Chapter 18 Act 16 Trial of Lincoln

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Li: (Stands up, hits the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 16th Court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln). (Lincoln stands up.) God Lee: You are Lincoln, born in 1809, the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln: Yes. God Lee: You're six feet four, and you sit there like you're standing up. Lincoln: All my life I have suffered from height and ugliness, and my name.Many things associated with my name actually make me dumbfounded, such as the luxury "Lincoln" car, which is one of them.I've been a simple person all my life, so it's so out of tune for a luxury car to be buckled on my head.

God Li: According to our Chinese philosopher Mencius, this is called "There are cases of praise which could not be expected and of reproach when the parties have been seeking to be perfect." The original Chinese text is "There are cases of praise which could not be expected and of reproach when the parties have been seeking to be perfect." destruction".Looking at your life, you have got too many "unexpected reputations", too much, you are really lucky.Your genius literati Henry L. Mencken (Henry L. Mencken), the publisher told him to write four kinds of books, guaranteed to sell well, one of which is to write about Lincoln.It seems that you are a big selling point, there are too many "unexpected reputations", driving a "Lincoln" is nothing.

Lincoln: I really don't understand why I get so much "unexpected credit". God Lee: Because you have been ambiguous, this is who said: "My policy is to have no policy." My policy is to have no policy. ) Ambiguity is the most flattering policy, because it can please both sides.Tennessee’s leading politician Klopp (EH Crump), black and white, once participated in a black rally, and the simple and uneducated black chairman said naively: “Klopp first has a white skin, but his conscience is as dark as ours. "These words seem to be ridiculous, but they are not taken seriously, because there are many black-hearted white people.

Lincoln: That's what God Lee said I was? God Lee: Historical documents say you are "hypocrisy and cruelty" (hypocrisy and cruelty), but you are so lucky, "Lincoln worship" and "Lincoln mythology" rolled down like a snowball, and finally rolled out No. 1 President of the United States, you poor boy, you are really sitting on "Lincoln". Lincoln: I'm curious that someone would call me cruel. God Lee: I'm curious that someone says you are kind. Lincoln: Is there any proof that I'm cruel? God Lee: Don't forget that you are the Indian murderer.When you were young, you were a captain in the Black Hawk War.In that battle, the Indians had already retreated, but when men, women, old and children crossed the river, the whites mercilessly beat them to death in the river.A soldier who fired the gun recalled afterwards: "It was a horrid sight, to witness little children, wounded and suffering the most excruciating pain, although it was the enemy of the barbarians." they were of the savage enemy.) That's what white Americans do!And you, Captain Lincoln, you're in your prime, aren't you cruel?

Lincoln: Oh.I'm curious if someone says I'm hypocritical. God Li: You are not the only one who is hypocritical, but you are a combination of all.The uniqueness of your United States is not limited to geography. It is also unique in the world in terms of heaven. It is because of chance that it has become a so-called republic that is rare for human beings.Although it ravaged Indians, enslaved blacks, and discriminated against women (144 years after the founding of independence, its women only had suffrage rights after 1920) and so on.It has an ugly human rights record, but since its founding, it has been beautifully packaged in literature, so it can deceive many people for a while, but as long as we carefully examine it, we will laugh.For example, Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states that black people are not counted as a person, but only "three-fifths" of people. What kind of human rights is this?The unique packaging technology of the United States allows the fish to be misunderstood.Conversely, it has the unique advantage of encountering forces that counter it with poor human rights records, from the Islamic world (Islam) to Leninism (Leninism), Stalinism (Stalinism) and the world below.Their spirit of opposing U.S. hegemony is remarkable, but part of their opposition comes from human rights issues, which gives the U.S., the hypocritical U.S., an excuse.From the annual World Human Rights Report of the United States, we can see how to give people a handle.Of course, "The pot calls the kettle black" (The pot calls the kettle black.) can retort it, but don't forget that the United States controls the world's major media, and it is not a fair dispute to compete with it for whoever moves 50 steps and who moves 100 steps.Because the American media will not only obliterate its own fifty steps, but also pass these fifty steps on to you. You will become a "black pot" of one hundred and fifty steps, and it will become a spotless "jar".

