and just let the vote determine whether slavery shall exist.

让投票结果来决定奴隶制是否应该存在
This governor Walker lost control of the territory.

沃克州长对堪萨斯州的局势失去了控制
Violence continued--terrible violence.

严重的暴力继续肆虐
And Walker came back to washington, urged his own president,

沃克回到华盛顿强烈要求
who had appointed him, to not support this Lecompton constitution.

任命他的总统不要支持莱康普顿宪法
He said it's just--it's not right, it's just too fraudulent.

他说这不公正欺瞒性太大了
It was boycotted by half of the people, probably more than half the people

多于一半的人抵制制宪会议
and Buchanan made a fateful decision.

布坎南做了一个重要决定
He said, "nope.

他说 "不行
They've had their popular sovereignty,

他们行使了人民主权
they've had their constitutional writing convention.

召开了制宪会议
If the free soilers chose not to participate that's the way it goes."

如果反对人士不参加会议那是他们的事"