Chapter 633 The Show Begins
This is just the beginning. The slave owners are ready to solve all the problems left over from the Civil War in one go. "Lincoln and everything he represents are based on the bankruptcy of us Dixies. I have said before that the robbery of the South will not end like this."
What's the point of passing a bill? This is not Sheffield's purpose. If he didn't think he could wait a little longer, he would have turned Lincoln's tomb into a public toilet.
"But New York is a big city after all. I don't know if the police here will stand on our side. Boss, you know this is a stronghold of Republicans. I even suggest you leave New York immediately. It's not very safe here." Jesla suggested very seriously, "Leave the rest to me."
"Your worries are unnecessary. In fact, if you think about it carefully, blacks and Latinos are all over the country, and we don't prohibit citizens from free migration on the surface. Who can stop these dangerous elements who have nothing from entering wealthy communities? Of course, the police. This does not distinguish between Yankees and Dixies at all. It is the common desire of all people who desire security and are relatively wealthy. No matter what the police department does, we will give our full support regardless of race. Even if they are racists and shoot when they are in a bad mood, as long as they play a role in isolating the proletariat, the rich who support them can pretend not to see it. We give them more power than any police in the world. They can do whatever they want!"
"This right has been given to them, and it will never be taken back. People in the police system know where the support comes from, and they also know that we allow this. If something happens to a policeman, I will not let him lose his job. I remember that the Black Gold Company has hundreds of members. They are policemen, right?"
"Yes, but I didn't know that the recruitment was for this purpose." Jessla lowered his head. Although he was in turmoil, he didn't reveal it at all in his expression.
"What could be the purpose? We are a country where guns are legal. We must be nicer to these free people on the front line. The minor losses are insignificant to the country. The death of some low-level people is not important to the country, let alone to me." Sheffield lit a cigar and exhaled a puff of white smoke. "Worrying about the police not standing on our side is like a mother worrying about her child not being her own."
What if a policeman kills someone? Of course he will be fined three glasses of wine! Is the policeman at fault? Of course he is, and it is a big mistake. But do you think he can be severely punished? No, it is neither reasonable nor moral.
The simplest truth is: if the police are severely punished, who will dare to patrol openly next time? Who will dare to arrest people? If the public security is in chaos and you call the police, the police can just delay and come late, or even not come at all. You can figure it out yourself. Do judges and ordinary people expect the police to protect them, or do they expect some people who participate in the protest to protect them? What an obvious truth.
The head of the bodyguards was actually worried about such a nonsensical question, which was simply a betrayal of the slave owner's teachings over the years.
The first place where the conflict occurred was not New York or other big cities, but Arizona and New Mexico near the Mexican border. There is no need to trace the cause of the conflict. In short, in places where the Spanish-speaking population gathers, happiness appears every day.
A group of people attacked the Spanish-speaking crowd in the name of eliminating Mexicans. For a whole day, this small town near the border was under a hail of bullets. The real cowboys appeared here! The intensity of the exchange of fire was so intense that even the police disappeared without a trace.
However, this conflict was not reported at all, which was definitely not Sheffield's deliberate attempt to cover up freedom of speech. Arizona and New Mexico had only been officially established for a short time, and many places there were already in a state of wilderness. Now that protesters had appeared in many cities, no one would care about such places.
"Look at how harmonious the racial relations are in our southern states. New Orleans is such a big city, but it's peaceful now. Don't you New Yorkers feel ashamed? Who is the mayor of New York? The protests in the past few days are enough, but they actually allow large-scale protests in three days?" Seeing that Morgan was about to say what kind of person the mayor of New York was, Sheffield shook his head and said indifferently, "It's worthy of being the Republican Party's iron base. Like I said, many Republicans have broken their brains."
"You came to the Morgan Building just to complain?" Little Morgan said with a wry smile, "Isn't it because you Democrats insisted on passing this bill that the Republicans got mad?"
"I still say the same thing. You can go to Roosevelt. He created this opportunity. I can also tell you as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Currently, about 40 states controlled by the Democratic Party will vote on state laws similar to those in the southern states." Sheffield said with a sinister smile, "No matter how much the Republicans and Progressives oppose, the Democrats have already agreed and will vote on it. The Republicans can only watch!"
Morgan frowned and reminded, "William, because of your relationship with Louisa, I hope you can be restrained. This is a very serious matter, and it may even permanently weaken the Republican Party. You have to think carefully."
