He singled out especially senator Andrew Butler of south carolina,

他特别指出来自南卡的安德鲁·巴特勒议员
And he used Butler's alleged fathering of children

他提到巴特勒所谓的抚养孩子
by a slave woman as representative of what Sumner said

这是由一位黑人妇女作为代表说的
was a common practice across the south.

说这在南方很普遍
You could not imagine

这简直无法想象
laying a bigger taboo on your fellow southern senators than this one.

没有比这样诋毁一个南方议员更可怕的
He described Butler as,

他把巴特勒描述成
"A don quixote who had taken the harlot slavery as his mistress."

"把奴隶妓女当作情妇的堂吉诃德"
And then he went on and on with that.

他还不断重复
He was jeered.

他当场被人嘲讽
Southerners started shouting at him

南方人开始对他咆哮
and Sumner just enjoyed it and went on;

萨姆纳却乐在其中乐此不疲