Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Last time we talked about the Netherlands versus Prussia, the Netherlands was wooing the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Prussia was wooing the Ottoman Empire, and the Netherlands announced its relationship with the Persian Empire. The world was shocked. The British, the ruler of the Indian subcontinent in the eastern part of the Persian Empire, chose to side with it for its own interests. On the Dutch side, Prussia was temporarily at a disadvantage.

So people can't help but be curious about whether Prussia will continue to deal with the Netherlands.

However, what is disappointing is that Bismarck and William I seemed to have chosen to retreat and did not fight back again.

However, William IV did not dare to take it lightly, because his opponent was Bismarck, the German Empire who was later known as the chief contributor to Prussia's rise to become the European hegemon.

Who in future generations will not admire this man?

However, William IV did not expect that Bismarck actually did not fight back against the Netherlands until February 25, 1868, the day the Senate impeached Lincoln.

On February 25, 1868, the American Senate's impeachment case against President Lincoln was officially opened. It was originally approved by the House of Representatives. Many people thought it would be passed. After all, Irish and Germans accounted for more than 30% of the House of Representatives. , all passed. Under Andrew's rule, the Senate was considered his stronghold, and there was no reason why it would not pass.

However, the accident still came suddenly.

The Senate's vote to impeach President Lincoln ended with 70 votes from 35 states, plus the vote of the Senate President and Vice President, for a total of 71 votes.

If impeachment is to be passed, 48 votes are needed to pass it.

On the contrary, Irish and Germans must get 24 votes to prevent the impeachment from passing.

The Irish currently hold 14 votes and the Germans 9, which means they still have to win one more vote.

Many people secretly hate that if the vice president's vote is of Irish or German origin, then there is no need to worry about being impeached, but now it is his opponent Andrew.

Like it or not, the voting is over.

As time passed and the counting of votes ended, everyone couldn't help but look at the interim Senate President Benjamin Wade on the stage.

This time he serves as the impartial counter.

Benjamin Wade looked at the results and finally announced them.

47 to 24!

The impeachment against President Lincoln failed by 1 vote, and Lincoln was not guilty!

When the results were announced, Lincoln was overjoyed, the Irish embraced each other excitedly, and the Germans also cried with joy.

The Dutch people looked at the results in disbelief. Until now, they still don't believe that the Senate, which had the best chance of passing the bill, has actually turned defeat into victory.

Andrew walked up to the podium. As the Speaker of the Senate, he had this right. Many people couldn't help but quiet down. Whether they were Germans, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Latinos, etc., they all looked at a similar figure. As the "loser" walked hard step by step, Xihua sneered at Andrew's dragging footsteps with a winner's mentality.

Lincoln's eyes were slightly cold. This impeachment had completely changed his mentality. He might not even realize that he had become more of a politician than a national leader.

"I want to see, what else do you want to do, Andrew?"

Andrew walked up to the podium. He didn't take any manuscripts, and he didn't need them.

There was silence.

Andrew smiled self-deprecatingly: "With a difference of one vote, President Lincoln passed everyone's no-confidence impeachment vote. This is really gratifying and congratulatory."

Lincoln was stunned when he heard this. What did Andrew mean? He actually said that.

Siward continued to sneer: "Pretending can't change the fact of your failure."

Others also jeered in low voices in agreement.

People not far away looked at Vice President Andrew with confusion, wondering why he congratulated him even after losing to the other party.

Could it be that after failure, the heart cannot bear the setback, so the mentality is unbalanced?

Many people looked at the 60-year-old man on the stage with pity and sympathy.

However, Benjamin Wade, the interim Senate President not far away, is still puzzled as to why he saw the most unbelievable scene during the counting of votes. What he is even more puzzled about is that Andrew has not behaved at all until now. Nothing unusual.

"Is that human being?"

Andrew continued: "The Commonwealth of America will love you. In a few years, it will soon reach 100 years. In 100 years, the Commonwealth of America has experienced many catastrophes, and the influence of European countries has penetrated and Our fight against osmosis has gone through ups and downs. After I was born in 1808, I listened to the older generation talk about the hardships of the founding of the country, the hardships of the country's development, and the hardships of the country's growth and transformation."

Although everyone in the Senate, including Lincoln and Seward, were full of doubts, the history of the founding and struggle of the American nation mentioned by Andrew seemed to be unfolding before their eyes.

Including Lincoln and Seward, they were all proud of the American Confederacy.

Andrew: “However, the difficulties faced by the country are always continuous. The British launched two wars in the past with the intention of occupying our great country, but they ultimately failed.

Then they chose to lurk and look for proxy wars in the country. Yes, those are the 13 southern states. The agricultural plantations there supply more agricultural products to the United Kingdom than to us in the north. They have closer contacts than the north and the south.

My colleagues and compatriots, Britain used this method to undermine the emotions between the North and the South from within, deliberately promoted the emancipation policy, and brought the conflict between the North and the South into an intense period, which ultimately led to a tragic disaster for our great United States. The civil war between the North and the South has been going on for seven years, with more than 1 million people injured in seven years. The country's growth, which once ranked first in Europe, has quickly turned into a slow one. International trade has shrunk sharply, employment is bleak, and national diplomacy is limited to only a few countries."

As the items were listed, President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward looked embarrassed. It seemed that Andrew was whipping them. Didn't this mean to their faces that the administration of Lincoln's cabinet was terrible?

Andrew continued: "I am speaking ill of the cabinet government, but I am not doing it as the Vice President or the Speaker of the Senate, but as an ordinary citizen, raising my doubts. I believe that our generous President Lincoln And Secretary of State Seward probably won’t have any objections to this.”

Everyone looked at the first row. Lincoln shrugged and smiled helplessly, but Seward was expressionless.

Neither of them contradicted Andrew.

It seems that victory makes people forget everything.

Andrew looked at this scene and sneered in his heart, but continued with a serious expression: "Actually, I just voted for President Lincoln because it was a vote of confidence."

The success can be achieved with only one vote, which shocked the opposition parties and ruling parties in various countries.

You know, this can mean that the highest ruler of a country, the person in charge of the highest power in the United States of America, was almost ousted from power.

The shock caused by this was more shocking than the overthrow of a country's king, because it happened under the peace of the country.