Republican control was made easy by the force bills described in a previous chapter—measures which vested the supervision of elections in federal officers appointed by Republican Presidents.

前一章中描述的强制法案使共和党的控制变得容易——这些措施将选举监督权授予共和党总统任命的联邦官员。

Congress enacted force bills establishing federal supervision of elections and the Northern politicians protested against the return of former Confederates to practical, if not official, power; but all such opposition was like resistance to the course of nature.

国会颁布强制法案， 建立联邦对选举的监督， 北方政客抗议前邦联恢复实际权力， 如果不是官方权力的话；但所有这些反对都像是对自然进程的抗拒。