was the most famous Northern Whig politician.

的北方辉格政党人士
He was from abolitionist Massachusetts.

他起先是马萨诸塞州的反奴主义者
He was anti-slavery,

他反对奴隶制
though never a card-carrying abolitionist to say the least.

虽然还算不上一个标准的废奴主义者
He was a great lawyer,

他是一名大律师
many said the greatest orator in the United States

还有很多人说他是美国最伟大的演说家
those were usually the ones that hadn't heard Frederick Douglass yet.

这些人一般都还没听过道格拉斯的演讲
He'd been in Congress since 1823,almost as long as Clay.

他在1823年就进入了议会几乎和克莱一样早
He'd been in the Senate since 1844.

1844年他进入参议院
He was seen in some ways as the lion and the spokesman of New England.

他就像一头雄狮新英格兰的发言人
He had been the great voice

他很大影响了1830年
in the Nullification Crisis debates of 1830.

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