来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第8集 第8集》

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  Lots of people now wondered what happened to the compromise of 1850.
  大家都在困惑1850年的协议怎么了
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  Well that was essentially a dead letter.
  那是一封死亡的邀约
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  And what was born in that republican party,
  所有共和党所带来的
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  what was born in those meetings that formed the republican party
  所有组成共和党的会议带来的
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  in the summer of 1854 was a theory,
  来自源1854年夏天的理论
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  an idea they called "the Slave power conspiracy."
  被称为是 "奴隶制的帮凶"
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  It actually wasn't born there, that's an old idea,
  实际上它源来已久
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  the idea of a slave power.
  这种蓄奴势力的观点
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  But the idea of a slave power, this notion of some kind of
  蓄奴势力 某种程度上的
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  Conspiracy, a cadre, an oligarchy,
  阴谋集团 核心势力 政治寡头
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  a small number of great planters in the deep south
  少数的南方腹地的大农场主
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  that nevertheless had tremendously Disproportionate power
  拥有和他们数量不成比例的强大势力