Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner: Chapter 46 Detour

"Master, there is a Mr. Douglas from Springfield waiting for you in the reception room!" On this day, the housekeeper Rob walked into the study to report to Tangning.

"Mr. Douglas from Springfield? Is that Mr. Steven - Mr. Douglas?" Tangning asked excitedly.

Rob nodded and replied, "Yes, it's Mr. Steven Douglas!"

Knowing that it was Douglas, Tangning hurried to the living room and said embarrassedly, "Mr. Douglas, I'm so sorry, in fact, the last time John told me about it, I was thinking of visiting Springfield recently. You, I didn't expect you to be here instead!"

Douglas waved his hand and said, "Mr. Tangning, you don't have to be so polite, I also came to New Orleans to visit an old friend this time, and I came to see you by the way, but to be honest, I didn't expect you to be so young. Deep political insights!"

"Mr. Douglas, you can just call me Tony! Actually, I don't have any political opinions, just some wild thoughts!" Tangning replied modestly, after all, he couldn't say that the situation in the next few years would be like this.

And Douglas insisted: "Tony, you are too humble to say that, you are not crazy, in fact, I have also made similar deductions, but they are not as clear and logical as what you said, but after all, I listened to John's narration. , so I still want to hear your opinion with my own ears.”

Tangning sorted out her thoughts, then slowly said, "My opinion is that the prospects for the Democratic Party and even the few slave-holding states in the South are not good. Although the demands for slavery and tariffs are very firm, the operation is very chaotic. Without putting all the power and votes on one candidate, after the votes are scattered, it is certain that you will not be able to run for the presidency.

And I guess that the Republican candidate this time will most likely be your old opponent Lincoln, but once he is elected, it is very likely that North-South confrontation or even division and even war will be triggered! "

Douglas nodded and echoed: "Tony, I think your analysis is very reasonable. As an American citizen and a peace lover, I don't want to see North-South confrontation, let alone division and war, but this trend is from the current point of view. It seems hard to avoid."

"Actually, it's not impossible..."

Before Tangning could finish speaking, Douglas couldn't wait to ask, "Oh? What can I do?"

"First of all, the best way is to have a representative from the South be elected president, so that you don't have to worry about slavery and tariffs. Of course, the North is definitely not willing to do so, but at least the probability of causing a split or war will be much lower!" Tangning Answered with a raised finger.

Douglas shook his head and replied: "This is naturally the most ideal situation, but as you just said, when the power and votes are scattered, it is difficult! Of course, if there is one person who can unify everyone's thoughts, then It's not completely impossible!"

Then he asked, "Tony, do you have any other way?"

"Another way is to hope or find a way to make the president elected in the north not as radical as Mr. Lincoln's thinking, just like Mr. Douglas, you are a candidate for the interests of both the north and the south among the southern congressmen, if the president elected in the north is also like you In this way, the chances of a split and war will be much smaller," Tangning continued.

Then Douglas nodded and said: "Tony, your method is very likely to be realized. In addition, I don't think the probability of Lincoln being elected as the Republican candidate is not high, because his popularity is too low, and now the Republican Party is the most prestigious. It's Senator William Seward of New York!"

Tangning took advantage of the situation and said, "It would be even better if Senator Seward was really elected as the Republican candidate, but for the sake of prudence, I think if possible, we can consider helping him secretly! This is considered a roundabout way. Our purpose!"

"Help him? Help him become the Republican nominee?" Douglas guessed.

Tangning nodded and replied, "That's right, as long as Lincoln, a staunch abolitionist, is not elected, after all, once he is elected, it's too easy to stimulate the nerves of the southerners!"

Douglas thought for a while, then said to himself, "This is also a way to solve the problem."

After a few seconds, Douglas smiled and said to Downing, "Tony, unfortunately you are in Louisiana. If you are in Illinois, I must invite you to my campaign team!"

"This is really my regret!" Tangning said in cooperation, but in fact, even if he was in Illinois, he would not join Douglas' campaign team because he knew that Douglas would definitely not be elected...

The two chatted for a while, UU reading www.uukanshu. com found that the more we chatted, the more speculative it became. Finally, before leaving, Douglas even sent an invitation to Tangning: "By the way, Tony, my old friend Congressman Marshall will have a cocktail party at home tomorrow night, are you interested in meeting some old guys? ?"

Tangning naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity to get to know big figures in the political arena, she nodded and said, "Of course I'm interested, thank you!"

Douglas waved his hand and replied with a smile, "Okay, see you then!"

After seeing Douglas off, Tangning was thinking about how to prepare for tomorrow night's reception when Caroline suddenly came over and said to him, "Master, Madam Maxi is here!"

To be honest, Tangning didn't have much time to discuss oil painting with Danina right now, but everyone had already come, so she didn't want to entertain her, otherwise, it seemed like she wouldn't give Maxi face.

While Tangning and Daniela were discussing oil painting, Caroline asked Isabel, "Isa, do you think Madam Maxi likes the master?"

Isabelle shook her head and replied, "No way, after all, the master has such a good relationship with Mr. Maxi!"

Caroline retorted: "The relationship between the master and Mr. Maxi has nothing to do with whether Mrs. Maxi likes the master? And if she doesn't like the master, why does she often come to the single man, the master, she is not afraid Someone misunderstood?"

"Maybe it's because the master has a very good relationship with Mr. Maxi, so Mrs. Maxi is not afraid of being misunderstood, and the master's paintings are really good. It's normal for Mrs. Maxi to come and ask for advice!" Isabel explained.

"But I always feel something is wrong!" Caroline pouted.

PS: Ask for a wave of collections and recommendation tickets, there should be a chapter in the afternoon!