Chapter 32 第32章 The Mexican War 墨西哥战争 329. The Republic of Texas. 329．得克萨斯共和国 The Mexicans won their independence from Spain in 1821 and founded the Mexican Republic. 墨西哥人1821年脱离西班牙而独立，他们建...
327. The Right of Petition. 327．请愿权 One of the most sacred rights of freemen is the right to petition for redress of grievances. 自由人最神圣的权利之一是在受到冤屈后申请获得赔偿的权力， In the old colonial days the...
But nothing came of these suggestions. 但是，这些提议没有引起反响。 Soon, however, William Lloyd Garrison began at Boston the publication of a paper called the Liberator. 然而，不久之后威廉劳埃德加里森在波士顿创办了一...
Chapter 31 第31章 Beginning of the antislavery agitation 反奴隶制运动的开始 323. Growth of Slavery in the South. 323．奴隶制在南方的发展 South of Pennsylvania and of the Ohio River slavery had increased greatly since 1787. 自178...
The success of wheat growing depended upon the ability quickly to harvest the crop. 小麦种植的成功依赖于人们迅速收割小麦的能力。 Wheat must be allowed to stand until it is fully ripened. 小麦在成熟之前不能倒伏， Then...
Moreover, the key at the farther end of the line could be so arranged as to make an impression on a piece of paper that was slowly drawn under it by clockwork. 而且，在这根导线更远一端的键可用于在一张纸上留下压痕，这个压痕...
320. Treaty with Great Britain, 1842. 320．与大不列颠签订条约（1842年） Perhaps the most important event of Tyler's administration was the signing of the Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain. 也许泰勒政府最重要的一件事是1842年与...
Thousands of office-seekers thronged to Washington. 数以千计的求职者涌向华盛顿， They even slept in out-of-the-way corners of the White House. 他们甚至睡在白宫偏僻的角落里， Day after day, from morning till night, they pr...
317. Election of 1840. 317．1840年选举 General William Henry Harrison was the son of Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. 威廉亨利哈里森将军是弗吉尼亚人本杰明哈里森的儿子，后...
315. The Independent Treasury System. 315．独立国库制度 What should be done with the government's money? 怎样处置政府的钱？ No one could think of depositing it with the state banks. 没有人再想把它存入州立银行， Clay and...