Lincoln: (laughs) No wonder we're so perfect. God Lee: Judicial unfairness in the United States is also related to racial discrimination.President Reagan's secretary of education, William J. Bennett, openly declared that the only way to reduce crime in America was to have all black women abort.This man served as the Minister of Education for four years from 1985 to 1989. He is extremely fierce and a jerk.In the United States, black criminals tend to receive heavier sentences than white criminals.When blacks are arrested, they are three times more likely than whites to be imprisoned, and blacks are four times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites.For the same crime, blacks serve an average of six months longer than whites.Criminals who kill whites are 2 to 3 times more likely to be sentenced to death than criminals who kill non-whites, and blacks who kill whites are 2.5 times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites who kill whites and 3.5 times as likely as blacks who kill blacks times.Blacks make up 12.2% of the U.S. population, but 41% of the inmates in U.S. prisons who have served a sentence of more than one year are black.Who said the slaves were freed?

Lincoln: Oh. God Lee: Due to the snowball of "Lincoln worship" and "Lincoln mythology", false history gradually formed, saying that Lincoln "was determined to liberate black slaves before he came out to be president" and that "the Civil War was apparently for the black "slave" and so on, are inconsistent with the real history.Richard Hofstadter (Richard Hofstadter) in "The American Political Tradition" (The American Political Tradition), has already studied it clearly.Your "unexpected reputation" has really doubled, doubled, and tripled.

Lincoln: What can I do if others add my "unexpected reputation" like that?As long as I'm being honest with myself, I'm fine.For example, my Gettysburg Address (Gettysburg Address), which was a failure at the time, later became a great speech with "unexpected reputation", so what can I do? God Lee: James Baldwin, in Abraham Lincoln, mentioned that after the speech of November 19, 1863, you regretted not taking more time to prepare, and you asked A friend said: "I tell you: it can't be washed off, it is a complete failure, and the people are disappointed." (Mr. Lincoln himself regretted that he had not given more time to it, "I tell you it won' t scour,” he said to a ftiend. “It is a failure. The people are disappointed.”) Is Baldwin correct?

Lincoln: (nods his head) Correct.The speech lasted only two minutes. When the audience just paid attention, I had already finished speaking, and the applause was sporadic. Before the person taking the photo had set up the tripod, I had already turned around and sat down. God Lee: You should regret that there were no paparazzi in the world in 1863. Lincoln: Maybe it's useless, I'm too ugly, they're not interested in taking pictures of me. God Lee: You didn't expect this speech to turn into the most successful speech. Lincoln: I never dreamed of it.Especially the combination of the three prepositions of the people, by the people, and for the people has been passed down through the ages, which is equivalent to the preposition name of my Lincoln.

God Lee: Are you proud of it? Lincoln: (nods) If I'm not modest. God Li: I have a document in my hand, and I will read it to you.Fourteen years before Lincoln was born, in 1795, American scientist, educator, and political thinker Thomas Cooper used a preposition after the word "government". Of, for, the original sentence is: Government of the people and for the people. 11 years before Lincoln was born, in 1798, the second president of the United States, John Adams, used the prefix after the word "government". The sentence of the word by, for, the original text of the sentence is:...A government made by themselves, far themselves, and conducted by themselves...21 years later, in 1819, the United States Justice John Marshall first used the word "government" after the word "of the people" In a sentence, the original text of that sentence is: The government of the Union, then, is emphatically and truly a government of the people... 11 years later, in 1830, the American orator Webster first used the word "government" with for the people, By the people to make a sentence, the original sentence is: The people's government made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. Twenty years later, in 1850, Theodore Parker, an American theologian and social reformer, first wrote in " After the word "government", make a sentence with of all the people, by all the people, for all the people. The original text of that sentence is: The American idea... demands...a democracy, -that is a government of all the people, by all the people , for all the people. Parker said this in May 1850, and in November, he simplified it as follows: A democracy, a government of all, for all, by all. Four years later, in 1854, he again Say: There is the democratic idea: that...government is to be of all the people, by all the people, and for all the people. After another 4 years, in 1858, he had this sentence again: Democracy is direct self -government t, over all the people, for all the people, by all the people. By comparison, we can see at a glance that Parker had the words in your speech 13 years before your Lincoln Gettysburg speech. sentence!The famous quotes in your speech turned out to have their own origins!

