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Who would think of
independence married to her?
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I feel an absolute fool.
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That's good for you, John.
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I tell you, Franklin,
it's positively indecent.
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John, they're young
and they're in love.
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Not them, Franklin. Us.
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Standing down here,
waiting for them to, uh...
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Well, what will people think?
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Don't worry, John. The history
books will clean it up.
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01:21:49,643 --> 01:21:50,813
Well, it doesn't matter.
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I'll not appear in the history
books anyway. Only you.
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01:21:54,648 --> 01:21:57,068
Franklin did this
and Franklin did that,
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01:21:57,150 --> 01:21:59,490
and Franklin did
some other damned thing.
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01:21:59,611 --> 01:22:02,741
Franklin smote the ground
and out sprang
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01:22:02,823 --> 01:22:04,533
George Washington,
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fully grown and on his horse.
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Franklin then electrified him
with his miraculous lightning rod
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01:22:10,539 --> 01:22:14,169
then the three of them, Franklin,
Washington and the horse,
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01:22:14,251 --> 01:22:17,461
conducted the entire
revolution all by themselves.
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I like it.
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I beg your pardon, gentlemen.
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It is indeed an honor to meet the
two greatest men in America.
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Certainly the greatest
within earshot anyway.
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01:22:33,812 --> 01:22:35,692
I'm not an idle flatterer,
Dr. Franklin.
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01:22:35,772 --> 01:22:37,982
My husband
admires you both greatly.
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01:22:38,191 --> 01:22:39,691
Then we are doubly flattered,
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01:22:39,776 --> 01:22:43,146
for we admire very much that
what your husband admires.
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01:22:48,285 --> 01:22:49,865
Uh, did you sleep well, madam?
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01:22:49,953 --> 01:22:50,953
Hmm?
Huh!
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01:22:51,037 --> 01:22:52,197
Oh. Uh...
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01:22:52,706 --> 01:22:54,616
Well, I mean, did you lie...
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Damn it, you know what I mean.
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01:22:58,295 --> 01:22:59,575
Yes, John, we know
what you mean.
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01:22:59,629 --> 01:23:02,259
Tell us about yourself.
We've heard precious little.
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What's your first name? Martha.
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01:23:04,634 --> 01:23:05,684
Martha!
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01:23:06,595 --> 01:23:08,715
He might at least
have told us that.
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01:23:08,805 --> 01:23:10,345
Your husband
doesn't say very much.
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Most silent man in Congress.
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01:23:12,017 --> 01:23:13,953
I have never heard him utter
three sentences together.
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01:23:13,977 --> 01:23:15,557
Not every man's a talker, John.
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01:23:16,062 --> 01:23:19,862
Yes, it's true, you know.
Tom is not a talker.
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01:23:22,569 --> 01:23:26,199
Oh, he never speaks his passions
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01:23:26,281 --> 01:23:29,331
He never speaks his views
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Whereas other men speak volumes
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The man I love is mute
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01:23:37,584 --> 01:23:40,174
In truth I can't recall
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01:23:40,253 --> 01:23:43,463
Being wooed with words
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At all
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Even now
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01:23:49,846 --> 01:23:51,346
Oh, don't stop, madam.
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01:23:51,431 --> 01:23:53,141
No. Tell us,
how did he win you?
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01:23:53,224 --> 01:23:56,394
And how does he hold on
to a bounty such as you?
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01:23:56,478 --> 01:23:59,308
Well, surely you've noticed that Tom
is a man of many accomplishments.
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01:23:59,397 --> 01:24:00,397
Of course.
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Author, lawyer, statesman,
architect, farmer.
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01:24:04,903 --> 01:24:09,033
And still one more that
I hesitate to mention.
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01:24:09,115 --> 01:24:11,325
Don't hesitate, madam.
Don't hesitate.
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01:24:11,409 --> 01:24:14,869
No, tell us. What else can
that redheaded tombstone do?
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He plays the violin
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He tucks it right under his chin
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And he bows
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Oh, he bows
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For he knows Yes, he knows
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That it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
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'Twixt my heart,
Tom and his fiddle
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01:24:42,983 --> 01:24:46,993
My strings are unstrung
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Hi-hi-hi
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01:24:49,781 --> 01:24:53,121
Hi
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I am undone
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The violin, madam?
