1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 111 America full of contradictions

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There is a newspaper clipping on Henry's desk. The clippings are all articles that Liang Yao published in the "California Daily". Next to the clippings are all the letters he has exchanged with Liang Yao since he came to Washington.

Henry pondered for a long time and wrote an article titled: "Who is Destroying Our American Dream?"

After writing this article, Henry felt that it was not enough, so he wrote two articles in succession: "State Rights Cannot Be Trampled on" and "California's Gold Belongs to All American Citizens".

It wasn't until he couldn't write anymore that Henry called for his assistant.

"Publish these three articles in the "Washington Post", "Washington Republic" and "New York Evening Post" and inform them that within the next week, the three newspapers will no longer accept any advertisements or gossip, and will only accept information about California.

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Also, all newspapers published by these three newspapers in the next week will be given away for free."

"But sir, if we don't accept advertising and publish it for free, it will be our loss." The assistant hesitated.

"Compared with the pressure Mr. Liang will bear in the future, our loss is nothing."

Henry waved his hand and motioned for his assistant to go down.

He is no longer the president of a small local newspaper, but the president of three first-class newspapers, the Washington Post, the Washington Republic and the New York Evening Post.

Although these three newspapers are not considered to be the top newspapers in Washington and New York, they are also top-notch local newspapers and quite influential.

Becoming the president of three first-class newspapers was something that Henry, who used to be the president of a small newspaper in a small place like San Francisco, had never dreamed of doing. He cherished this opportunity very much.

Henry's original offer to Liang Yao was US$100,000 to buy a newspaper. However, after arriving in the east, he found that his offer to Liang Yao was still too high.

Due to the economic downturn, many newspapers had to lay off employees, and fewer people were willing to publish advertisements and articles in newspapers.

Henry easily bought three well-established first-class newspapers for only $230,000.

When Henry was in California, he learned from Liang Yao how to incite people's emotions.

He believed it would also work well in Washington, D.C., and New York state, where many gold prospectors traveled to California to prospect for gold.

As long as his emotions can be inflamed in newspapers, he believes that the families of these people and people who plan to go to California for gold mining will definitely take to the streets to protest against the resolution of Congress.

Those gold diggers carry not only personal dreams of getting rich, but also the hopes of poor families.

Vanderbilt and his associates weren't idle, and they didn't want their investments in California to go to waste.

Their ideas coincided with Henry's, and they also put pressure on the government and Congress by planning demonstrations and protests.

The only difference is that Henry planned the march with the pen and newspaper in his hand, while Vanderbilt and others planned the march with dollars.

What surprised them was that Liang Yao and Robinson, two California representatives, had a very good reputation among these lower class people.

Dr. Robert, the vice president of the New York Medical Association, and some doctors from the New York Medical Association petitioned Congress to request a re-vote on the passed bill.

Robert even published a statement in the newspaper that without California's successful experience in preventing cholera, New York State and other surrounding states would never be able to defeat cholera.

The cheap nutrient solutions and reference drug formulas selflessly provided by Liang Yao and Robinson saved the lives of countless poor people and enabled thousands of cholera patients to survive the disease.

Robert meant what he said, and he didn't just talk the talk. After making the statement, Robert refused to treat the powerful people in New York State who supported the bill.

Under Robert's influence, more than half of the doctors in the New York Medical Association also refused to treat patients in order to show their support for California.

Soon, protests and demonstrations spread from Washington, D.C. and New York state to surrounding states.

Some people in the middle and lower classes do it out of selfish interests, some out of fun, and some out of gratitude.

They took to the streets to protest with different mentality and ideas. Some good people held up abstract portraits of Liang Yao and Robinson and wrote "American Heroes" on the portraits.

Having a positive image naturally requires a negative image to set off the brilliance and majesty of the positive image.

Congressman Calhoun, who proposed the bill, and the fat-bellied aristocrats and plutocrats of New York have undoubtedly become the villains that everyone has pointed out.

Calhoun's portrait was even written with insulting words such as old thief and corrupt congressman.

The walls of Calhoun's estates on the Hudson River in Washington and New York were covered in graffiti and had feces splattered on them.

This move made Calhoun, who was seriously ill, restless and angry several times.

The bright image he worked so hard to create has faded away, and now he has a precarious image in the eyes of the public.

