It never came up with anything new.

这次协定并没有带来什么新的东西
They were going to try again a geographic boundary out

他们再一次试图划分一个地理界限
in the West with slavery;

在西部继续维持奴隶制
although don't forget the

虽然没有忘记
Dred Scott decision had declared that illegal.

德莱德·斯科特裁定已经宣告了那是非法的
They were going to try to rev up something again about fugitive slaves

他们将试图加速解决逃难奴隶的进程
to satisfy the South.

以满足南方的要求
They just couldn't come up with any new ideas.

他们只是无法拿出任何新的想法
And Lincoln could've tried to continue

林肯可能已经试过
the whole compromise negotiation conventions, he could have.

继续进行妥协协定大会他可能试过
Or he could've held firm

或者他已经坚守
to the Republican position that

共和党的立场