Chapter 71 Public Opinion War of the Civil War (Feng Chen, the helmsman
"Tom, do you read this?" Jerry took out a tabloid and handed it to Tom.
Tom took it and looked at the title "Seward, you coward!", and he immediately became interested. Looking at the content again, it was roughly written as a comment on the "Trent Incident" in the previous paragraph.
The "Trent Incident" refers to the time when President Davis of the Confederate States sent James Mason and John Sideller as ambassadors to Britain and France to seek assistance and support from Britain and France. The two first came to Cuba.
Then he took the British cruise ship "Trent" to London, but was captured by the federal battleship "San Jacinto" on the way.
Subsequently, British public opinion was in an uproar, claiming that the U.S. government should compensate for the losses, otherwise there would be a war. British Prime Minister Palmerston and Foreign Secretary Russell sent a note to President Seward and Secretary of State Advocate, blaming Wilkes.
Was the colonel's action an order from the government or a personal act of whim? If it was an order from the government, then war would begin. The British government also ordered a fleet carrying 8,000 soldiers and arms to go to Canada to prepare for the war.
Prepare.
As a result, Seward gave up. Not only did he immediately release James Mason and John Sdler, he also publicly apologized to the British and offered to compensate for the losses.
In fact, although Seward's approach seems a little cowardly, it is actually very correct, because everyone can see that Britain is provoking and looking for an excuse to go to war. As for the first reason, it is to protect the cotton supplier, which is the south.
Secondly, the slave states also wanted 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 British felt that if they did not suppress it, they would probably be unable to suppress it.
But fighting a civil war and a foreign war at the same time was too much pressure for the northern states, so Seward decisively gave in and did not give the British an excuse to intervene. In fact, he would have done the same thing if Lincoln had not died.
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Although Seward's actions were not wrong, he lost face after all, and smart people are in the minority, both at home and abroad, in ancient and modern times, so this tabloid talked about it.
"What Seward did was a disgrace to Americans!"
"When have we Americans ever been afraid of the British? Otherwise, where would the independence of the United States come from?"
"Britain has bullied you, and you actually stooped down to apologize. What use do we have of you as president?"
"If it were President Washington, he would definitely have beaten it!"
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After reading this tabloid, Tom was immediately filled with righteous indignation and said: "That's right. When I heard about the apology to the British, I felt very uncomfortable. Now after reading this analysis, I realize that Seward is really useless!
But what kind of newspaper is this? Why haven’t I seen it before?”
"Don't think about it, would the big newspapers dare to publish such remarks? So these tabloids can only dare to tell the truth!" Jerry explained.
"That makes sense. It's freedom of speech in name, but in fact it's 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's the demonstration for?" Tom asked casually.
Jerry explained: "Of course it is to protest the president's wrong approach in this matter and to clear the name of the heroic Captain Wilkes!"
"Okay, I'll definitely go!" Tom replied without hesitation.
At the weekend, Tangning smiled happily when she saw the huge parade on the street, and then got on the cruise ship bound for Mexico.
Yes, these articles were all written by him, and these tabloids were all met by him when he last wrote "Slave Masters' Sexual Life". In addition, he also asked the gangsters in Hell's Kitchen to hire a group of people like Jerry.
To spread this story, he naturally spent all the profits he made when he was speculating on gold. It was collected from the people of the north and returned to the people of the north. Of course, not all was used, but a large part was left.
As soon as he returned to New Orleans, Downing saw the "Heroic Alabama" on the dock. This British-supported warship sank, captured, and burned a total of 68 ships throughout the Civil War.
Northern ships, so that after the end of the Civil War, the U.S. government approached Britain and asked for compensation, which triggered a classic case in the history of international law (in the end, the British government lost the lawsuit and paid US$15.5 million in compensation)
After returning home, Tangning sorted out the new batch of black slaves shipped to Brazil, then found Agubin and asked him: "Agubin, have you decided whether to stay in New Orleans or follow this group of people to Brazil?"
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In fact, Tangning had asked Agubin this question before he went to New York. However, he knew that such a big matter required time for Agubin to consider (for Agubin, this was a big thing), so he didn't ask him until he came back.
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Agubin knew that the advantage of staying in New Orleans was that he was very familiar with the place, but the disadvantage was that since most of the black slaves would be shipped to Brazil, he had fewer people to manage. Going to Brazil had the opposite advantages and disadvantages.
The owner has promised to promote himself to the position of black superintendent of the Brazilian estate.
After thinking for a while, Agubin replied: "Master, I have thought about it, I want to go 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, everything will be under Mrs. Murphy's direction when you get there. I will find time to go there this year.
Do your best there and don't let me down!"
"Master, don't worry, I will definitely manage the Brazilian manor for you!" Agubin promised, patting his chest.
After sending Agubin away, Tangning had a chat with the old butler Rob, because he needed to stay with several maids, gardeners, grooms and others to take care of the manor, while she had to leave New Orleans with a group of women to avoid the war.
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Later, Tangning went to find Brian who was busy. Because the Clark family's situation was similar to her own, Tangning mainly came to see him about the bicycle factory, so when they met, she asked, "What about the bicycle factory?
Did the general say that?”
Brian nodded and replied: "We have contacted General Lee, and General Lee appreciates the creativity of the bicycle unit very much, and has already started to form it!"
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