The speech is his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

同样也是对堪萨斯—内布拉斯加法案的反抗
His speech is a warning.

他的演说是一次警告
It's the warning of a moderate Republican,

对共和党温和派的警告
but nevertheless a moderate, anti-slavery,

但他仍是一位温和派的反奴主义者
free soil Republican

作为一名废奴共和党人
who throws down the gauntlet, in the wake of Dred Scott.

在得知判决案后敢于挑战权威
This is a sentence on the fifth page of the House Divided Speech,

在他的《分裂之家》第五页中提到
page 68 in your reader if you look it up.

请看68页
"We shall lie down soon," said Abraham Lincoln,

林肯说"我们都会倒下"
"Pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri

"梦见密苏里州的人民
are on the verge of making their State free,

即将获得解放
and we shall awake the next morning to the reality instead

但我们更应保持清醒