Let Freedom Ring: War, Injustice, and the American Way

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Marquis Lafayette (Republican) 2nd term
Vice President: Samuel L. Southard
Secretary of State: Zebulon Pike
Secretary of War: William Clark
Secretary of Treasury: Richard Bache
Attorney General: William M. Richardson (resigned 1824) Solomon Southwick
Postmaster General: Lewis Cass

Lafayette's second term started with controversy and confusion upon the death of vice president Daniel D. Tompkins due to getting bucked off his horse breaking his neck. In the confusion, Samuel L. Southard was sworn in as vice president. Congress responded by proposing the 13th amendment which would make a clear line succession in which if the president died the vice president would become president and if the vice president died the person next in line would be sworn in as president. The list looked like this:

1. Vice President
2. Pro Tempore of the Senate
3. Secretary of State
4. Secretary of War
5. Secretary of Treasury
6. Attorney General
7. Speaker of the House
8. Postmaster General

The 13th amendment was officially ratified on July 9th, 1825. William Eustis the chief justice of the supreme court on September 19th resigned and announced his retirement from politics thanking the Democrats and Republicans for bringing the country together and saving the country from dictatorship. Marquis Lafayette announced he was nominating William M. Richardson as his replacement. William M. Richardson was easily confirmed and Solomon Southwick the former attorney general from New York and a senator along with Alexander Hamilton would become Attorney General. DeWitt Clinton had recently been elected governor of New York. Solomon Southwick would immediately switch parties and start his own called the "Populace Immigration Party" (PIP). PIP was a single issue party aligned with both the moderates of the Republican Party and Gentlemen calling for less immigration and breaking up strikes and the so-called unions. However, Solomon Southwick supported banning private military company Van Buren Co. The Gentlemen Party who could've made an ally in the PIP instead they became bitter enemies. Solomon added a conspiracy theory saying that freemasons were behind the immigration in some scheme to destroy the Anglo-Saxon race! Needless to say, Solomon made enemies very fast and was threatened with being fired by Marquis Lafayette if he didn't shut up. Marquis Lafayette decided to sue the Van Buren Co. for violating the Insurrection Act of 1811 taking it to the supreme court. In New England V. Van Buren Co. the supreme court decided 6-5 that the Van Buren Co. was violating the law. Martin Van Buren used his assets to open up the Buren Company which focused on infrastructure. Otherwise in Pennsylvania V. Liberty Union in a 7-4 ruling, the supreme court decided that unions were constitutional under the 1st amendment. The defense lawyer for Liberty Union Nicholas Biddle would become a star in the Democratic Party and would become a state senator for Pennsylvania.

1825 midterm election

The 1825 midterms were hectic as people were getting sick of the Republicans. Not Marquis Lafayette as he was generally liked more than Henry Knox though people were looking for a change. The Democrats positioned themselves as populist with David Milles's son Allan Miles (1785-1871) taking the lead as the new face with Senate Minority Whip Lincoln Aaron Hauss aggressively pushing the Democrats as the real followers of Jefferson. The Gentlemen Party called the Republican Party tyrants no better than Washington with Charles Goodyear endorsing the party calling them the gatekeepers of the Anglo-Saxon race and defenders of capitalism. The PIP was a more populist version of the Gentlemen Party who added a conspiracy theory to its platform. With the people looking for a change of government and the emergence of the PIP the results shocked the Democrats and Republicans.

Republican: Senate -1 (11), House -9 (44). Speaker of the House Jonathan Mason.
Democrat: Senate +1 (12), House +10 (45). Minority Leader Allan Miles.
Gentlemen: Senate +0 (5), House -4 (24).
PIP: Senate +0 (0), House +3 (3).

Despite the setback of two Gentlemen representatives electing Jonathan Mason as Speaker of the House, the Democrats returned to their position as kings of the senate. Alexander Hamilton became Pro Tempore of the senate now the de facto majority leader position as it was next in line for the vice presidency. David Miles now the governor of Ohio would retire in 1832. The PIP instead of bringing change only made the Republicans and Gentlemen hate Southwick and the PIP seeing him as the reason Democrats had climbed back to the top. This was distracted from the deteriorating Virginian situation with the Dixies becoming a mainstream fescist movement. The Gentlemen Party under Martin Van Buren and Charles Goodyear shockingly called for equality for all African Americans. The Republicans stayed neutral along with the Democrats. Slaves fled Virginia looking for refuge in New England and Marquis Lafayette pushed for congress to allow slaves to come to New England and become citizens. The PIP and a handful of Republicans and Democrats opposed the bill calling it a threat to our relationship with Virginia and the AA which now included Lousiana. The bill passed 64-52 with main opposition coming from a handful of conservative Democrats (20 opposed) and Republicans (29 opposed). Lafayette and Pike sent several dozen troops as apart of the AA to Union Osprey to protect the naval base in the area. Andrew Jackson calmly asked New England to piss off. Lafayette refused and Philip J. Schuyler the ambassador to Virginia got into an argument with PM John Marshall.
"So Mr. Schuyler what exactly happened in the White House with Mr. Marshall?" Asked Arnold Fish (G-NJ).
"Yes, I told him we're not going to move an inch from our bases protected under the Property Clause of the Virginian Constitution. He told me that I could go back to the nigger loving hellhole of New England. So I punched him in the face and was arrested by two policemen."
In response to the incident, the AA would be abandoned by New England and Louisiana and Andrew Jackson would kick out all diplomats from New England and Lousiana. Virginia would look to Colombia as an ally though President Bolivar would on the condition slavery was banned. Andrew Jackson with the Federalist's super-majority would repeal the 3rd amendment and with this slavery was gone. Though the Dixies and Liberals who hadn't join either party would protest and riot against this the Federalists won again in 1830. Virginia would send volunteers to Colombia in the conquest of Peru and Bolivia and their annexation at the hands of Bolivar.

The Republicans would nominate Zebulon Pike for president and Horatio Seymour for vice president. The Democrats would nominate Nicholas Biddle for president and Thurlow Weed for vice president. The Gentlemen would nominate Martin Van Buren and George Dallas for Vice President. The Gentlemen would call for states to declare African Americans equal to whites. Alexander Hamilton quietly agreed with the Gentlemen as he had started to lose faith in the argument that blacks are inferior to the lack of evidence. The rest of the Democrats decided to not support equal rights in order to win over Republicans. The Republicans nearly imploded as Marquis Lafayette was neutral and the two factions couldn't come to a compromise, in the end, they decided to call for racial segregation between blacks and whites. The Democrats called for expansion into Mexico with Lousiana. Solomon Southwick ran a protest campaign as apart of the PIP with "New England" as his vice president. Needless to say, he was mocked relentlessly by the Democrats. The Republicans chose the position of decreasing immigration levels while the Democrats took the position that anyone white was equal and that the papist had the freedom of religion even if they disagreed. The results:

Nicholas Biddle/Thurlow Weed 37% 65EV
Zebulon Pike/Horatio Seymour 35% PV, 53 EV
Martin Van Buren/George Dallas 20% PV, 32 EV
Solomon Southwick/New England 5% PV, 3 EV

 

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The Great Mexican War!

General-Governor John Colborne of Yucatan met with President Lee and Alexander Macomb on 1831 July 1st to organize the invasion of Mexico. Mexico had been independent for the last 20 years and now the great powers of North America wanted a bite of the country. Spain had tried to conquer the country and failed miserably and if anyone could it would be Britain. Louisiana and New England also asked to join the war in exchange for territory for wealth and political points back at home. President (REDACTED) wanted to win the 1831 election with a quick victory and land from Lousiana in exchange for helping with the conquest and Lousiana wanted the wealth from the coastal cities. On July 10th British forces under John Colborne invaded the Tabasco province overrunning the forces there killing 1,000 Mexicans and 129 British. Louisianan troops and New England troops crossed the Rio Bravo at night on July 12th taking the Mexicans by surprise. Alexander Macomb pushed back Mexican forces at Matamoros surrounding the city and laying siege to the troops inside with 12,000 New England troops and 10,000 Lousianan troops. A total of 400 New England troops died and 500 Lousianan troops died to the 600 Mexican troops. Alexander Macombs pushed further into Mexico. Louisiana and New England troops pushed out into the coast trying to take the rich trade cities as 1,000 New England troops pushed into desolate western Texas as part of the area were promised by Lousiana. British forces began their push to Mexico city as the Mexican forces tried to stop Colborne's forces near Oaxaca on August 2nd, 1831. 30,000 British troops battled 32,000 Mexicans. Colborne attempted a flank on the first day which was stopped by Santa Anna the self-proclaimed Napoleon of the West. Mexico which was in turmoil from the Bustamante's failed coup had united for the cause to save the republic from another imperialist power. Santa Anna kept news of the New England and British blockade against Mexico a secret in an attempt to keep morale high. On the second day, the British cavalry managed to outflank Mexican forces several times leading to 300 deaths on the Mexican side. On the third day, John Colborne charged Santa Anna managing to break the front line and push him within 5 miles of Oaxaca. John Colborne's forces were vastly superior in technology and skill on the fifth day after a bombardment forced Santa Anna to retreat after suffering 10,000 causalities to Colborne's 5,000.

John Colborne Governor-General of the California Commonwealth.

Alexander Macomb faced fierce resistance from the Mexican Army who's strategy was scorched Earth. Every time Macombs pushed the Mexicans back and defeated a militia a town was burned to keep it from falling into his hands. A direct battle was at Monterrey from August 12th-August 14th where Macombs managed to defeat a total of 3,000 troops and 500 militiamen. Macomb's force of 24,000 was joined by 3,000 militiamen from Lousiana and Virginia and 200 British troops. The Mexican Army was slaughtered attempting to defend their positions. Macomb took out every east coast city and by the fall Mexico surrendered to Lousiana and New England. The treaty of Oaxaca was signed letting Lee annex Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, most of Texas, and Veracruz. New England annexed part of western Texas (essentially TL-191's state of Houston), Chihuahua, Colorado, Utah, and eastern Nuevo Mexico (OTL eastern New Mexico).

The British would sweep through Mexico taking Mexico City after a short battle with Santa Anna who's forces had collapsed after finding out about the blockade and New England and Lousiana's invasion of Mexico. Santa Anna attempted to fight a guerilla war with the British though even that failed when he was found in Baja California and shot. The British signed a treaty with what remained of the Mexican Government with President Guerrero who then fled to Colombia. Mexicans attempted to rebel in Mexico City now renamed George City by detonating bombs against the military killing 58 people and then attempting a rebellion. The British Army brutally crushed the rebellion bombarding the rebels and killing anyone with a gun within 50 feet of the rebellion. Guns were banned by the British government who renamed Mexico California. British settlers were sent to mainly in major cities like George City, La Paz, Oracle (Oaxaca), and Colborne (Guadalajara). New England created the territories of Nuevo Mexico (western Texas and eastern New Mexico), Rio Grande (Chihuahua), and Colorado (Colorado and Utah).

Flag of the California Commonwealth (Just imagine Republic as Commonwealth because I suck at editing).

New England created the territories of Nuevo Mexico (western Texas and eastern New Mexico), Rio Grande (Chihuahua), and Colorado (Colorado and Utah).

Lousiana would adopt the Lee Plan and like the Madison and Southard plans it would pacify a hostile population by making their lives better. It was what imperialists said imperialism did except it wasn't talking but doing. By 1840 under President Jacques Dupré the territories were pacified and were bustling cities. Lee decided to extend the Lee Doctrine to Hispanics in an effort to crush resistance without firing a bullet. Independence parties were banned under Louisianan laws and any pro-independence movements were made punishable by death. Lousiana raised taxes across its territories and put them to infrastructure plans by the Goodyear Company. Goodyear had managed to lay low from the hammer of justice in Lousiana. Louisianan settlers made the voyage to the coastal territories and started mixing with the Hispanic population causing the governor Armand Beauvais to start putting interracial couples in jail. One couple sued and in Vincente V. Bonaparte Territory the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that interracial couples were legal as long as they were between Hispanics and Caucasians. Armand Beauvais protested the decision calling it the enslavement of whites. Lee responded by endorsing his opponent *Cortez Amos Lopez or CAL as he went by. CAL was a Catholic priest who in exchange for the Lee Plan supported Lousiana and the invasion. New England troops left Lousiana for New England convinced that Britain wouldn't try and take New England's or Lousiana's conquests. John Colborne gave President (REDACTED) his word and he believed him. The President was happy that Britain kept his word claiming the large troop size prevented a larger war.

John Colborne would give white citizens voting rights as settlers arrived and started to outnumber the Hispanics in some areas like Oracle and George City. Some settlers would go up to Pacifica (California) and Baja (Baja California) and began creating coastal cities and major industrial hubs like Lost Angels and San Fransisco. John Colborne would make the capitol George City as it allowed centralization for the armed forces. Several riots broke out in Colborne, Oracle, and La Paz. A young soldier named John L. Frémont would come to fame winning the Medal of Liberté the highest honor in Lousiana. He signed up at age 17 to provide for his family working on a farm in Mississippi. He was under the command of former Postmaster General and Governor of Michigan Territory Lewis Cass. He was a sharpshooter managing to kill 12 snipers in the war. During the battle of Monterrey John L. Frémont and his captain and later friend Thomas Lafayette I charged an artillery position during the second day taking it out despite being outnumbered 3 to 1 killing 23 Mexicans. The insanely dangerous action helped cause the collapse of the Mexican forces allowing New England forces to defeat the Mexicans quickly. John L. Frémont would befriend Captain Thomas Lafayette I after the battle. John L. Frémont would also use the money from the Medal of Liberté to buy his own farm in Grande Texa near Fort Alamo. John L. Frémont's parents moved to Lousiana for it being a French state and they saw it as an opportunity to love each other and start a new life. Frémont's parents would move to Mississippi to become cotton farmers until his father's death in which his mother married another man out of necessity named Thomas Blanchet another farmer whose wife had died a year ago. Frémont would marry a woman named Ava Alexandria a former saloon tender who he met in a town named Guthrie 20 miles from his farm. Frémont would enter politics in 1837 on a mission to make the Lee doctrine really protect all men. Okay, maybe just not men.

