Chapter 454 Control the Congress!

Once the ambitions of the slave owners are really realized and slavery is extended to the entire United States, not only the booming industrial and economic development in the northern part of the United States will be destroyed by slavery, but every civilian in the United States may be Unable to repay debts or even directly abducted and become slaves!

Under the slave system in the United States, not only black slaves, but also a considerable number of white slaves in the plantations of southern slave owners!

Some of them were forced to be slaves to their creditors because they could not pay their debts, and some were poor immigrants who wanted North America but lacked travel expenses.

Immigrants who lack self-defense, such as infirm beggars and children, are also often forced or lured into slavery.

Criminals who committed felonies in England, and even some poor people who had committed minor mistakes and were exiled to America, were a major source of white slaves in the United States.

Although this kind of propaganda of the Republican Party is a bit alarmist, it has little effect on the election of the President, but it has made many American civilians who are pursuing a better life on their guard. If slavery is only limited to the southern states, they are not worried. Some slaves destroy their peaceful life.

But if these wicked slave owners really have the intention of expanding slavery to the north, they will resolutely resist and will never allow such a thing to happen!

Not to mention that the existence of slavery will greatly reduce their job opportunities, compete for their living space, and even themselves and their children may become slaves at any time for various reasons.

You know, in the southern slave states, the number of slaves accounted for one-third of the total population. Who can guarantee that if slavery really spreads, they will remain free forever?

This Republican campaign is not so much about running for president as it is about advocating the threat of slavery and arousing people's vigilance against slavery. This behavior seems to be of little significance. Did not gradually forget.

But in fact, this is a firewood filled by the Republican Party in the hearts of the people. It seems that it has no effect now, but as long as someone adds another fire, the flame against slavery will surely burn!

And the fire was soon lit by someone!

The 1856 presidential election ended with a victory for the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party's James Buchanan was successfully elected as the seventeenth president, formally taking office in March 1857.

James Buchanan chose to compromise on the issue of slavery, and the power of the slave owners in the south rose again, and their arrogance became more arrogant. Their eyes were no longer limited to the undeveloped west, but to further expand slavery to the entire country. U.S!

In 1857, Southern slave owners attempted to use the "Scott Judgment" to extend slavery to the entire United States.

Scott was originally a slave to J. Emerson, a Missouri military doctor.

In 1834, he moved to the Free State of Illinois with his owner, and then moved to the Wisconsin area where slavery was prohibited under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, so he was free.

But after returning to the slave state of Missouri in 1838, he became a slave again.

In 1846, Scott filed a petition in Missouri, claiming the restoration of liberty on the basis of residents of two-time free lands. The first trial was won, but it was later dismissed by the Missouri court.

Scott appealed to the Supreme Court.

Under the control of southern slave owners, on March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court ruled:

"Scott was a black slave.

A slave is the property of the slave owner and not a citizen of the United States, and has no right to appeal to a federal court. This property cannot be revoked except through due legal procedures, which Scott has not gone through before.

Since citizens' property should be protected by the Constitution, neither Congress nor local councils have the power to declare slavery outlawed in any part of the United States. "

As early as 1820, Congress passed the "Missouri Compromise", which stipulated that slave states and free states were divided by the dividing line at 36 degrees 30 north latitude. The territory south of this line allowed slavery to exist.

Slavery was prohibited in the territories north of the line.

And that decision effectively declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, and slavery was legal on all U.S. territories.

The southern slave-owner forces wanted to use this judgment to nibble away at the northern region and gradually expand slavery to the entire United States by relying on the dominant force in Congress, but they did not expect that this judgment caused the people of the northern states. fierce protests.

Northerners who originally thought slavery had nothing to do with them suddenly remembered the slave owners' ambitions and the threat of slavery that the Republican Party promoted during last year's presidential campaign.

The "Scott Judgment" truly shows the ambitions of the slave-owners in the North and even the whole country. If the situation is allowed to continue to develop, the entire United States will become the world of slavery!

The impact of the "Scott Judgment," which intensified the struggle over slavery in the South and the North, led to the uprising of abolitionist John Brown, armed to free southern slaves.

The scale of this armed uprising was not large, but its impact was extremely extensive, shaking the country, and it continued until 1859. Many people joined the struggle, and the call for the liberation of black slaves spread to every corner of the United States. The abolition movement was pushed to a new climax.

And the new presidential election is coming again.

Since the "Scott Judgment", the domestic situation has become increasingly tense, and the voice of the people's war has become louder and louder. In this context, the Republican Party has achieved great development, and it has completely risen in Congress and overwhelmed it in one fell swoop. With the power of the Democratic Party, President James Buchanan had already lost control of Congress, and the power of the Democratic Party, which represented the interests of southern slave owners, was completely suppressed.

The Republican Party's campaign platform this time has not changed much, but has become more radical, vowing to abolish slavery and free the southern black slaves.

Unlike during the presidential election four years ago, the threat of slavery proclaimed by the Republican Party was considered alarmist, and now the facts are in front of us, and all the people have truly felt the threat of slavery. Fully in line with the demands of the American people today, slavery must be abolished!

Therefore, the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln has received enthusiastic support from the overwhelming majority of the people.

On the contrary, the Democratic Party's declaration of maintaining domestic stability was seen as a compromise to the slave owners, causing great dissatisfaction among ordinary people.

The result of this election is obvious. Against the background that most people in the country firmly resist slavery, the victory of the Republican Party is the general trend!

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