I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.

-- William H. Wharton 威廉H.沃顿

我现在要证明的是，墨西哥人完全没有能力自治，只要我们与他们联系在一起，我们的自由、我们的财富和我们的生活就没有保障。

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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

那些管理着大量事务的人通常不喜欢考虑和执行新项目。因此，最好的公共措施很少从以前的智慧中采取，而是因势利导。

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In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans.

在我的上一篇文章中，我主张殖民者和墨西哥人之间不存在任何必要的纽带，而这些纽带是把一个民族团结在一起并使他们成为一个整体所必需的。

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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.

如果我们对目前所取得的成就感到满意，那就辜负了墨西哥人对变革的希望。

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The king reigns, but does not govern.

国王统治，但不统治。

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