MTL - Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner-Chapter 34 run for president (1)

"Tony, you haven't been here for a long time since Scarlett came home!" One day, Tangning visited Frick's house. As soon as he entered, Frick joked to him.

"Isn't it a bit busy recently!" Tangning explained embarrassedly.

After chatting for a while, Tangning cut to the chase and said, "Uncle Frick, I heard that you are very familiar with Mr. Philip Carlos of our state's Constitutional Federalist Party?"

Flick nodded and replied, "Yes, why did you suddenly remember to ask this?"

"Uh, because I want to join the Constitutional Federalist Party!" Tangning replied in a deep voice.

"Join the Constitutional Federalist Party? Why would you join him? It's not always to run for president, right?" Frick joked.

To his surprise, Tangning nodded seriously and replied, "You're right, it's to run for president!"

Hearing Tangning's words, Frick looked at Tangning with a patient look, "Tony, did I hear it right?"

"Uncle Frick, you heard right, I do want to run for president! Of course, I also know that with my ability and capital, it is impossible to run successfully, but at least let me participate, this is not a good idea. your life experiences and memories!" Tangning explained.

Maybe it was because he was getting old, so when he heard Tangning say it was for "life experiences and memories", Frick actually secretly agreed, because he often regretted not being crazy when he was young. As a result, many things can't be done even if they want to. Take Tangning as an example, it's definitely impossible to be the president, but there seems to be a chance to get involved.

Actually, what Tangning said wasn't entirely true. Part of it was for fun, but he also wanted to have a chance to speak publicly.

In his opinion, the first step for the South to lose in the Civil War was not to run for president. If the successful American president in 1861 was not Abraham Lincoln but a Southern Democratic candidate, then it is very likely that six southern The Slave State would not withdraw and would not lead to the Civil War.

Pushing it further, the South's defeat in the presidential election was mainly due to the internal discord among the Southern Democratic Party. The representative of the Northern Republican Party was mainly Abraham Lincoln, while the South had several representatives. The internal friction was too serious.

In fact, the most powerful candidate in the Democratic Party is Steven Douglas, who defeated Lincoln in the Illinois Senate race. With his ability, knowledge and appeal among the people, he has a high chance of not losing. to Lincoln.

But a lot of Democrats in the South disliked Douglas, some didn't trust him, others couldn't agree with his policies on slavery. Douglas was not against slavery or the promotion of slavery, but he had said that federal law could not impose slavery on areas that were unwilling to accept it. This is what he calls "the theory of popular sovereignty".

Southern Democrats opposed to Douglas were led by William Yancey of Alabama. Yancey wanted to add pro-slavery content to the Democratic platform, knowing that once it was written, Douglas would not accept the party's nomination. If unsuccessful, Yancey is ready to lead Southern Democrats out of the convention, or even out of the Democratic Party.

As a result, the guys who opposed Douglas elected another candidate, Breckinridge, who believed that he could better represent and protect the interests of the South, and the Constitutional Federalist Senator John Bell of Tennessee in the South came to join in the fun, which was seriously divided. Gone the Democratic vote.

The North and the South had very different positions. Originally, the southern states were not as numerous as the North, and the Democrats were not united to deal with Lincoln, so the Democratic Party lost the election before it even started.

To tell the truth, if Tangning could cross over a few years earlier, he would definitely join the Democratic Party as soon as possible, and then slowly mingle in it, striving to be able to represent the Democratic Party in the election.

But the time given to him is too little now. He is less than two years away from running for president. With such a little time and his current foundation, it is impossible for him to gain a voice in the Democratic Party. It was originally the path of politics. He had already given up, but while reading the newspaper a few days ago, he stumbled across the news of the Constitutional Federalist Party, which made Downing suddenly think that since Tennessee's Senator John Bell of the Constitutional Federalist Party could run for office, if he If you also join the Constitutional Federal Party, you may be able to participate in the presidential election. Even if you can't participate, at least you will have a chance to speak publicly and express your own analysis. It can be considered that he has made a contribution to the best of his ability in order to delay the Civil War and prolong the life of his slave owners.

After all, I can only think of a way to participate in politics. I don't care if I join the army. I'm not that kind of material, and according to the description of Bai Ruide making black money during the war in "Gone with the Wind", UU reading www.uukanshu.com estimates that even if he joins the army himself Can't play these old foxes either...

So he began to ask around how to join the Constitutional Federal Party, and to his surprise, Frick, an acquaintance, was very familiar with Philippe Carlos, the chairman of the Louisiana Constitutional Federal Party. The only regret is that Louis The energy of the Constitutional Federalist Party in Ana is incomparable to that of Tennessee. They still have a senator. The Constitutional Federalist Party in Louisiana is good, not to mention the senators, not even the state legislators... ...

But it is precisely because of this that he has the opportunity to join, otherwise why would people absorb such a little guy with no background and energy?

Although Frick didn't know the complicated thoughts in Tangning's heart, he was very supportive, so he immediately promised that he would find Philippe Carlos in a few days and recommend Tangning to him. Thinking about it, it shouldn't be a problem.

It turned out that Frick was not bragging. Within a week, he brought good news to Downing. Philip agreed with Downing to join the Constitutional Federal Party in Louisiana, and recommended him to run for state legislature this year.

Of course, don't think that Philip is giving Frick a lot of face. In fact, although the Constitutional Federal Party has the qualifications to recommend state legislature elections, in fact, no one in the party participates at all, because it is like Mark Twain " Just like running for governor", even if he went, he would be running with the Democratic Party, so no one wanted to go, so why don't we give this little guy Tangning a chance to make a fool of himself...

PS: Thank you book friend "Liang Nalian" for your support! Another apology, I thought I could update two chapters this afternoon during the holiday, but I ended up working overtime until more than five o'clock...