Fellow-Citizens: 同胞们：
Under Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great nation. It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act for the best interests of the whole people. My best efforts will be given in the same direction in the future, aided, I trust, by my four years' experience in the office. 承蒙上天安排，我第二次受召担任这个伟大国家的行政首脑。过去，我始终努力维护一切法律，并在能力所及的范围内为全体人民的最大利益行事。今后，我仍将朝着同一方向竭尽全力；我相信，过去四年的任职经验会对我有所帮助。
When my first term of the office of Chief Executive began, the country had not recovered from the effects of a great internal revolution, and three of the former States of the Union had not been restored to their Federal relations. 我第一届总统任期开始时，国家尚未从一场巨大内部变革的影响中恢复，原联邦各州中还有三个州没有恢复同联邦的正式关系。
It seemed to me wise that no new questions should be raised so long as that condition of affairs existed. Therefore the past four years, so far as I could control events, have been consumed in the effort to restore harmony, public credit, commerce, and all the arts of peace and progress. 在这种局面持续期间，我认为不应提出新的问题。因此，过去四年里，只要事态在我能够控制的范围内，我都致力于恢复和睦、公共信用、商业以及一切和平与进步的事业。
It is my firm conviction that the civilized world is tending toward republicanism, or government by the people through their chosen representatives, and that our own great Republic is destined to be the guiding star to all others. 我坚信，文明世界正朝着共和制度发展，也就是由人民通过自己选出的代表进行治理；而我们伟大的共和国注定将成为其他国家的指路明星。
Under our Republic we support an army less than that of any European power of any standing and a navy less than that of either of at least five of them. There could be no extension of territory on the continent which would call for an increase of this force, but rather might such extension enable us to diminish it. 在我国共和制度之下，我们维持的陆军少于任何一个有影响力的欧洲强国，海军也少于至少五个欧洲国家中的任何一个。即使在美洲大陆扩展领土，也不会需要增加这些兵力，反而可能使我们有条件进一步削减它们。
The theory of government changes with general progress. Now that the telegraph is made available for communicating thought, together with rapid transit by steam, all parts of a continent are made contiguous for all purposes of government, and communication between the extreme limits of the country made easier than it was throughout the old thirteen States at the beginning of our national existence. 政府理念会随着社会整体进步而变化。如今，电报可以传递思想，蒸汽交通能够实现快速运输；在一切治理事务上，大陆各地因此仿佛彼此相邻，国家最远两端之间的联系，也比建国之初原十三州内部的联系更加便利。
The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected. To this correction I stand committed, so far as Executive influence can avail. 最近那场内战使奴隶获得自由并成为公民，但他们尚未拥有公民身份本应带来的各项民事权利。这是不正确的，必须予以纠正。只要行政权力能够发挥作用，我就坚定致力于推动这一纠正。
Social equality is not a subject to be legislated upon, nor shall I ask that anything be done to advance the social status of the colored man, except to give him a fair chance to develop what there is good in him, give him access to the schools, and when he travels let him feel assured that his conduct will regulate the treatment and fare he will receive. 社会地位平等并不是可以通过立法规定的问题。我也不会要求采取措施人为提升有色人种的社会地位，只会要求给予他们公平机会，让他们发展自身的优点、进入学校受教育，并在旅行时能够确信，自己的行为将决定所获得的待遇和服务。
The States lately at war with the General Government are now happily rehabilitated, and no Executive control is exercised in any one of them that would not be exercised in any other State under like circumstances. 近来曾同联邦政府交战的各州如今已顺利恢复正常关系。在类似情形下，行政部门不会对其中任何一州实施不同于其他州的控制。
In the first year of the past Administration the proposition came up for the admission of Santo Domingo as a Territory of the Union. It was not a question of my seeking, but was a proposition from the people of Santo Domingo, and which I entertained. I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interest of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned that the proposition should be received favorably. 上一届政府任期第一年，曾有人提出让圣多明各作为联邦领地加入美国。这并非我主动寻求的问题，而是圣多明各人民提出并由我加以考虑的建议。我现在仍像当时一样相信，赞同这一提议符合美国、圣多明各人民以及所有相关方面的最大利益。
It was, however, rejected constitutionally, and therefore the subject was never brought up again by me. 不过，这项提议依照宪法程序遭到否决，因此我此后再未重新提出。
In future, while I hold my present office, the subject of acquisition of territory must have the support of the people before I will recommend any proposition looking to such acquisition. 今后，只要我仍担任现职，任何取得新领土的建议都必须先得到人民支持，我才会予以推荐。
I say here, however, that I do not share in the apprehension held by many as to the danger of governments becoming weakened and destroyed by reason of their extension of territory. Commerce, education, and rapid transit of thought and matter by telegraph and steam have changed all this. 但我要在此说明，我并不认同许多人的忧虑，即政府会因领土扩展而削弱甚至毁灭。商业、教育，以及借助电报和蒸汽实现的思想与物资快速传递，已经改变了这一切。
Rather do I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required. 我更愿相信，伟大的造物主正在按照祂安排的适当时机，使世界逐渐成为使用同一种语言的统一国家；到那时，陆军和海军将不再是必需的。