California would be the name of the colony in an effort to make it seem that independence would never come. Also, Colborne saw the name as more British sounding than "Mexico." Furthermore, Colborne wanted to develop the part named California as it was rumored to have gold and it could serve as a connection to the British empire in the Pacific. Colborne would go down as a hero in California second only to a great war general and PM. Colborne would rule until elections were held for the first time in 1852 where he chose not to run and retire. By that time Hawai'i was annexed into California and the California gold rush was ending turning the colony into a powerhouse economically and population-wise who had become obedient to the crown after decades of propaganda and repression. The Gentlemen's would take notes.

 

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The Beginning Of The End

A special session of congress was called immediately when the results of the 1827 election were officiated. Speaker Jonathan Mason in a coalition with the Gentlemen attempted to make a compromise. Vermont, Maine, and Vandali immediately voted for Zebulon Pike for president in the House. The next day Connecticut, New Jersey, and Delaware voted for Republican. Pennsylvania and New Hampshire voted Gentlemen and Indiana, Massachusetts, Jefferson, and Rhode Island voted Democrat. New York looked as if it was going to vote for the Democrats and then the Gentlemen made a deal. In exchange for the Secretary of Treasury pick, New York went Republican. Pennsylvania would switch to Republican as long as the Gentlemen Party got George Dallas to become vice president. Ohio would vote for the Democrats. Zebulon Pike would be sworn in as president on March 4th. Though George Dallas being vice president go as plan as the Democratic senators and dissenting Republicans voted for Thurlow Weed giving him the states of Indiana, Vandali, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont. This dissent was organized by Marquis Lafayette as he saw the Gentlemen for what they were: Fescist. Lafayette's sabotage wasn't figured out until his death in 1833 when his unfinished biography Kings and Radicals was released by his family. Thurlow Weed would be pressured to resign by Zebulon Pike but in the meantime, he wasn't going to back down.

Zebulon Pike (Republican) 1st term
Vice President: Thurlow Weed
Secretary of State: Ninian Edwards
Secretary of War: George M. Dallas (fired) 1830 Henry W. Edwards
Secretary of Treasury: Joseph Ritner (fired 1830) Joseph Trumball
Attorney General: Robert William Wells
Postmaster General: Joel B. Sutherland

Zebulon Pike managed to get his cabinet filled though just barley and so began the weirdest administration in New England history. This cabinet would be normal if it were a bipartisan administration however two of the picks were from backdoor deals that a good chunk of the Gentlemen base didn't even support and the unplanned vice president Thurlow Weed. Then the Democrats went on and on about the "theft of 28" vowing to obstruct Pike's agenda as payback. George M. Dallas and Joseph Ritner tried to craft a bi-partisan agenda with the Republicans which Zebulon Pike vetoed for lowering taxes from 40% on the aristocrats to 10% for being to anti-populist. Zebulon Pike tried to compromise with a 30% tax rate and a 4% increase in the military budget. Robert Wells the attorney general tried to find constitutional reasoning to get rid of Thurlow Weed which failed. Zebulon Pike worked with Martin Van Buren and Charles Goodyear to build infrastructure in the western territories. This was opposed by the Democrats pointing out Charles Goodyear's abuse of immigrants. Zebulon Pike still managed to get some things passed on the state level getting Ohio and New Jersey to create the first police force to crackdown on the crime that's exploded since the Era of Sadness began. Pike was the first president to economically push Freedom of Destiny through paying for settlements mainly near the Missouri River and Mississippi River. The Democrats supported this to voting overwhelmingly for Settlement Act. The Iroquois were being pushed out at an accelerated rate with settlers getting into firefights with them. Pike, however, visited the territorial capitol of Manitoba territory Winnipeg which the army was helping build and develop side by side with the Natives. Pike was shocked at them cooperating so well, laughing with each other and Natives helping to build churches. The story got to the Democrats and they pushed Pike to enforce the laws against killing natives. This was defeated by the Republicans and Gentlemen in the House and Pike stayed quiet on the matter. In Winnipeg, several whites moved in with women they met and got married while a permanent fort named Fort Hamilton was constructed being finished on April 9th, 1829 a month before Pike visited.

So far out of the four presidents, two have died. Thomas Jefferson died in 1826 given a countrywide funeral and the most recent one was Henry Knox who died on March 7th, 1829 at the age of 78 from a stroke. He was also given a funeral though not as large as Jefferson's. Zebulon Pike before the midterms would pass the Railroad Development Act (RDA). The RDA would begin the building of railroads across New England starting on the east coast and moving out to the west. All railroads would be built under the bill for 10 years until 1839 in which half of the railroads would be built by the state and half under numerous companies.

1829 midterms

Democrat: Senate +2 (15), House +21 (65). Speaker of the House Allan Miles
Republican: Senate -5 (5), House -19 (25).
Gentlemen: Senate +2 (6), House + 12 (32). Minority Leader John W. Taylor

The Democrats upon retaking Congress electing the young former attorney general of Massachusetts and now senator Daniel Webster as Pro Tempore. Daniel Webster pushed for extending the Southard Plan to the Dakota and with the majority in the House managed to get it through however it was vetoed by Zebulon Pike in which Allan Miles challenged him on the floor on May 3rd, 1830.
"So President Pike? You say you support equality and peace correct?" Said, Allan Miles
"Yes, like every good Englander," Pike replied.
"Then how come are you planning to avoid war with the Dakota over the land we bought?"
"Signing a treaty with them?"
"Are we going to follow that treaty?"
"Hopefully but if our settlers are forced to we will back them up."
"With all due respect President and our Republican colleagues, you're no more than a George Washington to the Dakota!"

Zebulon Pike attempted to back up the Republican position and failed. Though showing some backbone probably did save him from being replaced at the RNC. Pike fired George Dallas and Joseph Ritner replacing them with Henry W. Edwards and Joseph Trumball respectively. This effectively killed the working relationship with the Gentlemen's. Then Zebulon Pike waged a war against Mexico which was supported by most of the country. The conquest from the war boosted his popularity though his image was already stained. Allan Miles however along with Nicholas Biddle the two who were considered the front runners in 1831 for the Democratic nomination spoiled their chances. Both came out against the war questioning why we should extinguish the lives of our soldiers for the British. Zebulon Pike responded with "This military intervention is to prevent the British from taking over the continent and if anything that is our job as Englander's peace through strength." Going into the 1831 DNC Thurlow Weed became the front runner and Daniel Webster who threw his hat into the ring originally planning to be vice president. Webster was considered young and needed more experience but Alexander Hamilton saw him as the man who could bring the country and party forward with his populism. Daniel Webster was approached by Hamilton himself and Thurlow Weed who was considered even less experienced. Sure the constitution allowed Thurlow Weed to run as the legal age was 30 under the constitution. Daniel Webster who despite supporting the war wanted Nicholas Biddle to be the nominee though Biddle endorsed him. Webster chose Stephen Allen the mayor of NYC, a former state senator, and former Lieutenant Governor. The Gentlemen decided to run Nathaniel Pitcher the House Minority Whip and Charles Goodyear to win over working-class voters.

In Virginia Pike met with president Nathaniel Macon of the Federalists Party in an attempt to help Virginia against the Dixies. Pike offered to send in 200 troops and Macon refused and compromised with sending 16 advisors to Virginia. Nathaniel Macon managed to regain control from the Virginian Collapse as it was called ending the conflict after the deaths of 3000 people all over the country. The Dixies lost a good amount of support along with the Federalists. The economy thankfully began to rebound after the collapse and started to make revenue off the conquered colonies. Cuba was starting to become a good place to up criminals and put them into hard labor making a decent profit off that. Cuba was also being industrialized in places like Habanna. Nathaniel Macon also got a star hero named Davy Crockett who with his unit in Mexico defeated 100 Mexicans with his 30 troops perched on a hill. Macon used this to push unity pushing Crockett as a true Virginian. Davy Crockett thus began his political career by being elected to the House of Richmond in 1833 from Tennesse.

Zebulon Pike focused on the Great Mexican War and Freedom of Destiny during the campaign. Daniel Webster pushed for change and called Pike a Gentlemen in blue face emphasizing his record of supporting the working class and how he'll support raising wages for the poorest Englanders. Nathaniel Pitcher claimed that the best way to defeat crime was to increase the newly made police. Pike took the position that New England needed to teach discipline and a school system was the best way to do that. Daniel Webster responded by saying that he would also support a national school system. Webster also hit Pike on the economy claiming that the Pike had made the economy worse and said he would stimulate the economy with industrialization. Nathaniel Pitcher pushed for deregulating the market further to allow the economy to stimulate allowing people like Charles Goodyear to industrialize. Webster would also point out the theft of 28 in an attempt to gain sympathy.

Daniel Webster/Stephen Allen 101 EV, 46% PV.
Nathaniel Pitcher/Charles Goodyear 46 EV, 34% PV.
Zebulon Pike/Horatio Seymour 25 EV, 20% PV.

Webster retook the Red House and would be the Democrat in 12 years to become president. Pike was saved from getting no electoral votes thanks to the success of the Great Mexican War. Webster would also win the most electoral votes up to that point and was the second-youngest President at 49 years old with only Alexander Hamilton being younger. The Democrats would gain two House seats from the Gentlemen in Pennsylvania and Thurlow Weed would be elected Governor of New York with 56% of the vote and would serve in that position until his election to the senate in 1843. George Dallas would become the governor of Pennsylvania and the Republican Party attempted to dispute the results in the states of Maine and Ohio to look better and failed.

The Red House

NOTES: 20 of the Republican electoral votes were in New York. Pennsylvania and New York also split the electoral vote between the two winners of the popular vote using ranked-choice voting since they're the biggest states. Also, are the chapters too long? Finally the general source of information for the TL like list of presidents: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/blue-skys-test-thread.489381/

 

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Chapter 23: Two Shots And A World's Implosion

Daniel Webster (Democrat) 1st term
Vice President: Stephen Allen
Secretary of State: Nicholas Biddle
Secretary of War: Stephan Van Rensselaer III
Secretary of Treasury: Abraham J. Williams
Attorney General: John Q. Adams (resigned 1835) Lewis F. Linn
Postmaster General: Nathaniel Leo Birch

Daniel Webster would be inaugurated to the largest crowd in New England history. Alexander Hamilton, Zebulon Pike, and Marquis Lafayette would attend along with Charles Goodyear. Daniel Webster's term got off to a bit of gridlock with Stephan Van Rensselaer III's nomination being opposed by Allan Miles, the more populist Democrats, and Republicans. A deal was reached where Rensselaer would be confirmed in an exchange for the Secretary of State pick, Postmaster General pick, and Secretary of Treasury pick by Allan Miles and the Pro Tempore Charles E. Dudley the two most outspoken populist. Daniel Webster portrayed himself as a subtle populist to get Democrats and a bit of a centrist to win over Republicans and Gentlemen. Daniel Webster managed to pass a bill decreasing the military budget by 5% and put it into public projects specifically in the railroad project. The economy with the increase in immigration to the territories, riverboat companies, and the increase of wages in en effort to appease the strikes. The economy began to climb out of the hole it's been stuck in since 1819. Daniel Webster would approve an expedition to what would be the state of Minnesota. The New England government would make a treaty giving the Englanders Fort Snelling and the surrounding area. Daniel Webster would turn his eyes to Virginia raising tariffs on them to try and stimulate the economy. Virginia began to slowly rise again and to stimulate the economy began to raise funds for their army. People in Virginia and Kentucky began to make weapons in factories and the state of Osprey began to trade more and more with Britain mainly with the cities of Union, Madison, and Ellis. The states of Yazoo (upper Mississippi and upper Alabama), South Carolina, and South Carolina began to transition away from slavery. The new trend was to use sharecropping to oppress blacks.

Marquis Lafayette while writing his memoir Kings and Radicals on January 3rd, 1833 would die from a stroke in New York City. The former president's death was reported after three days and Daniel Webster declared a national week of mourning. Marquis Lafayette's funeral was held on May 1st where he was buried next to his friends Thomas Paine to his left and Thomas Jefferson to his right. Lafayette's funeral was larger than Jefferson's at 120,000 including all living presidents and vice presidents. Marquis Lafayette's death sparked a debate on where his place as president was. Most however considered him the best for bringing the country together during his two terms.

By May 1832 the Era of Sadness began to disappear. The strikes which had made the Irish and papist unpopular in New England stopped with winning better wages and better working conditions. The railroad project had been funded even more at the public's demand thanks to the painting of Lafayette's coffin being transported to Albany. For the first time in a generation, life got better and with a higher percentage of the population educated thanks to the state universities getting better jobs. Daniel Webster would promote the idea of Freedom of Destiny and the first settlers began to make the trek to Frontier Territory (Alberta and Saskatchewan) and Pacific Territory (British Colombia, Oregon, and Washington OTL). The settlers clashed with the Dakota and Iroquois on the way to the territories.

1833 midterms

Democrats: Senate +1 (16), +17 (82). Speaker of the House Allan Miles.
Republicans: Senate +1 (6), -4 (21).
Gentlemen: Senate -2 (4), -11 (22). Minority Leader Thaddeus Stevens.

The aftermath of the 1833 midterms saw the Democrats elected to supermajorities in both houses, the resignation of minority leader John W. Taylor from the position and what was thought to be the end of the Era of Sadness. Daniel Webster decided to begin rallying support for the re-establishment of the NBA visiting Philadelphia which had given the Democrats the edge needed in congress.

