Chapter 14 Act 12 Trial of Taylor

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Li: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 12th Court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States. (Taylor stands up.) God Lee: You are Tyler, born in 1784, the 12th President of the United States. Taylor: Yes. God Li: 141 years after your death, in 1991, you were opened for an autopsy to check whether you were poisoned to death because you ate the plate of poisoned cherries, and the results proved that the legend was not true. Tyler: That bastard saga has left me with no peace after death.Others have no peace after death, but "last judgment" only once, but I have no peace twice.

God Lee: "The Last Judgment" is to investigate the sins of your life. If you have no peace, you deserve what you deserve. Tyler: What am I guilty of? God Lee: You're America's Great Killer, aren't you? How many Indians did you kill when the Black Hawk War started in 1832? How many Mexicans did you kill when the Mexican War started in 1848?You have more than 100 niggers, and they don't have a good death, do they? Taylor: But the Indians also killed us. One of my older brothers died at the hands of the Indians.This is a matter of history. God Lee: You're right, it's a matter of history.Historically, you, the 12th president, and Madison, the 4th president, have a common blood, that is, you are both direct descendants of the Mayflower.Madison is still your distant cousin.

Tyler: I can't get too high, I'm a poor reader. God Li: Your English is a mess. Tyler: It's a mess.Spelling is often misspelled.So, compared to my distant cousin who is good at English, I dare not climb high. God Lee: But you are still the direct line of the "Mayflower".You are all proud of having ancestors who were the first to land in America. Taylor: (nodding) Yes. God Lee: You remind me of your comedy star Will Rogers' words: "My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat." (My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat. They picked up the boat on the shore.) Rogers is of Indian blood, Cherokee, you kill this tribe?You will kill every seal, no matter what race you are in, don't you?

Taylor: I'm a soldier. God Li: You are not an ordinary soldier, you are a murderous "national hero". Taylor: In fact, our soldiers are not rude, and we also evaluate after the event.After I became president, I sent William T. Sherman, who later became a famous general, to inspect the territories we acquired after the Mexican-American War. Sherman was a captain at that time. When he came back from the inspection, he reported to me: In a whisper, President, we have to fight another war.I ask him why?He said it would take another fight to force Mexico to take back those damn places.

God Lee: There are too many damn places to return to Mexico. Taylor: The land acquired by the United States from Mexico in the 19th century, including Texas and the "Mexican Cession" in 1848, the area includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and a small part of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, etc.It's just too much to pay off. God Lee: The real retribution for bullying the Mexicans is that 200 years after your death, the Latin American population counterattacked, and the Mexicans counterattacked. Back then, you took away half of Mexico’s territory, and took away your 10 years from Texas to California today. Some or all of the territory of this state, which is equivalent to one-sixth of your new territory in the United States, came from this. However, in the 21st century, you have suffered from the Latin American population and Mexicans. Seeing that the US president is replaced by a Latin American What a retribution!Perhaps, as Sherman whispered to you, these territories should be returned to the Mexicans so that no harm will be left.

Taylor: (wry smile) What can I say?I can only smile wryly.In fact, the scourge does not have to wait 200 years after my death. In the American Civil War after my death, the combat masters of both the North and the South were created by the Mexican War, right?General Grant, General Sherman, General Robert Lee, Jackson ("Stonewall" Jackson), and General Davis (Jefferson Davis), whether north or south, are all killers in the eyes of God Lee. God Lee: General Lee is still your distant nephew, and Davis is still your son-in-law. Tyler: God Lee is so well informed. God Lee: Poor Lincoln, he stole the Civil War from you.

Tyler: Really, the Civil War would have happened in 1850 if I hadn't died early. God Li: Your son-in-law became the "pseudo-president" of the South. If you win the South, what will you do? Tyler: Hang him. God Lee: It's really Old Rough-and-Ready "Quick Hard Dude", just like your nickname. Tyler: I'm a soldier, I'm a major general, I've been a soldier all my life. God Li: Because you have been in the army all your life, you have no fixed place to live, and you have never lived in one place for the legal time for exercising your voting rights. Therefore, you do not have the right to vote in a so-called democratic country. What kind of democracy is this?

Taylor: (laughs) It's a weird American democracy. God Lee: In the "Calphin Claim" (Calphin Claim) that happened during your tenure, the Calphin family demanded interest from the government, and you agreed to pay, but your Secretary of the Army, George W. Crawford, never It is not disclosed that he is the representative of the Calfin family. No matter how much the government pays the Calfin family, your Secretary of the Army can be divided in half. Is this also your strange democracy in the United States? Tyler: (embarrassed) This is my incompetence. God Lee: You were president and died after only 127 days. You are capable of killing people, but you are not capable of politics.

Taylor: (laughs) My wife, Margaret M. Smith, was 61 years old when she entered the White House. She didn't like to socialize and refused to appear in any public places. Acting as the hostess of the White House, she really knows how to enter politics, and the way is to cut off from politics. God Lee: Does she like you killing Indians and Mexicans? Taylor: She probably doesn't know who I killed, she just knows I'm an American hero, and I think that's enough. God Lee: During the Mexican-American War in 1848, 1,800 people died on the Mexican side, and 673 people died on your side. Does the hero mean to reduce the number of deaths on your side?

Taylor: That's a pretty good definition. God Lee: For $90,000, you bought 1,100 acres of land and put 100 black slaves to work on your farm. Do you think it is a hero? Taylor: Heroes always kill people, heroes always have slaves. God Lee: (stares at Tyler) Okay, I see you.Retire from the court (beat the mallet and stand up). (The curtain falls.)