来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第13集第13集》

the North had a functioning political party system.

北方有独立运作的政治党派体系
There were still functioning Democrats in the North,

北方的民主党依旧存在
very strong in certain pockets of the North.

在北方某些地区颇有势力
They will be a genuine opposition party

他们在战争期间
to Lincoln's Republicans during the war.

是林肯的共和党派的一大劲敌
They will make a comeback in the Congress in 1862;

他们在1862年的议会上重新东山再起
they got clobbered in 1860.

他们在1860年遭遇了滑铁卢
The South doesn't have a party system;

而南方没有任何政党
the South has a one-party system

南方曾有一党制
they appointed Jefferson Davis.

他们委任了杰弗森·戴维斯
The South will not hold a general election

南方不会在内战期间
for its presidency and vice-presidency during this war.

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