President Buchanan had to settle for a moderate policy statement on secession.

总统布坎南不得不就分裂问题发表温和态度的政策声明。

In Washington, efforts were made to settle the dispute. A man named Thomas Kane asked President Buchanan to let him go to Utah.

在华盛顿，人们正在努力解决这一争端。一位名叫托马斯·凯恩的人要求总统布坎南派他前往犹他州。

As president, Buchanan believed he could solve the slavery question by keeping the Abolitionists quiet. He wanted a cabinet that shared and supported this idea.

总统布坎南相信，他可以通过让废奴主义者保持沉默来解决奴隶制问题，他想要一个分享并支持该想法的内阁。

Historian Jean Baker says President Buchanan did not defend the country’s interest well.

历史学家让贝克说， 布坎南总统没有很好地捍卫国家利益。

President Buchanan was a weak leader who didn't know how to control the South.

布坎南总统是一个软弱的领导人， 不知道如何控制南方。

President Buchanan thought the case could end the country’s long dispute over slavery. He decided to intervene.

布坎南总统认为此案可以结束该国长期以来对奴隶制的争端。 他决定进行干预。

As the new president, Buchanan believed he could solve the slave question by keeping the abolitionists quiet. Success would mean the end of the anti-slavery Republican Party.

作为新总统，布坎南相信他可以通过让废奴主义者保持沉默来解决奴隶制问题。成功将意味着反奴隶制共和党的终结。

Historian Jean Baker says President Buchanan expected all Americans to accept the Court’s decision as the final word on slavery.

历史学家让·贝克说， 布坎南总统希望所有美国人都接受法院的决定作为对奴隶制的最终决定。

A few days later, two representatives of President Buchanan arrived. They brought news that the president would not act against Mormons who accepted the rule of the United States government.

几天后，总统布坎南的两名代表抵达犹他州。他们带来消息说，总统不会对接受美国政府管理的摩门教徒采取行动。

President Buchanan had promised the people of Kansas that they would have a fair chance to vote on their constitution. But members of his cabinet told him to forget this promise.

总统布坎南向堪萨斯人民承诺，他们将有公平的机会对宪法进行投票。但是，他的内阁成员让他忘记这个承诺。

Governor Geary had been living under extreme tension for months. He had worked hard to keep Kansas peaceful. He was angry, because he could get no help from the federal government. He sent his resignation to President Buchanan.

州长吉里在极度紧张的环境中度过数月时光，他努力使堪萨斯保持和平态势。他很愤慨，因为他无法从联邦政府那里获取帮助。他向总统布坎南递交了辞呈。