"All thoughts were anxiously directed to

所有的观点都直接地表达了
an impending civil war.

对即将到来的内战的焦虑
All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.

所有人都恐惧它设法避免它
While the Inaugural Address was being delivered

虽然在这个地方发表的就职演说
from this place devoted altogether to saving the Union without war,

一致倾向于不通过战争来维系联邦
insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it,

而城里的叛乱者却在设法摧毁
without war,

不通过战争
seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation.

通过谈判瓦解联盟和下放权力
"Both parties deprecated war,

"双方都反对战争
but one of them would make war,

可是有一方宁愿发动战争
rather than let the nation survive,

而不愿让国家生存下去
and the other would accept war,

另一个则宁可接受战争