Chapter 448 A New Group!

Under the concessions of Henry Clay, the power of Southern slave owners increased, and some of them even resigned from Congress in dismay.

Chen Mo was very interested in one of these people. Therefore, shortly after Zachary Taylor was elected president, under the repeated invitations of Henry Clay, Chen Mo finally joined Huihui as a banker. The Whig Party, and with its strong financial resources and boldness, has funded many members of the Whig Party who were excluded because of their opposition to slavery, and its popularity in the party has increased rapidly.

Henry Clay did not care too much about the debate on slavery in the party, and he compromised with the southern slave owners only to gain their support, to win their votes, and to achieve his goal of establishing a private central bank, so for It is not surprising that Chen Mo, a big capitalist, opposed slavery.

As for Chen Mo's lavish funding of Whigs, that's exactly what he wanted.

Only when the Whigs became stronger could he be able to control a more powerful force, and Chen Mo's rising popularity did not make Henry Clay feel threatened.

Because the anti-slavery Whigs supported by Chen Mo actually only occupy a small part of the party, and most of them are young members with little background and weak strength. The real core of the Whig party is in Congress. And the elite members of the states with great prestige and influence are still closely around him, following his lead.

Although quite a few of them were also opposed to slavery, due to their own strength and influence, they were not as ostracized as those young Whigs with no background. Not alienated from him because of his compromise on slavery.

Therefore, the entire Whig Party is still firmly in the hands of Henry Clay. In his opinion, Chen Mo's behavior is only a support and help for his fellow compatriots in the party who hold the same political views as him. The core members have too many overlapping interests to threaten his position in the Whig party and control of the entire party in the slightest.

So for Chen Mo's practice of subsidizing low-level young members of the party, Henry Clay was happy to see it succeed.

And those young members who were ostracized, frustrated with the Whig Party and quit Congress were strongly supported by Chen Mo, who contributed money to help them return to their respective states, or they may continue to work in their own states. Political activity, resisting the expansion of slavery, or dormant, waiting for the moment.

Among them, one person temporarily resigned from Congress and resumed his old business. With the support of Chen Mo, he returned to his hometown to open a law firm and became a lawyer again.

However, like most of the others who left, although he was dormant for a while, he did not give up on promoting his political ideas. He still devoted himself to public affairs enthusiastically, and his personal reputation was constantly consolidated and improved.

These young political elites who have left Congress and the center of American power have little contact with other members of the Whig Party, especially party leader Henry Clay, but they have always maintained contact with Chen Mo, they They share common beliefs and ideas, and are funded, supported and encouraged by Chen Mo.

Under the influence of Chen Mo, they firmly believe that the abolition of slavery is imperative, and there will be a war between the north and the south.

This group of youths who were not valued by Henry Clay, and even sat and watched them be excluded in order to win the support of the southern slave owners, but ignored them, seemed to have formed a new small group with Chen Mo, and this group The center is the great capitalist who provided them with economic and faith support and pointed out the way for them in the future, Chen Mo!

Not only the young political elites who had left Congress, but more and more members of the anti-slavery Whig party who had been ostracized by the growing power of southern slave owners, all joined this small circle. With the support and comfort of Chen Mo, he quietly hibernated.

all of them,

Including Chen Mo, who supported them behind their backs, was waiting for the time to come.

By 1852, at the Fourteenth Presidential Election, the split between the Whigs for and against slavery was clearly evident.

Former Vice President Millard Fillmore, who took over as president after Zachary Taylor's "death", has aroused the resentment of many in the Whig party against slave owners because of his consistent compromise on North and South issues. The power is enough to make him directly lose the chance of winning the party's nomination.

Ultimately, given the victories of the previous two campaigns, Henry Clay attempted to repeat his previous victories by renominating a war hero, General Winfield Scott, for the presidency.

However, there is an old saying in the mysterious ancient Chinese state, Repeated and repeated, this time, the Whig party ushered in a complete and huge defeat. Of the thirty-one states of the United States at that time, it only won the votes of four states. With an absolute disadvantage, everyone in the party lamented that the Whig party was over.

And just during the campaign, a major event happened. Henry Clay, the founder and leader of the Whig Party, died, and those supporters who were still around him instantly lost their backbone.

Without Henry Clay coordinating in the middle, all sorts of problems and inconsistencies unfolded.

The problem of the central bank, the problem of slavery, deepened the contradictions within the Whig party, and soon it became a mess, and the Whig party lived in name only.

At this time, the group of young political elites who united with Chen Mo became a united and powerful force, but they were still very weak compared to the original Whig Party and the Democratic Party.

However, while the Whig Party was gradually declining, the small group centered on Chen Mo was gradually becoming stronger, and more and more Whigs who were opposed to slavery joined in, even those who held certain positions in Congress. Influential former core member of the Whig Party.

After all, politics is still a collective game. Without the backing of the powerful Whig party, their life in Congress will not be easy. The joint attack and suppression of slave owners from inside and outside the party makes them eager to find A new group to fight the enemy together.

At this time, the Whig Party, which has long been held together, united and helped each other, has an absolutely dominant force in the Whig Party, which is now disintegrating and has become a mess, and the Chen Mo Group, which has always adhered to the same philosophy as them, has become their best choice.

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