A man pushed his way through the crowd and got into view of the president. The man had hated the Democrats and Webster especially for his support of the papist invaders. He was disgusted by the crowd who cheered the president mostly immigrants who the Democrats targeted. He remembered the terror of the strikes that ended in bloodshed and how the Democrats defended them. Nicholas Biddle stood next to the president waiting for his turn to speak and the man smiled as he got closer. Biddle was elected by the Irish vote in his district who invaded the section of the city. If the goddamn papist didn't come here the district wouldn't be infected with poverty. "Typical inferiors" he muttered to himself and pushed a man out of the way to get to the front where he could see Webster and Biddle easily. He cocked the gun in his coat and yelled "sic semper tyrannis!" and fired his gun at the two men. Daniel Webster fell into a pool of blood and Nicholas Biddle was shot in the arm. The crowd stood in shock and a man named Jefferson Davis a factory worker jumped up onto the stage to try and block the assassin from firing another shot at the president. The man who was pushed down tackled the assassin and the crowd began to beat the man. The police pulled the man now unconscious onto the stage and arrested him. Wheather Webster would survive is up in the air according to the doctors as it's lodged in the chest and surgery could very likely kill him. The assassin James Buchannan would live from his injuries for now at least. A crowd surrounded the prison demanding Buchannan's head and rallying in support for President Webster. A group of protesters showed up demanding the release of James Buchannan and fights began to break out. One more shot was fired that day into the air... and the world exploded.

"You did what!"

- Unknown police officer

James Buchannan

NOTES: Next update stay tuned because it'll be a lot more interesting.

 

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The Webster Crisis

A man heard the shot thinking the shot was from the papist protesters. He took out his pistol and fired at the crowd and a firefight developed between the papist, Gentlemen extremist, and police. The police, however, were attacked by some of the protesters believing the cops fired the shot at them, and soon enough they decided to take justice into their own hands. The police rushed Buchannan into the basement hiding him in a barrel. When the protesters came in they began to sack the place as the police opened fire on them. The protesters fired back and three policemen laid dead. The police were ordered by police chief Burton N. Palmer to retreat. Governor Dallas declared martial law across the state. The soldiers in the area began to pour into the streets and break up violent protests on the orders of acting president Stephan Allen. This failed as the protesters responded by rioting and began to burn down Goodyear factories and attacking the counter-protesters. The protesters occupied the prison however were distracted by counter-protesters shooting at them and trying to burn the protesters out. This allowed the military to come the next day and opened fire on the occupiers of the prison killing 32 people. Counter-protesters burned down Catholic Churches, Synagogues, and the citizenship registration office. George Dallas left Philadelphia and retreated to the nearby military base out of fear of assassination. His fears were proved correct however the mayor Cornel Houston was killed by a Gentlemen extremist. The assassin was lynched by the crowd hearing the mayor speak for civility who was widely by the city being a centrist.

The rioting spread to Corydon, NYC, Albany, and Clintonopolis (OTL Columbia). Troops came into Albany quickly as they didn't want anyone important to get assassinated. In Corydon, rioting started when news got out that the mayor was assassinated to protest the riots. Of course, they failed to see the irony, and the troops were sent in cracking down and placing a curfew on the city at 6:00 PM. After two days and 21 deaths, the rioting stopped. Three Goodyear factories were burned to the ground and another one was looted. In NYC and Clintonopolis riots started over Webster's assassination attempt.

In Philadelphia, counter-protesters began to surround Goodyear factories to protect the factories lynching anyone who looked remotely Irish or Catholic. The protesters responded by shooting at them causing the troops to come in and break it up. In a rare time of unity, both sides ended up shooting the soldiers. Soldiers ducked for cover behind local businesses and carriages and returned fire. Cannons were brought in causing the rioters to scatter. Two cannonballs hit a Goodyear factory starting the factory on fire. Charles Goodyear wrote an op-ed in the Morning Star:

"The government has allowed the papist and immigrant savages to riot and destroy the property of good hard working Englanders such as myself. The fact acting president Allen has allowed the rioters to murder men in the streets is proof the Democrats are no more than race traitors who have ruined this country. If the Gentlemen Party was in charge make no mistake there would be discipline and we wouldn't have allowed savage inferiors into the country. Furthermore, Allen has sicced his soldiers on my company and fellow patriots protecting my factories from the savages. So far one of them burnt to the ground due to excessive force and two more are on fire. Not to mention the 54 people dead from the tyrannical Democrats and their Paine following friends. The only way to prevent this from happening again is to ban unions, ban all works by Thomas Paine, give more funding to the police, and cut immigration from inferior areas and countries like Ireland, the Italian Penisula, and France. With this because Webster, Allen, or Miles they're the puppets of the establishment and will infect us with the blood of inferiors so I am announcing my run for president of New England! Death for traitors!"

Goodyear's op-ed in the Morning Star was met with from the Republicans and Democrats disgust and anger. The Gentlemen emboldened by it in Philadelphia began to murder Irish men and burned down papist homes along with Catholic Churches. Governor Dallas was no fan of the papist and immigrants viewing them as savages who shouldn't have been let in. However, he didn't want the city to be burnt down by either side. Furthermore, he wanted to win re-election against whoever runs against him in 1835 since Nicholas Biddle was rumored to run. George Dallas would order a curfew set at 6:30 PM and announced James Buchannan's case would be put under the federal government under attorney general John Q. Adams. This pissed off Charles Goodyear who wanted to pursue a tough on crime policy however he knew if he wanted to be a serious threat to the Democrats he had to at least look moderate. George Dallas called for peace calling the Webster assassination attempt vile and a betrayal of American values. George Dallas would send 200 more troops to Philadelphia putting down the riots. The Webster crisis would end with a Gentlemen extremist bombing the military base James Buchannan was being held killing 28 people. The man named Norman Bailey was shot dead by the police when he pulled a gun on him while trying to escape. James Buchannan was injured suffering a broken arm after being thrown against his prison cell from the explosion. This attack ironically helped the Gentlemen as many saw this as them being absolved from the rioting as the main party it seemed didn't support the riots and only extremists like Norman Bailey.

Daniel Webster went under surgery on August 12th, 1834 five hours after being shot to remove the bullets in him. For the next week with the crisis on going many weren't sure if he would survive. After the bombing, the Webster was in a coma but somewhat stable. Daniel Webster would thankfully recover from the surgery waking up two weeks later and was transported back to Albany. Webster would stay hospitalized for another week before being able to return to his duties. Daniel Webster returned more popular than ever with sympathy pouring in from all over the country.

The Webster crisis would prove monumental in the future however for the time the Gentlemen Party with one of their members shooting the president was attacked from all sides. Charles Goodyear would lose at the GNC to activist and senator from Maine Edward Fox who had stayed quiet during the crisis about his presidential ambitions during the crisis. Goodyear's actions were seen as opportunistic and exploitative of the crisis. At the GNC he lost the nomination 344-330 delegates. Goodyear decided to not run for political office and apologized which is shocking from hindsight. Edward Fox would pick governor George Dallas for vice president and released his manifesto which called for higher police funding, the deportation of anti-patriots, slashing taxes across the board, and making it mandatory for school prayer and teaching that Protestantism is the only correct religion. The Republicans would nominate former vice president Samuel Southard for president and governor of Illinois Douglas Roanoke. Daniel Webster would focus on how the economy rebounded under him and the Democrats and how the Era of Sadness was over. The Irish, Catholic, and immigrant population swung to Webster overwhelmingly along with the moderate protestants. At the end of the year supreme court justice, Samuel Dana died and he was replaced by John Q. Adams.

Jefferson Davis who was now settled in Adams Indiana (Indianapolis) after visiting a cousin in Philadelphia. Davis would staunchly support Webster though he would wish he would go to the left. Jefferson Davis was influenced by the works of Thomas Paine but more importantly the second great awakening. Davis went to church regularly in which a preacher named Willy Kaleidoscope as he went by went on passionate speeches about the need for equality in the country regardless of religion and how Jesus would never exploit the working class like Goodyear and Van Buren. Kaleidoscope would have churched vandalized on several occasions, though this to Davis prooved Kaleidoscope correct as it was clearly making the Fescist Gentlemen's mad. Also what kind of monster would reject the love of their fellow man? As Paine said "woman is my sister, man is my brother, the world is my country, and to do good is my religion." The 1835 election proved to be a landslide for Daniel Webster as the combination of him being shot and the end of the Era of Sadness would combine to give him an even larger win than in 1831.

Daniel Webster/Stephan Allen 130 EV, 53%
Edward Fox/George Dallas 26 EV, 30%
Samuel Southard/Douglas Roanoke 19 EV, 17%

NOTES: Edward Fox is fictional.

 

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Chapter 25: Colombia And Effects

Excerpt from the book Reform, Unidadism, And The Centralista Age by Raul Castro (C) 2000. Simon Bolivar would begin his Libertad Del Destino campaign as apart of his Great Reforms. Bolivar as he saw it was a perfect way to unite Colombia. In the early days of Colombia, the country was divided by Ethnicity between the Colombians, Venezuelans, and Ecuadorians. Though thanks to the Virginian advisors and New England advisors from their respective governments. The main ones were Henry Clay when he was out of the presidency and Henry Knox. They pushed Bolivar to centralize parts of the government and make local governments, state governments, and of course a federal government. This led to a more stable government allowing control over policies, Congreso when Colombia still had one was comprised of the Centralista Party which was Simon Bolivars Party which was in control and the Libertad-Republicano Party which supported a less centralized government and believed in Ethnicism: The belief that ethnicity mattered more than being apart of the country. Simon Bolivar countered with Unidadism which promoted one national identity and uniting to create a great and free country. Bolivar and the Centralista Party would promote that no matter what we're under Colombia and we're Americans in turn to being Colombians etc. This was his plan to unite the country be erasing ethnic identities with one overarching one. The move was met with backlash though Bolivar pointed to New England as his ideal country. A democratic country of equal opportunity and Ethnicism purposely was designed to divide the nation. Bolívar was portrayed as the liberator of South America allowing him to popularize Unidadism, This was apart of Bolívar’s great reforms. Another part of the Great Reforms was the Supreme Court case Hugo V. Ley De Seperación Protestante (Protestant Separation Act) in which the Supreme Court decided that state laws could be struck down. For context, the state of Destino passed a law separating Protestants from Catholics in a form of segregation, and Miguel Hugo a protestant who was discriminated against at a bar sued the state. The Supreme Court struck down the law under the 2nd amendment of the constitution which proclaimed all humans were equal. Bolívar would centralize the government giving Congreso limits including that the laws could be vetoed and not overruled. Bolívar would often get into fights with Clay and Knox over-centralization. They would compromise with Unidadism. The compromise would be promoting unity overruling with an iron fist. Or as Jefferson would’ve called it mob rule. Though the mob rule would be lead by Bolívar. This would create in the early days of Colombia an extremely fragile country that could be ended anytime if Bolívar didn’t like it. This would lead to José Páez’s Second Great Reforms to stabilize the country.

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Charles Goodyear attempted to get a business deal with Colombia to industrialize the nation. This was refused because of the bigotry he perpetuated against Catholics and the borderline slavery of his workers. It had been alleged that the workers were subjected to beatings for not working hard enough, long hours with almost no breaks which had not been more than 5 minutes, theft of wages through punishing them for anything "broken," Buying up smaller businesses to monopolize the markets, and bribing local politicians. These were rumors and testimonies from former workers. Though the New England government couldn't get hard proof on Goodyear mainly because of intimidation, bribery of police who Goodyear was well-liked among, and not documenting any abuse or theft. Colombia wasn't bound obviously by New England law and raised tariffs to 100% against any Goodyear product in 1834. Webster responded by raising tariffs from 29% to 33%. Simon Bolivar would not run for a 4th term and would leave it for fellow Centralista José Páez who would be elected with 57% of the vote. The reforms under Bolivar would continue with the Libertad Del Destino and would convince Bolivia with Bolívar as ambassador to join Colombia. José Páez would heavily industrialize the nation, especially on the coast causing standards of living to rise. Unidadism would spread across the Spanish speaking areas of South and North America. Peru was invaded on March 1st, 1838 with 11,000 troops under Bolívar. This was after Peru voted barley to not join Colombia. The Colombian navy would blockade Lima and Virginia as a gesture of goodwill sent 100 troops to help out Colombia. On July 27th, Bolívar would capture Lima after a two-month siege. Another 4,400 troops from Bolivia would be sent to Peru to cut off the Peruvian Army from retreating. On August 10th the Colombian and Peruvian army would fight in the battle of Arequipa from August 10th-15th. A total of 8,000 people would die and Peru would surrender. Under the treaty of Lima and Peru would be annexed by Colombia. José’ Páez’s Second Great Reforms would begin with Bolívar distracted in Peru. This would lead to a 2/3 majority overrule of vetoes, military actions being approved by Congreso, the president could be impeached and removed with a 2/3 majority, spending bills would have to be approved by Congreso, and Congreso would have to approve judges to the Supreme Court. Though with Unidadism spreading throughout the country even in Peru it looked as if Colombia would march into the future stable.

Excerpt from the book American Fescist by George Wallace (C) 1961. Bolivar expanding trade affected Virginia in several ways. One was boosting the economy allowing for the Federalist's hegemony to continue. The second was embarrassing the people of Virginia who saw it as inferiors encroaching on their way of life. This led the Dixie's to spread the conspiracy theory that Colombia was trying to destroy the southron way of life. This led the Dixie Party to win in places like Tennessee and Osprey. The plantation owners who had to pay their freed slaves more now cut the wages of whites. The plantations argued this was a natural consequence of the Richmond elites allowing inferiors to be "equal" with whites. Inadvertently Colombia would help the Dixie Party and the Dixies would nearly win in 1836. They blew it however by assassinating president Humphrey Marshall. This led to Davy Crockett cracking down on the party with the army raiding suspected terrorist cells. This to the Dixies however validated their views since the crackdown led to the deaths of 50 innocent people. The Dixies were still decently unpopular for a member blasting the face-off of Humphrey Marshall.

In New England, due to Goodyear being denied any market in Colombia the Gentlemen Party would add anti-Hispanic laws including segregation into their manifesto. This would lead to tensions with Colombia though Webster managed to get along with Colombia for the time being.

NOTES: Please tell me if anything is inaccurate or wrong as Latin American history isn’t my strong point and because I want the TL to be good and accurate. Also updates will be longer for an unknown amount of time.

