来自《林肯 第0集》

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  The laws of which states remain in force.
  依法为战时状态
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  That means, that since it's states' laws that determine
  即是说既然是由宪法决定
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  whether Negroes can be sold as slaves, as property,
  黑人能否作为奴隶或财产买卖
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  the Federal government doesn't have a say in that,
  联邦政府不能予以干涉
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  at least not yet,
  起码至今还不能
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  then Negroes in those states are slaves, hence property, hence
  那些州的奴隶因此便是财产
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  my war powers allow me to
  因此我的开战权让我得以
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  confiscate 'em as such, so I confiscated 'em.
  如此执行没收 我就这么做了
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  But if I'm a respecter of states' laws,
  但如若我是一名尊崇宪法的人
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  how then can I legally free 'em with my Proclamation as I done,
  除了作废宪法之外
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  unless I'm cancelling states' laws?
  我又如何能合法地以宣言解放他们
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  I felt the war demanded it.
  我认为内战需要我这么做