Lincoln: (blushing) God Lee mean I plagiarized? God Lee: Don't you admit it? Lincoln: Oh, it's hard for me to admit.Please God Lee judge and judge. God Lee: You will judge yourself.By the way, according to Herndon, the author of Life of Lincoln: Parker printed his famous quotes in a booklet called On the Effect of Slavery on the American People, he gave a copy to a man named Lincoln, and this Mr. Lincoln took a pen and marked the booklet with this famous quote on page 5, so you know Parker and see his book in the famous saying.Parker died in 1860. You gave this speech in 1863, three years after his death. Of, by, and for. How do you explain it? Lincoln: Jefferson's theory of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is blatantly derived from John Locke; his theory of the Declaration of Independence is blatantly derived from Paine. God Lee: After your speech in 1863, you had two years to thank Parker before your death in 1865. Lincoln: I forgot.Thanks for reminding me.I'm just a little strange, wondering why God Li is so concerned about my speech in this trial today. God Lee: Because it can prove the character of Lincoln and help us understand the character of the defendant. Lincoln: (embarrassed) Oh, I see. God Lee: By the way: There are 5 versions of your speech. One year after your speech, in 1864, you had the 5th version, which was confirmed by your signature, and there was no modification in terms of the exact same sentence as Parker. .It shows the quality of your personality. Lincoln: (embarrassed) Oh.I forgot there were 5 of them. God Lee: What I am also concerned about is the "American-style democracy" of you Americans.According to your remarks between July 1st and 4th, 1861, the so-called democratic politics that you believe in all show that the government of the people, by the people, for the people means of the people, and the next Come by the people, for the people to be the guest of honor, your original concept is obviously serving the people (for the people), being elected by the people (by the people), and governing the people (of the people) ) government, the point is that the government governs the people in turn.It is precisely because the government climbs on the backs of the people at any time, so it is foolish to put the three paragraphs of of the people, by the people, and for the people in parallel, and call the people three times. I remember another paragraph you said ? "And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. it presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy-a Government of the people by the same people-can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foe.” In this passage, you clearly used the expression of a Government of the people by the same people, the meaning of the guest of honor is already obvious: the people after of is the people of the guest; in contrast, The people after by are the people of the Lord. The same (same) people are both the Lord and the Guest;In your political intention of of the people, the people behind of is a guest, and since it is a guest, there is no strong parallel meaning between itself and by the people, for the people. In a parallel form, it is cheating.In fact, in "American-style democracy", the people are not that great. You Americans only get a little democracy when voting, but "voting" is not "counting votes". Right-wing dictators have long said: "You won the elections, but I won the count." (You won the elections, but I won the count) Your people voted with their hands and feet, and I counted the votes with my hands and feet, and I won up.You, the United States, keep talking about democracy and support other countries to implement democracy, so the truth is so! Lincoln: Even if there are problems with American democracy, they are two different things from my Emancipation Proclamation. You cannot deny my Emancipation Proclamation, right? God Li: How dare you mention the Liberation Proclamation!This proclamation was not made before or at the beginning of the Civil War. If it was for the liberation of blacks, why wasn't it made earlier? Lincoln: Only a few months late. God Lee: 18 months late! How many months is 18 months?What's more, the liberation proclamation on January 1, 1863 was a high-sounding moral "bill of lading".It contained no accusations of slavery, and emancipation was based solely on military necessity.In its wording, it clearly