Chapter 16 Act 14 The Trial of Pierce

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Li: (Stands up, hits the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 14th court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography accused the 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce (Franklin Pierce). (Pierce stands up.) God Lee: You are Pierce, born in 1804, the 14th President of the United States. Pierce: Yes. God Lee: Pierce, you took 49 votes from the Democratic Party to get the nomination for president. You have taught us the entanglement of American democracy. Pierce: My opponent, Winfield Scott, after 53 votes. God Lee: Don't you feel tired after 49 votes to be elected?Even tired enough to pass out?

Pierce: I fainted twice and fell off the Malays in the Mexican War. I was called "Fainting Genera". God Lee is mocking me, right? God Lee: (laughs) As long as you know.Swallow to swoon, you were not absent when the capital of Mexico was occupied, and the American generals were never absent when American imperialism.What's more, the treatise "On the Victory of Rome" was written in Latin. Pierce: (surprised) God Lee knows about my paper? God Lee: I know the end of Rome's imperialism, and the United States is no exception. It's a pity that you Americans can't see it.But you, you are a typical imperialist, you only know how to invade others. In your office, you treat Mexico, Cuba, and Hawaii either openly or covertly. You are a school of imperialism, don’t you?In your third year in office, on July 12, 1855, Walker (William Walker), the filibuster (an American individual who rebelled in Latin America), with the funding of American capitalists, actually occupied Nicaragua and overthrew the legitimate government. In 1856, Also became the president of Nicaragua, how do you feel about this kind of American imperialism?

Pierce: That is the personal behavior of Walker and their 56 people. God Lee: It's 58, not 56. Pierce: Okay, 58.It is personal behavior. God Lee: Personal behavior?You received the secret envoy sent by Walker. You recognized this puppet government in May 1856. The central government of the United States recognized it. You still said it was a personal act?Do you dare to deny your admission? Pierce: I... I... God Lee: You...you...you what.Your American imperialism is really wonderful. You can surprise other countries in the name of individual American citizens and become their president.

Pierce: As President of the United States, I cannot be responsible. God Lee: Since you admit it, he has to be responsible. You have violated international law.This is the biggest joke in American history, isn't it?Don't think that Walker and the others are just 58 people. I think if someone is not the president, he will participate and become 59 people. Pierce: God Lee better not make analogies. God Li: Who is making an analogy?Your imperialism has already extended to the East by analogy.During your tenure, you signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan in 1854. Brigadier General Perry returned to China to report to you. At the same time, he proposed to occupy China's Ryukyu and Taiwan by force, and you agreed.Later, China and the international situation changed greatly. You colluded with Britain and France, took advantage of the civil strife in China's Taiping Rebellion, seized China's customs, forcibly occupied the concession, and forced the revision of the "Treaty of Wangxia". If China did not agree, you would immediately occupy Taiwan. In 1856, the British and French allied forces burned down the Old Summer Palace, and you took the opportunity to send warships off the coast of Hong Kong to Taiwan to make plans for Taiwan. Your American appetite for Taiwan was 30 years earlier than Japan's.American historians evaluate the president of the United States. You rank very low. They don’t know you too well. They pay attention to the "Ostend Manifesto" (Ostend Manifesto) and how you want to attack Cuba, etc., but they don’t know that you are in the East They underestimated you too much.From the perspective of imperialism, you really have insight. Cuba does not belong to the United States, and the United States will never be restless. You have already thought of it for Kennedy and other future presidents.

Pierce: (moved) I hear a voice that reinterprets the history of America that has been unfair to me. God Li: This is for individual cases, and don't forget other conclusions of history.Your push for the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed residents to decide whether they wanted slavery or not, led to the Civil War.In short, your reactionary stance on slavery echoes the phrase "Northern man with Southern principles", doesn't it? Pierce: (Nods.) God Lee: By the way, how do you feel about Walker's fate? Pierce: Walker?He was later captured by the British Navy, delivered to the Honduran government, and executed.

God Lee: Have you noticed?Among the defendants here, two presidents both used the same name as Walker, Walker, Walker? Pierce: (looking around) Who is it? God Lee: It's President Bush Sr. and President Bush Jr.The full name of Bush Sr. is George Herbert Walker Bush, and Bush Jr. is George Walker Bush. Interesting coincidence, right?In the father and son's signature, the word Walker has become a letter W, how interesting! (Bush Sr. sits there, smiling sideways at Bush Jr.) Bush: (stands up) May I protest?Whose name does not have abbreviated letters, can they be investigated one by one?Like President Truman, there is an S in his name, isn't God Lee interested in pursuing it?

God Lee: (laughs) Do you want me to pursue it?Okay, let me tell you, Truman's full name is Harry S Truman, there is no dot after the S in the middle of the name, because it is not an abbreviation at all, but just a bare S.So anyone who asks around and adds a dot to the S in his full name is, strictly speaking, wrong.If you don't believe me, ask Truman. Truman: (Nods, smiles.) God Lee: The S between Truman's surname and first name does not have any special meaning, it just represents the result of his parents' negotiation.Because the names of Truman's maternal grandfather and grandfather are Solomon Young and Anderson Shippe Truman respectively, both of their names start with S. Since Truman's parents hope to name Truman after their father, So after coordination, the two parties agreed to put the S between Truman's surname and first name.Just like that, a bare S appeared, (to Truman) Harry, right?

Truman: (Nods, smiles.) Pierce: Why take such a small matter so seriously? God Lee: The defendant's small matter is the judge's big matter. Pierce: Oh, I see. God Lee: Got it?All right, leave the court (with a blow of the gavel, stand up). (The curtain falls.)