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He had hired Karl Marx to write for his newspaper
他曾聘請馬克思為他撰寫報紙
But at this time he's getting a bit old and maybe a bit wobbly
但他參選時年紀似乎有點大了，顯得不夠淡定
Anyway his campaign was not very successful
他的競選之路并不順利
And one of the things that Greeley did first of all was to unite with the Democrats
他首先做的一件事情就是與民主黨人聯合起來
The Democrats just want him to beat Grant and they figured the only way they could win was to join with him
而民主黨也認為，要打敗格蘭特，與格利里聯合是唯一出路
Even Greeley had been a total devastating critic of the Democratic party earlier, So this is an odd combination
雖然格利里過去曾是一個徹頭徹尾、尖酸刻薄的民主黨批判家，一個奇怪的聯合就這么誕生了，
And Greeley also was proposing lightening upon reconstruction, basically letting white southerners have more leeway
格利里提議對南方重建持溫和處理，給南方的白人一個臺階下
That led to some very bitter political cartoons
這恰好成了諷刺漫畫家筆下的題材
Here is Greeley shaking hands with a former rival, with a pistol in hand which just shot a number of freed man in the south
該圖中，格利里和老敵人握手言和，對方手上拿著一把手槍，剛剛射殺了一些南方被解放的奴隸
Giving you an idea of the tenor of the election
以諷刺格利里競選時的做法
Well, it didn't work out well for Greeley, He was a disaster as a campaigner
格利里的競選結果很糟糕，他是參選者中非常不幸的一位
As soon as the election was over
選舉投票后不久
He got committed to a mental hospital, surely thereafter
他就被送入了精神病醫院
And died before the electoral college met, He still got some votes though, Even though he was dead in the electoral college
在選舉人正式投票之前就去世了，盡管如此他仍然獲得了一些選票，盡管選舉人投票前他已經去世
So this gave Ulysses S. Grant another term and a certain amount of power and influence
這給了格蘭特連任的機會，一定的權力及影響力
Certainly the Democrats were very eager to defeat him in the next election
這使得民主黨人在下一屆大選中擊敗共和黨的欲望愈加強烈
