Chapter 681 America does not sympathize with the losers, but history will always remember the winners!

In early September 1859, Washington.

On the mahogany conference table in the East Hall of the White House, President Buchanan looked at the cabinet members present and some bipartisan representatives in the House of Representatives of the Senate and House of Representatives with a tired face, and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Gentlemen, I think you already know the situation of the Battle of Stockton? California is currently in a civil war! Moreover, the militia of the state government is at a disadvantage, and the main channel for supplying supplies to Sacramento has been cut off by the rebels. Governor Weller repeatedly requested the federal army to intervene in the California Civil War! Everyone, as the President of the United States, I want to hear your opinions."

"Weller's California militia are really a bunch of waste!" Vice President John Breckenridge slapped the table, and the gold-edged coffee cup was shaking. The Kentucky-born slave owner looked around everyone: "I was defeated by the Chinese, and now I want the federal troops to help them steal the Chinese gold mines." He turned to his southern accomplices, "Senator Davis, what do you think?"

Jefferson Davis slowly rolled up the tobacco, with a unique sarcasm in Mississippi accent: "The Supreme Court's ruling in Scott in 1857 was very clear." He deliberately paused, "The Federation has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the states." The tobacco was twisted into thin lines at his fingertips, "Unless you want to set a precedent?"

"But those Chinese are not American citizens," reminded Army Secretary Floyd, "they are citizens of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

"It is not all Chinese who resist Weller!" California Senator Jamie O'Connor said gloomyly. "Weier himself made it clear that the rebels attacking the California militia in Stockton included 2,000 Chinese and 3,000 Mexicans! The rebels guarding San Francisco also included the white militia commanded by County Magistrate Smith. In the report, Governor Weller called these white men a "rebel"! But they just wanted to protect their Chinese, Japanese wives, mixed-race children and property."

"But according to California's Anti-Intermarriage Act, white people are not allowed to marry Chinese or Japanese!" U.S. Secretary of State Cass looked at the corrupt California senator with three Japanese wives in disgust.

"This law should be abolished!" Jamie O'Connor said coldly, "The proportion of white Californians is extremely low. If white Californian men are not allowed to marry women of other races, then most white Californian men will have to love each other. Moreover, the Anti-Intermarriage Act does not anti-unmarriage cohabitation and illegitimate children! White Californians still have the right to defend their lovers, children and property. This is the power God gives to everyone! In addition, I need to remind you that if Mexican citizens are now standing opposite Governor Weiler, then Governor Weiler is now a minority among American citizens in California! Should the federal government support the state minority to deprive the majority of the property? If the federal government always supports the weak in the state to fight against the strong, then our United States will sooner or later become an empire!"

The conference room suddenly became quiet.

It is simply against Tiangang that a minority citizen deprives the private property of a majority!

And the minority citizens also lost the battle!

This is simply a mistake! Because the United States, now and in the past, have never sympathized with the weak!

What the United States believes in is the prey of the weak and the weak central and local governments.

If the central government of the United States always supports local weak people to compete with the strong, the final result will inevitably be that local strong people will be defeated by each one. Regardless of the remaining weak places, the United States of America will naturally become the American empire!

This is a shake of the country’s foundation!

After a while, US Secretary of State Cass took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat: "Of course, the Federation should not interfere in the struggle between American citizens in California, even if some of them violate the Anti-Interracial Marriage Act, the Federation must prevent foreign forces from interfering in the internal struggle in California!"

Treasury Secretary Howell Cobb: "Why not do this? The Navy blocks the western coast first and lets California fight first?"

Charles Sumner, chairman of the Foreign Committee, - the unlucky abolitionist who had been injured by Brooks with a cane - suddenly said sinisterly: "The Navy of the Taiping Kingdom defeated the Dutch Navy." The scar on his forehead was particularly eye-catching under the gas light. "Do our Pacific Squadron have enough strength to defeat them?"

This question is asked by the Navy!

Navy Secretary Isaac Tosy is obviously a "shameless" guy. He replied: "The Pensacola will be in service on December 5th, and its armor can withstand any shells! It is the world's second most powerful surface ship after the Warrior and the Glory. It has a displacement of about 3,000 tons, equipped with 12 11-inch and 18 9-inch smoothbore guns. It is much more powerful than any warship in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"December 5?" Republican Senator William Seward suddenly sneered, his gray sideburns glowing silver under the gas lamp. "It's only September. And the Pensacola, which is serving on December 5, should be on the Atlantic side?"

