which was now a national party,

已成为全国性的政党
no longer have to feel like aliens in their native land.

所以他们在祖国不再有被排斥感
And this is what newspapers all over the place kept writing,

这点在百年国庆期间
over and over, in celebration.

屡屡见诸各地报端
Listen to this one.

听这个
This was a Tennessee paper, a Nashville paper, which said,

这是一份田纳西州纳什维尔的报纸写道
"The recent election was not an election,"

"最近的选举并不算选举"
said the Tennessee paper.

田纳西州这报纸写道
"It was a country coming to a halt and changing front.

"这是个停滞不前立场转变的国家
The whole scheme of Reconstruction stands before the country today

重建时期的整个策略在现在的美国面前
a naked, confessed, stupendous failure;

就是个明显的公认的巨大的错误
at once the most remarkable

也即将成为史上最明显