Mary's face changed, but she soon calmed down, she stared at Lincoln calmly, and said: "Rest assured, my dear, William Seward is fine, he just had a serious illness, and went to one of my father's farms to recuperate for a while, and when you are elected president, it is likely that his illness will be cured, and then he will naturally appear in front of everyone again." You don't have to ask where it is, you know, although my father is a factory owner, he also has several farms, and I can't remember which one of them. My dear, you can run for president with peace of mind. ”

Lincoln felt chills all over his body, he didn't expect that his wife, who was grinding with his sideburns, would do so many things behind his back, and also helped him put his competitors under house arrest. Fortunately, this is not known, otherwise, my ideal of running for president would be completely over!

It is no wonder that a while ago, Seward, who had won much more support in the Republican Party, suddenly issued a statement, saying that because of a serious illness, he gave up running for president and went to the countryside to recuperate, and also called on all Republicans to fully support him and become the first president of the Republican Party. It turned out that it was all his wife's ghost!

Originally, he almost decided that it was impossible to compete with Seward. You must know that two-thirds of the Republican Party supports him, and he himself does not even have a one-third approval rating. This ending that should have been his Seward victory suddenly became like this, and such an ending was too good for him, but despite this, after learning that it was all his wife's ghost, Lincoln was still uncomfortable for a while.

"Excellent! You really did your best for the dream of your president's wife! But Mary, do you know that if the news gets out, we're done, we're all done! Using despicable means to prevent competitors from running for election and illegally restricting the personal freedom of free people, you and I are both lawyers, and we should know how serious the consequences will be if he sues us. Lincoln said angrily: "Moreover, if I defeat my opponent in this way, even if I am elected president, I will always have a pimple in my heart, which is not a good thing for me!" Even though I am not a devout Christian and have never joined any church, but I was born into a Baptist family, I still want the world to be a good place. Mary, if you do this, my heart will have the flower of sin forever, and I will be disturbed. ”

Mary looked at her husband sadly and innocently: "Don't do this, my dear, I just want to help you become president safely, and realize your dreams at the same time, but also my dreams, and even more for the many black slaves in the American Union!" I know that even though you did not openly oppose black slavery in your speeches on the campaign in the states, nor did you oppose the slave owners in the South who kept black slaves, how could I not understand how much love you have, and how you hate from the bottom of your heart that the rich people treat black people as slaves, and you want them to be free people who can go around looking for jobs. Am I right? ”

Without waiting for Lincoln to reply, Mary continued: "So, my dear, don't be burdened with any thoughts! All this was done by me Mary Todd behind your back, and you don't know anything. Even for the sake of the future of the Union, for the sake of those black slaves, I have to do this, because only if you become president can you save them, save America! As for Seward, rest assured, he won't say it, and I have promised him to give him one-third of my father's fortune, on the condition that he will launch a race against you within the Republican Party and fully assist you in becoming president. Moreover, when you become president, if you want to use him, he will also agree to you unconditionally. ”

When Lincoln heard his wife say this, his heart calmed down, and when he looked at his wife's face, which was no longer young, remembered his attitude and anger towards her just now, he was a little apologetic, and took his wife in his arms and said gently: "Mary, why are you suffering!?" You don't have to sacrifice so much for me, even give away one-third of my father-in-law's property, that's a lot of wealth. ”

Mary looked at Lincoln with emotion: "As long as you're good, those are nothing!" I'm willing to do anything for you, even if it's going to hell as a murderous demon. Besides, my dear, what is that bit of wealth! My father and his friends said that if you become president of the United States, according to your Republican policy, their factory owners and bankers will have a great career, especially if you can abolish slavery as president, and thus open up the vast markets of the South and the abundance of free and cheap workers, this cost will surely pay off tenfold and hundredfold! ”

Lincoln couldn't help but hug Mary tighter, and the two snuggled up for a long time.

