n.支持奴隶制度
His fiery editorials labeled proslavery factions as "traitorous scamps "and "vagabond repudiators of obligations most sacred, "and he almost singlehandedly roused the North against slavery. 他怒斥了支持奴隶制度的宗派的所作所为,将其称之为“无耻叛变的流氓无赖"和“最神圣的义务职责的粗野践踏者”,并且,他几乎是一个人单枪匹马地说动了整个北方来反对奴隶制度。
proslavery advocates left to join the Democrats and antislavery adherents joined the Republicans. 拥护奴隶制的党员留下来参加了民主党,而反对奴隶制的则参加了共和党。