Lincoln was on record

从当时的记录上看
all over the place as saying such things

林肯从头到尾到处都在讲这类事[废奴]
as he had in 1859.

和他在1859年说的一样
I quote him."Republicans believe that

下面是他的原话 "共和党认为
slavery is wrong

奴隶制是错误的
and they insist and will continue to insist upon a national policy

他们坚持并将继续推行一项国策
which recognizes it and deals with it as a wrong.

来认定它的错误性质并将其消灭
There can be no letting down on this."

在这个问题上[共和党]是义无反顾的"
It's reasonably clear language.

语言清晰掷地有声
This is Matthew Brady's famous photographs that he took

这张著名的照片由马修·布拉迪拍摄
on the day of Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech in New York,

当时林肯正在纽约库柏学会上演讲
the speech that introduced lincoln to the East

这场演讲让东海岸的民众知道了林肯