As soon as Lincoln's words were finished, the originally stunned crowd erupted in a large cheer, but at the same time, it was accompanied by a boo.

There were quite a few people in the crowd who shouted in unison: "Long live Lincoln, long live the Union!" ”

"Free the slaves, give them freedom!"

Someone in the crowd also questioned: "Just oppose the emancipation of slaves in the states of the Union?" And what about the other states, what about Maryland? Is it still possible to continue to allow slaves? ”

Someone answered: "Of course they have been liberated, all slaves have been freed, and all slavery has been abolished!" It's the same for the whole Federation! ”

"No, what President Lincoln said just now is that the slaves in the rebel areas will be emancipated, and in other places, our Union's own slave-holding states still maintain the same slavery!"

"What emancipation of slaves! Phew! Isn't it just empty promises to make chaos in the southern states and make those slaves restless. There was Ben who freed the slaves of Maryland beforehand! ”

These are just loud complaints, but some of the hundreds of people shouting slogans together are not complaints, but protests.

In the crowd, hundreds of people made a not-so-harmonious voice together: "It is illegal to announce the emancipation of other people's slaves and the declaration that other people's property belongs to the federal government!" ”

"That is, what right do you have to declare that someone is deprived of their property? Why not declare that the machines of the factory owners are free, and why not give freedom to the craftsmen who keep watch in the factories every day? ”

"I'm not going to hand over my slaves! That's my grandfather's property left me, worth tens of thousands of dollars! ”

"Lincoln, you don't have the right to do that! How can those inferior blacks be as equal as we are, they are destined to be slaves, this is God's arrangement! God won't allow you to do that! You're going to hell! ”

“.........”

For a time, the entire Baltimore train station was full of people and emotions. Those who praise and cheer, those who open their mouths to scold, those who complain secretly, those who ridicule bystanders, and so on.

Seeing this, Lincoln was a little disappointed, he thought that Baltimore, after being combed by the federal government forces, would arrest the mayor and police chief of Baltimore, who were friendly to the Southern rebels and defended the interests of slave owners, and that the vast majority of the people here would defend the interests of the Union and resist slavery, and as soon as he announced the abolition of slavery, everyone would cheer and celebrate and enthusiastically support his order. Unexpectedly, there are still so many people who oppose it.

However, at this time, he can't back down!

Lincoln puffed up his chest, tried his best to stop the heckling crowd in the square, and said loudly: "The abolition of slaves in the Southern states and the freedom of the slaves I announce here today are only for the southern regions that oppose the Union, and the confiscation of the property of the rebellious slave owners in the South is also for the entire American Union. For slave owners in Maryland and Delaware, they will still retain the right to own slaves, as well as their property, as long as they support the federal government. ”

Perhaps in order to appease the anger of many of the opponents present, Lincoln stated the reality of the emancipation of slaves, that is, slave owners who did not rebel in the Union could still own slaves, that is, slaves in the Union would be sacrificed and not emancipated. As soon as these words were spoken, sure enough, there was much less opposition in the square, but some abolitionists were not happy again, shouting liars, calling for equality for all, and for the abolition of slaves in all regions!

Lincoln also knew that he was a little anxious, and the emancipation of the slaves was not handled very well, but now everything was for the victory of the Union, everything was for the war.

"In addition, I have one more thing to announce, and that is that if I join the Union Army and become a soldier willing to sacrifice my life for the unity of the Union, I promise in the name of the President of the Commonwealth of America that I will receive a salary of $3.5 per soldier per week, in addition to the previous 200 acres of land." Lincoln confidently said: "Of course, this is not the normal dollar at the moment, but the federal government specifically in response to the war, specially authorized by Congress, issued a fully solvent fiscal bond, it is used exactly the same as the real dollar, we have produced a sample, these notes are printed with green ink on the back, the Treasury Department calls green coins." These green coins serve the federal government better than the loans and bonds of European bankers because they are interest-free. Now, everyone should be able to believe that the Federation is not making empty promises. ”

"Gentlemen, through you, I would like to appeal to the people of the entire American Federation to join the Union Army and join us in protecting the Union, thwarting the conspiracy of the Southern rebels, and preserving the unity of the United States! Despite the capture of Washington, and despite the heroic deaths of countless Union soldiers, we need not be discouraged, because victory is ours after all! What I said today may not be noticed or remembered by the world, but perhaps in the future, people will never forget it. Lincoln walked to the steps of the wooden platform so that he could be closer to the crowd below, and he pointed to the sky like a god: "I swear, I swear to God, that the Union will be victorious........

