but only after they made formal written applications

但前提是他们发出正式的申请
about their new loyalty.

以表达他们对新联邦的忠诚
And what literally occurred, by the end of 1865

而1865年末的真实情况是
and especially in the first months of 1866,

尤其是1866年的前几个月
is lines formed at the White House in Washington, often women.

华府白宫前排着长队而排队的多为女性
Southern women came to -- lines outdoors, on a daily basis at times

南方女性每天都来排队
with their written applications for clemency and pardon,

拿着写好的申请信以期宽恕和赦免
for participation in the Confederate war effort.

他们在内战中协助联邦的种种行为
After one year of this process, by May 1866,

一年之后 1866年五月
Johnson himself had personally signed 7000 such pardons.

约翰逊已亲自签署了七千份赦免令
He wanted to make them grovel, in other words.

换句话说他想要这些人臣服
Not a wise policy, but a policy nonetheless.

并非明智但终究是一条政策