To truly connect these two bodies of water shipping interests needed a canal— a continuous maritime passage through the isthmus.

为了真正连接这两个水域， 航运需要一条运河— —一条穿过地峡的连续海上通道。

New England, finding its shipping interests crippled in the European conflict and then penalized by embargoes, opposed the declaration of war on Great Britain, which meant the completion of the ruin already begun.

新英格兰发现其航运利益在欧洲冲突中受到削弱，然后又受到禁运的惩罚，反对对英国宣战，这意味着废墟已经开始完成。