来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第11集第11集》

slavery in the Territories,

准州施行奴隶制
they opposed slavery in the slave states,

同时也反对蓄奴州的奴隶制
and they would not stop until they had obliterated it.

而且不完全废除他们就不会停手
"And the time is at hand when the great battle is to be fought

"史无前例的大战即将打响
between the defenders of the constitutional government

立宪政府的支持者将对阵
and the votaries of mob rule, fanaticism and anarchy."

暴民统治狂热者和无政府份子"
Yes. Davis seemed to think a little bit was at stake,

戴维斯觉得在一八六一年的南方
for the South, in 1861.

似乎已经到了存亡攸关的时刻
However, after the war,

然而内战结束后
Jefferson Davis wrote what is probably the longest,

杰斐逊·戴维斯撰写了可能是有史以来
most turgid, belabored, 1200 page defense

最冗长夸张罗嗦的一千二百页的文章
of a failed political revolution in the history of language.

为这次失败的政治革命辩护