Most people didn't even know this was happening.

大部分人甚至不知道这件事
I'll leave you here.

我就讲这些
Only three days after James Buchanan was inaugurated President,

詹姆斯·布坎南就任总统仅三天之后
having just only narrowly defeated this new Republican Coalition,

刚刚以微弱优势击败了新的共和党联盟
news broke in Washington of something called the Dred Scott decision,

华盛顿传来了德雷德·史考特裁决
and it would electrify the political culture of the country.

它将会震惊全国的政界
It will fuel this Republican Party

激怒共和党
anti-slavery coalition as much as--

激怒这个反对奴隶制的联盟
in some places--as much as the Kansas-Nebraska act ever had,

就如曾经的堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案一样
And it will inspire Abraham Lincoln to run for the Senate.

这将会促使亚伯拉罕·林肯竞选参议员
That's it for now.

今天就到这里