Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On January 25, 1868, Ander, Vice President and Senate President of the Commonwealth of America, met with Al Gore, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Commonwealth of America, in Washington, and reiterated that the Congress of the United States of America would continue to cooperate closely with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that the Kingdom of the Netherlands The Ambassador, on behalf of the Dutch government and other partners of the Netherlands, said that they will work together to urge the Lincoln government to find a fair, just and peaceful solution to resolve the current domestic crisis in the Commonwealth of America.

At the same time, Dutch Foreign Minister Hesbert von also summoned Deiss, the American ambassador to the Netherlands, in Amsterdam. Hesbert von expressed that he was dissatisfied with the Lincoln administration's rude way of treating the Netherlands and that the Netherlands would observe Some time, there will be a response to this in due course.

Two days after summoning Dais, the ambassador of the Northern American Confederate States, Hesbert von also met with Raymond, the ambassador of the Southern American Confederate States to the Netherlands.

Hesbert von publicly stated that the Netherlands was very interested in the Confederate States of Southern America. The two discussed that the Netherlands might send a political and business team to visit the southern capital Richmond in the near future.

When this news came out, many people in the north suddenly became dissatisfied with the Lincoln government.

The Netherlands has been standing in the north since the beginning of the North American Civil War, including weapons support, military intimidation, and maintaining economic exchanges, etc., allowing the American Commonwealth to fight the south and have an important and reliable ally in dealing with the United Kingdom.

Fortunately, as soon as the war ended, the Lincoln government turned its back on the people and disowned them. This seriously damaged the reputation of the Commonwealth of America in the world. With the help of well-intentioned people, many states in the Commonwealth of America began to stage opposition to Lincoln. Foreign policy parade.

At the same time, marchers held high banners to recall Secretary of State Seward, from New York to Washington, and then to San Francisco in the west.

As the situation worsened, many members of the opposition Democratic Party went to the forefront of the march, forcing Lincoln to respond to the people's wishes and replace the Secretary of State.

The 50-year-old Heise is a sociologist from the Dutch-American Commonwealth of Nations. He is also a backbone of the Democratic Party. He has been appointed as the Democratic Senate Minority Whip since January last year, which is the second number of the Democratic Party in the Senate. figure.

He was said to be one of the most important figures in the party in the future, so he attacked Lincoln the most fiercely.

One of the leaders of the opposition party met with Al Gore, the Dutch Ambassador to the Commonwealth of America, in Washington on February 1.

When meeting with Al Gore, the party whip emphasized that the Democratic Party is willing to continue to develop friendly relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Whether the Democratic Party is in opposition or in power, it will deepen exchanges with the Kingdom of the Netherlands and further consolidate its orientation. The development of relations between the two countries will not allow those with ulterior motives to undermine the overall relationship between the United States and the Netherlands.

In this regard, Ambassador Al Gore expressed his gratitude. On behalf of the Senate Whip of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, he invited Heise to visit the Netherlands this month. He also asked Heise to convey the friendly greetings of the Senate and the entire Dutch Royal Palace to the Democratic Party.

The Netherlands actually openly interacted with the opposition Democratic Party, which was nothing more than a form of contempt for the Communist Party.

Many people in the Communist Party were very angry, so they invited senior leaders of the Communist Party to discuss countermeasures.

Lincoln looked very embarrassed.

Seward agreed and was furious.

However, before the two top leaders of the Communist Party could get angry, more waves came from outside, making them almost confused.

On February 3, 1868, Andrew, the Republican leader of the Senate majority party and Senate Speaker, secretly met with Stephen Douglas, the leader of the Senate minority Democratic party.

After the meeting, the two chatted happily. When Lincoln learned the news, he was furious.

You must know that Stephen Douglas was Lincoln's old opponent. In the 1858 Illinois Senate election, Lincoln and Douglas held seven major debates. In the end, Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party defeated Lincoln of the Republican Party. Lincoln was frustrated for a time.

After Douglas finally won the Illinois Senate seat, the two men once again fought against each other on behalf of their respective parties in the 1860 presidential election. In the end, because of Lincoln's emancipation-slavery policy, most people in the country stood on the side of On Lincoln's side, Lincoln was eventually elected president of both North and South America.

"Andrew is not willing to make peace with my old rival?" Lincoln said with a livid face, "My Excellency, Secretary of State, does this count as betraying the Communist Party? It seems that we are really going to be in trouble now."

After the last riot in the Senate, Lincoln has only been able to stick to his Irish-American base. Even now, many Irish-American congressmen have begun to complain that Lincoln abandoned his old partner the Netherlands and chose to marry the German-Americans. Being too close has triggered the current tension, which has caused dissatisfaction among many Irish compatriots.

Lincoln certainly knew this.

But now regret medicine does not just appear.

If one fails, there is no doubt whether the result of making good friends with the Netherlands again will be successful. Inadvertently, the Germans will be offended first. For the Irish, the gain outweighs the losses.

However, he will not stop the Irish congressmen from reconciling with Andrew in private. After all, the Irish still need the support of European countries to fight against the British.

But you have to put on a show, especially in front of Siward, the representative of American Germans.

Siward also looked unhappy. He didn't expect that the situation would develop to this point. If he had known it earlier, he would have been better off being quiet than moving and slowly eroding the influence of the Netherlands. It was better to boil the frog in warm water than to boil the water in a hurry and the frog ran away.

And before running away, he kicked the boiling water in the pot and splashed them all over. It was really hot!

Looking at Lincoln's appearance, Seward did not doubt that he was there, but he asked doubtfully: "Andrew chose this time to walk in with the Democratic Party. Why is that?"

Lincoln, who was thinking wildly, was stunned when he heard this. Yes, he had forgotten to think about this problem just now.

What kind of thoughts did Andrew have that he ignored the leader of the Senate of the ruling party and met with the leader of the opposition party?

Suddenly, the two of them thought of something, and their expressions changed drastically.

The two of them actually shouted at the same time: "Impeach me (Your Excellency)!"

On February 10, 1868, Lincoln's tolerant attitude towards southern policy after the Civil War aroused the dissatisfaction of the radical faction in Congress.

Congressional radicals wanted to weaken President Lincoln's power, so they passed two laws as early as March 1867. One was the "Command of the Army Act", which required the president to pass all orders issued by the vice president, thus depriving the president of direct approval. The power of the military and the second is the Office of Administration Act, which stipulates that the president must obtain the consent of the Senate when appointing cabinet members and other administrative officials, making it difficult for the president to control his own government management.

Lincoln refused to enforce these two laws, considering them unconstitutional, and ordered the removal of Attorney General Marty Grice. The Senate disagreed with this decision, and Attorney General Marty Grice refused to leave his post.

Thus, the president clashed with Congress.