United States. Balance has caused people's distrust of the cabinet government within us, thus causing damage to credibility. It is the biggest diplomatic failure of the American Commonwealth in the past century since its founding.

The debate between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas sparked even greater debate.

On April 1868, 4, a piece of news was revealed by the New York Post, which aroused America's vigilance against Prussia.

It turned out that on the last day of March, Prussia secretly signed a security agreement with Mexico. Prussia would send more than 3 Haraborne Ricks to Mexico to station in southeastern Mexico.

To the south is Southern Mexico, which the Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied under the pretext of helping Maximilian I in revenge.

Because this news is secret, few people in the world know about it. Therefore, when the New York Post announced it, it caused a panic not only in Europe, but also in the Commonwealth of the United States.

After the news of the security agreement signed between Prussia and the Confederate States of America and the garrison of troops, no one thought that guarding against Prussia was unreasonable.

This time, even Secretary of State Seward did not dare to speak anymore, because facts speak louder than words, and Lincoln was even more unwilling to argue for the Germans, and even expressed regret in private.

As the United States begins to warm up for the general election in April, how to handle its relationship with Prussia has become a hot topic of discussion and debate among the media and candidates.

"When criticism of Prussia begins in the United States, a distinction should be made between the Prussian government and the German community who lived here and made significant contributions to the Confederate States of America."

But all political figures, including Lincoln, seemed to deliberately distance themselves from Germans for their own ethnic and personal interests. Even Seward, a German, remained silent and stopped defending. , Senate President and Vice President Andrew Johnson stood up and unexpectedly helped German Americans to defend themselves.Isn't he the one who should launch a victorious pursuit of the Germans?
At this time, Bismarck in Prussia still didn't understand what had happened.

"What a great William IV, and what a great Vice President Andrew of the United States. This drama becomes more and more similar as it goes on."

Bismarck seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly said in anger: "No, you are so brave, you actually had this idea."

(End of this chapter)