美国学生历史 第168期:关于堪萨斯的纷争(5)(在线收听

 356. Buchanan elected President, 1856. 356.布坎南当选为总统(1856年)

The Whigs and the Know-Nothings nominated Millard Fillmore for President and said nothing about slavery. 辉格党和美国本土党提名米勒德·菲尔莫尔为总统,并避而不谈奴隶制;
The Democrats nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania for President and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky for Vice-President. 民主党提名来自宾夕法尼亚州的詹姆斯o布坎南为总统,并提名肯塔基州的约翰·C·布莱克里奇为副总统,
They declared their approval of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and favored a strict construction of the Constitution. 他们宣称支持《堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案》,并支持对宪法做出一个严格的完善;
The Republicans nominated John C. Frémont. 共和党提名约翰·C·佛里蒙特为总统,
They protested against the extension of slavery and declared for a policy of internal improvements at the expense of the nation. 他们反对奴隶制的扩张,并提出一个以国家开支来提升国内发展的政策。
The Democrats won; but the Republicans carried all the Northern states save four. 民主党最终获胜,但北方除了四个州以外都支持共和党。
357. The Dred Scott Decision, 1857. 357.对德莱德·斯科特的判决(1847年)
The Supreme Court of the United States now gave a decision in the Dred Scott case that put an end to all hope of compromise on the slavery question. 这时候,美国最高法院在德莱德o斯科特案子中给出一个判决,这个判决破灭了折中奴隶制问题的所有希望。
Dred Scott had been born a slave. 德莱德o斯科特生来就是一个奴隶,
The majority of the judges declared that a person once a slave could never become a citizen of the United States and bring suit in the United States courts. 大多数法官称,一旦一个人成为奴隶他就永远不可能变成美国的公民,也永远不能在美国的法庭上起诉;
They also declared that the Missouri Compromise was unlawful. 他们还宣称《密苏里折中案》不合法,
Slave owners had a clear right to carry their property, including slaves, into the territories, and Congress could not stop them. 奴隶主毋庸置疑的权力将他们的财产(包括奴隶)带到各地,国会不可以阻止他们。
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