and not the Missouri Compromise.

而不是密苏里妥协案
So which rule is in play?

那么到底遵循的是哪条规矩
Which principle do you apply?

到底采取哪个原则
Do you apply the oldest principle of the Northwest Ordinance from 1787?

是采用1787年西北法令的古老原则吗
The Northwest Ordinance, folks,

西北法令
had said slavery shall never exist in the Northwest Territory;

规定西北地区决不能出现奴隶制
which became those five states of Michigan, Ohio,

也就是在密西根俄亥俄
Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin--

印第安纳伊利诺伊以及威斯康辛
will never exist.

这五大州决不能出现奴隶制
Explicit territorial exclusion--that's one principle.

明确的领土排斥这是一个原则
The second principle, geographical division,

第二个原则是按照地理划分
Missouri Compromise,

按照密苏里妥协案