Just as he was about to say something, a crisp gunshot interrupted him. Lincoln seemed to see the crowd screaming in the audience, as if he saw the guards around him in astonishment and pulled out their black pistols and surrounded them, and Seward next to him shouted frantically and silently......... Everything in front of him was blurry, he didn't know what was happening, he felt a loud bang in his left ear, he didn't feel the slightest pain, but it felt like his whole head was empty, as if his whole body had disappeared, although it was a moment, he felt very long. It's like going back to the early summer morning dreams of my youth, and I don't remember anything.......

Lincoln's body leaned back slightly, and he collapsed on the wooden platform. Beside him, Seward, who accompanied Lincoln, was stunned, but immediately reacted and hid on the side of the wooden platform, and the two major officers and several soldiers were also stunned, and rushed over with a wild scream to support Lincoln, who had fallen.

The originally noisy crowd in the square was stunned for a moment, and the audience instantly fell silent, and after a second or two, it exploded, and everyone screamed.

A blonde woman in her thirties stood under the stage less than 5 meters away from Lincoln, holding a large-caliber short-barreled pistol that was still emitting black smoke in her hand, looking at several Federation soldiers with a calm face, the short gun in her hand fell to the ground as soon as she let go, and took the initiative to raise her hands to make a surrender gesture, revealing her wonderful figure, she was trying her best to shout something, and several reporters next to her seemed to hear something "This is the fate of the tyrant!" "Hypocrites don't deserve to live in a world where there is God!"

The crowd around her immediately dispersed, revealing her abruptly as a person.

At this time, two more gunshots rang out in the crowd, and Lincoln, who had already fallen to the ground, was shot twice, but he had no reaction.

Someone took the woman by the hand before the soldiers in the square rushed to the blond woman, uncovered one of her blonde hairs, a golden wig, threw it into the crowd, and then disappeared.

At this time, the surrounding soldiers did not react, but instinctively surrounded the wooden platform to guard Lincoln, who had fallen to the ground.

Seward, who had come to his senses, shouted on the stage and ordered the soldiers to catch the assassin, but his shouts were more than the screams of the crowd?

The crowd in the square under the stage was completely panicked, and they scattered in all directions, like headless flies squeezing around. More than a thousand federal soldiers want to stop it, but where can they stop it? Exclamations, screams, angry scolding, constantly rang out.

The reporters in the audience became excited, and these people who were not afraid of big things screamed one after another, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to let the photographer take a photo, and even regretted that they did not take a picture of the beautiful blonde female murderer. But it doesn't make much sense, it's a pretending blonde, maybe it's a delicate man. But who cares, journalists want big news, and the bigger the better. And this time, it's obviously shocking super news.

Just now, they all completely regarded Lincoln's announcement of the Homestead Decree and the emancipation of slaves as big news, but now, they all seem to have completely forgotten what the proclamation of emancipation of slaves, let alone any bullshit homestead statute, what could be more important than the news of Lincoln's own assassination? Lincoln, the 16th president of the American Union and the first president of the Republican Party, the president who started the Civil War between the North and the South during his term of office, was assassinated in the Baltimore Railway Station Square when he delivered a speech on the abolition of slavery in the Southern states! The impact of this news will even exceed the war between the North and the South itself! The reporters of the major newspapers present were well aware of this! So, they may have sympathized with Lincoln's stabbing in a little, but instead of grief, they rushed up to the wooden platform, which was only half a knee high, with an excited face, and chattered about how to make the whole story more immersive and legendary.

