Chapter 436

Victor and James bid farewell to Zachary Taylor here, and rode away at a gallop. After that, there were only two people left, and their traveling speed was much faster than before. After all, Zachary Taylor was in his sixties. Although he was very strong, he couldn't stand the bumps of a long ride. So most of the three people were on a slow ride.

Now, without the drag of old Taylor, the two raced all the way to Kentucky. They soon left Kentucky and headed for New York. Before long, they returned to chenmo's luxury farm in Brooklyn, New York City.

On Kentucky's side, Zachary Taylor, who returned to his cotton plantation for retirement, failed to do so. His life as a planter lasted only a few months and was interrupted by a Whig party representative who suddenly visited him.

This year is another election year. The presidential election of the United States of America is about to start, and the vote war between the Whigs and the Democrats will start again.

This time, the Whigs, who had always opposed the Mexican War, took a fancy to Zachary Taylor, the war hero.

The Whigs succeeded in the election of Harrison in 1840.

They obviously enjoyed the sweetness. This election was just at the end of the US Mexico war, and the influence of the war was far from over. So they focused on Zachary Taylor, who was the most famous and influential among the people.

Zachary Taylor, a southerner with slaves and cotton plantations, was able to win votes in the South; his outstanding performance and great achievements in the war against Mexico were able to win votes in the north and even in the whole country.

Moreover, Zachary Taylor was only fully known in the US Mexico war. After the war ended, he resigned from his military post and returned to his hometown without any sensitive comments in public. People have limited understanding of him and are not familiar with his views on the major domestic issues at that time, which is quite beneficial to his election.

So on June 7, 1848, the Whigs nominated Tyler as their presidential candidate at the third National Congress in Philadelphia.

Zachary Taylor resigned because he was tired of the war, and was placed by President Polk at the end of the war. Most of his troops were transferred, which led to the final vicious war. The rest of his soldiers were killed and wounded, which made him frustrated with the high-level, and even more ridiculous about the rank of major general on his shoulder.

I am a general, but I can't even protect my soldiers. I tried my best to lead them to fight with the enemy in the battlefield at the risk of my life. However, because of the dissatisfaction of the president caused by my action strategy, I was severely wounded once. I almost couldn't come back. Slavishly dependent on his peers, Zachary Taylor was so upset by his superiors that he was very unhappy. So he didn't want to stay in the army any longer, and he was just as old as he could. Instead, he went back to his hometown to provide for the aged. In his plantation, everything has the final say. No one can command himself. If anyone dare to pit him, he will directly shoot a shotgun and shoot him to collapse.

He did have a quiet and comfortable retirement in his plantation.

His cotton plantation is located in Kentucky, which is a slave state in the South and allows the existence of slavery. So Zachary Taylor is actually a slave owner. In addition to some servants and housekeepers who have served him for many years, there are more than 100 slaves in his plantation.

The whole plantation was his speech, and all affairs, including the life and death of slaves, were under his control.

This land is his private territory. Even the governor, without his permission, has no right to set foot in his territory, and is not qualified to tell him what to do.

He had intended to spend the rest of his life in such a free way, but the arrival of Whig party representatives changed his mind.

He left his beloved army because he was betrayed by the president, and what if he became president himself?

As the supreme leader of the country, who else can command him?

Moreover, although he chose to avoid the world passively, in fact, Zachary Taylor still has a heart of fighting for his country, and it is his love for the motherland that made him choose to join the army without hesitation in that year, and in his military career of more than 40 years, he was brave, fearless of life and death. All he did was the strength of the motherland.

But his patriotism was watered down by President Polk's cold water in the US Mexico war.

The country he loves, the supreme leader, and the president of the United States who represents the interests of his country are hurting him!

Devastated and frustrated, Zachary Taylor chose to leave his job and go home.

Now, the opportunity for Whig to become president is in front of him. If he can become president and lead the United States, he can better serve his country!

Thinking of this, the heart of patriotism, which had been silent for many days, could not help but burn again in Zachary Taylor's chest.

No more hesitation, Zachary Taylor soon made up his mind to fight this time!

The next day, he packed up and set out for Washington to start his presidential campaign....

Zachary Taylor started not by speaking and pulling votes, but by raising campaign funds. Due to the late preparation, except for the lack of campaign funds provided by the Whig party, Zachary Taylor's campaign funds are far less than his competitor Lewis CASS.

While Zachary Taylor began to raise campaign funds with the help of the Campaign Committee prepared by the Whig party, a large amount of donations from New York made his campaign funds abundant in an instant, far more than Lewis CASS, enough for him to successfully complete the whole campaign and push the propaganda to the limit.

As a wordless military man, Zachary Taylor's toughest campaign fundraising was so easy.

The owner of the huge political donation did not come in person, but sent one of his representatives, Tom.

At his campaign office in Washington, Zachary Taylor met with a representative of the magnate.

Looking at the young man in front of him wearing a stiff suit, with a serious and rigorous look and a sense of elite in the market, Zachary Taylor couldn't help asking about his doubts.

"Who is your boss? He donated such a large amount of money. I don't know what his appeal is. "

When asked, Zachary Taylor's face was solemn.