2. The colored citizens in those States are virtually
disfranchised, the Constitution held in utter contempt and its provisions nullified.
实际上,这三个州的黑人公民被剥夺了公民权,宪法遭到蔑视,宪法条文不能生效。
3. Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not
disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends.
文学就是我的乌托邦。在这里,我不会被剥夺公民权。任何感官的残障,都不会阻却我和我的书本朋友间深刻优美的对谈。