来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第7集第7集》

Poets started writing about, as Wittier did,

诗人们开始吟唱就如惠梯尔所著的
"The Devil and Daniel Webster."

《魔鬼与丹尼尔·韦伯斯特》
Calhoun was unable to deliver his speech--

卡尔霍恩无法发表他的演讲
it was the 4th of March--he was too sick;

因为在三月四号他病得太严重
he will be dead by the fall.

他在当年秋天就去世了
It was delivered by James Mason, his colleague.

演说最终由他的同事詹姆斯·梅森来发表
Calhoun was carried into the U.S. Senate in a chair;

卡尔霍恩坐在一张椅子上被抬到了参议院
he couldn't walk,

他已经不能走路了
they literally carried him in, sat him down.

他们将他抬进去让他坐好
He stared at his shoes, while Mason delivered his speech

梅森演讲时他目不转睛地盯着鞋子看
in which Calhoun said that the South had to stand now as one,

卡尔霍恩表示南方必须拧成一股绳
for a slave society and for states' rights

无论在奴隶制度在政府权利