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But the Confederates fired on her, and she steamed away without landing the soldiers or the supplies. Lincoln waited a month, hoping that the secessionists would come back to the Union of their own accord. Then he decided to send supplies to Major Anderson and told the governor of South Carolina of his decision. Immediately (April 12) the Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter. On April 14 Anderson surrendered. The next day President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for seventy-five thousand volunteers.
但是，南方聯(lián)盟的人向汽艇開槍，汽艇沒有卸下士兵和給養(yǎng)就離開了。林肯等了一個月，希望那些脫離聯(lián)邦的州自動回到聯(lián)邦，隨后，他決定給梅杰·安德森送給養(yǎng)并將這個決定告知南卡羅萊納州的州長。南方聯(lián)盟馬上向薩穆特要塞開槍，4月14日安德森投降，第二天林肯總統(tǒng)發(fā)布宣言征召7.5萬名志愿兵。
382. Rising of the North.
382．北方的反映
There was no longer a question of letting the "erring sisters" depart in peace. The Southerners had fired on "Old Glory." There was no longer a dispute over the extension of slavery. The question was now whether the Union should perish or should live. Douglas at once came out for the Union and so did the former Presidents, Buchanan and Franklin Pierce. In the Mississippi Valley hundreds of thousands of men either sympathized with the slaveholders or cared nothing about the slavery dispute. But the moment the Confederates attacked the Union, they rose in defense of their country and their flag.
現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不再存在讓"犯錯的姐妹"平靜地離開這個問題，南方人已經(jīng)向"國旗"開槍，再也不用爭議奴隸制問題，現(xiàn)在的問題是聯(lián)邦的存亡問題。道格拉斯、前總統(tǒng)布坎南和富蘭克林·皮爾斯立刻出來捍衛(wèi)聯(lián)邦。在密西西比河流域有成千上萬的人或者同情奴隸制，或者毫不在意關于奴隸制的爭端，但是，當南方同盟向聯(lián)邦進攻的時候，他們都起來保護他們的國家和國旗。
383. More Seceders.
383．更多州脫離聯(lián)邦
The Southerners flocked to the standards of the Confederacy, and four more states joined the ranks of secession. These were Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. In Virginia the people were sharply divided on the question of secession.
南方人成群結隊地涌到南方同盟的旗下，并且又有四個州加入到退出聯(lián)邦的行列，它們是阿肯色、田納西、北卡羅萊納和弗吉尼亞。弗吉尼亞人對是否脫離聯(lián)邦有尖銳的分歧，