"Of course," the Secretary of the Navy nodded, "our large shipyards are all on the East Coast."

"So when will it arrive in San Diego?"

"May 1860."

"Ha" Jamie O'Connor sneered, "What should we do before May 1860? Are there any ships we can take in the Pacific at present?"

"There are two ships," said the Navy Minister, "the Susquehanna and the Bouertan, both of which have a displacement of more than 2,400 tons."

"It's only 2,400 tons?" Jamie O'Connor asked again, "Where is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Do they have ships of more than 2,000 tons?"

"There are three, 'Dingyuan', 'Zhenyuan' and 'Jingyuan'," said the U.S. Navy Secretary. "The displacement is about 2,000 tons, and it is very long-lasting. They are all old ships built around 1840."

"But they have chorionic shells!" Jamie O'Connor shook his head, "We don't have the confidence to win, are we?"

"It's true that we can transfer all four other 3,000-ton ships on the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean."

"Then let's adjust it!" said the US President, "It will be transferred immediately. After the Pensacola is in service, it will also be transferred to the Pacific!" He emphasized, "The United States must demonstrate its determination to defend the Pacific maritime power! In addition, the Army will transfer two more battalions to San Diego! But they are not going to help Weller fight, but to protect our naval bases in the Pacific from being affected by civil unrest in California."

In the state building in Sacramento County, Colonel Sherman, with a bandage on his arms, stood in front of a group of California figures with a serious expression: "If we don't want to give in, we must immediately mobilize and concentrate all our strength to fight them!"

"General mobilization?" Lelan Stanford suddenly sneered, his eyes narrowed behind the golden glasses into thin lines, "Is it necessary to carry out general mobilization to prevent China?"

"Our enemies are not only Chinese, but Mexicans and some white people!" Sherman said, "but Sacramento County has limited food storage. Now the transportation on the Sacramento River has been cut off, and the twelve Chinese united farms in Sacramento County have been turned into ruins. Even if we start sowing winter wheat now, it will take several months to harvest! And before that. What should we do? Should we surrender to those people?"

The conference room was silent.

Surrender means surrendering power and interests!

Not to mention anything else, California will always hold a re-election? Even if Chinese still do not have the right to vote, they can still choose most of the current governor and state legislators with the votes of Mexicans and the real-time whites. And after losing power, can the economic interests of the four major families in California be preserved?

Huntington slammed the table suddenly: "It seems that this is the only way for the Governor. We must organize all the men who can carry guns!"

Governor Weiler glanced at the California militia commander Bigler, whom he appointed, and said: "How many people can there be?"

"Ten thousand to ten thousand." Bigler's face was solemn, "but there was insufficient supply unless" he glanced at Stanford, Huntington, Crocker and Hopkins-the four had already made a fortune from hoarding!

"Unless the rationing system is implemented!" The chairman of Crocker National Bank had a dark face, "but our losses."

"Fill it up with the Chinese assets confiscated after the war!" Governor Weller said, "America does not sympathize with losers, it hates losers. If we fail, then our breathing is wrong and we will lose everything!"

He looked at the people in the room, stood up, and began to speak: "Gentlemen, when our grandfathers followed General Washington to starve in Valley Forge, they only had flintlocks and pitchforks in their hands; when our fathers fought against the Mexican tyrants in the Alamo, the three hundred warriors faced tens of thousands of enemies! The blood of America has never flowed with cowardly genes!

Today, some people try to shake our will with the excuse of "state rights" and "property rights". I want to say--California land was pioneered by us with rifles and plowshares, and California gold was mined by us with pickaxes and explosives! Those soft eggs who dare not shed blood to defend their homes are not worthy of the freedom of this land!

Federal warships are coming, but the fate of California can only be decided by the Californians! I announce: A man aged 16 to 60 in the state is immediately recruited into the army, and those who refuse to participate in the war are punished for treason; all railways, mines, and farms must give priority to military supplies; any trader with the rebels, the gallows are his destination!

Remember, gentlemen—America does not sympathize with the losers, but history will always remember the winners!”

Amid the applause, Governor Weiler grabbed a gilded pen and signed a scribbled name on the Special Wartime Law. The parchment paper clearly stated: 1. The rationing system will be implemented from now on; 2. Night curfew; 3. Those who hide weapons will be hung; 4. Those who spread rumors will be whipped.
Chapter completed!