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I hear his violin
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And I get that feeling within
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And I sigh Oh, I sigh
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He draws near, very near
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01:25:12,178 --> 01:25:16,308
And it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
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01:25:16,391 --> 01:25:19,981
And goodbye to the fiddle
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01:25:20,061 --> 01:25:24,061
My strings are unstrung
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01:25:24,149 --> 01:25:26,779
Hi-hi-hi
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Hi
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01:25:30,196 --> 01:25:32,316
I'm always undone
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That settles it, John.
We're taking up the violin.
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01:25:34,784 --> 01:25:37,464
Very well, madam. You have us playing
the violin. What happens next?
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01:25:37,537 --> 01:25:38,617
Next, Mr. Adams?
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01:25:38,705 --> 01:25:40,155
Yes. What does
Tom do now?
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Why, just what you'd expect.
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We dance.
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Dance?
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Dance? Incredible!
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One, two, three.
One, two, three!
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Who's playing the violin?
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John, really?
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John, you can dance.
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We still do a few
things in Boston, Franklin.
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01:26:57,117 --> 01:26:59,827
Hi-hi-hi
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01:26:59,911 --> 01:27:04,461
Hi
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01:27:04,541 --> 01:27:08,541
When heaven calls to me
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01:27:08,628 --> 01:27:11,798
Sing me no sad elegy
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01:27:11,881 --> 01:27:13,421
Say I died
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01:27:13,842 --> 01:27:15,552
Loving bride
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01:27:15,635 --> 01:27:18,795
Loving wife, loving life
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01:27:18,888 --> 01:27:22,888
For it was
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
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'Twixt my heart,
Tom and his fiddle
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01:27:26,813 --> 01:27:31,283
And ever 'twill be
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01:27:35,405 --> 01:27:38,115
Hi-hi-hi
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01:27:38,199 --> 01:27:41,449
Hi
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01:27:41,536 --> 01:27:43,246
Through eternity
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01:27:43,329 --> 01:27:49,999
He plays the violin
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01:27:50,086 --> 01:27:54,966
He plays the violin
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Look! Look, Franklin,
he's done it. He's written it.
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"Dear Mr. Adams, I am
taking my wife back to bed.
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"Kindly go away. Your obedient, T.
Jefferson."
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Incredible!
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You know, perhaps
I should have written
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the declaration after all.
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At my age, there's little doubt
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the pen is mightier
than the sword.
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For it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
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And God bless
a man who can fiddle
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And independency
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Hi-hi-hi
Hi-hi-hi
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01:28:43,389 --> 01:28:45,469
Hi Hi
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Ya-da-da-da-da
Ya-da-da-da-da
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Through eternity
Through eternity
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He plays the violin
He plays the violin
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Violin Violin
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Violin Violin
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Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia's absent,
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and North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
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And what follows is a
complete and up-to-date list
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of all the committees
of this Congress,
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now sitting, about to
sit or just having sat.
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"A committee formed to investigate
a complaint made against
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01:29:37,277 --> 01:29:40,737
"the quality of yeast manufactured by Mr.
Henry Pendleton's mill
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01:29:40,822 --> 01:29:43,372
"designated as
the Yeast Committee."
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01:29:43,449 --> 01:29:46,119
"A committee formed to consider
the most effective method
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01:29:46,202 --> 01:29:47,622
"of dealing with spies
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01:29:47,704 --> 01:29:50,254
"designated as
the Spies Committee."
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01:29:51,791 --> 01:29:54,791
"A committee formed to
think, perhaps to do,
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01:29:54,877 --> 01:29:58,167
"but in any case, to gather,
to meet, to confer, to talk,
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01:29:58,256 --> 01:30:01,716
"and perhaps even to resolve
that each rifle regiment
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"be allowed at least one drum and
one fire attached to each company,
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01:30:05,805 --> 01:30:08,515
"designated as the
Drum and Fife Committee."
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01:30:08,599 --> 01:30:11,059
"A committee formed to..."
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01:30:11,144 --> 01:30:12,814
Where is that committee?
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01:30:12,895 --> 01:30:15,805
What do you think of it,
Doctor? Democracy?
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01:30:16,482 --> 01:30:17,862
What Plato called
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"a charming form of government
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01:30:20,069 --> 01:30:22,359
"full of variety
and disorder."
