Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 366

On April 13, 1868, President Lincoln and members of his cabinet attended a joint meeting of the House of Representatives.

On the podium, Vice President Andrew and Speaker of the Senate was giving a speech as usual.

Today his theme is: the difference between Prussia and German!

"When the Commonwealth of America criticizes Prussia, we should make distinctions, not generalize. Just like Europe, when we treat Europe, we can't all think that Europe is a whole, and we all have greed for America.

There are more than 4 million people of German descent in the Commonwealth of America, which is a very large number. The American population exceeds 17%, but just like the Irish, the Irish are divided into Irish Island Irish and Scottish Irish. We cannot use Tap cover. "

Under the stage, President Lincoln and Secretary Seward moved their mouths and looked at the approval of many people around them. They looked at each other and saw their helplessness.

Lincoln: "Obviously any objection at this time seems to have absolutely the opposite effect. The best thing is to just attract attention. Listen quietly and watch our vice president's performance."

Seward took two breaths, tried his best to calm himself, and nodded heavily.

They are all smart people, Andrew. What Johnson's just-started speech revealed clearly reminded them of something.

Not just these two, everyone else who is doing it has realized Andrew's intentions.

But no one came forward, because what they call the general trend, and now, Andrew and the people behind him who support him are the general trend of the Commonwealth of America.

"It wasn't long before the Kingdom of Prussia annexed the entire German Confederation, and the number of members of the German Confederation dropped dramatically from over 200 during the Holy Roman Empire to 36 in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars.

And Prussia occupied most of the German Confederation after occupied Schleswig and Holstein in Denmark, and after the Prussian War with the Austrian Empire, only the Netherlands survived. Limburg Province, the Principality of Luxembourg in the Netherlands, the Principality of Nassau in the Netherlands, the AustriHungary Empire formed after Austria was kicked out, and Liechtenstein supported by the French Empire.

The other parties of the 36 members of the German Confederation were annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia as the main member.

I don't think there is anything wrong with Prussia. It is an honor to grow our country. Just as the great men who expanded America's territory after we established only thirteen states were as respectable, we should not hold double standards.

But this is my opinion. If the United States becomes the target that Prussia wants to expand, I don't think anyone here would agree, including Germans.

This is what we believe in upholding our country.

Here, regardless of whether it is a Prussian or other Germans before the annexation by Prussia, I think it is necessary to distinguish the attitudes adopted by the different influences on the United States, so as to show the inclusive immigration policy of the United States of America. ,thanks! "

"Clap clap clap"

As Andrew's words fell, the entire Senate burst into applause from the members.

Among them, the Dutch finance minister James. Speed. , Admiral Ambrose of the Central American Theater. Burnside, Attorney General Marty. Grice, Senate Minority Democratic Leader xi-u Stephen. The Douglas Sten newspaper was the first to applaud.

Followed by Danish Transport Minister Dudler, Swedish Commerce Minister Rice and Speaker of the House of Representatives Skyler. Colfax followed.

Seemingly affected, the other Latino interim Senate President Benjamin R. Wade, Italian energy minister Gran Holm also joined the ranks of applause.

With the leadership of these cabinet members or parliamentarians, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Italian and Latino senators in the Senate have joined the ranks.

The 70 senators suddenly surpassed 40 and entered the ranks.

Afterwards, many senators of Irish descent looked at Lincoln's position in the preceding paragraph, and the Home Secretary Washburn, who was next to Lincoln, was affected by this, and seemed to have already received a hint and nodded to them.

So there were more people applauding.

The 70 senators suddenly reached 60 applause, leaving only 10 German-American senators waiting for something.

Although Seward wanted to stop it, he was unable to do so this time.

Prussia should never have chosen to intervene in the situation in Mexico when the Commonwealth of Millikin was seriously wary of Prussia.

This made many European immigrants think of the idea of ​​Prussia annexing Germany, especially in the case that Andrew just mentioned, he already understood Andrew's intention.

Divide the Germans, distinguish the Prussians from other Prussians who rule other races.

Sure enough, another round of applause sounded, and Seward was shocked.

He didn't look back, he had already guessed where the new applause came from.

The Hanoverian immigrants, Bavarian immigrants, and Saxon immigrants who had followed him in the past, and other senators, had applauded without waiting for his instructions. Obviously, Seward had understood at this moment that he was powerless.

In the end, this senator-speaker speech for Prussia ended with only 4 Prussian senators left without failure.