 

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Part IV Freedom Of Destiny

Chapter 26: A Great Awakening


Daniel Webster (Democrat) 2nd Term
Vice President: Stephan Allen
Secretary of State: James A. Hamilton
Secretary of War: Stephan Van Rensselaer III
Secretary of Treasury: Nicholas Biddle
Attorney General: Lewis F. Linn
Postmaster General: Travis K. Opal

The second Webster administration would kick off with the approval of the New England Bank. Congress would pass this setting the date that it could be renewed in 1872. This was to prevent Congress from abolishing it as they did with the NBA. James A. Hamilton a former soldier, son of Alexander Hamilton, and Mayor of Albany from 1828-1836. Hamilton would be sworn in next to his father who had taken a break from his travels. Alexander Hamilton was one of the first populist Democrats along with David Miles and Allan Miles. Populism would reach its peak in New England with the Second Great Awakening in full swing. People like Aaron Hauss now the most famous union leader in the country. Daniel Webster would be a moderately populist and would begin to push for African-American rights though secretly. He worked with Minority Leader Thaddeus Stevens to desegregate government offices in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine. The African-American rights movement thanks to the Gentlemen Party and Goodyear's piles of money would begin to take off. The Hamiltons and Miles also pushed for African-American rights openly. Of course, around 70% of congressional members would not support it either out of racism or out of fear of losing re-election. The Second Great awakening would also improve the rights of African-Americans as Aaron Hauss would claim that Jesus would judge us based on character and not skin color. Jefferson Davis would also desegregate his audience in his church. Davis as a well-respected member of Adams along with Willy Kaleidoscope would push the Adams city council to ban segregation. The measure passed though it came under protest from the Gentlemen Party who wanted Catholics and immigrants to be discriminated against. As cities and towns began to ban segregation based on skin color towns and cities also began to segregate Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. The push for equality for African-Americans led to a backlash in Virginia and New England. The Republicans gained popularity as the only party that would openly support discrimination. The backlash finally set in when Allan Miles was nominated for supreme court justice when justice John Armstrong Jr. retired and resigned. Allan Miles was approved only facing no serious opposition. The Republicans proclaimed themselves "the protectors of the white race from the African-American hoard who wanted to be equal with the civilized" as their manifesto said. Their main focus was on protecting the supreme court from the "race traitors." In total there was out of 11 judges 4 Democrats and 6 Republicans.

1837 midterms:

Democrats: Senate -4 (12), House -30 (52). Speaker of the House Thomas Ewing.
Republicans: Senate +4 (10), House +27 (48). House Minority Leader David Higgins.
Gentlemen: Senate +0 (6), House +3 (27).

The support of African-American rights backfired against the Democrats. The Republicans presumed to be nothing more than nuisance were rejuvenated pushing for nationwide segregation. The faction who seized control since the disaster that was Zebulon Pike called themselves the Southard Republicans lead by Samuel Southard currently a senator from New Jersey. The Democrats barely controlled the House and if the Republicans weren't racist they would have managed a coalition with the Gentlemen. Charles Goodyear prevented that saying his party would only work with capitalists and those for racial freedom. The midterms went well for the Gentlemen as they gained three seats in Ohio and controlled the Ohio senate. Webster focused on completing Freedom Of Destiny as settlers clashed with the Dakota and currently New England was in a quasi-war with the Dakota. The areas that the Dakota inhabited were often trampled on by settlers. Webster to avoid war signed multiple treaties with the Dakota pushing them onto less land and reservations unless they wanted to live with whites too. Webster wanted to avoid war with the Dakota because on some level he respected the natives and saw with Iroquois they could be good people like whites and blacks. Then he saw another war as useless and a waste of life. Most Englanders didn't want war and sought a peaceful resolution. So the Southard Plan was extended in which money was given to the natives to develop with the help of the army. Dakota however would be in certain areas be opened up to white settlers.

Freedom Of Destiny Circa 1872

The Second Great Awakening had three main factions: The Christian-Farmer faction a socially liberal and economically populist branch led out of Cleaveland Ohio and was led mainly by labor organizers, farmers, and Democrats. Aaron Hauss was apart of this faction along with Jefferson Davis, David Miles, Allan Miles, John Q. Adams, Daniel Webster, James Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, and Willy Kaleidoscope. They advocated for worker's rights, religious tolerance, equality for all races and religions, and allowing immigrants in. The Christian-Farmers were popular in Indiana, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and New York. The second factions were the Church of Albany. The Church of Albany advocated for Christian education, banning non-protestant immigrants, equality between blacks and whites, war with the Dakota, and was against worker's rights. Lewis Cass, Thaddeus Stevens, Martin Van Buren, Charles Goodyear, and John Pierre Burr. They were popular in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, Southern New Jersey, and parts of Ohio. The third and final faction was the Traditionalist faction who advocated for social conservatism. They were most popular in parts of Ohio, Illinois, Jefferson, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey. Members included Samuel Southard, David Higgins, Charles Finney, Peter Vroom, Ninian Edwards, and Isaac Roosevelt. So far the Christian-Farmer faction made up 37% of the Second Great Awakening, The Church of Albany had 29%, and the Traditionalist had 39%. There was one minor faction led by Joseph Smith.

Christian-Farmer Outside Church

Joseph Smith founded Mormonism in 1830. It had gained traction with its frankly weird visions Smith supposedly had. Smith had claimed while on a walk in 1829 an angel with a yellow glow around it invited him into Smith's house. Smith went in and was ordered to get on his knees and the angel put its index finger on Smith's forehead. Smith was told by the angel that he was a prophet from God and he was the sole defender of freedom from the forces of Satan himself. Smith whispered to the angel with fear "What in the hell are these forces?" The angel put its right hand on Smith's forehead and Smith saw a man with a gun with multiple barrels it looked like firing into a crowd of civilians. A man with blonde hair flashed before his eyes and in the man's eyes a train much larger than any around crashed. He then saw a gunshot and a scream of pain in which he saw an image stuck in time in which he saw a giant lake with some kind of ship burning named the N. E. S. Mckinley 1924. Smith would then see himself on his knees on the path he was walking on. He immediately went home and wrote the Book of Mormon. Proclaiming it was the Mormon's job to build a new Jerusalem and to save humanity from the antichrist. Smith would be attacked in several areas of Illinois for advocating for respect towards women and allowing them to make some choices in family life. Smith's audience slowly began to grow and the more violence came against him. While in Clintonopolis in 1833 he was shot by a man named Harrison Georgie in the stomach. Smith's loyal supporters began to grow in the frontier. Smith would later in 1838 be killed in Jefferson City when he was shot by five cops. This led to Illinois and Jefferson banning Mormonism from the states. The Supreme Court would decide that this was illegal in an 8-3 ruling. Despite this militia formed to expel Mormons and new president Brigham Young led an exodus to Ute Territory. Webster managed to get Young to promise this would be the only Mormon state in New England. Young would attempt to create New Jerusalem which would be declared illegal by the Supreme Court in an 11-0 ruling under the First Amendment and it would be renamed Prophet City (OTL Salt Lake City). Young would become Governor of Ute Territory and it would gain a reputation as a wild territory where polygamy was legal and a mineral-rich area. Ute meant Mountain People and in the eastern half people settled in the mountains. Despite homosexuality being a near-death sentence in Ute with Mormonism proclaiming it one of the worst sins in some sections it flourished. However, it was cracked down on with lynchings ending what was thought to be a gay paradise. Looking in hindsight this would be shocking to any Englander.

Webster's second term would be praised among historians for making some degree of peace with Mormons and the Dakota and pushing for African-American rights. Despite the backlash against African-American rights, Webster remained popular for making compromises with the Mormons and Dakota and for the economy being great. With this Webster would become the first president to make a run for a third term. Webster's reason was for running was that the Democrats didn't believe anyone was popular enough and James Hamilton wanted to run for Senate that year. Webster who was still healthy was fine with running for a third term and leaving 1843 for Hamilton. Stephan Allen decided to retire and left the vice presidency open. William Hendricks the governor and former state senator from Indiana was nominated for vice president. Former president Alexander Hamilton campaigned for Daniel Webster by donating 30% of his memoir My Path with another 10% going to unions. The memoir detailed his time in the revolution, civil war, presidency, and support of populism. Alexander Hamilton was currently advocating on behalf of the Christian-Farmers, Daniel Webster, and James Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was jokingly told that he should run instead of Webster by his son. Hamilton was considered by many to be either the third or second-best president of all time with Marquis Lafayette essentially tied with him. The Republicans nominated Peter Vroom for president and Charles Finney for vice president. The Gentlemen nominated George Dallas for president and Martin Van Buren for vice president. The reason for nominating Martin Van Buren was that he reinvented his image not as the leader of a private army but of an infrastructure company that worked to make sure Freedom of Destiny was completed. Buren of course had also funded police forces in communities building railroads to make sure there were no unions. The Republicans and Gentlemen mainly focused on Webster calling him another George Washington and calling the run unconstitutional. Webster responded by pointing out it wasn't unconstitutional and pointing out he had decreased the government in certain areas like the military. The Republicans would push for nationwide segregation and the Democrats would hit back calling it a violation of state's rights.

Daniel Webster/William Hendricks 76 EV, 36% PV.
Peter Vroom/Charles Finney 54 EV, 34%
George Dallas/Martin Van Buren 45 EV, 30% PV.

The election would go to the House and Senate in which Webster was re-elected to a third term. In the Senate, William Hendricks was elected vice president being the first from the west. The Republicans and Gentlemen called Webster the next George Washington and Webster would wait until inauguration day to respond.

NOTES: Sorry about there being no EC map. Actually never mind I guess as the prototype got attached somehow? Either way hope you guys enjoy the chapter.

 

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Chapter 26


Virginia recovered from the Collapse slowly. The violence with the 9th amendment repealing slavery had mostly ended and by 1835 as the amendment said all slave owners were compensated by the federal government with $500 for each slave. The Dixies had accepted the fate of slavery and worked on making life hell for blacks. They beat sharecroppers and made a new caste system. The system would work where blacks would have to pay for work in which they would couldn't since they had no money. This led 99% of blacks to have debt in which they would be attached to the plantations until they paid for the debt. One way that blacks could get rid of more debt was being hired by the industrialized south and working there. The plantation owners would make money off renting out the essentially enslaved man or women and the aristocracy would make money off of cheap labor and it gave them the ethical justification for what was industrialized slavery but in the name. Blacks were given bibles in an attempt to subjugate them pointing out how slavery was justified in the bible. The bible was also used as an excuse for Virginians to torture blacks for not working hard enough and working them to death. In Virginia industry is seen as ungentlemanly, unlike agriculture which is the main industry in Virginia. Virginia would become a pariah in New England as they pointed out that they never really ended slavery. Webster pressured Virginia to change by putting a 40% tariff on tobacco and 50% on textiles. Virginia responded by opening up relations with Britain setting up an embassy in London and George City. Trade between the two countries boomed as New England drifted apart from both countries and towards Lousiana.

Lousiana's economy had grown fro the Great Mexican War as the Veracruz Province had allowed them to compete with Virginia and had lifted the country out of the Era of Sadness. The money gained from trade and industry was used to develop the country. Lee who had decided to not run for a 3rd term in 1835 and retire used that money to develop railroads and to develop farms in Texa and New Paris (newest territory) to become a major agriculture powerhouse to make money and to become sustainable from Virginia and New England's agriculture monopoly. Lee's Secretary of Development Gabriel Adrienne ran for president and would be elected with 56% of the vote. Gabriel created his party called the Cabane En Rondin Party a center-left party to counter the center-right Liberté Party. Gabriel raised tariffs with Virginia and met with Daniel Webster and James Hamilton on April 9th in Sauk to sign the Sauk Alliance. The alliance proclaimed that if anyone of the countries was attacked the other would come to their defense. The alliance also claimed the Mississippi river neutral territory for the two nations. Citizenship for the two countries would be made easier and infrastructure would be built jointly on the Mississippi River. The steamboat industry with the Sauk Alliance increased by 40% and immigration to the Frontier by 20%. Louisianans immigrated to the Frontier to start new lives a mix of families who lost their homes in the Great Mexican War and those who lost their jobs permanently in the Era of Sadness. In New England, the Gentlemen and Republican Parties opposed Louisianian's immigrating to New England due to them being more sympathetic to the Democrats, not being white and being Catholic. As a compromise, the Democrats made border security with Lousiana tighter. Floyd N. Leverette the fiery senator from Delaware, Captain, inventor, mayor, and former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware pushed to ban immigrants who were members of the Cabane En Rondin Party and promoted forcing segregation in the New England embassy.

In Colombia President Paéz clashed with Simon Bolívar when he got back from Peru in 1840 angry at Paéz's reforms.

"President Paéz has made the country unstable! Paéz was one of my great friends but he needs to understand that Colombia is not like New England and we need a strong man to control the country. Look at New England with Goodyear if Webster had the power to he could have the fescist menace vanquished with the brush of a pen stroke along with other radicals who are enemies to freedom. Now Congreso wants to obstruct judges picked by the people of Colombia. This is what great Americans like Jefferson warned about with mob rule and Congreso with unelected power is mob rule. My fellow Americans we must unite against Paéz and the tyrants in the Libertad-Republicano Party who want to give power to the few and not the people!"

Paéz would give a response that would change Colombia for the better or worse depending on who you ask.

"With all due respect, Bolívar your language is nothing more than contradictory and dangerous to the country. If we do what you say we'd be nothing more than the Spanish we rebelled against in the revolution and monarchies in Europe who crushed the glorious revolution in France. I plead to my American brothers to follow the predecessor to the French Revolution and the constitution. Without it, the values that proclaim every American is free and united in our thirst for Destino and Libertad. You may be the Jefferson of Colombia but I'm the Alexander Hamilton of Colombia and like Jefferson, you refused to evolve with the times. So Americans beware of the misguided as they will lead you down the wrong path without ill-intention and support those who will take us down the path Libertad and Liberation for all men!"

