It was a 4th of July celebration,

一场独立日庆典
stopped by cold-blooded murder.

被无情的屠杀所中断
There was an observer, at this event, an African-American,

这起事件中的一位黑人目击者
who wrote an account of it, under the pseudonym Veni Vidi,

化名Veni Vidi写了一篇文章
which means I came, I saw,

此名意为我来到我见证[凯撒大帝名言]
and it was published in the New York Herald Tribune,

这篇文章被刊登在《纽约先驱论坛报》
as well as the Christian Recorder and some other places.

和《基督教记事报》及其它报刊上
He laid the blame for this not on that white mob.

他未将责任归于白人暴徒身上
I mean, they were tired of blaming

我是说他们已经懒得指责
white rednecks in the South for killing them.

南部白人农民对他们的杀戮
Veni Vidi blamed it on national reconciliation.

Veni Vidi将此归咎于国家和解
He said the killings on the 4th of July in Vicksburg were because,

他说七月四日发生在维克斯堡的杀戮是因为