"This is not a question I consider, it is the opinion of the entire Democratic Party. It is useless for you to tell me, although I am one of those who agree. In fact, everything has been inevitable since the election between President Alton and Roosevelt. We won a face-to-face victory through the advocacy of white supremacy, and the trajectory of the Democratic Party is bound to go down this path."
Sheffield shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression. This was not a slave owner shirking responsibility. He was the richest man in the United States, but he did not have the ability to make the entire Democratic Party obey him. He thought it was the Progressive Party, but it was a short-lived party created by Roosevelt alone. The Democratic Party has a much longer history than the Republican Party.
Even the name Republican Party was once used by the Democratic Party. Do you know what the Democratic Party was originally called? It was called the Republican Party! Later it was renamed the Democratic Republican Party. The Democratic Party split for the first time during the reign of President Jackson, and then it was called the Democratic Party.
This political party has a long history. After the Civil War, when it was in a state of desperation, the Sheffield family could only maintain a close cooperative relationship. Now that their strength has been restored, how can they allow a slave owner to exert influence on the Democratic Party?
"How about you ask the Republicans to back down? It's just a bill." Sheffield persuaded Morgan Jr., but of course the slave owner knew it was impossible. It seemed a bit unreasonable to directly remove Lincoln, the foundation of the Republican Party's long-term rule, and let the Republican Party swallow its anger.
As expected, Morgan Jr. shook his head, and Sheffield remained silent. If the Republicans continued to bite him, he would not be kind to these Republicans. These people were the ones who called themselves progressives, but they insisted on getting involved with the blacks and Latinos whom the Democrats were determined to exclude.
"You can tell what will happen during the parade by looking at the French Revolution. Don't you have a good relationship with the DuPont family? So let the New York Police Department be on alert." Sheffield stood by the window of the Morgan Building, looking at the bustling streets below, and gave a seemingly kind reminder.
In addition to the upcoming protest march, Sheffield still has its worries. The worries come from the time when it was poor. When developing the reconstruction projects of the New Orleans and San Francisco earthquakes, it learned from the advanced experience of later generations and came up with something called common area.
This is a good thing. It is the root cause of the unrest in a former colony and the United States taking advantage of it. This small city has a total area of only 1,000 square kilometers and a population of only 7 million. There are nearly 10 Forbes tycoons, all of whom are related to real estate. It can be seen what kind of housing pressure the local citizens face! Perhaps only Thailand can be compared with it, and South Korea is a little bit behind.
A few years ago, Sheffield was still a poor city, so he could only try to scrape the land. Now that he has reached the stage of solving the problem of food and clothing, he no longer needs to do so. After listening to Anne's words, he directly said that the Umbrella Company could announce the abandonment of the common area and announce it immediately.
Anyway, now all the real estate developers in the United States are following suit, so the Sheffield family will have nothing to do with the targeted attacks in the future. The slave owners successfully landed, so they didn't care about the accusations faced by these peers from the citizens.
It was not a matter of life and death. Sheffield was now dealing with a major issue concerning the fate of the United States. He felt that this would benefit the entire world. Other countries could legitimately accuse the United States of its dark history. He took the initiative to hand the knife to these countries. If they had to thank him, the slave owners would be grateful for the opening of markets and free trade.
"Carbine, why did you bring it here!" Sheffield pulled the bolt of his gun, looked at the dozen black uncles coming down from the airship, went up to hug them one by one, and then asked, "Do you have any psychological burden? If so, you can go back."
"What burden is there? These black people in the North are traitors to the Confederacy." The leading black man stood straight and said in an emotionless tone, "We must be merciless."
"You should move separately and carry a pistol that is easy to hide. Jesla will send someone to pick you up. If there is chaos, go directly to the pick-up point to get on the car, return to Rockefeller Manor, and take the airship back." Sheffield nodded and instructed, "Don't lose your epaulettes, otherwise there will be no problems. Loot whatever you see, and set fire to anything you don't like. This is a Yankee city, you can make trouble as you like."
More than a dozen people saluted in unison. Sheffield returned an old-fashioned military salute and watched these people being sent out by Jessla.
"The show is about to begin!" Sheffield rubbed his hands together, not forgetting to make some twisted arguments, "Just like the model black people in Texas, there has long been no discrimination in the United States. You have to understand that we do not discriminate based on skin color, but behavior."
(End of this chapter)
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