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By the end of the rebellion,thousands of the Sioux were imprisoned by the Union Army.
到了叛亂末期 數(shù)以千計的蘇族人被聯(lián)邦軍關(guān)進了監(jiān)獄
General Pope convened a series of military trials that condemned 303 of the Sioux men to death.
蒲柏將軍進行了一系列軍事審訊 宣判了303個蘇族人死刑
He then turned to Lincoln for approval.
然后尋求林肯的同意
Now, Lincoln, who doesn't like Indians very much anyway,
那是 不怎么喜歡印第安人的林肯
is prepared to give the Minnesotans a blood sacrifice of Sioux,
正打算讓明尼蘇達州人見識一場蘇族人的血腥獻祭
but because of outside foreign influence he doesn't want to be seen to hang 303 Sioux all at once,
但迫于國外壓力 他不想讓別人看到他一次性絞死了303個蘇族人
because they've only had trials lasting about 10 to 15 minutes.
因為他們僅僅被審問了大約10到15分鐘
And so he decides he'll hang 39.Lincoln as executioner.
于是他決定絞死39人 作為美國世俗圣人
This is an image of America's secular saint that most Americans find deeply uncomfortable,
林肯的這個劊子手形象 讓許多美國人感到非常不舒服
and Lincoln's role in the story of the Sioux uprising has often been brushed under the historical carpet or explained away.
而林肯在蘇族人起義中所扮演的角色 經(jīng)常被歷史所略過 或者含混的解釋過去
Now, his defenders say, "What a nice man, he didn't hang 303,
現(xiàn)在 他的擁躉們會說 他真是個好人啊 他沒有絞死303個人
"he only hangs 39," despite the fact that they haven't had any fair trials.
他只絞死了39個 卻忽略了這些人被絞死沒有經(jīng)過任何公平的審判的事實
I'm not defending Lincoln, but what is he supposed to do?
我不是在為林肯辯護 但他又能怎么做呢
Is he supposed to eliminate all of the executions,
難道他就應(yīng)該撤銷所有的死刑
is he supposed to allow the Sioux that are deemed guilty of the uprising,
難道他應(yīng)該容忍那些被輿論認為是罪魁禍首的蘇族人
is he supposed to set them free?
難道他應(yīng)該放了他們
I mean, he could do that,we would like him to do that,that would be political suicide.
他可以那樣做 我們也希望他那樣做 但那意味著他政治生涯的消亡
