来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第21集 第21集》
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in the Constitution, make no mistake.不再做错了 -
But he also had reason to want this Constitutional Amendment但他还有其他原因需要这个宪法修正案 -
because he feared, and rightly so,因为他怕 正是这样 -
that if the war ended,在战争结束后 -
with only the Emancipation Proclamation假如只有《解放奴隶宣言》 -
as the legal sanction for all those freed slaves,这一个解放奴隶的法律认可 -
that there would be nothing to stop Southerners那么会有成千上万的南方奴隶主 -
from thousands upon thousands of law suits in federal courts,根据宪法第五修正案的内容 -
suing under Fifth Amendment for their property.向联邦政府起诉以维护他们的财产 -
And it would've--it did happen, to some extent anyway,从某种程度上讲 这有可能 确实发生了 -
but if you can get it in the Constitution但如果在宪法的修正案中 -
as a constitutional amendment,作出更改