Chapter five hundred and sixteen, memorial service
A few days later, Professor Favneil's memorial service was held on the Harvard University sports field, where the murder occurred a few days ago. Many American politicians also arrived at the scene, including Governor Christopher Gore, and the two senators, who collectively came here for the House of Representatives.
It is said that the organizers of the memorial service also sent an invitation to President Madison, but President Madison rejected the invitation on the grounds of "busy business". It is said that he not only refused the invitation, but even refused the request to write a eulogy for Professor Favneil.
This is not difficult to understand. President Madison is a Virginian, a southerner, and is a large planter. His family is the largest landlord in Orange County, Virginia, with more than 5,000 acres of plantations and a large number of slaves. According to Professor Favneil, he himself is a member of the typical "North American slave owner genocide gang."
Although the United States seemed to have won this war, the benefits were taken away by the Frenchman in Louisiana. The United States' income was actually quite limited, but the price paid was particularly heavy. Therefore, President Madison's approval rating is very problematic. The northern states naturally feel that Madison is good at raising border quarrels and will not lose the rice. The guys in the south also feel that Madison's organization is not effective and the military arrangements are chaotic, so they suffer a great loss.
So now in the United States, whether in the south or in the north, President Madison's approval rating is very problematic. If he attends this memorial service at this time, he may be able to understand the people of the northern states. However, when the southern states are almost overwhelmed in public opinion, he will add icing on the cake, and people will not be very grateful. In short, the benefits are mostly not high.
Of course, the return is not high, but if there is a profit, it is not impossible to go there. However, if he really travels this time, he will offend the southern states greatly and become a traitor in the eyes of the southerners. Perhaps in the eyes of the northerners, his favorability for him can be increased by a little or two, but in the south, the lost favorability is not a matter of a little or two, and he will become the most hated traitor in the entire south.
Generally speaking, although the enemy is abominable, the traitor is ten thousand times more abominable than the enemy.
So participating in such an event will be harmful to President Madison but not beneficial. If he comes, he will have a trick in his mind.
Thoughts, publicly rejecting this invitation will make the northern states feel disgusted towards him and their support will decrease, the northern states are not his basic base and may not like him. It is actually not a big deal to make them feel disgusted.
On the other hand, the guys in the south are now being scolded by the Yankees newspapers. When it comes to debate, the manor owners in the south are not at the same level as the guys in the north and are not opponents at all. At this moment, there is almost no way out except for repeatedly shouting "You are fake news."
So at this time, the depression of the southerners can be imagined. At this time, the president made such a public attitude, not attending the memorial service, which made the southerners' view of him greatly change. Everyone thinks that President Madison may not be particularly strong in terms of ability, but after all, he is his own person, and his heart is still with us, and his brother!
After such a judgment, all the previous dissatisfactions disappeared immediately. What? President Madison is incompetent in military affairs? It’s not his fault, it’s mainly because the pig teammates are too harmful. You don’t know how cheating there are pig teammates like the Northerners! You have to know that if the Northerners are from the British, then we can fight them with one legion; if the Northerners are neutral, then we can leave two legions to guard them; but unfortunately - the Northerners are actually from our side, so we must come up with six or seven legions to protect them! So, it’s not that President Madison is incompetent, but the Northerners are really too cheating! What, what do you object to my statement? Look at your shameless appearance, you are a Northerners, right? You must know shame, you must know shame!
Especially President Madison said he was busy with official duties and did not even have time to write a eulogy; on the other hand, well, considering that golf was not a popular sport in this era, President Madison publicly went fishing by the river so that journalists in southern newspapers could see clearly.
Just like after the later generations of King Dong played golf, the approval rating in Red Neck further increased, after President Madison publicly ran to the river to fish during working hours, the people of the South supported him more and more. Although he had been re-elected for one term, many southerners have expressed their support for President Madison to serve another term.
Of course, President Madison would not pursue re-election for three terms, but his high praise was definitely good news for others who were in the Democratic Republican Party with him. Because in this era, southern states had more electoral votes. Even in the original history, during this period, southern states had obvious advantages over the north, both population and economic strength. Of course, with the continuous arrival of European immigration, the plantation economy of southern states did not provide enough employment opportunities, so the population continued to flow into northern states, which eventually led to the comparison of strength between northern states and southern states.
In this time and space, due to the existence of French Louisiana, Louisiana became the first choice for Europeans to immigrate to North America. Therefore, the number of immigrants that northern states can absorb has dropped significantly, so compared with the original history, the strength gap between the northern states and the southern states is even greater. In this era, the United States did win the south and the world.
However, President Madison's approach is a good thing for the United States, because it makes the South and the North increasingly opposed. The ever-increasing rifts in the South and the North will surely weaken their power as a complete country.
Although President Madison failed to attend the memorial service, the level of the memorial service was still quite high. Governor Christopher Gore spoke first at the memorial service. He first expressed his sincere condolences for Professor Favnier's murder and expressed his greetings to the families of the deceased. Then he highly praised Professor Favnier's knowledge and his love and contribution to the United States. He said that people like Professor Favnier are truly "great patriots."
Then he condemned the practice of trying to use guns and violence to block the mouths of the people, and predicted that they would never succeed.
"In the past, the English gangs tried to use guns to deprive us of their freedom, but they did not succeed; today, some cultists also wanted to use guns to deprive us of their freedom, and they would never succeed."
After Governor Christopher Gore, several other members of parliament also made speeches respectively. The content is basically the same as the governor's speech. It is nothing more than affirming Favnier's contribution, expressing condolences, and expressing his determination to maintain freedom.
Then Professor Boblon spoke as a special guest. Professor Boblon reviewed his friendship with Professor Favnier, expressed sympathy for Professor Favnier's misfortune, and said that it is the glory of America to have Professor Favnier. Professor Favnier's death is not only a loss for America, but also a common loss for peace-loving people all over the world. At the same time, he also proposed not to blindly hate other people just because of Professor Favnier's death.
"What we want to oppose is the kind of thought that promotes hatred and incites violence, rather than those who are poisoned by those thoughts, who are also victims, or even more pathetic victims. My friend, Professor Favnier, was killed, but at least his soul was still healthy when he was killed. But what about those who were poisoned by those terrible thoughts? Although their bodies are still healthy, they are spiritually dead. Bullets can only harm the flesh, but evil thoughts can destroy the soul.
It was precisely because Professor Favnier discovered this that he tried hard to save these souls. Unfortunately, he fell on the road of his own hard work, just like a warrior fell on the battlefield. But our war with these wrong and even evil thoughts has not ended. Some of us should pick up the pen left by Professor Favnier and continue his career.
I noticed that these days, another friend of mine, Professor Greed, has been continuing to stick to the work left by Professor Favnier. The courage he showed in this made me extremely admire. We know that, like Professor Favnier, Professor Greed is also the target of assassination of some extremists, so I have always advised him to minimize public appearances. This is how to ensure safety.
But everyone also saw that Professor Greed still came to the scene because he said to me: 'We cannot lose to fear. Isn't the extremists, using such despicable means to block the sound of freedom with bullets, just to make us afraid? Isn't it so that we can't make sounds because of fear? If I hide at this time because of fear, wouldn't it be like surrendering to the enemy on the battlefield? If so, then they will really win. I can't watch such wrong thoughts win, and I can't watch them drag the America I love deeply into hell. So, my friend, I have no way out, and behind me is America.'
Chapter completed!