总统也烦恼 历届美国总统丑闻大盘点(双语)

尤里西斯·辛普森·格兰特(美国第18任总统：1869—1877)

2 . Black Friday – 1869

1869年黑色星期五丑闻

Ulysses S. Grant's administration was rife with scandal. The first major scandal dealt with speculation in the gold market.Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the market. They drove up the price of gold but Grant found out and quickly had the Treasury add gold to the economy. This in turn resulted in the lowering of gold prices on Friday, September 24, 1869 which adversely affected all those who had bought gold。

格兰特在任期内可以算得上是丑闻缠身。其中，第一个大的丑闻关于他在黄金市场的投机活动。为了垄断市场，Jay Gould 和James Fisk故意提高了黄金的价格，但却不幸被格兰特发现。而格兰特在发现之后，立即命令财政部在市场上投放大量黄金。格兰特的这一行为直接导致1869年9月24号星期五黄金价格的下跌，很多人都因此损失惨重。

3 . Credit Mobilier

莫比利埃信托公司丑闻

The Credit Mobilier company was found to be stealing from the Union Pacific Railroad. However, they tried tocover this up by selling stocks in their company at a large discount to government officials and Congress members including Vice President Schuyler Colfax. When this was discovered, it hurt many reputations including that of Ulysses S. Grant's VP。

美国莫比利埃信托公司曾被发现从联合太平洋铁路的建设中攫取好处。为了掩饰他们的行为，莫比利埃以极低的价格向包括副总统Schuyler Colfax在内的政府官员和国会议员出售他们的股票。而当这一事件被揭露时，包括格兰特在内的许多人都大受影响。

4 . Whiskey Ring

威士忌税收丑闻

Another scandal that occurred during Grant's presidency was the Whiskey Ring. In 1875, it was revealed that many government employees were pocketing whiskey taxes. Grant called for swift punishment but caused further scandal when he moved to protect his personal secretary who had been implicated in the affair。

发生在格兰特总统任期内的另一个丑闻是关于威士忌的。1875年，许多政府雇员被发现私自侵吞威士忌税。在事件发生之后，格兰特立即采取了行动，但却因试图掩盖他私人秘书的罪行而饱受诟病。