He was known to be a conservative,

是一个知名的保守派
not terribly engaged in Reconstruction issues.

没有很忙于发行重建债券
Oh, he supported black rights in some sort of general way.

他在一些常规活动上支持黑人权利
He will promise something for almost everyone,

他对几乎全体人民许诺
depending on where he went,

这要看他去哪里了
in the vaguest possible terms, and he will inspire,

用最隐晦的语言他将再一次鼓舞民心
once again, that cynical SOB, Henry Adams,

愤世嫉俗的蠢货亨利·亚当斯
for one of the best descriptions I've ever read of Rutherford Hayes.

对拉瑟福德·海斯的最好的描述之一
A little unfair, as Adams always was as a satirist.

这话有些不公允因为是站在讽刺作家的立场
Henry Adams said Rutherford Hayes was a,

亨利·亚当斯说拉瑟福德·海斯是一个
quote, "Third-rate, non-entity whose only recommendation is

原话是 "三流低劣的无足轻重的人
that he is obnoxious to no one."

唯一的推荐信都是阿谀逢迎所得"