Buchanan had written to him asking when the court would act on the Dred Scott case.

布肯南曾经给他写信询问有关德瑞德·斯科特案件的审理情况。

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So Buchanan wrote to Grier. He told him that a strong decision in the Dred Scott case might do much to bring peace to the country.

所以，布肯南就给格里尔写了封信，他告诉格里尔，在德瑞德·斯科特案件中做出强有力的裁决也许有助于给国家带来和平。

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He told him that a strong decision in the Dred Scott case might do much to bring peace to the country.

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And this is in the wake of the Dred Scott decision.

这一言论紧随在德雷德史考特裁决案之后发表

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And they discuss his influence in the Supreme Court ruling in the case of a slave from Missouri named Dred Scott.

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The Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott sued in vain for his freedom in 1847, still stands.

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Within the walls of that building, Dred Scott is nowhere to be found, and Lochner stalks the halls like a ghost.

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He compared the gravity of the decision to Dred Scott.

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