And this is in the wake of the Dred Scott decision.

这一言论紧随在德雷德史考特裁决案之后发表
"Ask Maryland,” she says, "With her tens of thousands of slaves

"问问马里兰州" 她说 "那有上万奴隶
if she is not prepared for freedom, and hear her answer.

听听他们的答案是否准备好迎接自由
I helped supply the coffles, gangs to the South.

我还曾给南方提供过棺木棺材
Ask Virginia with her hundreds of thousands of slaves

问弗吉尼亚那有上万奴隶
if she is not weary with her merchandise of blood and anxious

它是否已厌倦了充满血汗和恐惧的商品交易
to shake the gory traffic from her hands and hear her reply,

听听它的回音它是否欲摧毁万恶的交通
'Though fertility has covered my soul,'"

'虽然我有富饶肥沃的土地'"
this is Virginia speaking-

以下是在弗吉尼亚的讲话
though I hold in my hand a wealth

虽我有足够的水力
of water power enough to turn the spindles to clothe the world,

转动轴轮淹没世界
yet one of my chief staples has been

但是我有一颗重要的螺丝钉