and so-called Lincoln governments were created there,

在那儿建立了所谓的林肯政府
in 1864 and early 1865.

在1864年和1865年早期
They were pitifully weak governments.

那是几个软弱的可怜的政府
They would've collapsed entirely

离开了联邦军队的庇护
without federal troops to protect them,

他们很快就会崩溃
and Lincoln did this utterly without consulting with Congress.

林肯完全没有咨询国会就采取了行动
And we like to make a great deal of Abraham Lincoln

我们都乐意把亚伯拉罕·林肯认为是
as the greatest president,and he was; a political genius,

我们最伟大的总统一个政治天才
and he was; magical with the music of words,

他的如音乐般的演讲
and he was; et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

还有许多优秀的品质
And I was just out at the Lincoln Library

我刚刚去过了林肯图书馆
where you can be sure Lincoln is God.

那是个让你确信林肯是个神的地方