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01:30:22,989 --> 01:30:26,069
I never knew Plato had been
to Philadelphia.
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01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:28,159
Ben, I want you
to see some cards
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01:30:28,244 --> 01:30:29,624
I've gone and had printed up.
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01:30:29,704 --> 01:30:31,874
Ought to save everybody here
a lot of time and effort,
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01:30:31,956 --> 01:30:34,036
considering the epidemic
of bad disposition
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01:30:34,125 --> 01:30:36,915
that's been going
on around here lately
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01:30:37,003 --> 01:30:40,093
"Dear sir, you are, without
any doubt, a rogue, a rascal,
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"a villain, a thief, a
scoundrel and a mean, dirty,
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"stinking, sniveling, sneaking,
pimping, pocket-picking,
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"thrice double-damned
no-good son-of-a-bitch."
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And you sign your name.
What do you think?
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I'll take a dozen right now.
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01:30:50,850 --> 01:30:52,520
A-ha! Here it is.
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01:30:52,602 --> 01:30:55,602
"A committee formed to answer all
congressional correspondence,
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01:30:55,688 --> 01:30:59,358
"designated as the Congressional
Correspondence Committee."
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All right, Franklin, enough socializing.
There's work to be done.
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Good morning, John.
What?
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Good morning.
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01:31:06,449 --> 01:31:07,699
Oh. Good morning,
good morning.
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01:31:07,825 --> 01:31:09,785
Now then, let's get to it.
Get to what?
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01:31:09,869 --> 01:31:11,869
Unanimity, of course.
Look at that board.
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Six nays to win over
in little more than a week.
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01:31:14,290 --> 01:31:17,130
"A committee formed to consider
the problem of counterfeit money
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01:31:17,210 --> 01:31:19,130
"designated as the Counterfeit
Money Committee."
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01:31:19,212 --> 01:31:20,462
Oh, God! What...
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01:31:20,546 --> 01:31:21,666
All right, John, all right.
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Where shall we start?
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01:31:22,882 --> 01:31:24,132
Well, what about Delaware?
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01:31:24,217 --> 01:31:27,337
Sad thing to see them on the
wrong side after all this time.
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01:31:27,428 --> 01:31:29,298
Any news of Rodney?
Yes. McKean's back.
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01:31:29,389 --> 01:31:30,389
Thomas!
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"A committee formed
to study the causes
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"of our military
defeat in Canada."
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Thomas,
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how did you leave Caesar?
Is he still alive?
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01:31:38,731 --> 01:31:40,861
Aye, but the journey to Dover
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was fearful hard on him.
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01:31:42,819 --> 01:31:44,569
He never complained,
but I could see
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the poor man was
suffering terrible.
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01:31:46,531 --> 01:31:48,491
But you got him safely home.
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01:31:48,574 --> 01:31:49,834
I did,
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01:31:49,909 --> 01:31:52,289
but I doubt he'll ever
set foot out of it again.
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01:31:52,370 --> 01:31:54,890
That leaves you and Read split down
the middle. Will he come over?
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01:31:54,914 --> 01:31:57,714
I don't know. He's a
stubborn ignoramus.
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01:31:57,792 --> 01:31:59,792
Work on him. Keep after him
till you wear him down.
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01:31:59,836 --> 01:32:01,376
Look, John,
face facts, will you?
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If it were just Read
standing in our way,
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01:32:03,506 --> 01:32:04,546
it wouldn't be so bad,
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01:32:04,632 --> 01:32:05,972
but look for yourself, man.
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Maryland, Pennsylvania and the
entire South. It's impossible!
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01:32:10,096 --> 01:32:13,266
Well, it's impossible if we all
stand around complaining about it.
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01:32:13,349 --> 01:32:16,179
To work, McKean! One foot
in front of the other!
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01:32:16,269 --> 01:32:17,549
I believe I put it a better way.
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01:32:17,603 --> 01:32:18,943
Never leave off
until tomorrow...
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01:32:19,021 --> 01:32:20,691
Shut up, Franklin.
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01:32:20,773 --> 01:32:23,193
But what good will it do?
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01:32:23,276 --> 01:32:26,276
You know Dickinson.
He'll never give in.
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01:32:26,779 --> 01:32:28,739
And you haven't heard the
last of Rutledge either.