After half a ring, Lincoln suddenly said, "By the way, since Seward has already agreed to your terms, why do you still put him under house arrest on the farm?" ”

"Honey, you don't know, that Seward didn't know why, suddenly there was a powerful force to support him, secretly fueling his propaganda, so that many originally hesitant Republicans chose to support him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made this decision! No matter how much he promised me, no matter what else happened, anyway, before you became president, I didn't want him to be in the public eye, and I couldn't let him threaten you in the slightest. ”

Mary's words reminded Lincoln of a few months ago, when the Republican Party elected Seward and himself as two candidates to run for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, and as a result, Seward was far superior to himself in two consecutive votes. Originally, I didn't think it would be much worse than him, but there would be such a big gap in the end. At that time, I thought it was very strange, it turned out that there was a secret strength to help Seward. Fortunately, if Mary hadn't made this direct and simple trick and put Seward under house arrest, it would have been difficult for her to beat him and become the only candidate of the Republican Party.

Although he paid lip service to himself, it was in the face of Douglas, as a Democratic candidate, no matter how good he was, no matter how hard he worked, his position of conniving and encouraging slavery, in the current American Federation after the John Brown uprising, the best-selling book "Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Life of the Lowly" has sold millions of copies, all of which indicate that the sympathy for blacks and opposition to slavery in the northern states of the American Federation of America has reached the verge of exploding. The political attitude of the Democrats, who allowed slavery to be the majority, determined their defeat.

But in the face of Seward, who is also the leader of the Republican Party, Lincoln is really not absolutely sure. Nearly 10 years older than himself, and from an upper-class family, Siward was popular with the factory owners and big capitalists of the pro-Republican Party in the northern states. He had served as governor of New York State even two decades earlier, much longer than his political career.

Thanks to Mary's use of violent means that no one dared to use, he was able to stop Seward directly.

However, what kind of force can have such a great influence and buy so many Republicans to elect Seward? You must know that those Republicans are all people with financial resources and status, and it will inevitably cost a lot to impress them, which shows that the forces behind this are really not small.

But what kind of party can have this strength? Lincoln wondered.

Behind the West Walter were the big factory owners in the Northeast states, and Lincoln knew it. In fact, he himself is the same, just like his father-in-law is one of them. But these people, there is no need to support him secretly, they can support him openly, this doesn't make sense. Who, however, would support Seward, who had always strongly advocated the total abolition of slavery?

Those states in the South are no way possible. The Democrats are not going to support Seward as a Republican, even if they are infighting, and they have now elected Douglas and John Breckenridge as presidential candidates to compete with themselves. Lincoln secretly guessed that there was only that force, and that was the Whig Party that he had joined and withdrew. It seems that the Whigs, although they have disappeared for many years, still have supporters and adherents. Lincoln couldn't help but sigh. However, strangely, I heard that the few remaining Whigs who did not join the Republican Party also went to the south to join those slave owners, how could they help Seward who opposed slavery? Thinking about it like this, Lincoln was confused again.

However, Lincoln didn't think about it so much, and the most important thing now was to stay in shape and wait for the final game in a few days. In this presidential campaign, Lincoln has already won the election! He's confident in himself!

Think about yourself, from a poor boy, it is really not easy to get to this point. Even without the wealth that Mary inherited from her grandfather and the financial support of her father-in-law, she is now a famous lawyer, the leader of the Republican Party, and has an annual income of tens of thousands of dollars. What's more, this time he is running for president, and he is about to defeat his old rival Douglas, which is really a great joy in life. In this presidential campaign, he changed his original remarks of openly opposing the promotion of slavery, and chose to endure it for so long, even if he gave speeches everywhere, he never expressed his inner views against slavery, the purpose was to prevent those southern slave owners from opposing him so violently, so that he could run for president smoothly. As long as he becomes president, he will be able to realize his ambition, promote the liberal democratic and civilized social system of the North to the entire American Union, make the United States stronger, and as the first president of the Republican Party, he will be forever engraved on the monument of history!

Thinking of this, Lincoln recalled the youthful past when he defeated Douglas and won Mary's heart twenty years ago, and couldn't help but feel excited, and pulled his wife Mary to the bedroom.

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