Bolívar was shocked at the statement expecting Paéz to back down as he was the Jefferson of Colombia. Bolívar would respond by announcing he going to challenge Paéz in the 1840 Centralista Primary. Paéz would barley get the nomination and Bolívar would decide not to run. Bolívar was pushed by Henry Clay not to run before he became another Knox who started a founding father but descended into the most hated man in the country. Bolívar instead retired and announced he would not return to public life unless it was necessary for the survival of the country. He was proud that Unidadism was popular in Colombia and Paéz continued to support it. Paéz would defeat the Libertad-Republicano Party. Paéz would model his presidency off of Websters and be a populist pushing Libertad El Destino and subjugating the new territories. Paéz would use schools to teach kids about Unidadism and indoctrinate them into the ideology. This was met by protests that were met with large counter-protests calling for national unity. Paéz would in 1841 create the National Bank of Colombia setting the renewal date for 1881.

 

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Chapter 27

Daniel Webster (Democrat) 3rd term
Vice President: William Hendricks
Secretary of State: Thomas Morris
Secretary of War: William H. Harrison
Secretary of Treasury: Charles F. Adams
Attorney General: Theodore Frelinghuysen
Postmaster General: Francis Granger
Secretary of Development: Jack Blackford

Daniel Webster's 3rd term would be met with protest by the Republican Party and Gentlemen Party calling him the next George Washington and king Webster. It didn't help a recession started two days before his inauguration and most of his cabinet had retired or died. The protest was led by Floyd N. Leverette calling on Congress to approve a constitutional amendment to limit the presidency to one term. This was seen as extreme at the time even for the Gentlemen and some Republicans. Daniel Webster was sworn in with police monitoring the protest. Daniel Webster next would give his inauguration speech:

"These Republicans and Gentlemen want to call me the next George Washington? I'm the one who is pushing for the right to protest injustice at work, I am the one who has been fighting for the rights of men, I am the one who is allowing you the right, not the privilege to protest me. If anything the Gentlemen have more in common with Washington an aristocrat who wanted to subjugate the poor men of New England under tyranny. Not to mention the Republican Party who subverted democracy and elected Zebulon Pike. Let's not also forget their efforts to disenfranchise black men because of their skin color. The men calling me the next George Washington is doing nothing more than projection."

The Republicans and Gentlemen stood there in shock. The Republicans were shocked that Webster had called for African-American rights as it was the first time any politician who wasn't a Gentlemen called for such a thing. The Gentlemen were pissed off that their base of aristocrats like Goodyear and Buren was called out and began to start fights with Democrat counter-protesters. The police quickly stopped the fights and dispersed the Democrats from the Gentlemen preventing a riot. The Republicans in every state printed the speech and attacked Webster for his support of African-Americans. The speech was written by Alexander Hamilton who had taken the "all men are created equal" part of the constitution to heart and attempted to put it into speeches subtly. This time it failed and now the Republicans had their talking point for the next couple of years. Webster created the Department of Development to help develop the country and take control of public work projects. Another part was to develop farms including giving out subsidies. The first secretary was Jack Blackford a senator from Vermont. Webster decided to lower taxes on the bottom 30% of Englanders which passed and attempted to raise taxes on the top 20% which was defeated. Webster then increased funding for schools by 10% and on September 5th, 1840 visited the Hamilton Institute opening where Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton attended the opening. Webster along with most of New England was shocked that Hamilton was still alive outlasting every other president besides Pike and Webster. Pike was still alive enjoying retirement in Newark mostly staying out of current affairs. Pike had written a memoir about his life called A Life of Expedition which sold well. Webster wished now that he hadn't run for a 3rd term and wished he was retired like Pike. The rest of 1840 was filled with trying to increase funding for the new Department of Development and the Great Lakes Fleet. The Republicans weren't to keen on the idea along with the Gentlemen who blocked both of the measures. In 1841 the bill managed to pass by William Hendricks casting the final vote breaking the tie. The bill was watered down increasing funding for the military by 4% instead of 9% and increasing the funding for the Department of Development by 5% instead of 11%. Then on March 8th, 1841 William M. Richardson chief justice of the supreme court died at the age of 67. Daniel Webster nominated Attorney General of New York William Seward to fill the position. Most of the Republicans and Gentlemen opposed Seward's nomination and attempted to stall until the midterms. After a week of hearings, Seward was approved by the senate and made chief justice.

1841 midterms:

Republicans: Senate +2 (12), House +9 (57). Speaker of the House David Higgins
Democrats: Senate -3 (9), House -12 (30). Minority Leader Paul P. Schuyler
Gentlemen: Senate +1 (7), House -2 (25).

The 1841 midterms were brutal for the Gentlemen and Democrat Parties with the backlash of civil rights and Congress shrinking due to less immigration and more people moving to the frontier. The Democrat majority was gone in both houses allowing for the Gentlemen and Republicans to obstruct Webster's agenda. Talks about Webster resigning due to depression being normal in the Red House. Webster began to drink heavily to try and resist the depression causing advisors to discuss impeaching him. In the end, they decided against it due to Hamilton's impeachment backfiring and not seeing probable cause under the constitution. In Virginia Secretary Morris and Webster monitored the situation with the Dixies gaining in some industrialized areas. Morris, Webster, and Harrison ordered Macombs to draw up plans for an invasion of Virginia in case of the Dixies coming to power. Alexander Macombs died a month later from a heart attack and would be succeeded by William Worth who finished the plan to invade Virginia in 1845.

The Republicans passed a bill in the house called the "New England Purity Act" (NEPA) which enforced segregation across the entire nation. In the Senate, William Hendricks pushed the Democrats to vote against NEPA while George Dallas threatened anyone who voted against it that they wouldn't get renominated. NEPA after two months of debate was defeated 12-14-2 with one Democrat and one Republican voting present. NEPA became another rallying point for the Republicans with Floyd N. Leverette becoming the main proponent of the bill. Isaac Roosevelt would become the biggest winner of NEPA being defeated due to him being a moderate who voted present believing NEPA was a violation of state's rights. This made him likable and seemingly a hero to the Gentlemen and Democrats who saw him as voting present because he personally disliked NEPA. Not true but either way he was more popular than Floyd N. Leverette and became a contender for the presidency. The only thing preventing him from getting the Republican nomination was him not wanting the presidency believing it was too stressful for him. By 1842 Congress was in gridlock with Webster unable to pass his agenda despite James Hamilton and his father pushing for it. More tragedy struck Webster when Alexander Hamilton on December 9th, 1842 died in his sleep at the age of 85. Zebulon Pike and Daniel Webster attended the funeral on April 22nd where he was buried next to his wife's tombstone in Albany National Sematary. Zebulon Pike reportedly met with Webster in private and tried to help him with his alcoholism and depression. The two men would remain friends for the rest of their lives. Pike's son Zebulon Pike III ran against Wille Magnum for senator of New Jersey in 1843 and would lose unfortunately though he was endorsed by Webster.

In 1843 the race for the presidency was on with the Democrat nomination wide open. James A. Hamilton ran though at the convention he didn't have the votes to win at 198. In second place came William Henry Harrison a former governor of Ohio, current Secretary of War and war hero with 130. Third was Charles Adams Secretary of the Treasury and former governor of Massachusetts at 58. Finally Webster despite not running got 19 votes at the convention. William Henry Harrison endorsed Hamilton giving him his votes. Hamilton picked Jack Blackford as his vice president. The Republicans seized the fact Webster got 19 votes despite not running and said it was proof that the Democrats were Washington sympathizers. At the 1839 RNC, Floyd N. Leverette was nominated for president and to win over moderates senator of New Jersey and former Newark city councilmen Isaac Roosevelt for vice president. The Gentlemen ran George Dallas for president and senator from Maine John Fairfield. Willy Kaleidoscope of Indiana and labor organizer and chairman of the Labor Congress Aaron Hauss announced their run for president and vice president. Their manifesto stated their support for federal support of unions and strikes, equality for all religions and races, and cutting off relations with Virginia. The Republicans relentlessly attacked the Gentlemen and Democrats for being anti-populist and apart of their manifesto was setting term limits of two four year terms. Though even that was divided with Isaac Roosevelt wanting one four year term as an extra precaution. Leverette didn't want Roosevelt on the ticket wanting instead Wille Mangum in case of his death. Roosevelt was a good campaigner however pushing for unity and focusing on helping farmers and supporting religion being taught in school. Hamilton pushed for higher tariffs as a way to help farmers and New England businesses. Leverette called for lower taxes and lowering tariffs. The Gentlemen campaigned on lower tariffs, lower taxes, and increasing the New England police force. Kaleidoscope pushed for equality and the support of unions. The Democrats attacked them as a spoiler. Webster campaigned for the Democrats and with the recession being over the Democrats gained though it was still not enough.

Floyd N. Leverette/Isaac Roosevelt 89 EV, 34% PV
James Hamilton/Jack Blackford 54 EV, 31% PV
George Dallas/John Fairfield 28 EV, 30%
Willy Kaleidoscope/Aaron Hauss 0 EV, 5%

Jefferson Davis ran for a representative seat in the New England House and won the seat. He ran as a Christian-Farmer in solidarity with Hauss and Kaleidoscope though he was an affiliate with the Democrats. In the election of 1843 Indiana was the main base of support for the Christian-Farmer Party. Another win for the Christian-Farmer Party was John Brown winning a representative seat in Massachusetts since he was affiliated with the party.

President-Elect Floyd Niblock Leverette

 

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Chapter 28: Tragedy

Floyd Leverette was riding on his horse Lee at his home when his son Mark came out. Leverette stopped his horse and prepared to get down when a lightning bolt struck the ground 5 miles away. The thunder startled the horse and Leverette was bucked off hitting his head on a tree stump. His son rushed into the house getting his brother Joseph and mother Diana. Leverette was declared dead the next day by doctor Johnson Lang. Isaac Roosevelt was informed a month later on February 19th and was told by Attorney General Theodore Frelinghuysen that he would become president and that the Pro Tempore would become vice president.

Isaac Roosevelt (Republican) 1st Term
Vice President: Philemon Dickerson
Secretary of State: William L. Marcy
Secretary of War: Lewis Cass (resigned 1846) Arnold A. Macy
Secretary of Treasury: William Allen (resigned 1847) William Bond (death 1847) Humphrey Orville
Attorney General: John S. Barry
Postmaster General: Fernando Wood
Secretary of Development: Origen D. Richardson

Isaac Roosevelt was sworn in and gave a three-minute speech eulogizing Floyd Leverette and calling for unity in this time of tragedy. Roosevelt was not well-liked by a majority of Republicans for picking Lewis Cass as his Secretary of War in an attempt of "unity." Furthermore, Roosevelt was moderate and didn't vote for NEPA as his strong belief in states rights. This allowed the Democrats and Gentlemen to exploit the divide almost immediately. Roosevelt called for compromise and civility in his first speech since being inaugurated on March 13th. Roosevelt pushed what he called the Compromise of 1844 in which the states would be able to decide to keep segregation, Dakota when admitted as a state it would have segregation, and Iowa and Wisconsin territory would be able to decide their fate as a segregationist or equal state. It was hotly debated in Congress for a week before it passed the House causing protesters to clash Republican supporters. In several major cities riots broke out and lynchings increased by 30%. Sojourner Truth a former slave led the protests in Albany as Gentlemen and Democrats teamed up. The Christian-Farmers led strikes in Indiana and Clintonopolis which turned violent leading to the deaths of 12 people. Nevertheless in the Senate, the vote was tied in which Philemon Dickerson cast the vote in favor of the compromise of 1844 on July 19th, 1844. Iowa had an increase in immigration along with Wisconsin and soon enough clashes began. In August murders increased by 30% as segregationists and civil rights, supporters rushed to the territories. Sojourner Truth called for peace over violence and no one listened. In one case near Davenport in the town of Estille, a man was murdered on September 4th and the next day civil rights supporters in retaliation opened fire on the man they suspected was the murderer killing him. His family responded by firing at the mob and a firefight broke out between the two factions. In total 39 people were killed and 12 people were injured. The only doctor in the town was killed in the firefight so most died from their injuries. The Republicans responded to the Estille Massacre by calling the civil rights supporters enemies of the people and calling for more funding for frontier rangers. Roosevelt signed an executive order increasing funding for doctors and announced the creation of nine new medical universities. The Gentlemen called the move inadequate and called for civil rights to end the violence. Charles Goodyear used his wealth to buy fliers and desegregated his factories. The Republicans according to polls were winning on the issue 55%-45% with 5% undecided. Of course, Bloody Iowa was cutting down on the support for the Republicans with Democrats making it a campaign point. Roosevelt was still however confident along with Secretary Marcy. Strikes were called by the Knights of Freedom Union (KFU) in favor of segregation in the Goodyear and Buren companies. The KFU was attacked by Democratic unions and Christian-Farmers as the situation grew out of control. By November 4th when Roosevelt called for peace and Secretary Cass threatened to use the army on the KFU if they stepped too far.

On October 28th, 1844 members of the KFU in Newark clashed with peaceful counter-protesters. A black man named John Burr the rumored illegitimate son of Aaron Burr was walking towards a segregated bar when he was attacked by the KFU. The reasoning in court was "looking suspicious" and he was lynched as the counter-protesters retreated from the increasingly angry crowd. The John Burr murder led to outrage and was a damaging blow to the segregationist cause. Riots and protests broke out as news spread around and Isaac Roosevelt refused to condemn the lynching. This led Lewis Cass to resign calling Roosevelt "worse than Pike" and the men weren't arrested. This combined with Bloody Iowa caused the Republicans and segregationists to plummet. By April 1845 51% were in favor of segregation. The reason John Burr's lynching was met with so much outrage was due to being illegal. Even racist were outraged at it as Burr hadn't been accused of any crime at the time of the lynching. Burr's body was then stolen and thrown into the Atlantic by a KFU member. In Albany, the police cracked down hard killing 39 people who got to close to the Red House and got too rowdy. Roosevelt and Secretary Marcy told the police to scale it back but the damage had been done. The civil rights movement slowly began to gain popularity in New England as many became disgusted at the lynchings and as the Democrats started to push for a ban on lynchings. The bill failed despite support from Roosevelt as the midterms moved closer and the Republicans dropped in popularity. Iowa would be admitted as a state and the Republicans attempted to block it. Iowa would also become a segregationist state when it was eventually admitted.