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01:32:28,781 --> 01:32:30,951
Never mind about them.
Your job is George Read.
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01:32:31,033 --> 01:32:32,177
Talk him deaf if you have to,
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01:32:32,201 --> 01:32:33,791
but bring us back Delaware.
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01:32:33,870 --> 01:32:34,870
There's a simpler way.
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01:32:34,954 --> 01:32:36,084
What?
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This'll break the tie.
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01:32:38,207 --> 01:32:40,167
All right, John, who's next?
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01:32:40,251 --> 01:32:42,211
"A committee
formed to keep secrets
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"designated as
the Secrets Committee."
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01:32:44,797 --> 01:32:46,297
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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01:32:46,382 --> 01:32:48,722
Now, I suggest you try to get
your own house into order
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01:32:48,801 --> 01:32:51,091
and I'll take a crack
at old vacant-face.
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01:32:51,179 --> 01:32:53,259
Lord, look at him stuff himself.
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01:32:53,973 --> 01:32:55,973
Ah, Mr. Chase!
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01:32:56,100 --> 01:32:59,350
How about it, Chase? When are
you coming to your senses, man?
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01:32:59,437 --> 01:33:02,517
Please, Mr. Adams,
not while I'm eating.
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01:33:02,607 --> 01:33:04,187
Mr. Wilson, sir?
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01:33:05,109 --> 01:33:07,029
It's time to assert yourself.
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01:33:07,111 --> 01:33:09,071
Tell me something.
When you were a judge,
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01:33:09,155 --> 01:33:12,025
how in hell did you
ever make a decision?
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01:33:12,116 --> 01:33:16,826
The decisions I made were all
based on legality and precedence.
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01:33:16,913 --> 01:33:19,083
But there is no legality here
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01:33:19,165 --> 01:33:20,995
and certainly no precedent.
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01:33:21,083 --> 01:33:25,803
Because it's a
new idea, you clot!
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We'll be setting
our own precedent!
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No, Mr. McKean.
No, no, no!
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Damn your eyes, Read!
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01:33:34,180 --> 01:33:36,060
You come into this
world screaming "no,"
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01:33:36,140 --> 01:33:40,140
and you're determined to leave
it the same way, you slimy worm!
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01:33:41,771 --> 01:33:44,561
The Congress is
waiting on you, Chase!
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01:33:44,649 --> 01:33:48,359
America is waiting!
The whole world is waiting!
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01:33:48,444 --> 01:33:50,404
What's that? Kidney?
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01:33:50,488 --> 01:33:53,068
Leave me alone,
Mr. Adams!
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01:33:53,157 --> 01:33:54,697
You're wasting your time.
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01:33:54,784 --> 01:33:56,584
If I thought we
could win this war,
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01:33:56,661 --> 01:33:58,201
I'd be at the front
of your ranks.
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01:33:58,287 --> 01:34:01,157
But you must know
it's impossible.
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01:34:01,249 --> 01:34:03,459
You've heard General
Washington's dispatches.
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01:34:03,543 --> 01:34:05,593
His army has fallen to pieces.
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01:34:05,670 --> 01:34:08,420
Washington is exaggerating
the situation
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01:34:08,506 --> 01:34:11,046
in order to arouse this
torpid Congress into action.
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01:34:11,133 --> 01:34:12,683
Why, as chairman of
the War Committee,
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I can state for a fact
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01:34:14,220 --> 01:34:16,560
that the army has never
been in better shape.
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01:34:16,639 --> 01:34:19,309
Never have troops
been more cheerful.
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01:34:19,392 --> 01:34:21,562
Never have soldiers
been more resolute.
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01:34:21,644 --> 01:34:25,364
Never have training and
discipline been more spirited.
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01:34:25,439 --> 01:34:27,229
Oh, good God.
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01:34:36,450 --> 01:34:37,886
May we have
your ears, gentlemen?
257
01:34:37,910 --> 01:34:39,830
Mr. Thomson
has a dispatch.
258
01:34:39,912 --> 01:34:42,712
"From the Commander, army of the
United Colonies in New York,
259
01:34:42,790 --> 01:34:45,000
"dispatch number 1, 157,
260
01:34:45,084 --> 01:34:46,603
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
261
01:34:46,627 --> 01:34:50,587
"Dear sir, it is with the utmost
despair that I must report to you
262
01:34:50,673 --> 01:34:52,013
"the disorder and confusion
263
01:34:52,091 --> 01:34:53,471
"that reign in
every department."
