1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 483 Election Year

Author: fish nest

Chapter 483 Election Year

“Collaborating with the enemy, ceding territory, and suppressing immigrants, any one of these is enough to make you an outcast of the Democratic Party.

This is an election year, and the Democratic Party is also vying for votes in California and Ohio.

On one side are the votes in the two states, on the other side are the marginalized people within the party, and I think you know better than me how they will choose."

Liang Yao played with the photos on his desk that had just been developed a few days ago. The photos showed the arrogant Northern Oregon armed forces shooting at and beating immigrants.

Britain and the United States are not in a state of war, but due to well-known historical reasons, the relationship between the two countries is not friendly, and it is far less fatherly and filial than that of later generations. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with saying that Stevens is an enemy.

As for the cession of territory and the suppression of immigrants, these are facts before our eyes.

If Liang Yao allows those mouthpieces in the east to add fuel to the fire, Stevens' political career will not simply come to an end.

In any era, traitors are the most despised type of people.

As long as this label is attached to him, Stevens has no hope of turning around in his life.

Stevens' wandering eyes rested on the photos on the table.

He knew Liang Yao's methods. When his predecessor Burnett died in Oregon, the Democratic Party only farted a few times at the beginning and demanded an investigation into the cause of Burnett's death.

But after the Democratic Party sent people to investigate for a period of time and found nothing, the matter was hastily dropped.

"How do you want to handle it?"

The corner of Stevens' mouth couldn't help but twitch.

As for the shitty things he did in Northern Oregon, no one had taken him seriously before. If he really wanted to take things seriously, every one of them was no small matter.

"The border of Northern Oregon is in the north, not in the south. Remove all your people from the Columbia River crossing.

I will return all those captives to you. If I find you again obstructing immigrants from settling in Northern Oregon and flirting with the British, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Liang Yao put his hands behind his back and stared condescendingly at Stevens, who was much shorter than him in both strength and stature.

"There are also the British in Bellingham. You recruited these British. You have to find a way to drive them out."

The first two were not a big problem, but it was the last one that made Stevens feel frightened.

It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away, not to mention asking the British to abandon an already settled port, even though the port is on American territory.

"This" Stevens said with some embarrassment.

"I'm afraid the English in Bellingham are not so easy to catch."

"You also know that it's not that easy to catch up?" Liang Yao sneered, "You pooped yourself, and you have to find a way to wipe your ass."

After beating Stevens, Liang Yao told him to get out.

Looking at Stevens' back with his tail between his legs as he left dejectedly, he didn't expect Stevens to be able to solve Bellingham's matter on his own.

Although Liang Yao had just ceded a lot of land from Mexico in the south, the British occupying a port in the border area was nothing.

But everyone has aversion to loss, and these places will be his sphere of influence in the future!

"You can't rely solely on Stevens for Bellingham's affairs." Liang Yao turned to Carnegie and said.

"Send a report to Sven and ask him to transfer the Julius-class ship we just launched to Portland. If the British don't leave, they will directly block all their ships in the port and turn this port into a

Dead Harbor.”

After the telegram was sent, Liang Yao thought for a while and realized that it was not enough to put pressure on the British from the sea, so he left the Oregon regiment in northern Oregon.

Firstly, it was to protect the local immigrants and prevent those restless white-skinned pigs from having any evil thoughts after he returned.

Secondly, it is also to fulfill his responsibilities. After all, he is the commander of the Western Brigade and is responsible for the national defense and security of the western region.

Mexico, which has been dismembered in the south, has been completely reduced to a third-rate country and can no longer make any waves.

Currently, the only land that can be dismembered and threaten the security of the West Coast region is the so-called British Columbia Territory in the north.

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1856 was an election year.

Fillmore has been elected President of the United States for two consecutive terms. According to the ancestral system of the United States, it is impossible for Fillmore to run for president again this time.

Before Fillmore's term ended, the Whig Party was already experiencing splits and disintegration.

The reason for the split and disintegration of the Whig Party was naturally attributed to the slave owners.

Since the founding of the Republican Party in 1854, due to the Republican Party's clear abolitionist attitude and discord, more than 120 core members of the Whig Party have joined the Republican Party, and the strength of the Whig Party has been further weakened.

What is shocking is that the Whig Party elected an unknown person in this election: Milt Scott.

Scott was born in 1827. Scott's only political experience was as the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut for two years and as the Connecticut Senator for two and a half years.

With such a resume, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this man comes from a super wealthy family.

The selection of such a person to participate in the 1856 presidential election also showed that the Whig Party had no successor after Fillmore.

To put it bluntly, this guy's political resume is not as rich and beautiful as Liang Yao's.

It has to be said that in terms of political foundation, the Democratic Party, as an old party, is still much stronger than the Whig Party.

Although the Democratic Party is also severely weakened, the candidates who have withdrawn from the Democratic Party are still relatively capable.

The candidate promoted by the Democratic Party was James Buchanan. Historically, it was Buchanan who won the 1856 election.

Buchanan's resume is much better than the young man above.

Buchanan had a classic start as an American politician. Buchanan was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1791. He was educated in schools in Pennsylvania and London, and later worked in a Pennsylvania law firm before entering politics.

He has successively served as Assistant to the Governor of Pennsylvania, State Representative, Senator, Secretary of State and other positions.

In the state capitol in Sacramento, core members of the Civic Party are holding a meeting to decide on the allocation of the 13 electoral votes from California and Ohio in November.

"To be honest, looking at the campaign slogans and ideas of these two people, I would rather throw my vote into the cesspit than vote for them."

Fremont was not satisfied with either candidate's claims.

Historically, Fremont was the presidential candidate jointly nominated by the Republican Party and the American Party in 1856. The ideas and slogans he advocated were: anti-slavery, the abolition of slavery in new territories and states, and the abolition of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.

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Supported the construction of railroads across the continental United States, increased armament levels, and protected the western frontier from threats of Indian and foreign invasion. Opposed Catholic forces.

The campaign slogan is: "Free labor, free land, free speech, free men."

"How about we recommend you to run for president as the candidate of our Civic Party?" Liang Yao said with a smile.

He was not born in the United States, and according to the Constitution of the United States, he cannot participate in the presidential election. But Fremont, the second-largest figure in the Civic Party, can.

"Forget it, our Civic Party is a small party. Unless we can unite the Republican Party, the Liberal Party, the Native American Party, the American Party and other small parties and win the few votes in their hands, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

If I have this time, I might as well use it to study and formulate the second five-year plan."

Formulating California's second five-year plan is Fremont's top priority right now.

(End of chapter)