- last time we outlined how the Civil War finally got started.
上次我们描述了南北战争后来是怎么开始的 - I want to talk today about the (political management)政治管理 of the war on both sides, the north under Abraham Lincoln, and the south under Jefferson Davis
- an important task for both presidents was to justify for their citizens just why the war was necessary.
对两个总统来说，一个重要的任务是告诉他们的公民，为什么战争是必要的。 - Lincoln gave his first major speech in which he presented the north reasons for the war, it was, he said, to preserve democracy
林肯发表了他的第一次重要演讲，在演讲中他陈述了北方发动战争的原因，是为了保护民主主义 - Lincoln suggested认为 that this war was a noble高尚的 crusade改革运动 that would determine the future of democracy throughout遍及 the world
- for him the issue was whether or not this government of the people, by the people could maintain its integrity.
对他来说问题是，这个属于人民、由人民治理的政府能不能维持它的完整性 - survive the domestic foes
- at the time
- he was hopeful that the war wouldn’t last long and the slave owners would be put down forever
- it would be harder than any the Americans美国人 had thought before or since
- Lincoln rallied northerners to a deep commitment to the cause, they (came to)开始 perceive the war as a kind of democratic crusade against southern society
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