Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner: Chapter 71 Civil War Public Opinion War

"Tom, have you seen this?" Jerry took out a tabloid and handed it to Tom.

Tom took a look at the title of "Seward, you coward!" and immediately became interested. After reading the content again, it was roughly a comment about the "Trent Incident" in the previous paragraph.

The "Trent Incident" refers to the fact that Confederate President Davies sent James Mason and John Sidrell as ambassadors to Britain and France to seek aid and support in Britain and France. The two first came to Cuba and then took a British cruise ship." The Trent went to London, only to be caught on the way by the federal battleship San Jacinto.

Afterwards, the British public made an uproar about it, claiming that the US government should compensate for the losses, or else they would face off against each other. British Prime Minister Palmerston and Foreign Secretary Roselle sent a note to President Seward and Secretary of State Arward, asking whether Colonel Wilkes' actions were ordered by the government or a personal act on a whim. If it is ordered by the government, it is to go to war. The British government also ordered a fleet of 8,000 soldiers and arms to go to Canada to prepare for war.

As a result, Seward was counseled. Not only did he immediately release James Mason and John Sidel, but he also publicly apologized to the United Kingdom and offered to compensate for the losses.

In fact, although Seward's approach seems to be a little cowardly, it is actually very correct, because everyone can see that Britain is provoking and looking for a pretext for war. As for the reason, the first reason is to protect the cotton supply area, which is the south Second, the slave states were also trying to suppress the development of the United States. After all, the industrialization of the northern United States had begun to take shape at that time, and the United Kingdom felt that it was very likely that it would not be able to suppress it if it did not suppress it. Bayi Chinese Website

But fighting a civil war and a foreign war at the same time put too much pressure on the northern states, so Seward resolutely accepted the excuse not to give the British an excuse. In fact, if Lincoln hadn't died, he would have done the same. of.

Although Seward's approach is not wrong, it has lost face after all, and there are only a few smart people in ancient and modern China and abroad, so this tabloid will talk about it.

"Seward is disgracing the Americans by doing this!"

"When have we Americans ever been afraid of their British? Otherwise, where would American independence come from?"

"Britain has bullied you on your head, and you even bowed down to apologize. What's the use of us wanting you as a president?"

"If it were President Washington, it must have been beaten!"

"..."

After reading the tabloid, Tom immediately said with righteous indignation: "That's right, I was very uncomfortable when I heard about apologizing to the British, but now I read this analysis and realize that Seward is really useless! But what newspaper is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"You don't even think about it, do the big newspapers dare to publish such remarks? So it can only be the tabloids who dare to tell the truth!" Jerry explained.

"It makes sense. Now it is nominally free speech, but in fact it is not free at all!" Tom said angrily.

Seeing Tom's expression, Jerry leaned over and asked in a low voice, "There is a demonstration against the Trent incident this weekend, will you go?"

"What is the demonstration?" Tom asked casually.

Jerry explained: "Of course to protest the President's wrongdoing in this matter, to justify the name of the heroic Captain Wilkes!"

"Okay, I'll definitely go!" Tom replied without hesitation.

When the weekend came, Tangning smiled with relief when she saw the mighty parade on the street, and then boarded the cruise ship bound for Mexico.

That's right, he wrote these articles, and these tabloids were also known to him when he last wrote about "Slave Owners' Sexual Life", and he also hired a group of people like Jerry to spread the word to the gangsters in Hell's Kitchen. Naturally, this matter was spent on the profits he made when he was hyping the golden age, and it was considered to be collected from the people in the north and returned to the people in the north.

As soon as she returned to New Orleans, Downing saw the "Hero's Alabama" on the dock. This British-supported warship sunk, captured and burned up to 68 ships during the Civil War. Northern ships, so that after the end of the Civil War, the U.S. government found the United Kingdom to claim compensation for this, which triggered a classic case in the history of international law... In the end, the British government lost the case and paid $15.5 million in compensation

After returning home, Tangning sorted out a new batch of black slaves destined for Brazil. com then found Agubin and asked him, "Agubin, have you thought about whether to stay in New Orleans or go to Brazil with this group of people?"

In fact, Tangning had asked Agubin this question before she went to New York, but he knew that Agubin needed to take time into consideration for such a big issue, so he didn't ask him until he came back.

Agubin knew that the advantage of staying in New Orleans was that he was very familiar with the place, but the disadvantage was that because most of the slaves would be shipped to Brazil, he could manage a lot less people. Going to Brazil has the opposite advantages and disadvantages. Has promised to promote himself to the black superintendent of the Brazilian estate.

After thinking for a while, Agubin replied: "Master, I have made up my mind, I am going to Brazil!"

Tangning was very satisfied with Agubin's choice, so she ordered, "Okay, then you can follow this group of people to Brazil, remember that everything is up to Mrs. Murphy when you get there, I will find time to go there this year. You work hard there, don't let me down!"

"Master, don't worry, I will definitely manage the manor in Brazil for you!" Agubin patted his chest and promised.

After sending Agubin away, Tangning chatted with the old housekeeper, Rob, because he needed to take a few maids, gardeners, grooms and others to stay and take care of the manor, while he had to leave New Orleans with a group of women to avoid the war. .

Afterwards, Tangning went to find Brian who was busy. Because the Clark family's situation was similar to her own, Tangning was looking for him mainly for the bicycle factory, so when they met, she asked, "What about the bicycle factory? Did the general say that?"

Brian nodded and replied: "General Li has been contacted, and General Li appreciates the creativity of the bicycle unit very much, and has already started to form it!"