Chapter 35 The United States in 1860 第35章 1860年的美国 361. Growth of the Country. 361．国家的发展 The United States was now three times as large as it was at Jeffersons election. 此时美国的领土是杰斐逊当选总统时的三倍，...
But the fraudulent slave-state legislature had already provided for holding a constitutional convention at Lecompton. 但是，诡诈的主张奴隶制的立法机关已经规定在利康顿召开一次制宪会议， This convention was controlled b...
358. The Lincoln and Douglas Debates, 1858. 358．林肯与道格拉斯的辩论（1858年） The question of the reelection of Douglas to the Senate now came before the people of Illinois. 现在伊利诺斯州的人民要考虑道格拉斯在参议院...
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，...
An election was held. Hundreds of men poured over the boundary of Missouri, outvoted the free-soil settlers in Kansas, and then went home. 人们举行了一次地方选举，数以百计的人冲过密苏里边界，他们以多数票击败在堪萨斯...
352. Abraham Lincoln. 352．亚伯拉罕林肯 Born in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln went with his parents to Indiana and then to Illinois. 亚伯拉罕林肯出生在肯塔基，他和父母一起来到印第安纳，后来又去了伊利诺斯。 As a...
But Douglas said that the Compromise of 1820 had been repealed by the Compromise of 1850. 但是，道格拉斯说1820年的《折中法案》已经被1850年的《折中法案》所废止， So he proposed that the settlers of Nebraska should say wh...
Chapter 34 第34章 The struggle for kansas 关于堪萨斯的纷争 349. Pierce elected President, 1852. 349．皮尔斯当选总统（1852年） It was now Campaign time for a new election. 又到了新一轮大选的时候， The Whigs had been su...
The law of 1850 gave the enforcement of the act to United States officials. 1850年的法律将强制执行这个法案的权力交给美国政府官员， The agents of slave owners claimed many persons as fugitives. 奴隶主代表们宣称许多人都...
For example, the Southerners were to permit the admission of California as a free state, and to consent to the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia. 例如，南方人要允许加利福尼亚作为一个自由州加入联邦，并同...
