Chapter 17 Act 15 The Trial of Buchanan

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Lee: (Stands up, hits the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 15th court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography accused the 15th President of the United States James Buchanan (James Buchanan). (Buchanan stands up.) God Lee: You are Buchanan, born in 1809, the 15th President of the United States. Buchanan: Yes. God Lee: Your nickname is "Old Buck". Do you know that this is the "Last Judgment"? Buchanan: The buck stops here. (The responsibility ends here.) I really did a buck today. God Lee: You said this first for your 33rd President. The real meaning of The buck stops here is "I'm the dealer", isn't it?

Buchanan: I'm really a banker, and I will be blamed for other people's fights. God Lee: You're accusing people of blaming you for failing to stop the Union from secession and leaving the mess to hapless Lincoln.When Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 states had seceded from the Union, the United States was divided, and the blame was on you. Buchanan: This is Lincoln and the Republican Party wanting me to be a scapegoat for being a traitor, a pro-slavery conspirator, and the chief culprit of the Civil War. God Lee: Didn't you publish Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion in 1866 to clarify?

Buchanan: Lincoln and the others said it all, they are so despicable.As a result, Lincoln became a good man, and I became the youngest of the "below average" presidents in the ranking of American presidents. It's so unfair. God Lee: This has something to do with the fact that Lincoln was assassinated a year before your book was published. His death increased people's blind worship of him. Buchanan: Exactly. God Lee: You're not sure about Lincoln? Buchanan: Be sure of myself.George T. Curtis said in my biography that Buchanan had "a strong familial love," a "charming gregarious nature," "loyalty to his friends," and "memory for those who had hurt him." Forgiveness", generosity and righteousness.He lent money to friends in need, donated to the poor, and he was not stingy.He bought slaves in Washington and freed them in Pennsylvania.He does not need any security for the repayment of the debt.He is careful to avoid conflicts of interest.He declined all free travel tickets.When he was president, all the gifts he received were given to the Patent Office (Patent Office), and they were not appropriated.I listed the above for reference to "The Last Judgment".

God Lee: The focus of the "Last Judgment" is to judge whether the President of the United States has used the United States to do bad and evil things.It's a private event, not the point.Although it is also listed as a reference.For example, why did your fiancée kill herself a week after breaking off the engagement?Why is your boyfriend who lives with you called Miss Nancy and Mrs. B?Why have you never been married all your life? You are the only bachelor among the presidents of the United States. According to today's popular saying, are you gay?In the 19th century, being gay was a big rebellion; now in the 21st century, being gay is very fashionable!You recommended your Miss Nancy and Mrs. B to be the vice president of Pierce. He was so pitiful that he died of lung disease after six weeks of working.How strange, he is the only bachelor among the vice presidents of the United States.

Buchanan: Whether Miss Nancy or Mrs. B, it clearly refers to William RD King! God Lee: It's him. Buchanan: When I ran for president, I ran against Fremont, a Republican billionaire.During the campaign, their slogan was Free Soil, Free Men, Free Speech, and Fremont.Our Democratic Party added the phrase And Free Love, because Fremont is an illegitimate child.At that time they called me "Old Bachelors", "Opposition to Old Bachelors" and "Old Fogies". If they said what happened to me and William Kim, they would have called me Old Gay (Old Gay) up. God Lee: At that time, the word gay hadn’t come out of the closet, had it?If you "come out", do you think they will let you go?

Buchanan: Maybe they talk nonsense in private, no one can control. God Li: I just mentioned that the United States was divided during your tenure. Three months before you left office, 7 states had already seceded from the federal government. Your attitude towards this change is ambiguous. You think that states have no right to secede from the federal government Nor does it have the right to prevent states from seceding, does it? Buchanan: I respect the constitution, the constitution is supreme, and the way of heaven is supreme. God Lee: You said: There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution. But there is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.National unity sometimes depends on fists. If fists are not stretched out, the constitution is just a vase.Your attitude has taught mankind a lesson, that is, it is useless to just talk about the Constitution, and you will end up with Buchanan.Fortunately, your term of office expired when the seven states became independent, otherwise, the country would have been lost by you.

Buchanan: Well, let history clarify. God Lee: Let me remind you again, the focus of the "Last Judgment" is not on these gossips, but on what bad things have you brought the United States to do? Buchanan: What bad thing have I done? God Lee: Maybe you're lenient. Buchanan: Confession of what?Please God Lee a reminder. God Lee: All right.I ask you: How do you interpret the Ostend Manifesto? Buchanan: (embarrassed) Oh, oh.How to explain? God Lee: Let me read you a piece of American history: Ostend Declaration, 1854, document signed by 3 American diplomats supporting the Pierce government to seize Cuba. In 1854, Pierce ordered three ministers to Spain, Great Britain, and France—Pierre Soule, Buchanan, and John Y. Mason—to meet in Ostend, Belgium, to seek an agreement for Cuba to secede from Spain. method. In October 1854, a group of three led by the whimsical Saul proposed that the United States pay Spain $100 million in exchange for Cuba, or take over the island by force.When the declaration came out, the city was full of storms, Saul resigned, and Secretary of State Marcy (William Marcy) denied the declaration.Only Buchanan profited by currying favor with southern governments.

Buchanan: (wry smile) There is no right and wrong in politics, only luck. God Lee: But whoever is lucky and who is not, are Cuban-minded imperialists, aren't they? On December 6, 1858, you, President Buchanan, wrote Congress asking for money to buy Cuba, didn't you? Buchanan: We, the United States, have gone too far with Cuba. God Lee: Is it too much for Cuba and not too much for other countries?What did you do to China on June 18, 1858? Buchanan: We have a treaty of peace and friendship with China. God Lee: Peaceful and friendly?Is it your façade?Chinese official literature clearly stated that the situation at that time was that "Britain and France showed their evil, while the United States and Russia benefited their traitors. The strengths are different, but they are greedy, so they are all the same." , Buddha (dharma) is bullying and coercing, and Miqiu (the leader of the United States) is dependent on the two, scheming and scheming, and they are trying to figure out me."China never trusts you, the United States. China sees that you and the United States are just taking advantage of it. Britain and France want power in the front, and you, the United States, "get all of it."The truth is that the UK and France are acting as black faces, and the United States is acting as bad faces. You took advantage of everything without firing a single shot or killing a life.Picking up cheap has become your policy and national policy, and the more we see it, the more clearly it becomes.

Buchanan: Oh. God Li: Retire from court (beat the gavel and stand up). (The curtain falls.)