来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第15集第15集》

this was Lincoln trying to condition public opinion.

他试图逐步改变公众的看法
Delaware at that point only had 1,800 slaves.

特拉华州当时只有1800名奴隶
There were far more slaves in the District of Columbia

哥伦比亚区的奴隶就比
than there were in all of Delaware.

整个特拉华州的还要多得多
But the Delaware delegation that came to the White House

但特拉华州的代表团在白宫
to meet with Lincoln told him unequivocally no,

与林肯会面时果断地拒绝了他
they weren't going to touch slavery

他们不会去碰奴隶制
for fear of what it might ignite.

害怕这会成为燎原之火
Lincoln waited and waited.

林肯一等再等
He was attacked by Horace Greeley

他被霍勒斯·格里利
in the New York Herald Tribune, as you know.

在纽约先驱论坛报上抨击
Read the famous Greeley letter in the Johnson Collection.

去读读约翰逊选集里格里利写的信