On April 14, 1868, Senate President and Vice President Andrew's speech in the Senate was reported, which immediately attracted praise throughout the United States. Compared with Seward's provocation before, Vice President Andrew's words were like a country-country. -Leadership - what a leader should have.

In the past, because Lincoln was biased towards Prussia, it made people think that he was biased towards the diplomatic direction of the United States. Who is the most in diplomatic expert who frequently biased the newspapers of Dutch descent to attack the month, and seemed to be led to Lincoln was the trigger of the Civil War. Due to the reasons of Solomon, many people in the Commonwealth of America were disgusted with Lincoln. After all, it was because Lincoln became the president that the thirteen southern states were separated from the rule of the north. will become a country of its own.

As a result, America, which had always been expansion-oriented, was divided into two parts. Many people alluded to Lincoln as America's "historical sinner".

"Europe Times" conducted an interview with Prussia on American foreign relations. Among them, a businessman who operated a store in New York said that the recent deterioration of relations between the United States and Prussia had caused trade damage and rising commodity prices. The deteriorating relationship between the Federal States will further damage the Prussian economy, so he hopes that no matter which party wins the election in the future, it can find a way to improve relations with the Netherlands.

In addition, he also called for careful separation of the relationship between the Commonwealth of America and the Kingdom of Prussia and American-Prussian immigrants in the political field, and to avoid racist attacks on American native groups.

Even many Hanoverian and Saxon senators who were occupied by Prussia and perished, and Bavarian senators, even set up an anti-Prussian alliance to monitor what Prussia did in their homeland. They believed that the Commonwealth of America Both parties should promote their dissatisfaction with Prussia's stance on the issue of quan people and Prussia's unlawful annexation of members of the German Confederation.

A poll conducted jointly by The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Daily, The Washington Times and other newspapers commissioned by the U.S. Senate found that 58% of the respondents believed that The Commonwealth of America should take a tougher stance in dealing with Prussia. Only 12% of the interviewees had an objection on this issue, and even more than 70% of the Democratic Party supporters said that relations with the Netherlands should be improved. Seventy-five percent think it's time to continue to be tough on Prussia.

However, many interviewers said in the survey that the US-Prussian relationship has become the most important relationship among the bilateral relations that respondents are most concerned about after the US-UK relationship, the US-Dutch relationship and the US-France relationship. 40% of people also believe that the future U.S.-Presidential relations can improve.

At the same time, the survey also believes that it is very important to handle the relationship with the Netherlands at present, and the economic relationship with Prussia is also important. Threats, but the bilateral relationship needs to be better handled.

The Commonwealth of America is now the most powerful economic and military state in the Americas, so the deterioration of the United States and Prussia is clearly the Netherlands in the Hop-Prussian struggle, and it is the kind that Prussia is difficult to reverse in the near future. Can not help but sigh.

How long has it been since then, the international political arena has changed, Prussia overturned, the Netherlands surpassed,

It is for this reason that the presidential election at the end of the year in the Commonwealth of America has become the focus of European countries. Perhaps, many people think that this election is the result of the Dutch people's real victory over Prussia.

At the end of the speech, Vice President Andrew's remarks are still impressive, that is, the Commonwealth of America needs to defend its own values ​​to develop the diplomatic relations it needs, which can improve US-Prussian relations, but under the current conditions, it is not possible to give any specific measures.

When the internal and external relations of the American Commonwealth became the topic of this election~www.mtlnovel.com~ William IV, who was far away in Europe and the Netherlands, chose to visit the British Empire at this time even though he hadn't shown his face for a long time.

And it was only announced before the joint press conference with Queen Victoria after arriving at Buckingham Palace.

It has been so many years, William IV has never visited the outside world except to Denmark and Sweden.

Are there any special secrets hidden in the itinerary?

What was the secret meeting between William IV and Queen Victoria?

Could it be that the UK has loosened its stance and chose to stand on the side of the Netherlands in the wrestling between the Netherlands and Prussia.

It is said that Princess Victoria, the Crown Princess of Prussia, sent a telegram to London in person yesterday, asking for specific beliefs. Obviously, Berlin can't sit still.

However, as the parties, William IV and Queen Victoria have remained silent all the time, and it seems that they will not solve the mystery until that moment. Globally influential newspapers participated. This has to make William IV sigh, it is worthy of being the most international city in the world, and there are really not many journalists.

William implements a weird and mysterious smile: However, this is exactly the purpose of my conference today.

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