1845 midterms:

Democrats: Senate +4 (12), House +14 (44). Speaker of the House Paul J. Schuyler
Gentlemen: Senate +2 (9), House +10 (35). Minority Leader William L. Greenly
Republicans: Senate -4 (8), House -24 (33).
Christian-Farmer: Senate +0 (0), House +2 (3).

The midterm disaster was a massive blow to the Republicans. The House and Senate passed the anti-lynching bill banning lynchings of all kinds. The KFU clashed with the police on the stairs of the capitol building. Paul Jedidiah Schuyler the son of Philip J. Schuyler led the charge of the push for menial civil rights. There were protests against this but ever since Burr's murder the public was swaying against lynching since Burr was known to be a good man donating to white schools for the kids to read. Congress also passed a law allowing black men to serve however this was vetoed by Roosevelt. In 1846 on November 4th Zebulon Pike died from cancer and was buried in Newark as he requested. Roosevelt then in 1847 had to deal with the growing unrest in Europe with Louis Bonaparte II calling on the people of France to free themselves. Roosevelt like most Englanders feared a third French Revolution could lead to the balance of power being destroyed and a second Napoleonic War. On the Mississippi River clashed started between the two countries. President Gabriel sent troops to the region to deal with the clashes. The main reason for the clashes was smugglers and illegal immigrants trying to cross the river causing families to think they're outlaws to open fire. The police got into shootouts on the river sometimes killing citizens. Isaac Roosevelt increased the frontier ranger budget by 50% to protect from the Mississippi.

On September 6th, 1846 four smugglers by the names of Winston Cassidy, Jacob Shawn, Arthur Hammond, and Alfred Steell were smuggling gold across the Mississippi when frontier rangers stopped them in the town of Lewisville New England. Steell thinking they would get caught opened fired and the rest of the smugglers followed suit killing nine frontier rangers and Shawn in the firefight. The frontier rangers attempted to arrest the men and crossed the border into Lousiana. The Louisianan soldiers opened fire on the frontier rangers and smugglers thinking they were invading killing 4 frontier rangers and the frontier rangers fired back killing 3 soldiers. The smugglers got away and the New England newspapers blasted the Louisianan government calling for the arrest of the soldiers which Lousiana obliged not wanting another incident. Roosevelt as a punishment to appear strong raised tariffs on agriculture for Lousiana by 30%. Lousiana responded by placing raising the docking fee for New England ships docking on the Mississippi by 50%. This caused a recession as the cost of goods went up and farmers had to pay more for their crops to get to Lousiana. Roosevelt announced negotiations with Lousiana over the crisis threatening them with a naval blockade but it was too late. The Sad of 1846 began kicking off the worst economic crash since the Era of Sadness. The Gentlemen Party saw an exponential growth of support due to the anti-tariff wave. The Christian-Farmer Party also so growth for being the party calling for peace and cooperation with Jefferson Davis threatening articles of impeachment if Roosevelt responded with military force. Isaac Roosevelt made a shocking decision to run for re-election defending his record pointing out he supported banning lynchings and tried to win back farmers.

Alfred Steell off the news announced the first major outlaw gang naming it the Absolution Gang. Now they're finding the right time to strike.

Once 1847 hit Roosevelt was exhausted trying to rally support for a naval blockade when Speaker Schuyler said that if Roosevelt did implement a naval blockade impeachment proceedings would begin under articles of piracy. Roosevelt came to his senses and announced there would be a peaceful end to the crisis and met with the Louisianan ambassador. The final blow to the Roosevelt administration was the KFU scandal in which Secretary Allen was reported by the Massachusetts Eastern Tribune (MET) to be apart of the KFU and claimed that he was involved in three lynchings. A police investigation began finding to have been present at the lynchings but not involved in any definite way that could have him charged with murder. The police did find however he did take money from the KFU and didn't report it to the FEC. William Allen was arrested on charges of money laundering and financial election fraud by Albany police. The Democrats and Gentlemen smeared the Roosevelt administration as Dixie sympathizers and calls for impeachment grew out of control. With Wisconsin on the verge of becoming a state, it looked like that might happen. With the addition of a Republican senator from Iowa and a Gentlemen senator from Iowa, the Democrats didn't believe they would have the numbers to remove Roosevelt due to some of the senators barely winning wanting to keep their seats. Roosevelt's acting Secretary of the Treasury William K. Bond was then forced to resign due to being caught up in the same scandal and while leaving the Red House trying to evade reporters when he was shot by a disgruntled Democrat Ethan Birchard who managed to kill another man before being arrested by the police. Isaac Roosevelt announced his intention to not run for another term and instead William L. Marcy was given the nomination as he was the only member of the Roosevelt administration who wasn't despised or unknown. Marcy picked John S. Barry as he opposed lynching, supported the arrest of Allen and had him indicted, and was opposed to the Dixie movement more than any other Republican. The Gentlemen nominated former Secretary of War and Governor Lewis Cass for president and Thaddeus Stevens for vice president. The reasoning for picking such a radical as vice president was to balance out the ticket between the more conservative Lewis Cass and civil rights supporter Thaddeus Stevens. The Democrats nominated Charles F. Adams for president and Enos T. Throop for vice president. The Christian-Farmers decided to run Carlos Coolidge the governor of Vermont for president and Willy Kaleidoscope for vice president.

The Gentlemen called for lower tariffs and the Democrats and Christian-Farmers called for peace. The Gentlemen's pushed for civil rights with the Christian-Farmers the following suit. The Democrats were moderate on civil rights and mainly went all out on the economy. They called for lowering taxes on farmers and giving subsidies to farms hurt by the Sad of 1847. The Democrats also connected the Gentlemen to the aristocrats and the Republicans to the Dixies. Adams called the Christian-Farmers radicals wanted a second French Revolution which Coolidge denied. The Christian-Farmers, however, began to heavily campaign at the local and state level managing to get John Brown to run for governor of Massachusetts and Jefferson Davis for senator of Indiana. The Republicans attempted to position themselves as populist and called the Gentlemen radicals and the Democrats aristocrats and Christian-Farmer sympathizers. In September the so-called September Suprise when Cassius Clay announced the creation of the Democratic-Populist Party in Virginia. The Party was based on the ideas of Thomas Paine and the French Revolution calling for the banning of segregation, equal rights for African-Americans, union control of the government, nine-hour workdays, reparations for slaves, the banning of lynchings, and prosecuting former slave owners. The Gentlemen pounced connecting the Democratic and Christian-Farmer Parties with the Democratic-Populist Party. This trick worked and in the last month before the presidential election, the Gentlemen Party boosted in popularity.

Charles F. Adams/Enos T. Throop 78 EV, 32%
Lewis S. Cass/Thaddeus Stevens 60 EV, 32%
William L. Marcy/John S. Barry 33 EV, 26%
Carlos Coolidge/Willy Kaleidoscope 0 EV, 9%

Democrats: Senate +1 (13), House -2 (42). Minority Leader Paul J. Schuyler
Gentlemens: Senate +1 (11), House +11 (46). Speaker of the House William L. Greenly
Republicans: Senate -3 (5), House -15 (18).
Christian-Farmers: Senate +1 (1), House +4 (7).

The 1847 New England presidential election for the first time since 1827 no ticket had enough electoral votes to become president. The Democrats attempted to make a coalition with the Christian-Farmers. The coalition failed as the moderates on civil rights refused to give concessions to the Christian-Farmers. This allowed the Gentlemen to swoop in and elected Lewis Cass for president and in the senate, the Democrats elected Enos T. Throop for vice president. For the second time in history, the candidate who became president didn't win either the popular vote or electoral vote. The Republicans utterly collapsed and were on the brink of dissolving as the populist and anti-populist became more divided. However, Cass's inauguration wouldn't be the most important event of 1848 not by a long shot.

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Chapter 29: Bonaparte Rising

Louis Bonaparte II was born on April 20th, 1808 in Paris France. Originally his name was Napoleon III but of course with his arrest and attempted coup Louis changed his name. Louis Bonaparte II in his early life lived a lavish life in the presidential mansion. He went to college studying foreign affairs and was appointed by President Lee to Ambassador to France in 1830. Louis would during this time write the book "Political Dreams" (translated from French). Bonaparte called for Universal Suffrage and an "Empire of Freedom" where the people would rule themselves and the monarchy was abolished. In 1835 he ran for Senate of the Liberté Party winning the seat and expanding his political opinions including advocating for the legalization of unions in France and freedom of speech. During his time as a senator, he began to plan for a coup in France. Inspired by his uncle's revolution he began to plan in 1838 for the perfect time to strike. Louis managed to get 5,000 volunteers in Louisiana and 200 Englanders for the revolution in 1848 using his enormous wealth to train them. Louis would attempt to get President Gabriel Adrienne to send the Louisianian army to France to overthrow the government which Gabriel refused citing the insanity of the plan. Louis was pissed off and decided that to free France and the world he would need to control the government without interference. Louis would sharpen his plans in liberating France and creating an empire of freedom.

Until 1848 when the Second French Revolution began. In February the French government outlawed political banquets leading to massive protests against Prime Minister François Pierre Guillaume Guizot and King Louis Philippe. Prime Minister Guizot resigned two days later and a crowd surrounded the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Soldiers ordered the crowd to disperse and they fixed their bayonets. No one wanted another French Revolution and the soldiers were ordered not to shoot unless fired upon. A soldier accidentally discharged his musket and the soldiers opened fire on the crowd killing 56 people and injuring an estimated 120 people. By accident the Second French Revolution had begun as the residents of Paris stormed the streets lighting fires, trees were cut down, barricades were set up, and the police and military attempted to regain control. Louis Bonaparte II was in London when the news got to him by chance. He was in London meeting with a couple of socialists who wanted to overthrow the government when while in a pub he got the news. Louis sent one of his friends to Louisiana to rally the volunteers and he headed to France in an attempt to gain power. In Paris fighting ensued in which the soldiers failed to put down the revolution as in other towns and cities news got out and many more joined the fight. On February 25th Louis Philippe abdicated and fled to Britain in disguise. His son would become king the next day and would also flee to Britain and later to California in 1850. On February 28th the second French Republic was created and elections were scheduled for April 23rd, 1848. There were warnings mainly in socialist newspapers about demagogues and how the people shouldn’t let them control the country and have it be a monarchy in name only. Of course they didn’t listen and millions of lives could have been altered. The main candidates were Louis Bonaparte II of the Bonaparte Party, Louis Cavaignac of the Populist Party, and Alexandre Ledru-Rollin of the Democratic Socialist Party.
Louis Bonaparte II ran on being an every man promising the legalization of unions. Monarchists would support Louis for being the least worst option in their minds. He also promised to end the instability and in his speeches had indicated he had progressive economic views though he was vague. The Socialists ran on being supporters of worker co-ops. Louis Cavaignac had been expected to win but due to Louis’s cross appeal with the working class and upper class he went on doing better than expected. The second reason for his victory was him getting the unpolitized rural masses on his side with his last name meaning something to them. It didn’t matter Louis didn’t see Napoleon as a liberator but a hypocrite who just wanted power due to the failed coup against his father. Louis just knew in order to achieve his dreams he knew who he needed on his side. In the end Louis won the election with 72.1% of the vote.

The reactions in Louisiana were mixed between the Cabane En Rondin Party who wanted to stay independent. The current president Charles F. Mitterand told the senate to vote on it and his indecisive leadership is what cost him the presidency in 1850. Former president Gabriel Adrienne went on a nation-wide campaign for Louisiana to stay independent. The Liberté Party under Paul Nicholas III the senator from Orleans district led the charge to unite with France and create Louis’s empire of freedom. By a vote of 61-60 Louisiana voted to unify with France creating the Second French Republic. The deal with France allowed Louisiana to be autonomous keeping it intact besides the military which would be under control of the president and Louisiana would send five representatives to the assembly. John L. Frémont would try to run for one of the representative seats and lose. Frémont would return to military service this time under the French and would be sent to fight the Apache. Frémont would protest the decision publically along with around 49% of Lousianans. Many hispanics would call for secession sick of being subjugated by a new country by what seemed like every twenty years. There was also a level of distrust against Bonaparte with his empire of freedom being taken as him wanting to be an autocrat. Former president Gabriel criticized the deal as 46% of Lousianans supported it while 49% opposed the deal. In the city of Tampico riots broke out when Louis Bonaparte II announced he was visiting the city. A total of 11 people were killed including one soldier when a man stabbed him while he was patrolling the local hospital. Louis Bonaparte II declared martial law in the city when he visited on May 4th, 1849. A total of five people attempted to assassinate Louis four using a pistol and one tried to detonate a bomb which exploded early killing him and three bystanders.

After the disaster that was Louis’s visit to Tampico Charles F. Mitterand would be subjugated to record low approval ratings with 23% approval and 77% disapproval. During the congressional investigation into the Tampico disaster when it was revealed that Mitterand had organized the radicals protesting Louis personally getting them their permits. The Liberté Party pushed for impeachment in June for manslaughter and abuse of power. Charles would be impeached and removed after 13 days being removed from office on October 5th, 1850. took 9 days to approve both articles and 3 days to remove Charles. The Mitterand Papers were published a week after Mitterand’s removal and outrage followed. The new president Archibald Yell would try to play off the outrage of Mitterand’s impeachment however it backfired spectacularly. President Yell would attempt to position himself as the anti-establishment candidate which the people saw as hypocritical due to his support of the Goodyear company and ignoring their horrific working conditions. In the end the Cabane En Rondin Party would lose the 1850 election to not the Liberté Party but the independent candidate Paul Beretus who was elected with 55% of the vote.