omits the slave states that are loyal to you.In fact, none of the slave laborers were freed, because by your exhaustive enumeration you excluded all the counties in Virginia and the counties in Louisiana which were occupied by the Union Army.It simply proclaims the emancipation of slave labor in all states with rebellious people, and certain parts of those states—that is, the proclamation is only for places beyond your reach.Aside from its publicity value, isn't it a joke that the fact that it doesn't add anything further than Congress has already enacted laws on this issue?As your Secretary of State William Seward said: "We have shown our sympathy with the institution of slave labor, freeing slaves where our power was beyond our reach, and enslaving them where we could free them. "why?Because in the territory you occupy in Louisiana, you have the right to free the slaves!In your territory, you have the right to be liberated but not liberated, but in other people’s territories where your power cannot reach, you are generous to others and clamor for the liberation of other people’s homes. This is your so-called liberation statement, isn’t it?You have the nerve to mention it! "Lincoln Worship" and "Lincoln Myth" are fermented in this way, the Civil War was fought for blacks, and the Emancipation Proclamation actually liberated blacks. Isn't this a joke? Lincoln: Even if there are "Lincoln Worship" and "Lincoln Mythology", they are things after my death, and I can't control them! God Lee: What happens after death? "Lincoln Cult", "Lincoln Mythology" started when you were 21 years old.The myth says that you go to New Orleans at the age of 21, and you see a slave market where a beautiful mulatto girl is being auctioned off, and you are so sad that you swear against slavery.This myth, obviously shows that you are an abolitionist.Still, the myth was proclaimed 35 years later by your friend John Hanks, what do you say? Lincoln: I have not said so myself. God Lee: Is this story fake? Lincoln: Oh, I... I... God Lee: I don't want you... you... anymore.Now that your journey was found out, you never crossed St. Louis at all. How did you get to New Orleans? How did you go to the slave market to see beautiful mulatto girls being auctioned?What's more, in the 20 years of records after this myth, I have never seen your concern for slavery.You refused to condemn the fugitive laws that held slaves, and you refused even to free blacks accused of fugitives.You wrote to James Speed, "I admit I hate to see the poor fellow persecuted, but I keep my mouth shut." This is your record after 20 years of taking an oath against slavery.How queer, how lucky, how inconceivable, that you end up with the title of hero, so cowardly in your stance towards slaves! Lincoln: (Nodding helplessly) Well, let's just leave it to history.As my Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton said after I was stabbed to death: Now he belongs to the ages. God Li: It is right to attribute to Qing History, but it is a pity that Qing History has been turned into a fake, and the proportion of fakes is too much, too much, and it is all faked on you. But I was killed by JW Booth, and that history is at least true. God Lee: It's true.The problem is that Booth comes from a family of actors, he played Shakespeare's plays, maybe he didn't want to kill you all, but he was "crazy" and wanted to kill Caesar, but Caesar was out of stock, so he had to kill you as Caesar , he finally shouted in Latin: Sic semper tyrannis! (Thus ever to tyrants!) This is what happens to tyrants!How dramatic.Anyway, it's not about money.Unlike your so-called "Ever Victorious Army" (Ever Victorious Army) General FT Ward who came to the East to participate in the Chinese Civil War. In 1862, before he was injured and died at the age of 31, his will asked for 140,000 taels of money. In the 20th century Originally equivalent to £47,000.What a hateful American, participating in civil wars in other countries and asking for money.do you know? Lincoln: I am really ashamed that we sent people to participate in the Chinese Civil War at the same time as our American Civil War. God Lee: Is it the general you sent?Are you going to deceive the majority forever? Lincoln: Being a defendant in this trial reminds me of my wounded finger. God Lee: Well, stop talking.Retire from the court (beat the mallet and stand up). (The curtain falls.)