My efforts in the future will be directed to the restoration of good feeling between the different sections of our common country; to the restoration of our currency to a fixed value as compared with the world's standard of values--gold--and, if possible, to a par with it; to the construction of cheap routes of transit throughout the land, to the end that the products of all may find a market and leave a living remuneration to the producer; 我未来的努力将致力于恢复国家不同地区之间的友好感情；使我国货币相对于世界价值标准——黄金——恢复固定价值，并尽可能同黄金等值；在全国建设低成本运输通道，使所有人的产品都能找到市场，并让生产者获得足以维持生活的回报；
to the maintenance of friendly relations with all our neighbors and with distant nations; to the reestablishment of our commerce and share in the carrying trade upon the ocean; to the encouragement of such manufacturing industries as can be economically pursued in this country, to the end that the exports of home products and industries may pay for our imports--the only sure method of returning to and permanently maintaining a specie basis; 我还将致力于同所有邻国和远方国家维持友好关系；重建我国商业和远洋运输贸易份额；鼓励那些能够在国内以经济方式发展的制造业，使本国产品和工业品出口足以支付进口——这是恢复并永久维持硬币本位的唯一可靠办法；
to the elevation of labor; and, by a humane course, to bring the aborigines of the country under the benign influences of education and civilization. 我还将努力提高劳动的地位，并以人道方式使本国原住民接受教育与文明的有益影响。
It is either this or war of extermination: Wars of extermination, engaged in by people pursuing commerce and all industrial pursuits, are expensive even against the weakest people, and are demoralizing and wicked. Our superiority of strength and advantages of civilization should make us lenient toward the Indian. The wrong inflicted upon him should be taken into account and the balance placed to his credit. 除此之外，等待我们的就只有灭绝战争。即使对付力量最弱小的民族，由从事商业和各种产业的人发动灭绝战争，也会代价高昂，并使社会道德败坏，性质邪恶。我们在力量和文明方面占据优势，更应宽厚地对待原住民；过去施加给他们的不公必须得到考虑，并在衡量双方责任时记在有利于他们的一方。
The moral view of the question should be considered and the question asked, Can not the Indian be made a useful and productive member of society by proper teaching and treatment? If the effort is made in good faith, we will stand better before the civilized nations of the earth and in our own consciences for having made it. 我们应从道德角度审视这个问题，并追问：通过适当的教育和对待，原住民能否成为对社会有用、能够从事生产的成员？如果我们真诚作出努力，那么无论面对世界文明国家，还是面对自己的良知，我们都会因曾经尝试而更为坦然。
All these things are not to be accomplished by one individual, but they will receive my support and such recommendations to Congress as will in my judgment best serve to carry them into effect. I beg your support and encouragement. 所有这些目标不可能由一个人独自完成，但它们将得到我的支持；我也会向国会提出自己认为最有助于付诸实施的建议。我恳请大家给予支持和鼓励。
It has been, and is, my earnest desire to correct abuses that have grown up in the civil service of the country. To secure this reformation rules regulating methods of appointment and promotions were established and have been tried. My efforts for such reformation shall be continued to the best of my judgment. The spirit of the rules adopted will be maintained. 纠正我国文官制度中逐渐形成的弊端，一直是、现在仍是我的真诚愿望。为实现这项改革，我们已经制定并试行了规范任命和晋升方式的规则。我将依据自己的最佳判断继续推动改革，并维护已经确立的规则精神。
I acknowledge before this assemblage, representing, as it does, every section of our country, the obligation I am under to my countrymen for the great honor they have conferred on me by returning me to the highest office within their gift, and the further obligation resting on me to render to them the best services within my power. 在这个代表全国各地区的集会面前，我承认自己对同胞们负有重大责任：他们再次把所能授予的最高职位交给我，给予我巨大荣誉；而我也因此进一步承担义务，必须在能力范围内向他们提供最好的服务。
This I promise, looking forward with the greatest anxiety to the day when I shall be released from responsibilities that at times are almost overwhelming, and from which I have scarcely had a respite since the eventful firing upon Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, to the present day. My services were then tendered and accepted under the first call for troops growing out of that event. 我在此作出这一承诺，同时无比迫切地期待有一天能够卸下这些有时几乎令人不堪重负的责任。自一八六一年四月萨姆特堡响起那具有历史意义的炮火以来，我几乎从未从这些责任中得到喘息。当时，因那一事件而发出的首次征兵令得到响应，我主动请缨并获接纳入伍。
I did not ask for place or position, and was entirely without influence or the acquaintance of persons of influence, but was resolved to perform my part in a struggle threatening the very existence of the nation. I performed a conscientious duty, without asking promotion or command, and without a revengeful feeling toward any section or individual. 我没有谋求职位或地位，既无影响力，也不认识有影响力的人；但我决心在这场威胁国家生存的斗争中履行自己的职责。我凭良知尽责，从未请求晋升或指挥权，也从未对任何地区或个人怀有报复之心。
Notwithstanding this, throughout the war, and from my candidacy for my present office in 1868 to the close of the last Presidential campaign, I have been the subject of abuse and slander scarcely ever equaled in political history, which to-day I feel that I can afford to disregard in view of your verdict, which I gratefully accept as my vindication. 尽管如此，从整个战争期间，到我一八六八年竞选现职，再到最近一场总统竞选结束，我所遭受的攻击和诽谤在政治史上几乎无与伦比。面对你们作出的裁决，我今天已经可以不再理会这些言论；我满怀感激地接受这一裁决，把它视为对我的昭雪。
