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Does Lincoln deserve his reputation as the Great Emancipator or was the Emancipation Proclamation as much an act of war as an act of mercy,
林肯的偉大解放者的稱號真的與實際相符嗎 或者說 奴隸解放宣言是出于戰爭的原因更多一些
a desperate manoeuvre motivated in large part by the failure of Lincoln to defeat the Confederate Armies?
是否在很大程度上 是因為林肯在擊退南方聯盟軍隊失敗后 而不得不采取的孤注一擲的策略
It's a war measure, it's a military measure, that's how it is justified.
我們只能說 這是一個戰爭策略 這是一個軍事策略
That's the only way it can be justified.
我們只能這么定義
There is nothing in the Constitution that enables the President to just decree the abolition of slavery,
憲法里沒有任何規定 賦予總統頒布廢除奴隸制度的法令的權利
what Lincoln rests an is his role as Commander in Chief of the Army.
林肯的頭銜僅僅是北方聯邦軍隊總司令一職
Compare it to the Declaration of Independence, which begins with this wonderful preamble about the rights of mankind.
將之與獨立宣言相比較 獨立宣言的開篇就是無與倫比的 有關人權的序文
There's nothing like that, this is a military order.
解放宣言根本無法與之相提并論 這只是一個軍事命令
It contains no soaring rhetoric whatsoever, which Lincoln was capable of.
這里面沒有任何華麗辭藻 也說明林肯的權力只此而已
Only at the suggestion of Secretary of the Treasury Chase does it end with a statement, "This is an act of justice as well as of military necessity."
只有在財政部部長蔡司的建議下 才使得解放宣言以 這是一個正義的行為 也是一項軍事需要來結尾
Like the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation has become one of America's sacred texts and it places Lincoln at the centre of the story.
同獨立宣言一樣 奴隸解放宣言也成為了美國具有神圣意義的文件之一 它也將林肯推向了故事的主角位置
But Emancipation was a process that Lincoln did not begin and was never able to control.
是事實上 奴隸解放運動并不是由林肯發起的 而且他也沒有能力掌控運動的進展情況
To be perfectly frank, we give him too much credit for it.
非常坦率的說 我們給予了他太多名不副實的榮耀
He caught up with the process of Emancipation as much as he made the personal decision to free the slaves.
他只是恰好趕上了解放奴隸運動的時機 而不是他主觀上決定要解放奴隸
Emancipation comes about in 1862, and especially in 1863,
奴隸解放運動從1862年開始 在1863年達到了一個高潮
in the midst of this war out of the process of its escalation.
這是因為戰爭加劇了奴隸解放運動的升級
