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They were actually very close to Wall Street
他們與華爾街維系著十分密切的關(guān)系
So they had a strong not so much industrial bent as they did the financial bent
因而他們有著強烈的工業(yè)利益傾向，更確切的說，是經(jīng)濟利益傾向
They were the proponents of what we sometimes today called the classical liberalism, We might call it today as sort of moderate libertarianism
他們倡導(dǎo)我們?nèi)缃袼f的古典自由主義，也有人稱它為溫和自由主義
Again laissez faire, small government, not much government interference in world life if you will
它主張自由放任政策，小政府，政府盡可能少地進行干涉等等
And their opponents, more traditional Democrats tend to be much more populist
而他們的反對者，傳統(tǒng)的民主黨人則更傾向平民主義的論調(diào)
And be very suspicious of the banks, especially suspicious of the railroad
他們懷疑銀行的職能，懷疑修建鐵路能給人們帶來的好處
And were conservative in a more social sense
在社會意識方面較為保守
So those were big splits within both of these parties which were going on throughout this period
兩黨間這些嚴(yán)重的分歧貫穿了整個鍍金時期
Next election I'll bring up is 1880
接下來要講的是1880年的大選
This time the Democrats decided to take a play out of the Republicans' book and nominated a popular former general
這次民主黨人打出了共和黨人常打的一張牌，選了一位有民望的將軍做總統(tǒng)候選人
Winfield Scott Hancock, six feet for dashing
他就是漢考克，一個很有活力的人
A man who had been very prominent in the battle of Gettysburg, another battle
他在葛底斯堡戰(zhàn)役中表現(xiàn)極為出色
So here is the Democratic party, The party in the south often tagged with rebellion, very clever strategy to get a northern general and nominate him
鑒于這時的民主黨，常被貼上叛國的標(biāo)簽，代表南方利益，提名一個北方的將軍為候選人是很聰明的做法
