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Ulysses S. Grant did not have a very successful administration
但是格蘭特的執政并不令人滿意
He was a man who actually had no presidential aspirations, From the story was he was asked what he wanted, He said I'd like to be the mayor of Galena, maybe build a sidewalk to my home
事實上，他并沒有當總統的抱負，從他被問到想干什么的故事中可以看出來，他曾說他只是想當格里拿的市長，在他家門口修條小道就滿足了
But he was recruited and did his duty, if you will
但他最終還是參加了總統競選
And when he became president brought in a lot of his friends and cronies,
在他就任后，他將一群親朋好友攬入內閣
Many of whom turned out to be very corrupt
其中一些作風十分腐敗
And the Grant Administration in general was noted for its corruption and the reconstruction efforts, In the south,
整個格蘭特政府都因其腐敗和其所謂"重建"的幌子都為人詬病。在南部地區，
became very well-known for highlevels of corruption and problems
他惡劣的腐敗作風無人不曉
So that led then in 1872, the next election to a revolt among the Republicans
這導致了1872年大選時，部分共和黨人因不滿而叛變
So here is this new party of about 18 years old, remarkably successful and is already falling apart
這個僅僅成立了18年的新政黨在達到了成功的巔峰后又重重摔下
The revolt of the so-called the Liberal Republicans who were most of the intellectual leaders of the movement
一個名為自由派共和黨的組織從共和黨分裂，該黨內發起叛變的帶頭者
They wanted the party to do with Grant and his corrupt regime
希望能處置格蘭特，推翻其腐敗的政權
So they separated out, form their own party had a convention and ended up nominating a non like live character Horace Greeley
所以他們從共和黨分裂出來召開會議并最終決定提名一個神奇的人物，格利里為候選人
The editor of New York Tribune
他是紐約論壇報的編輯
Well-know you probably know his famous saying 'Go west,young man'
你們可能聽說過他那句出名的口號：去西部吧！年輕人
It's said Greeley was an individual who was enthusiastic about every new idea that came down the road
據說格利里是一個對任何新主意都懷有極大熱情的人
There wasn't an ism that he didn't like
似乎沒有他不感興趣的“主義”
He was especially attracted to Utopianism and he obsessed with vegetarianism and socialism
他對烏托邦主義尤其著迷，他還酷愛素食主義和社會主義
