Nebraska lay north of the Missouri compromise line, which had been established in eighteen twenty. Slavery was not permitted there.

内布拉斯加州位于1820年划立的密苏里妥协线以北，奴隶制在那里是不允许。

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California, Oregon, and New Mexico.

有一些人认为可以采用密苏里州早期的折中法案来解决加利福尼亚州、俄勒冈州和新墨西哥州的奴隶制问题。

It flamed up in 1820 and was allayed by the Missouri compromise.

它在 1820 年爆发，并因密苏里妥协而得到缓和。

Thanks to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 adding slave and free states to the Union on a one for one basis was the law of the land.

由于1820年的密苏里协定将自由州和奴隶制加入美国一对一基础成为土地法。

Now, senators, congressmen, this Missouri compromise you are proposing is fundamentally flawed— flawed is putting it mildly.

现在，参议员们、国会议员们，你们提出的密苏里州妥协方案存在根本性缺陷——委婉地说，有缺陷。

The addition of Texas as a slave state would upset the delicate balance of power, kept between slave states and free states since the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

德克萨斯加入奴隶制州将打破自1820年密苏里妥协案以来奴隶州和自由州之间微妙的权力平衡。

Emboldened by their own strength and the weakness of their opponents, they now dared to repeal the Missouri Compromise.

受到自身力量和对手弱点的鼓舞，他们现在敢于废除密苏里妥协案。

Scott claimed he was free because he had lived in free territory. It was free because Congress -- in the Missouri Compromise of Eighteen Twenty -- made slavery illegal in that area.

斯科特声称他是自由的，因为他曾生活在自由的领土上。那里是自由的，因为在1820年的密苏里州折衷法案中，国会裁定奴隶制在该地区是非法的。

He said the South would accept nothing less than extending the Missouri compromise line west to the Pacific Ocean. This meant that land south of the line would be open to slavery.

他说，南方将接受的无非是把密苏里妥协线向西延伸到太平洋，这意味着妥协线以南的土地将实施奴隶制。

It held that Scott had not been free anywhere and that, besides, the Missouri Compromise violated the Constitution and was null and void.

它认为斯科特在任何地方都没有自由， 此外，密苏里妥协案违反了宪法并且是无效的。