Paul Beretus was elected to the city council at the age of 33 in 1835. He was elected mayor of New Orleans three times and served a total of 7 years (1839-1841, 1843-1847, 1849-1850). He announced his presidency after Mitterand’s impeachment at the city hall. Paul Beretus’s reason for running was being sick of the chaos and wanted to return to peace. At first he was hovering at around 5% and then exploded in popularity when Yell attempted to position himself as anti-establishment and Beretus responded in the Orleans Star with “He’s the president he is the establishment.” He went from 5% to 43% within a month. Using his new popularity he went on a tour across the country and managed to out raise both candidates in money. Paul Beretus had picked city councilman Jacques Francis as his vice president and as soon as the ticket was sworn in both parties blasted the administration as inexperienced. The Beretus administration rallied it’s supporters against the establishment and created the Parti Ouvrier Dénicratique, a center-left party advocating for independence from France, called for equality for African-Americans, and supported protectionism. Louis Bonaparte II called Beratus an inexperienced fool and tried to get the army to remove him. The Beauregard Plot would be set in motion.

 

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Just an update on the slate of chapters. First will be about Virginia for sure and maybe a second one if needed. The next one will be about Cass’s term. The following ones will be about the civil rights movement, New England religions, John Brown, Lousiana, and more of Cass’s term if needed.

 

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Sorry it’s taking so long my family came over and I’ve been happily busy with them. Update will come and is in the works!

 

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Davy Crockett was supposed to be a figurehead for the Federalists. A war hero and folk hero to the people of Virginia who had decided to become a public servant to represent the people of Tennessee. The Dixies hated him for not joining their party and the Federalists didn’t know if he was up to the task for the presidency. Davy Crockett would first send his condolences to the Marshall family and vow to have the murderer hanged for his sin. Second, Crockett would attempt to fund industrial efforts. This was defeated in the House of Richmond as industry was seen as ungentlemanly in the eyes of the Liberals and some Federalists. The Dixies viewed industry as a threat to the common southron’s way of life and opposed it. The Dixies in the 1839 midterms would for the first time sweep the governorships winning in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Yazoo, and Georgia. The Liberals received a boost in popularity, positioning themselves as centrists concerned with the well-being of the common man and not the aristocrats and not being insane. Davy Crockett would work with them on raising taxes on sugarcane from Cuba and raising tariffs on New England and Louisiana in response to the increased support to the civil rights movement. Louisiana forced their embassy in Lexington to desegregate resulting in protests. Virginia’s embassy in Philadelphia the Gentlemen’s forced desegregation. The Dixie Party organized protests in Philadelphia which backfired when they were met with a protest 10x the size. Now the Dixies wanted to move the embassy to Albany which Crockett refused, wanting to spend money on developing industry. Now Crockett was going to use those funds to create a university for each state which thanks to the liberals passed the House of Richmond. The Dixie Party opposed the bill based on it “setting a dangerous precedent for the power of government propaganda.”

Henry Clay returned to Virginia on June 17th, 1841 after a two year trip to Colombia. Now that the situation looked under control in Colombia he sought to fix the Dixie problem. Ever since the fanatical preacher John C. Calhoun was killed the church or cult of Dixie as Clay referred to it had increased its power. Clay had gotten back into politics going on a speaking tour condemning the Church of Dixie as a threat to the nation that would tear it apart. The Dixies began to push for recognizing blacks as inferior and neo-feudalism. The Dixies found one John P. Richardson II to justify their diagnosis of blacks as inferior. Dr. Richardson II would take the skulls of deceased blacks as in steal them from graves. And proceed to point out the differences in skull shapes. He used this to say that the brains of blacks were shaped differently and this is why they can’t write, be obedient, and had a low IQ.

“Due to the inferiority of the black man they’re more susceptible to retardation, agnosticism, dissent, and depression. For these reasons blacks must be kept under the control of the white man before they infect our beautiful children and wives. If we allow the nigger to run free there’ll be societal collapse as our superior men will be to busy sobbing for no reason! Depression is weakness and superiors aren’t weak. Depression is the mind killer and a trait only inferiors can feel. That combined with retardation will turn us into the equivalent of beasts.”

The House of Richmond would pass the Richardson Bill declaring blacks second class citizens officially.

This line of thinking spreaded across Virginia like wildfire. There was little to no opposition to this line of thinking with the Crockett administration declaring depression an inferior trait and sentencing those with depression to mental asylums. The main disagreements came down to the methods used. The Federalists believed in increasing productivity by treating the blacks better, the Liberals wanted to make interacial relationships punishable by life in prison, and the Dixies wanted a return to slavery and make interacial relationships punishable by death. The Church of Dixie would use the Richardson Diagnoses to justify their support of slavery and call for armed patrols of black neigborhoods. Gangs would patrol the neighborhoods and shoot black men for being “suspicious.” This caused race riots in Louisville Kentucky and Engine City Osprey. In total 6 people were killed and the government banned patrols of black neighborhoods by private citizens. Instead the police would patrol, killing less people but still terrorizing the occupants.

Henry Clay would be invited to Lewisville North Carolina by a group of men calling themselves the Comstock Carver Collective Clan () Henry Clay met with them in the town of 1,000 near the Appalachian mountains. The C4 was led by Pat Kennedy, the famous war hero. Patrick Fitzgerald Kennedy left New England during the wave of anti-Catholic violence during the 1820s. Pat Kennedy created the C4 in 1827 during the collapse in response to the growing Cult of Dixie movement. The C4 would be responsible for helping 200 slaves escape and had managed to lie low and avoid detection. The C4 was what could be described as a cult of Bonaparte considering it received funding from Louis Bonaparte II and was created in Napoleon’s honor according to Pat Kennedy.


“So Pat what in the hell is this shadow organization?”
“Well Mr. Clay, the C4 was made in 1827 in response to the Dixie bastards rising in popularity. I created the C4 to oppose them and free slaves from the shackles of them.”
“Yea, and who the hell is “them” Pat.”
“The slave owners and Dixies, the ones who have poisoned the minds of thousands and are taking us down the road of collapse.”
“And what does the C4 do to oppose the Dixie bastards?”
“We at first freed slaves and now we’re looking to expand our operations to assassinations and bombings.”
“Terrorism? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!”
“We’re not fucking kidding Mr. Clay,” Pat replied calm and stoic. “Mr. Cla-”
“Also who the hell funds the C4?”
“That would be the great Bonaparte family!”
“Are you goddam kidding me? Are you some Bonapartist that wants to create the empire of freedom bullshit!”
“We’re trying to spread freedom like Napoleon wanted to but that’s not the point! The point is that we want to free Virginia from the shackles of the aristocrats and Dixies! Are you going to join or not Mr. Clay?”
“If you stop this terrorism then I’ll think about it. Not to mention why the hell do you think I want any part in this?”
“Because we know you want to create a better Virginia not ruled by a bunch of fescists theocrats.”
“Good point.”
“Now Mr. Clay, what would you suggest doing instead of organized resistance?”
“First it’s called goddamn terrorism, second I dunno maybe protest or write a colume in a newspaper? Either way drop the terrorism or I’ll turn you in!”
“Mr. Clay that would be implicating yourself as me, my wife, and you are the only witnesses. Turn us in we testify and you’ll have a rope around your throat at the liberty tree. Do you think the Dixie judges won’t kill you? Innocent or not? Your choice.”
“Fu-”
“Don’t even waste your energy. It's a long way to Irisberg, approximately 30 miles.”

Henry Clay returned to Richmond shaken but not overly worried by the C4. The C4 he thought to himself while John Tyler a Liberal filibustered a bill abolishing the PM position for vice president like New England has. Was nothing more than a wannabe Napoleon terror group that would suffer from lack of support in North Carolina of all places, a Dixie hotspot. Henry Clay then got the newspaper where in bold black letters it said: “Terrorists Attack Dixie HQ killing 18”
“They actually did it!” Henry Clay said to himself shocked and horrified. Henry Clay would go to bed that night waiting for a knock at the door.

In 1842 the Federalists nominated Madison Jackson, the son of Andrew Jackson and fiery representative from Florida. The Liberal Party nominated John Mercer Patton the minority-whip for the Liberal Party in the House of Richmond. John Mercer Patton who bravely fought a black rebellion in 1824, fighting on the front lines and besieging a plantation used his experience in the army to catapult him to a representative in a squeaker, winning against his opponent Arthur Caroll by 400 votes in 1833. Patton ran as a centrist on a return to normalcy platform and banning Mormonism. Mormonism was considered culturally and morally treasonous in Virginia much like in New England but with no government official willing to defend freedom of religion. Mormonism had become a pariah after the “Appalachia War” in which Mormons were arrested by local authorities on trumped up charges and responded by shooting them on March 9th, 1840. The next day they declared the Mormon Jeffersonian Theocracy (MJT). The MJT was met with 200 troops sent by PM Robert B. McAfee and Davy Crockett. The MJT was quickly destroyed and the leaders Rick Johnson and Carson Yaraborough were executed on charges of treason, attempted murder, murder, racketeering, and terrorism. Johnson and Yaraborough had become martyrs for Mormons in Ute but an excuse for Virginia to criminalize Mormonism. Dr. Richardson II added Mormonism to mental degeneracy, a sentiment repeated in New England. Finally the Dixies nominated Milo Smith, a preacher from Osprey and mayor of Marionville. In the 1842 election John Mercer Patton won the election with 34.22% of the vote to Jackson’s 32.48%, and Milo Smith’s 29.10% of the vote. The rest went to various third parties including the Free Soil Party, Truth and Light Party, God and Fescism Party, and the Yazoo Populists Party. The Yazoo Populists Party would become the only party to make a splash receiving 3.78% of the vote and winning one county in Hispaniola and several in Yazoo and Osprey.

NOTES: Obviously the views on mental health and the racism of the Dixies are not my views and are in here to give you information on the Cult of Dixie. Also it’s for historical accuracy. Also sorry for it taking much longer than expected due to real life getting in the way. Pictures are going to be added.

 

[Byz]

I like the originality here, but this line definitely cracked me up:

 

[ZeroFrame]

The Civil Rights Movement

Frederick Douglass walked across Cross street in Sauk, Vandali. Cross Street had become the HQ of the civil rights movement. To understand how one of the most Republican states hosted the civil rights movement HQ we must go back to the beginning in 1928.

In 1828 John Pierre Burr, a former slave and confirmed illegitimate child of Aaron Burr was a staunch abolitionist and Gentlemen (after all they were the only ones interested in people like him). Burr would set up a building on Cross street called the Burr Institute (BI). The BI was committed to equality for all African-Americans and for abolishing child poverty for Africans and Caucasians (with the exceptions of Catholics, women, Italians, Irish, and Jews). The BI would be the main proponent of the civil rights movement managing to recruit people like Frederick Gallatin Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Charles Goodyear, and Lewis Cass. Charles Goodyear as a young titan would visit Virginia to see the horrors of slavery and racism as blacks were beaten despite their clear work ethic. Lewis Cass would come to support civil rights to a lesser extent after befriending John Burr. Burr was an intelligent man which broke Cass’s perception of Africans being inferior. After the lynching of Burr, Cass would be a propentent of banning lynchings as he saw it as immoral and against law and order. The BI responded to the lynching of John P. Burr by bearing arms and organizing black and pro-Gentlemen militias.

These militias would clash with the Republicans in Sauk and Ranger (OTL Springfield) during the later years of the Roosevelt administration. French Englanders would join forces with the Gentlemen militias despite being significantly left-wing during the Louisiana crisis. The civil rights movement would make enormous gains after the lynching of John P. Burr with the Christian-Farmers in Indiana, Vermont, Jefferson, and Massachusetts with non-discrimination orders in government buildings and jobs being passed and in Indiana and Massachusetts the civil rights act of 1848 was passed banning segregation and discrimination at the state level. In Roger V. Jefferson The supreme court declared that states could ban segregation due to states rights. The BI celebrated this with rallies in New York, Rhode Island, Maine, and Pennsylvania pushing for a national civil rights act. Pennsylvania’s legislature passed a civil rights bill much like Indiana’s. John Brown, Thaddeus Stevens, and Jefferson Davis celebrated the move and things only got worse for the Republicans. The Republicans had under Lafayette and Pike built up a delicate balance of Republicans judges with Isaac Roosevelt replenishing a small amount. Now many of those judges began to either retire or die allowing Lewis Cass to replace them with pro-civil rights judges. The Republicans were even more helpless in the state legislatures with them taking a plurality in Vandali, Ohio, and Maine. The Gentlemen had taken the New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan, and New York legislatures. The Democrats held the rest in an alliance with the Christian-Farmers. In Jefferson House Majority Leader Eugene Blooker introduced a bill that would ban segregation and discrimination saying quote “The worker and farmer shouldn’t be judged by their skin colour, but their commitment to the rights of the common man! Racism is one of the ways aristocrats want to divide us to rob us blind!”
In Jefferson the bill passed 56-33 in the House and 21-20 in the senate with the lieutenant governor passing the final vote. The KFU responded with force, bombing the state capitol building killing 3 and injuring 9. The KFU would also assassinate majority leader Blooker while he was at a campaign stop at the farmers market. A man named Joey Casel took out a pistol and shot him to death killing 2 supporters in the process before fleeing. During the manhunt, Kasich killed a police officer before being killed by a soldier in a shootout. It seemed as if the anti-civil rights crowd couldn’t go a day without shooting someone major and hurting their cause.

Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth led the civil rights movement to victories in Wisconsin, and Vermont with the March On Capitals strategy. The civil rights movement would march on state capitals like Montpellier and Corydon and cause mass chaos with mass disobedience like blocking roads, occupying government buildings, and protesting in front of the governor's mansion. This was met with police officers beating the protesters for “sedition” and the KFU organizing attacks on groups of protesters. The Republican Party attempted to push a bill through congress banning seditious language though that was defeated overwhelmingly. The Christian-Farmers in response became the first party to declare openly support for civil rights, saying god would have wanted it. The Republicans responded by declaring desegregation ungodly, unconstitutional, and calling for mass resistance to it. The Gentlemen’s added the same position as the Christian-Farmers to their manifesto. This began one of the darkest periods in New England history with the KFU and Republicans at the front of it.

NOTES: Took longer than usual due to mental health issues (climate depression) and writers block. Shorter than usual due to the fact I don't want to give too much away for Lewis Cass's term. Also the TL is inspired a good amount by the excellent FNM.