In the audience, General Pope's face turned pale, President Lincoln had an accident, not to mention the relationship between him and Lincoln, the soldiers who escorted the scene were his arrangement, he was the most directly responsible, it is conceivable how he would be scolded to death by the Republicans who supported Lincoln and those congressmen. In a panic, he ordered the soldiers to block the reporters, and at the same time asked the soldiers scattered around the square to surround everyone and catch the murderers! He never expected that the assassins would bring in so many guns through layers of inspection under such careful arrangement, and for the first time, he felt that his ability was insufficient to control the situation.

And Seward on the stage was even more terrified. He swore that he would never forget the scene just now, looking at Lincoln, who was still impassioned just now, now a completely lifeless corpse, he felt that he was so close to death, and his heart kept lamenting God.

A military doctor had already been called, looked at Lincoln who had fallen to the ground, and after a little examination, he shook his head: "It's hopeless, Mr. President is out of breath!" Around the square, many of Pop's soldiers became furious when they learned that the president had been assassinated, most of them were Lincoln's personally selected personal guards, who considered themselves to be close fighters of the president, and were furious when they learned that the president had been assassinated! They surrounded the square with smoothbore guns equipped with bayonets, just as they collided with the panicked crowd and rushed out of the crowded square, under the impetus of some well-intentioned people in the crowd, fierce clashes broke out between the soldiers and the people, I don't know whether it was the assassins in the crowd or the fanatical soldiers who fired first, in short, with a few gunshots, the scene was completely out of control, and the soldiers who lost their minds opened fire on the crowd without restraint.

Dozens of people who rushed to the front fell to the ground. At this moment, the crowd was even more angry, except for more than 1,000 people in the square who were so frightened that they did not dare to move, the rest of the nearly 2,000 people rushed forward to fight for the soldiers' guns, and they attacked the federal soldiers with their fists, feet and even belts, and there was chaos.

And the news quickly spread like a tide throughout Baltimore, which was already small, and the crowd of onlookers who heard the news also rushed over, and the whole Baltimore was a sensation. Tens of thousands of people rushed to the train station in all directions, and the whole Baltimore fell into a riot, many Union soldiers were injured with stones, wood, iron rods, bottles and cans, and the angry Union soldiers believed that these mobs were accomplices of President Lincoln's assassins, and they were also merciless killers, and directly opened fire in rows, and hundreds of people fell in pools of blood.

Coming to their senses, Siward and General Pope hurriedly stopped the soldiers, but it was too late. Baltimore, which already had a lot of people close to the Confederate States, slowly stopped opposing the Confederate only because the federal government sent troops to forcibly arrest the mayor and police chief of the leaders close to the Confederate States, as well as several Maryland members of Congress. At this moment, the old and the new hatred are counted together, and these people are full of anger to attack the soldiers, and the federal soldiers are afraid after being stopped by Siward and others, and they are not aware that they have been robbed of many guns for a while. As a result, the two sides shot at each other as if they were both friends and foes.

On the streets of Baltimore, there was a bang of three long and two short, which was a signal for the gathering of the secret organization "Southern Alliance". Some mysterious Southern spies begin to run through the neighborhoods of Baltimore City, and the sleeper members are summoned, who grab their shotguns and run frantically down the street to the train station.

The mayor and police chief of Baltimore, who were still in prison without trial, were rescued and began to gather their followers to take over the Baltimore Police Department and City Hall, and the whole of Baltimore began to grow more and more noisy, gradually breaking away from the control of the federal government.

Seward and General Pope, who had calmed down, deliberated a little and decided to put the overall situation of the Union first, and Seward led three hundred soldiers to immediately escort Lincoln's body to Philadelphia. After all, Philadelphia had already been declared the capital of the Union, and most of the other American Cabinet ministers and members of Congress had already arrived in Philadelphia, which was the political heart of the United States after the capture of Washington. General Pope was left to lead more than 500 Union soldiers, along with Union soldiers who had arrived from other places, to stay in Baltimore and capture President Lincoln's assassins.

The Baltimore railway station had been blockaded by some agitated peasants and unemployed workers, and the railroad was no longer working, so in desperation, Seward led the Union soldiers to break through the encirclement of the people, and left from Baltimore Harbor on several naval warships to Philadelphia by sea.