The film begins with the tragic Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in 1864. After the war, Lincoln's dialogue with two black soldiers shows that both sides are killing prisoners of war. Failure to eliminate slavery once and for all at the constitutional level is not only shameful for the blood of black soldiers, but also the justice of war is impossible, and the danger of civil war will come at any time.
Lincoln looked like a chameleon: at times he thought slavery "was a utter evil to blacks, whites, and the United States," and at other times "like everyone else was in favor of white superiority." When the Civil War broke out in 1861, President Lincoln reiterated to Congress that he had no intention of interfering with slavery and called on people to fight for national unity; a year later, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending the Declaration of Independence that "all men are born free and equal" The embarrassing history of coexisting with criminal slavery, an obscure civil war (slave-owning states have the right to secede under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution) turned into a war of liberation.
Politics is the art of combining toughness with softness. Lincoln, who was used to this way, went back on his word for the goal of national reunification and abolition of slavery. He never cared or had time to care about gossip. In the tense moment of waiting for the battle report, Lincoln recounted a joke from the Revolutionary War: "It is very appropriate to put a portrait of Washington on the toilet tank, and now the whole world knows that there is no more British shit than the look of Washington. "A sense of humour, a never-ending disposition, and a persuasive affinity are all oddly and appropriately tied to Lincoln.
Relieving those Democrats who lost their seats in the general election was the key to passing the 13th Amendment to the constitution. After Lincoln began his second term in office in 1865, there were just a lot of job openings. A maritime officer position was given to Democrat Rep. Moses Odell, who supported the amendment; Rep. George Yemen, a fierce opponent of the Emancipation Proclamation, was named ambassador to Denmark once he expressed support for the amendment.
The Republicans who opposed slavery could be roughly divided into radicals, moderates and conservatives. The pragmatic Lincoln didn't care which faction, and his faction was determined by stage and timing. Stevens, a wealthy man who was born in poverty and hated evil, was called the most radical abolitionist in Congress: "In order to preserve the temple of liberty, every slave must be freed, every rebel must be freed, and every rebel must be burned. . a house, "Lincoln told a compass on the piece, trying to get Stevens convergence edge:" compass can only tell us the direction, if the deep swamp on the way, know the direction of what use is it? "
drum sound without hammer. In a parliamentary debate on whether the true purpose of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution means racial equality, Stevens, who has always been outspoken, tactfully said: "Its true purpose is equality of all things before the law." Democratic lawmakers denounced Stevens, who pretended to be insane and angry, carefully avoided the trap: "How do you want me to believe that all men are created equal? This fetid, morally corrupt, man from Ohio standing in front of me is not inferior. Proof of man's existence? The man who created him must have lost his head and couldn't tell whether it was cold mud or bright red blood flowing in his veins! Even this man who should have been executed for betrayal long ago, even if he was so Worthless and worthless, they should all be treated equally by the law, and that's what the equality of all things before the law is all about."
Some people mocked Lincoln's only war experience was the "Battle of the Black Hawk," the only bloodshed in that war It was he who killed a mosquito. Facts have proved that Lincoln, who is long-sleeved and good at dancing, "is the most urbane, shrewd, sharpest, and most visionary statesman that American politics has nurtured": On January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, for 143 years After Obama entered the White House, the foundation was laid. Stevens commented: "The 13th Amendment is the greatest measure of the 19th century, but it was implemented by the purest people in America through corruption, abetting, and backdooring."
Another main line of the film, revolving around Lincoln's Family unfolds. The generation of arrogance who united the people to fight for freedom is helpless to the rift in the family. The premature death of the second and third sons made Mrs. Lincoln hysterical in preventing the eldest son Bob from participating in the war; shame. The Lincolns got into a big fight, and 21-year-old Bob finally donned his military uniform, even though he never actually went to war.
At the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was assassinated, and in America he became the Jesus of all the sins of the world. Spielberg's job is to add fireworks to the immortal saint, recreating the political details that turned the tide. (Media draft)
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