arkhometha / Historical-Project-Mod

A mod for Victoria 2 - Heart of Darkness 3.04
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Ostendo Manifesto not really being realistic #210

Closed dojiks closed 4 years ago

dojiks commented 4 years ago

In HPM. Ostendo Manifesto never is obtained by most players due to the requirements. In history, the Ostendo Manifesto document was for pro-slavery Democrats to annex Cuba as a slave state and it was opposed everywhere that wasn’t the South.

The way to activate the decision in HPM is to have the reactionary party (the Know-Nothings) in power.

America is a two-party system. The people in favor of this document were members of the Democratic Party not of any third-parties.

My suggestion: Since this measure would have been based in Congress. Why not change the requirements to having the Democratic Party be in charge and that the reactionary party is 25% of the Upper House? This would mean that Democratic Party Senators with reactionary beliefs would be an influential part of Congress and not a minority and allow something as blatantly as pro-slavery as the annexation of Cuba (a colonial holding with slaves and a deeply entrenched slave culture so there was no question it was being admitted into the US as a slave state) to pass through the Upper House and go into effect.