264
01:34:53,551 --> 01:34:56,011
Oh, sweet Jesus!
265
01:34:58,055 --> 01:35:00,925
"The Continental soldier
is as nothing ever seen
266
01:35:01,017 --> 01:35:02,807
"in this or any other century.
267
01:35:02,893 --> 01:35:05,103
"He is a misfit,
ignorant of hygiene,
268
01:35:05,229 --> 01:35:06,519
"destructive, disorderly
269
01:35:06,606 --> 01:35:08,396
"and totally
disrespectful of rank.
270
01:35:08,899 --> 01:35:10,569
"Only this last
is understandable,
271
01:35:10,651 --> 01:35:15,071
"as there is an incredible reek of
stupidity amongst the officers.
272
01:35:15,489 --> 01:35:17,119
"The situation is most desperate
273
01:35:17,199 --> 01:35:19,739
"at the New Jersey training
ground in New Brunswick
274
01:35:19,827 --> 01:35:22,287
"where every able-bodied
whore in the..."
275
01:35:22,830 --> 01:35:23,830
Whore?
276
01:35:25,333 --> 01:35:27,463
"In the colonies has assembled.
277
01:35:27,543 --> 01:35:29,463
"There are constant
reports of drunkenness,
278
01:35:29,545 --> 01:35:31,705
"desertion, foul language,
279
01:35:31,797 --> 01:35:34,297
"naked bathing in
the Raritan River,
280
01:35:34,383 --> 01:35:36,433
"and an epidemic
281
01:35:36,510 --> 01:35:38,800
"of the French disease."
282
01:35:40,264 --> 01:35:43,934
"I have placed this town off-limits
to all military personnel
283
01:35:44,018 --> 01:35:46,188
"with the exception of officers.
284
01:35:46,270 --> 01:35:49,860
"I beseech the Congress to dispatch
the War Committee to this place
285
01:35:49,940 --> 01:35:51,020
"in the hope of restoring
286
01:35:51,108 --> 01:35:54,608
"some of the order and
discipline we need to survive.
287
01:35:54,695 --> 01:35:56,235
"Your obedient,
288
01:35:57,406 --> 01:35:58,986
"G. Washington."
289
01:36:01,494 --> 01:36:03,954
That man would depress a hyena.
290
01:36:05,956 --> 01:36:08,996
Well, Mr. Adams, you're
chairman of the War Committee.
291
01:36:09,085 --> 01:36:10,835
Do you feel up to whoring,
292
01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:13,340
drinking, deserting
and New Brunswick?
293
01:36:13,547 --> 01:36:15,257
There must be some mistake.
294
01:36:15,341 --> 01:36:17,971
I have an aunt who lives
in New Brunswick.
295
01:36:20,012 --> 01:36:22,892
You must tell her to
keep up the good work.
296
01:36:25,685 --> 01:36:27,765
Come, come, Mr. Adams.
297
01:36:27,853 --> 01:36:30,113
You must see that it's hopeless.
298
01:36:30,189 --> 01:36:32,069
Let us recall General Washington
299
01:36:32,149 --> 01:36:33,779
and disband the Continental Army
300
01:36:33,859 --> 01:36:36,029
before we're overwhelmed.
301
01:36:36,570 --> 01:36:39,280
Yes, indeed. The English would
like that, now, wouldn't they?
302
01:36:39,365 --> 01:36:40,775
Why not ask them yourself?
303
01:36:40,866 --> 01:36:43,076
They ought to be
here any minute.
304
01:36:43,744 --> 01:36:46,204
And when they
hang you, Mr. Adams,
305
01:36:46,288 --> 01:36:49,248
I hope you will put in a good
word for the rest of us.
306
01:36:58,134 --> 01:37:00,014
Face facts,
Mr. Adams.
307
01:37:00,928 --> 01:37:03,218
A handful of drunk
and disorderly recruits
308
01:37:03,305 --> 01:37:05,515
against the entire British Army,
309
01:37:06,225 --> 01:37:08,975
the finest musket men on Earth.
310
01:37:09,061 --> 01:37:10,811
How can we win?
