1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 439 Contradiction

Although the grandfather and grandson were divided into phases surrounding the issue of whether to stay and attend the dance.

But when Mrs. Sartre announced the start of the dinner in the evening, the most Buddhist person was Liang Yao.

Especially Liang Shaochen, he didn't even bother to eat or drink.

Liang Shaochen naturally looked down upon those elderly ladies. Although the makeup of these middle-aged ladies had been specially modified for the picnic, they were still unable to withstand the corrosion of time.

He set his sights on Gavin's daughter Katie.

The dinner had just ended when Liang Shaochen eagerly stepped forward to invite Katie to dance.

Although Liang Weiming said immoral and unreasonable words, in his heart he still envied the men and women dancing happily under the shining kerosene lamp.

When Wu Yuanhua's wife came forward to invite Liang Weiming to dance together, Liang Weiming simply took Mrs. Wu Yuanhua's hand and blended into the crowd.

The men who did not enter the dance floor were holding wine glasses while talking about politics and economics, topics that most women did not dare to be interested in.

"This time you won Borneo, and the population of Borneo also meets the requirements for statehood. If you submit a petition to Congress for statehood, even if we follow the lowest standards, our people will be able to get the support of both parties in Congress.

Seat." Pan Zhengwei said to Liang Yao holding the rosary in his hand.

He knew that the conflict in Kansas was a preview of the Civil War.

However, in politics, vested interest groups in various states will never share their political rights and interests with other ethnic groups.

Later generations of history criticized Pierce for blindly conniving with the South, fueling the arrogance of the slaveholding faction in the South, and accelerating the outbreak of the Civil War.

People who hold this political view are called Southern Oregonians.

"Mr. Pan is still too impatient. In the middle of last year, the population of Oregon reached 60,000, fully meeting the threshold for establishing a new state. Mayor Thomas of Eugene, Oregon has submitted three applications for statehood to Congress, but

In the end, doesn’t it all end with nothing?” Deng Wenyu said.

People in southern Oregon are eager to establish a state and hope to unite with California politically to safeguard their own interests.

Pierce sympathized with the South, and on the issue of who was the legal government of the two governments in Kansas, he recognized that the territorial government established by the slave-owning group in Leconton was the legal government, and that the freedmen government established by the free-soilers in Topeka was the illegal government.

The political slogan shouted by northern Oregonians is Oregon for Oregonians.

But now Borneo is not only not a state in the United States, it is not even a territory, which makes Pan Zhengwei feel somewhat uneasy.

"If both sides continue to show no restraint, the powder keg of Kansas will be ignited by these reckless men sooner or later!"

"Is this bad enough in Kansas?"

These people were called Northern Oregonians.

Of course, this is also their desire to pursue greater political interests.

Especially a precious political resource like a senatorial seat.

In 1850, the conflicts between the two sides in the American South were not as tense as they are now, but California's statehood also went through ups and downs.

Pan Zhengwei's idea is also the idea of ​​many Chinese in California. They hope that Borneo can be established as a state, and then the two states can establish close and solid economic ties and pursue common political interests.

There are many reasons why Oregon's statehood failed, except that members of the North and South in Congress could not reach an agreement.

Pierce was a president who sympathized with the South. Although he was a Northerner, his attitude was that of sympathizing with the South.

After the city of Eugene, in southern Oregon and close to California, was connected to California by rail, the economic ties between the two sides have become closer.

This enthusiastic slogan also gained a large number of fans for the Northern Oregon faction centered in Portland.

As for the specific details, he didn't know much.

Although Liang Yao's army captured Borneo, Borneo is now becoming California's back garden.

"Just after the establishment of a new state, the issue of whether the new state is a free state or a slave state is enough to make Congress quarrel. Not to mention that Borneo is isolated overseas, and the island is all Chinese. The establishment of a state,

It won’t happen overnight.”

Or simply let Borneo directly become part of California like Western Nevada.

Freemont's words made Liang Yao feel a little uneasy.

Historically, the president in office at this time was Pierce.

But if Pierce's presence had not subtly changed the balance of power between the North and the South in Congress, a full-scale civil war might have broken out at the time of the Kansas Crisis.

The failure of Oregon statehood was something Liang Yao expected.

Due to their early life experience in the Qing Dynasty, this group of Chinese people are somewhat insecure. They are worried that Borneo, which they paid a lot of money to acquire, will be lost soon before it is warm.

"This passenger from Borneo boarded the American ship without buying a ticket, and now he wants to enter first class without paying for a ticket. Do you think other first class passengers will agree?" Liang Yao asked.

The problem in Kansas is the most critical problem.

The internal conflicts in Oregon were only internal regional conflicts, and had not yet risen to the level of the struggle for slavery and abolition.

However, Northern Oregonians represented by the city of Portland in northern Oregon hope to establish an Oregon state that is not dependent on California and is relatively independent politically and economically.

"It's a good thing that you care about politics, but you can't do it too hastily. There are too many interests involved in establishing a new state. There is definitely no hope in the short term."

Other states may accept the Chinese economically. After all, the Chinese in California now have a large amount of capital in their hands. The California consortium has become one of the largest consortiums in the United States and has considerable capital. Many states hope to receive investment from the California consortium.

California was established as a free state in 1850. In essence, California's successful statehood was a political victory for the abolitionists.

At this time, the North and the South could not be said to be evenly matched in the congressional game, but the North had already occupied a slight advantage, and this advantage was still expanding.

"Wen Yu is right. Instead of worrying about the irrelevant issue of statehood in Borneo, you should focus on the Oregon region first. If Oregon can be established as a state, our people can at least occupy one Senate seat." Liang Yao said.

"Don't talk about Oregon, now Kansas is in a mess. In the past, the colonization groups of the northern and southern immigration companies in Kansas, no matter how displeased they were with each other, they only fought in the form of fights and duels. Now the cannons are fucking

Use it." Fremont frowned.

Currently, the first Chinese to enter the political arena in California are Chinese businessmen who become state legislators.

If the Chinese want to get more senatorial seats, they can only take the shortcut of creating new states.

There is no consensus within the Oregon District either.

The number of senators is fixed, with only two from each state.

Founding a new state is only more difficult now than it was in 1850.

Pierce's decision gave some comfort to the slaveholding factions in the South, making the South feel that they still had a chance and did not necessarily have to break up with the federal government so early.

The current president is Fillmore, who was successfully re-elected. He is a master of Tai Chi with mud, but Liang Yao is not sure whether Fillmore can ease the conflict between the two sides when facing the crisis in Kansas.

Liang Yao was happy to see the outbreak of the American Civil War. This was a historical trend and unstoppable.

But he did not want civil war to break out so early because California was not ready for it.

(End of chapter)