Chapter Forty-Six, The Reception (Part II)

While Scrooge and Subi were having a good conversation, a servant shouted outside: "Mr. Abraham Lincoln has arrived!" ”

"Ah, Scrooge, John, Mr. Lincoln has arrived." Subi said, "Let's go and welcome him together." ”

"Okay." Mr. Scrooge said he was curious about the next president of the United States, who would leave an immortal reputation in future history.

"Mr. Lincoln is now a lawyer and he was formerly a member of the House of Representatives of Congress. In 50 years, the slave owners made a miasma for a while, and Mr. Lincoln withdrew from Parliament. He became a lawyer again. As he walked toward the door, Subi did not forget to introduce Lincoln, the protagonist of the cocktail party, to Scrooge.

Lincoln, standing at the door of the manor, was very conspicuous, because he was so tall that he seemed to be a head taller than Subidu. So much so that Scrooge somehow popped up in his head for a while: "It's a waste for this guy not to go to the NBA." Fortunately, he doesn't have the problem of some crossers saying what they think in their heads, otherwise they have to spend time explaining to people what the NBA is."

Scrooge knew that there was a joke about Lincoln's height:

As a young man, Lincoln joined the militia in St. Gamond, Illinois. His colonel commander was a short man, while Lincoln was particularly tall, greatly outpacing the commander. Because he felt tall, Lincoln was accustomed to walking with his head hanging down and bending over. The colonel was very angry at the sight of his stooped posture and called him in for a reprimand.

"Listen, Abel," cried the Colonel, "raise your head high, you fellow!" ”

"Obey the order, sir." Lincoln replied respectfully.

"Your head is going to be lifted high, you guy," the Colonel insisted, "and you have to raise it a little more." ”

Lincoln straightened his body, craned his neck long, and asked, "Is this okay?" ”

"We're going to raise a little bit higher." The colonel said.

"Do you want me to be like this forever?" Lincoln asked.

"Of course, you guy, do you still need to ask?" The Colonel was on fire.

"I'm sorry, Colonel," Lincoln said with a sad face, "then I'll have to say goodbye to you, because I'll never see you again!" ”

In order to be able to see others, Lincoln still maintained a posture of hanging his head and bending over, which also made him look particularly amiable.

"This Lincoln, it looks different from the pictures I saw in the history books in my previous life, well, it's even uglier than the pictures in the books." Scrooge was a little surprised, "Although the election in the United States is not a beauty pageant, if a person's image is too bad, he will suffer losses." How did a guy who was ugly like this get chosen? ”

But now was not the time to discuss this, for Mr. Lincoln had come to them.

"Hello, Mr. Subi. What's the business going on lately? Lincoln asked.

"President Topkanan and the Democrats are blessed, business is terrible." Subi replied.

"After all, the dark days are over, and your business will be as good as the United States." Lincoln said with a pun.

"Well, Subi, you should introduce me to these friends." Lincoln went on.

Next, Subi introduces Lincoln to Rockefeller and Scrooge, who talks to them very politely, and he is very surprised by Scrooge's youth.

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After the arrival of the guests, the cocktail party officially began. Lincoln began his speech, in which, in addition to his consistent critique of slavery in the South, Lincoln was particularly critical of the Democratic party's economic policies, especially in times of crisis, when the rest of the world was raising tariffs while maintaining a ridiculously low suicidal economic policy of low tariffs.

"In the beginning, we expected democrats to come up with effective economic policies to pull the United States out of crisis, and then we expected them to at least take a little bit of reliable action to give us a little confidence, but now, we are praying to God every day that Buchanan will not do too much that will interfere with the natural recovery of the Us economy." God, it would be great if he didn't do anything for four years. Lincoln ridiculed his political enemies, but not at all mildly. I have to admit that Lincoln's speech level is very good, and laughter and anger are all articles. After listening to his speech, I also have some understanding of why he became the president of the United States. For example, in today's speech, he repeatedly emphasized that this crisis could have been an opportunity for the United States to take advantage of the retreat of European capital to take a large number of important sectors and markets from the control of European capital back into the hands of American capital, and he constantly stressed that he could use those means to help American entrepreneurs seize this opportunity, as long as they were willing to support themselves, he would never let their expectations fail.

On the one hand, Lincoln emphasized that both the South and the North belong to the same United States, and that anything can be discussed under the premise of one United States. On the other hand, it is also recognized that the spirit of freedom is the foundation of the United States, that slavery is fundamentally contrary to it, and that the question of slavery is not whether it should be abolished, but when it should be abolished. On this issue, the South must demonstrate their loyalty to the spirit of freedom.

"I believe that after the end of barbaric and evil slavery, it was not only the black slaves who were liberated, but also the vast majority of the people of the South." When it comes to this, Lincoln's words are sincere and touching.

"Mr. Lincoln grasped the crux of the matter and he understood what we cared about most." Scrooge told Rockefeller, "By 1860 he will be president." ”

"I dare say he's in the South and can't get a single electoral vote." Rockefeller said, "But close to the north."