 

[Miranda Brawner]

An ominous end to another well-done chapter. I liked the part about John Burr at the beginning, since he ties together the different eras. It was good to see the civil rights movement having some successes despite the horrific violence inflicted against them. Hopefully this progress will bot be undone by the bleak time period that lies ahead.

 

[ZeroFrame]

An ominous end to another well-done chapter. I liked the part about John Burr at the beginning, since he ties together the different eras. It was good to see the civil rights movement having some successes despite the horrific violence inflicted against them. Hopefully this progress will bot be undone by the bleak time period that lies ahead.

I won’t spoil anything but the fight isn’t close to over. The only hint I’ll give is that a famous Minnesotan, a Wild West villain, two civil war heroes, Tom Paine, and one of the worst presidents in US history are the forefront.


A REAL GENTLEMEN SMASHES DISSIDENTS

 

[ZeroFrame]

Just an update on the next chapter

Currently on vacation so it’s not going to be out until at least Sunday. Currently it’s at nearly 2k words and it’s the first part of Cass’s term.

 

[ZeroFrame]

Lewis Cass (Gentlemen) 1st Term Part I
Vice President: Enos T. Throop
Secretary of State: Zebulon Pike III
Secretary of War: Franklin Pierce
Secretary of Treasury: Charles Goodyear
Attorney General: William L. Greenly
Postmaster General: John Strohm
Secretary of Development: Hugh J. Anderson
Secretary of the Navy: Samuel Dinsmoor jr.


Cass was inaugurated in the same firestorm of controversy that engulfed Zebulon Pike. Democrats protested his inauguration for him losing the electoral and popular vote (though the latter was by 16,972 votes). The Republicans protested him for supporting civil rights the same way the Gentlemen protested Pike for being economically aligned with Lafayette. Either way Cass and his administration had to at least try to get something done. Tariffs were lowered by Cass on the second day and Cass apologized to Louisiana for threatening piracy. Next it was on to picking the cabinet. His secretary of state was decided to be Louisiana-friendly Zebulon Pike III. Pike was not who the Gentlemens wanted or expected though Cass felt the need to detoxify the Gentlemen Party from the likes of anti-papist firebrands like Goodyear and Buren. Furthermore Pike did fit with the small government theme as Pike opposed military interventions. Next was the secretary of war position in which he picked Franklin Pierce the owner of War for Peace. War for Peace is a military company that sells weapons and mercenaries for American governments. War for Peace has used its forces to break up strikes and protect members of the BI. War for Peace was also hired by California to put down Mexican rebellions in George City and Tira (Tijuana). War for Peace has built a reputation of being one of the most ruthless yet popular paramilitary companies in New England due to their support of civil rights. Though Pierce only did this for publicity and knew that he was bound to go the way of Martin Van Buren if he didn’t clean up his image. Next was the Titan of industry Charles Goodyearfor the Secretary of the Treasury position. Though the Christian-Farmers filibustered the nomination of Goodyear, Cass managed to get a couple of moderate dems on his side. Thaddeus Stevens was promised the Speaker of the House position in which Greenly resigned as speaker (and from the House), and John Strohm resigned to allow Stevens to return to the House. Greenly was appointed Attorney General for his resignation and was confirmed.

Lewis Cass signed an executive order ending discrimination and segregation in all federal buildings. This was met with support amongst a plurality of people in New England though the KFU in New Jersey and New York started to light federal buildings on fire. In total 4 people died and 44 people were injured. Lewis Cass responded by having Secretary Pierce investigate KFU cells. Goodyear announced his company wouldn’t do any business with businesses that supported segregation. The only other peculiar choice was for assistant secretary of state Fernando Wood. The former Postmaster General and Representative from New York was suggested by Charles Goodyear. Goodyear’s reasoning was him being a desperate soul who wanted power and could easily be manipulated into supporting Gentlemen policies. Cass managed to get a bill passed funding the police in order to crackdown on the KFU. Goodyear tried to convince Cass to go hard on papists and immigrants in order to score political points.

“Why the hell would we do that Charles? We’ve already found an opening with civil rights?”
“It’s the same reason I went after them when I was the CEO of Goodyear. They’re an easy target to get our policies passed, for example do you believe in letting industry decide what’s right for the workers?”
“Yes.”
“Well then we attack the papist bastards and whores for opposing the companies right to drive down prices and then you can get the populace to hate them. Once you’ve gotten the populace to hate a group of beasts then you can do whatever the hell you want.”
“And what would we do with this political capital?”
“We would crush the unions and provide the great men of New England the right to control their own destiny!”
“Uh Charles” Attorney General Greenly said a tad worried, ”You sound like the CF propaganda.”
“Well guess what William? I don’t give a damn, they can demonize us bringing this great country to a superpower. The CF’s are an enemy to us and the country along with the papists and Iberians who have kept me down and will keep us down!”
“With all do respect I hate the papist as much as the next patriot but we have to show the people we’re not corrupt aristocrats but a collection of small businesses.”
“Who built the party and this country to what it is? A fucking “aristocrat” named Charles Goodyear, aristocrat William is a smear to demonize successful men who have been keeping the inferiors down since the Era of Sadness. We’re the ones who built this country, we’re the ones who had to fight against unions who burned down my factories.”
Greenly sat there on his oak chair given as a gift from Thaddeus Stevens in awe at the realization of who Charles exactly was. Cass sat there at his desk with the presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson behind him. “With all do respect Goodyear we’re not going down the route of the old Democrats who refused to embrace populism. In order for us to stand against the Iberian menace and the tyranny of big labor we must show the people the way of Gallatinonianism. Now William and Charles I order this meeting dismissed!”


After Charles Goodyear and William Greenly walked out of the Circle Office and Cass lit a cigar. “Good God this administration is a disgrace” Cass said out loud. “We’ve got a Fescist, a couple of Gallatinonianists, two Democrats, and a moderate at the helm of this ship. Cass turned to the portrait of Thomas Jefferson and looked down at the statue of Aaron Burr on his desk. How did Burr and Jefferson do it? Burr unlike Goodyear wasn’t a hypocrite and actually followed the principles of Gallatinonianism, he supported the right to vote for women and under a small government why shouldn’t they be able? Of course then I would lose re-election in a landslide to some Democrat. Either way I have to focus on building this country up to make sure Freedom of Destiny takes over the world.



The Democrats in Congress in a coalition with the Christian-Farmers managed to block the tax cuts proposed by Lewis Cass. The military was increased by 10% thanks to the Republicans and Democrats working out a deal with the Gentlemen. The Republicans got an increase in agricultural support from the Department of Development with three million dollars for infrastructure and for settling Dakota and Frontier Territories. The infrastructure boost would decrease the costs of shipping overseas as Louisiana opened up the ports on the Mississippi to cheaper prices. Not that New England was their main problem any more with Louis Bonaparte II wrecking havoc with the Second French Mistake as it was called in New England. The French Ambassador Eliyah Ashton, the first black to hold a major position in the government began to advise preparations for a war between Louisiana and France. When the two countries merged Eliyah was told to kindly shut up about the whole affair as Cass didn’t want to get involved in another crisis. By 1849 New England was peaceful with the Sad of 1847 mostly recovered from, though racial tensions flared up again with Bloody 19. Bloody 19 was when, on May 19th the KFU orchestrated a massive campaign of terror. First was the bombing of a Goodyear factory in Pennsylvania which killed 1 and injured 23. Second was the BI in Sauk which killed 4 and injured 8 in a mail bombing. Third was Adams city hall via a carriage bomb when the mayor was in the carriage when it stopped outside the city hall and exploded killing 39 people and injuring 78. The reason for such a high death toll was because the mayor, Douglas Mason was being greeted by reporters and Christian-Farmer voters when the bomb exploded. The fifth and final bombing was in Albany at the Christian-Farmer Caucus building a mile down the road from the Red House. Two men named Ted Riley and Edward Beasely dropped off three boxes in the main office and left. The boxes were taken to a back room where they were opened and exploded. The ensuing fire killed 23 people including representative Willy Kaleidoscope. Lewis Cass was in the Red House at the time of the bombing when Secretary of State Zebulon Pike III burst into his bedroom along with General of the Albany Police Department (APD) Hawthorn Carlson to evacuate the premise to a secure location. The APD blocked off the streets leading to the Red House and were requesting an order from Lewis Cass to declare martial law in Albany. Cass refused and got to the nearby train station where the APD took over and headed for West Point. Three days later Cass would get news of bloody 19 and declared the KFU a terrorist group. Congress approved of the action with almost bi-partasian support. In the Republican Party a schesim developed between the Marcy faction and Radical Republican faction. The Radical Republicans supported the KFU and voted against the action.



In total the 8 Radical Republicans declared a new party called the True Democratic-Republican Party. The name was meant to invoke the Democratic-Republican Party in an attempt to invoke the memory of Thomas Jefferson. The TDRs managed to get ballot access in all states and built up a financial system based off of small dollar donors. The TDRs were considered a great gift for the Democrats, Christian-Farmers, and Gentlemen's as they would destroy the Republicans and destroy the cause of anti-civil rights. Of course the TDRs focused on expanding their operations in order to stand a chance against the four other parties. With bloody 19 the party received an immense amount of backlash with Indiana, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Michigan kicking the TDRs off of the ballots and forcing any state legislatures to switch to either the Republican Party or Non-Partisan. The KFU officially went underground as police officers and soldiers raided their meeting areas and clashed with them in the streets of New York and Newark. The KFU lynched 34 people in the month of May while 45 KFU members were shot dead by police officers and soldiers. On June 3rd Congress once again convened where John Brown (CF-MA) testified before the House asking for a state militia. This idea was implemented in the USA before the American Civil War, after which it was abolished leaving militias to be formed by citizens instead of the state. However with the rise of the KFU several Democrats, Christian-Farmers, and Gentlemen felt the need to re-implement the idea. So on June 13th the House passed the State Armed Forces Enactment (SAFE). SAFE allowed the states to create militia called the State Rangers. New Jersey, immediately deployed the State Rangers to “quell radical anti-white terrorists.” In Vandali and New York the Republicans announced that they had requested State Ranger units. Governor Stephen Douglas announced he was leaving the Republican Party to join the Democrats. With this the KFU bombed the governor’s mansion killing his wife Martha Agnew and 7 staff members while destroying the mansion in a fire. The violence in Vandali only increased as the TDRs nominated William A. Richardson, a senator since 1843 and former Pro Tempore of the Vandali State Senate. In Ranger two crowds of supporters clashed with each other killing 23 people. In Sauk State Rangers protected the BI from violence as a total of 12 people have died from shootings including 8 State Rangers. The election in Vandali was already going to be close and with the violence the margins narrowed. The results came in:

Stephen Douglas 28.1% (D-Callman)
William A. Richardson 28.0% (TD-Javits)
Isaac N. Morris 27.34% (G-Javits)
Orville H. Browning 16.56% (CF-Knox)

After the election True Democratic-Republican Party members bombed Stephen Douglas’s acceptance speech in Sauk killing 43 people including Christian-Farmer candidate Orville H. Browning, Lieutenant Governor Earl Kemp, and Stephen Douglas’s kid Ronald “Ron” Douglas. William A. Richardson wrote an op-ed for the Corley Post condemning the attack and then proceeding to condemn the Democrats, Gentlemen, Christian-Farmers, and Republican Regulars (as they were nicknamed), for “provoking” white Englanders for their opposition to the TDRs.

The 1849 midterms are considered one of the most important midterms and most important midterms up until that point. The main reason was not the civil rights movement or the TDRs coming into existence but because of the Supreme Court. In September of 1849 one independent, two Republican, and one Democrat died on the Supreme Court. Lewis Cass nominated Cornelius Darragh, Moses Hampton, Henry A. Foster, and Elliot Blanton to replace the four judges. The Christian-Farmers opposed the nominations based on them being Gentlemens and asking for a compromise on the economic side. The TDRs and Republican Regulars opposed the nominations based on their support for civil rights. The Democrats opposed the nominations based on wanting to keep the balance of power. In the end the Democrats, Christian-Farmers, and Gentlemen managed a compromise to the dismay of Charles Goodyear and Franklin Pierce. Democratic Governor of New York John Dix would be nominated and Elliot Blanton was replaced with Hugo Quinnton of New Hampshire. All four nominations were approved and currently the Republicans held almost no power in the country.


The State of Iroquois was admitted as the 19th state. The combination of ethnic cleansing and immigration allowed it to become a state (abbreviated IQ) on September 1st, 1849. On October 31st the state of Frontier (abbreviated FT) was admitted to New England with its capital in Warren (OTL Calgary). Named after explorer John Lauren Warren who originally led an expedition to the region soon after the Frontier Purchase. He made crucial peace deals with natives in the region, managing to guarantee them large reservations after lobbying the New England government under Marquis Lafayette. Warren would also be the main force behind settling the region, retelling stories of great adventure and how it was God’s will to settle the territory and enjoy it’s natural beauty. This led to Christian-Farmers and hardline Christians and Catholics moving the territory advocating it was a godly act. Of course what Warren didn't tell them was how cold the place was though without a railroad the settlers became trapped in the territory. In order to survive and make their lives easier they worked with natives to cope with the harsh environment. This built a sense of respect with the natives as the government as a part of the deal built up native american infrastructure. Sure the New England government sent soldiers with guns to suggest the natives to take the deal but what’s soft imperialism to get in the way of a mythical story.


Finally the midterm results came in with the all the parties firing up their bases in an attempt to control the policy agenda for the next two years.

Democrats: Senate +3 (16), House +20 (62). Speaker of the House Robert C. Winthrop.
Gentlemen: Senate +1 (12), House +4 (50). House Minority Leader Thaddeus Stevens.
Christian-Farmers: Senate +5 (6), House +13 (20).
True Democratic-Republicans: +1 Senate (1), House +2 (10).
Republicans: Senate -2 (3), House -5 (5).
Native American Party: Senate +2 (2), House +1 (1).