on the coastlines, occasionally in cities.

在海岸线上也有时在城市中
The conclusions of this report, the Joint Committee's Report,

联席委员会报告的结论
which was by the way chaired by William Pitt Fessenden of Maine,

顺便指出其主席是缅因州的威廉·皮特
a moderate Republican senator, but a key figure.

这位温和派共和党参议员扮演了关键角色
He had a lot of prestige. He'd been in the U.S. Senate forever.

他很有威信长期在美国参议院任职
He was an old-time Republican but a moderate,

他是个温和的老共和党员
who had come to see the verdict of the Civil War,

他曾见证了内战的裁决
the destruction of slavery and the challenge to make it good.

他也目睹了奴隶制的消亡和过程中的挣扎
Their conclusions were essentially this,

他们的结论简而言之就是
and they actually used this word, that it would be, quote, "Madness"

他们实际上用到了这样一个词汇疯狂
to let ex-Confederates run the new Southern state governments;

让前邦联官员来管理南方州政府是疯狂的
madness was the word used by the Committee's report.

委员会的报告用到了"疯狂"这个词汇