311
01:37:10,896 --> 01:37:13,436
How can we even hope to survive?
312
01:37:13,524 --> 01:37:15,154
Answer me straight, Chase.
313
01:37:15,735 --> 01:37:18,815
If you thought we
could beat the Redcoats,
314
01:37:18,904 --> 01:37:21,324
would Maryland say
yea to independence?
315
01:37:21,407 --> 01:37:23,277
Well, I suppose...
316
01:37:23,367 --> 01:37:24,527
No supposing.
317
01:37:25,035 --> 01:37:27,075
Would you or wouldn't you?
318
01:37:29,582 --> 01:37:31,372
Very well,
Mr. Adams.
319
01:37:32,209 --> 01:37:34,499
Yes, we would.
320
01:37:34,587 --> 01:37:36,417
Then come with me
to New Brunswick
321
01:37:36,505 --> 01:37:37,665
and see for yourself.
322
01:37:37,757 --> 01:37:38,797
John, are you mad?
323
01:37:38,841 --> 01:37:40,444
You heard what Washington said.
It's a shambles.
324
01:37:40,468 --> 01:37:42,112
They're pushing
you into it, Johnny!
325
01:37:42,136 --> 01:37:43,216
What do you say, Chase?
326
01:37:43,304 --> 01:37:46,014
Go ahead, Sam. It sounds
lively as hell up there.
327
01:37:46,098 --> 01:37:48,098
All right.
Why not?
328
01:37:48,184 --> 01:37:50,024
And maybe it'll be John Adams
329
01:37:50,102 --> 01:37:51,192
who comes to his senses.
330
01:37:51,270 --> 01:37:52,650
Mr. President,
the War Committee
331
01:37:52,730 --> 01:37:54,400
will heed General
Washington's request.
332
01:37:54,482 --> 01:37:56,126
A party consisting of
Mr. Chase, Dr. Franklin
333
01:37:56,150 --> 01:37:57,860
and myself will
leave immediately.
334
01:37:57,943 --> 01:37:59,283
Is that...
335
01:37:59,987 --> 01:38:03,027
Is that satisfactory
with you, Dr. Franklin?
336
01:38:03,115 --> 01:38:05,775
Wake up, Franklin! You're
going to New Brunswick.
337
01:38:05,868 --> 01:38:07,328
Like hell I am.
What for?
338
01:38:07,411 --> 01:38:09,621
The whoring and the drinking.
339
01:38:11,248 --> 01:38:14,078
All right, Chase! Move all that lard.
Not a moment to lose.
340
01:38:14,168 --> 01:38:17,798
Left, right, left, right.
Left, right, left, right.
341
01:38:17,880 --> 01:38:19,550
Left, right, left!
342
01:38:30,643 --> 01:38:34,523
Mr. McNair, all this
talk of independence
343
01:38:34,605 --> 01:38:37,315
has left a certain
foulness in the air.
344
01:38:37,399 --> 01:38:38,979
My friends and I
would appreciate it
345
01:38:39,068 --> 01:38:41,318
if you could open some windows.
346
01:38:41,403 --> 01:38:43,573
Well, what about the flies?
347
01:38:43,656 --> 01:38:45,656
The windows,
Mr. McNair.
348
01:38:47,868 --> 01:38:50,908
Open the windows,
close the windows.
349
01:38:50,996 --> 01:38:52,996
Sweet Jesus!
350
01:39:02,049 --> 01:39:06,179
Oh, say, do you see what I see?
