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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 685

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

The idea that the intelligent reading men of New England can be bought like sheep in the shambles, and that the sacred principles which have so far guided them in the terrible struggle between liberty and slavery can now, in this eventful hour of national existence, be set up at auction and knocked down to the highest bidder, seems to me as preposterous as it is shameful and humiliating. But if it is possible that occasionally a degraded voter can thus be induced to “sell his birthright for a mess of pottage,” God grant that I may be a thousand times defeated sooner than permit one grain of gold to be accursed by using it so basely!

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 685 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆说,认为新英格兰有见识的读书人像屠宰场里的羊一样可以被收买,认为他们在自由与奴隶制的大搏斗中形成的原则,如今在国家存亡关头可以拍卖给出价最高的人,这种想法既荒谬又可耻、令人羞愧。他承认也许偶尔有堕落的选民会为一点好处出卖自己,但他宁可失败一千次,也不愿让一分钱因这种卑劣用途而受诅咒。这是对金钱政治的正面拒绝。

上下文

巴纳姆回应支持者劝他花钱买票的信,表明宁可落选也不贿选,当时正值南北战争前后。

今日一问

你是否相信身边多数人不会被小利收买?你自己会为利益放弃原则吗?

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