TFSmith121
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If the North is victorious, I will be happy,
If the North is victorious, I will be happy, but if it is the South that prevails, I will be delighted.
Merci, Monsieur (?)Cracou...
You just forget French politics...France wanted to take parts of Mexico using a token emperor but it was for the country quite a minor expedition with respect to the other ones at the same time. The Emperor took power in 1852 using a coup d'état but there were a really strong opposition. Between 52 and 60 the empire was really an empire but after 60 it switched little by little to a parliamentary system. In this parliament (with limited powers), support for the NORTH was almost absolute (on political grounds and even more, obviously, after 1860). Don't forget that France abolished slavery in 1789 then again in 1848. The court was more for the south... but basically didn't care. What they wanted was a weak america with open trade. They thus allowed the south to be considered as a state for war materials, purchases and so on. Nobody ever considered entering in the war. The emperor said « Si le Nord est victorieux, j'en serai heureux, mais si c'est le Sud qui l'emporte, j'en serai enchanté. » (google it!)
If the North is victorious, I will be happy, but if it is the South that prevails, I will be delighted.
Merci, Monsieur (?)Cracou...