When Henry saw this, he immediately became hot and wrote the article "The Hero and the Thief".

Fremont behaved very leisurely. He went to the British Embassy and the French Embassy to drink coffee several times and accepted interviews with some reporters in front of the embassy. Then he left Washington and returned to California.

Some passionate extremists said they would take up arms and follow Congressman Fremont to California, and work with the people of California to defend California's land from being trampled by Congress and the federal government.

Texas Governor Bell was overjoyed when he learned of the incident, and he ignored the government's order requiring Texas to withdraw troops from New Mexico.

Instead of withdrawing his troops, he continued to send more troops to New Mexico in an attempt to take back the land that originally belonged to Texas.

Texas originally gave up its independence and joined the United States in the hope that joining the American family would be more conducive to Texas' development and gain more benefits.

However, since joining the United States of America, Texas has not received much benefit. Instead, it has been repeatedly asked to cede territory to territorial areas for the establishment of new states.

This made Texas leaders deeply dissatisfied with the United States.

Bell's additional troops suddenly caused tensions in the territorial conflict between Texas and New Mexico that had been tending to ease.

Officials and garrison troops in New Mexico sent urgent telegrams to Washington, requesting additional troops for assistance.

In just one month, the stable and improving situation in the United States after the compromise bill disappeared, and the fragile side of the United States was once again exposed.

The hearts of the states are divided, the economy is in decline, and the sharp class contradictions are like three balls of fire that roast Fillmore and his new cabinet.

Fillmore urged Congress to re-vote the bill to confiscate the Mexican government's land grants in California. He hoped to get one-third of the Senate's votes to reject the bill.

Unfortunately, although the number of opposition votes has increased, it still has not reached one-third.

Calhoun, the old guy who is now being criticized by many, actually got better and was able to give a half-hour speech in Congress.

Instigated by Calhoun, Congress instead put pressure on Fillmore and openly requested that troops be stationed in California to ensure that California land could be successfully recovered.

"Crazy! Crazy! They are all a bunch of fucking lunatics!"

Fillmore was outraged by Congress's actions and became vociferous.

"Mr. President, do you comply with the request of Congress and send troops to California?"

Secretary of War Conrad asked Fillmore.

"Conrad, please pay attention to your wording! What does sending troops mean? California is now a state of the United States! It is not an enemy of the United States!"

Fillmore felt a little tight in his chest, he held his chest and said.

"It's just that this bill has been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate with overwhelming votes. If we don't give a reply," Conrad said stutteringly.

"Then follow their wishes and tell them that they will bear the consequences of whatever happens." Fillmore sat down and took a sip of water, then continued to ask, "Except for the California Infantry Regiment, which troop is closest to California?

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"Colonel Mason's infantry regiment, but Colonel Mason is stationed on the border between the United States and Mexico. I'm worried that if something happens in California, the Mexican government will take advantage of it." Conrad said uneasily.

Yes, to add another fire to the fire, as California has just been annexed to the United States, the United States' rule over California cannot be said to be weak, but completely absent.

Fillmore tried his best to promote California's statehood in the hope that California could be integrated into the United States of America as soon as possible to consolidate the rule of the United States over the local area.

Fillmore is now worried that once the powerful gentry in California are pushed into a hurry, they will leave the United States directly just like they left Mexico and return to the embrace of Mexico.

At that time, America will have no way to tell of its suffering, and Fillmore will also become America's sinner.

"Inform Colonel Mason to dispatch half of the regiment to California to assist Liang Yao in defending against the Indians. Tell him that conflicts with local armed forces will not be allowed unless it is absolutely necessary! Otherwise, he will become the criminal who provoked the American Civil War!"

Fillmore took out a piece of letter paper and prepared to write a letter to the California authorities, hoping to stabilize the dignitaries in California first.

He needs enough time to deal with Congress, provided that both sides must exercise restraint during this period.

"What about Texas? Texas did not withdraw its armed forces from New Mexico as scheduled, but instead continued to increase its troops. This is the telegram that was just sent." Conrad

Shivering, he handed Fillmore today's telegram.

"The thing I was most worried about happened."

Fillmore felt so headache that he now even suspected that the real cause of death of his predecessor, President Taylor, was not from cholera, but from exhaustion and anger.

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