without passing those orders through the General of the Army;

不能直接向军队下达命令
which was the nineteenth century version of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

就像十九世纪版的参谋长联席会议
They were literally trying to strip constitutional powers away from--

他们实际上是在尝试剥夺宪法赋予
not the presidency--but from Andrew Johnson.

约翰逊的的权力而非针对总统这个职务
He violated the Tenure of Office Act, he violated the Command of the Army Act,

他们说他违反了终身任职法军事指挥法
he willfully did it, and that's the grounds on which

他是故意这样做的这就是他们要
they actually impeached him and put him on trial.

弹劾他将他送上审讯台的理由
Now, in the end he was acquitted,

而最终约翰逊被无罪释放了
not just because of skullduggery, corruption, and payments;

并不仅仅因为他用了欺诈贪污贿赂的手段
not entirely because of that at all.

并不全是因为这些
He was acquitted,

他被无罪释放了
in part, because it was the spring of 1868.

一部分是因为1868年春天