Many Northerners, who loved the Union, thought that slavery should be confined to the states where it existed. 许多热爱联邦的北方人认为奴隶制应该被限制到已经有奴隶制的州， They thought that slavery should not be permitte...
At first people paid little attention to them. 开始时人们不太关注这些传言， But when President Polk said that gold had been found, people began to think that it must be true. 但当珀尔卡总统说找到黄金时，人们开始相信果...
He was in favor of squatter sovereignty, that is, allowing the people of each territory to have slavery or not as they chose. 他赞同主权自由，即允许各地对是否拥有奴隶制做出自己的选择。 The Whig candidate was General Taylo...
Chapter 33 第33章 The compromise of 1850 1850年的折中法案 340. The Wilmot Proviso, 1846. 340．韦幕特但书（1846年） What should be done with Oregon and with the immense territory received from Mexico? 怎样处理俄勒冈及从墨西哥...
339. The Oregon Treaty, 1846. 339．俄勒冈条约（1846年） The matter was now taken up in earnest. 此时到了认真解决这个问题的时候， All Oregon or none, Fifty-four forty or fight, became popular cries. 全占或放弃，只有一个...
When the time came to run the boundary line, the American and Mexican commissioners could not agree. 但在谈及国界时，双方的外交官没有达成一致， So the United States paid ten million dollars more and received an additional strip o...
336. Seizure of California. 336．夺取加利福尼亚 California was the name given to the Mexican possessions on the Pacific coast north of Mexico itself. 加利福尼亚是对墨西哥以北太平洋沿岸墨西哥属地的称谓， There were no...
So far all had gone well. 至此一切进展顺利。 But in the winter many of Taylor's soldiers were withdrawn to take part in Scott's campaign. 但到了冬季泰勒的许多士兵被抽调去参加斯科特发起的战役， This seemed to be the...
333. Beginning of the Mexican War, 1846. 333．墨西哥战争开始（1846年） The Mexicans had never acknowledged the independence of Texas. 墨西哥人从来都没有承认得克萨斯的独立， They now protested against its admission to the...
Tyler acted very differently. 泰勒则做出截然不同的反应， Under his direction a treaty was made with Texas. 在他的指示下联邦与得克萨斯签订了一个条约， This treaty provided for the admission of Texas to the Union. 这个...
