Thomas Jefferson was selected to write up an official declaration of independence.

汤玛仕．杰佛逊被选出来去写一份正式的独立宣言。

Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina said the committee should write a declaration explaining the position of the South. The committee agreed, and Calhoun wrote most of the declaration himself.

南卡罗来纳州参议员约翰·C·卡尔霍恩表示，委员会应该写一份声明来解释南方的立场。委员会表示同意，卡尔霍恩自己撰写了声明的大部分内容。

The news of Anderson's surrender reached Washington late Saturday, April thirteenth. President Lincoln and his cabinet met the next day and wrote a declaration that the president would announce on Monday.

安德森投降的消息于4月13日星期六晚上送达华盛顿，总统林肯和内阁成员于第二天会面，书写了一份总统将在星期一宣读的声明。

Anxious to reassure the South on this point, the Republicans in Congress proposed to write into the Constitution a declaration that no amendment should ever be made authorizing the abolition of or interference with slavery in any state.

国会中的共和党人急于在这一点上安抚南方，提议在宪法中写入一项声明， 即不得作出任何修正案， 授权废除或干预任何州的奴隶制。