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If the slave owners' ambitions were to be realized and slavery were to be extended to the entire United States, not only would the booming industrial and economic development of the northern United States be destroyed by slavery, but every civilian in the United States might also be unable to repay their debts or even be directly kidnapped and enslaved!

Under slavery in the United States, there were not only black slaves, but also a considerable number of white slaves on the plantations of Southern slave owners!

Some of them were forced into slavery by their creditors because they were unable to repay their debts, while others were impoverished immigrants who wanted to go to North America but lacked the funds for the journey.

Those immigrants who lacked the ability to defend themselves, such as frail beggars and children, were often forced or tricked into becoming slaves.

Criminals who committed serious crimes in Britain, and even some poor people who were exiled to the Americas for minor offenses, were a major source of white slaves in United States.

While this Republican Party propaganda was somewhat alarmist and not very effective in winning votes for the presidency, it did make many ordinary United States who were pursuing a better life wary. If slavery had been limited to the southern states, they wouldn't have been worried, as they wouldn't have wanted to disrupt their peaceful lives for a few slaves.

But if these wicked slave owners really intended to expand slavery northward, they would resolutely resist and would never allow such a thing to happen!

Not only would the existence of slavery greatly reduce their job opportunities and compete for their living space, but they and their children could also become slaves at any time for various reasons.

It's important to understand that in the slave states of the South, slaves made up a third of the total population. Who could guarantee that if slavery were to spread, they would remain free forever?

This Republican Party election was less about running for president and more about promoting the threat of slavery and raising public awareness of its dangers. This action may seem meaningless, but it will be gradually forgotten over time.

In reality, this is just a fuel that the Republican Party have planted in the hearts of the people. It seems to have little effect now, but as long as someone adds fuel to the fire, the flames against slavery will surely burn brightly!

And the fire was quickly lit!

The 1856 presidential election ended in a Democratic Party victory, with James Buchanan of the Democratic Party being elected as the seventeenth president, and he officially took office in March 1857.

James Buchanan's compromise on the issue of slavery led to a resurgence of power among Southern slave owners, who became even more arrogant. Their sights were no longer limited to the undeveloped West, but they attempted to further expand slavery throughout the United States!

In 1857, Southern slave owners attempted to use the Scott Decision to extend slavery to the entire United States.

Dred Scott was originally a slave to J. Emerson, a military doctor in Missouri.

In 1834, he moved with his master to the free state of Illinois, and later to Wisconsin, where slavery was prohibited under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, thus gaining his freedom.

But after returning to Missouri, a slave state, in 1838, he was enslaved again.

In 1846, Dred Scott filed a complaint in Missouri, arguing for the restoration of his freedom based on his two previous status as a resident of free land. He won the initial trial, but the case was later dismissed by the Missouri court.

Dred Scott appealed to the Supreme Court.

Under the control of Southern slave-owning powers, on March 6, 1857, the Federal Supreme Court ruled:

"Dred Scott was a black slave."

Slaves are the property of slave owners and are not United States. citizens, so they have no right to appeal to federal courts. This property right cannot be revoked unless proper legal procedures are followed, and Dred Scott had not previously gone through such procedures.

Because citizens' property is protected by the Constitution, neither Congress nor local Council have the power to declare slavery abolished in any part of the United States.

As early as 1820, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which stipulated that the 36°30' north latitude line would be used to divide slave states and free states. Slavery was permitted in the territory south of this line, while it was prohibited in the territory north of the line.

This ruling effectively declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, making slavery legal in all United States. territories.

Southern slaveholders intended to use this verdict to gradually erode the northern territories and, relying on their majority in Congress, expand slavery across the entire United States. However, they did not anticipate that the verdict would provoke fierce protests from the people of the northern states.

The northern residents, who had previously thought that slavery had nothing to do with them, suddenly remembered the ambitions of slave owners and the threat of slavery that the Republican Party had touted during last year's presidential campaign. They hadn't paid much attention to it then, but now the facts were right in front of them.

The Scott Decision truly demonstrated the ambitions of slave owners towards the North and even the entire country. If the situation had been allowed to continue, the whole of the United States would have become a slave-owning society!

The impact of the Scott Decision spread rapidly beyond imagination, intensifying the struggle between the South and the North over slavery and leading to the abolitionist John Brown's uprising, which armed the liberation of slaves in the South.

This armed uprising was not large in scale, but its impact was extremely widespread, shocking the entire nation and continuing until 1859. Many people joined the struggle, and the call for the emancipation of slaves spread to every corner of the United States, pushing the national abolitionist movement to a new climax.

And a new presidential election is approaching.

Since the Scott Decision, the domestic situation has become increasingly tense, and the public's calls for war have grown louder. Against this backdrop, the Republican Party has grown significantly and risen to prominence in Congress, overwhelming the Democratic Party. President James Buchanan had long lost control of Congress, and the Democratic Party, which represented the interests of the Southern slave owners, was completely suppressed.

The Republican Party's campaign platform has not changed much this time; in fact, it has become more radical, vowing to abolish slavery and liberate Black slaves in the South.

Unlike four years ago during the presidential election, when the threat of slavery touted by the Republican Party was considered alarmist, the facts are now clear: all people have genuinely felt the threat of slavery. There is no need for further propaganda. The Republican Party platform fully meets the demands of the United States people today: slavery must be abolished!

Therefore, Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln received enthusiastic support from the vast majority of the people.

The Democratic Party's declaration to maintain domestic stability was seen as a compromise with slave owners, which aroused great dissatisfaction among ordinary people.

The outcome of this election is obvious: with the majority of the nation resolutely resisting slavery, a Republican Party victory was inevitable!