351
01:39:06,679 --> 01:39:10,059
Congress sitting
here in sweet serenity
352
01:39:10,140 --> 01:39:13,430
I could cheer,
the reason's clear
353
01:39:13,519 --> 01:39:15,689
For the first time in a year
354
01:39:15,771 --> 01:39:17,771
Adams isn't here
355
01:39:17,857 --> 01:39:21,397
And look, the sun is in the sky
356
01:39:21,485 --> 01:39:23,485
A breeze is blowing by
357
01:39:23,571 --> 01:39:27,451
And there's not a single fly
358
01:39:27,533 --> 01:39:29,533
I sing hosanna
359
01:39:29,618 --> 01:39:32,118
Hosanna
360
01:39:32,204 --> 01:39:36,084
Hosanna, hosanna
361
01:39:36,166 --> 01:39:37,786
And it's cool
362
01:39:40,045 --> 01:39:44,255
Come, ye cool,
cool, conservative men
363
01:39:44,341 --> 01:39:48,141
Our like may never
ever be seen again
364
01:39:48,220 --> 01:39:51,600
We have land, cash in hand
365
01:39:51,682 --> 01:39:55,732
Self-command,
future planned
366
01:39:55,811 --> 01:39:59,561
Fortune thrives,
society survives
367
01:39:59,648 --> 01:40:01,568
In neatly ordered lives
368
01:40:01,650 --> 01:40:05,530
With well-endowered wives
369
01:40:05,613 --> 01:40:07,993
Come sing hosanna
370
01:40:08,073 --> 01:40:10,333
Hosanna
371
01:40:10,409 --> 01:40:14,249
In our breeding and our manner
372
01:40:14,330 --> 01:40:17,830
We are cool
373
01:40:17,917 --> 01:40:22,337
Come, ye cool,
cool, considerate set
374
01:40:22,421 --> 01:40:25,971
We'll dance together
to the same minuet
375
01:40:26,050 --> 01:40:29,890
To the right, ever to the right
376
01:40:29,970 --> 01:40:33,850
Never to the left,
forever to the right
377
01:40:33,933 --> 01:40:37,603
Let our creed be never to exceed
378
01:40:37,686 --> 01:40:39,556
Regulated speed
379
01:40:39,647 --> 01:40:42,937
No matter what the need
380
01:40:43,734 --> 01:40:45,904
Come sing hosanna
381
01:40:45,986 --> 01:40:47,896
Hosanna
382
01:40:48,238 --> 01:40:52,028
Emblazoned on our banner
383
01:40:52,117 --> 01:40:56,037
ls keep cool
384
01:41:04,088 --> 01:41:07,298
To the right, ever to the right
385
01:41:07,925 --> 01:41:11,835
Never to the left,
forever to the right
386
01:41:11,929 --> 01:41:15,929
Hands attach, tightly latch
387
01:41:16,016 --> 01:41:17,426
Everybody match
388
01:41:17,518 --> 01:41:20,098
I have a new dispatch
389
01:41:23,732 --> 01:41:26,192
"From the Commander, army of the
United Colonies in New York,
390
01:41:26,276 --> 01:41:28,236
"dispatch number 1, 158,
391
01:41:28,320 --> 01:41:29,965
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
392
01:41:29,989 --> 01:41:33,699
"Dear sir, I awoke this morning
to find that General Howe
393
01:41:33,784 --> 01:41:36,794
"has landed 25,000 British
regulars and Hessian mercenaries
394
01:41:36,870 --> 01:41:38,410
"on Staten Island,
395
01:41:38,497 --> 01:41:40,327
"and that the fleet,
under the command
396
01:41:40,457 --> 01:41:42,287
"of his brother,
Admiral Lord Howe,
397
01:41:42,376 --> 01:41:44,746
"controls not only the
Hudson and the east rivers,
398
01:41:44,837 --> 01:41:46,127
"but New York Harbor,
399
01:41:46,213 --> 01:41:49,173
"which now looks like
all of London afloat.
400
01:41:49,675 --> 01:41:51,295
"I can no longer,
in good conscience,
401
01:41:51,427 --> 01:41:53,257
"withhold from the
Congress my certainty
402
01:41:53,345 --> 01:41:54,755
"that the British
military object
403
01:41:54,847 --> 01:41:57,347
"at this time is Philadelphia.
404
01:41:57,433 --> 01:42:00,273
"Happy should I be if I could see
the means of preventing them,
405
01:42:00,352 --> 01:42:03,022
"but, at present,
I confess I do not.
406
01:42:03,605 --> 01:42:07,395
"How I wish I had never
seen the Continental Army.
407
01:42:07,526 --> 01:42:10,106
"I would have done better to
retire to the back country,
408
01:42:10,195 --> 01:42:12,945
"and to live in a wigwam.
409
01:42:13,032 --> 01:42:14,532
"Your obedient,
410
01:42:15,951 --> 01:42:17,541
"G. Washington."
411
01:42:18,495 --> 01:42:22,035
What we do, we do rationally
412
01:42:22,541 --> 01:42:25,881
We never, ever go
off half-cocked, not we
413
01:42:25,961 --> 01:42:29,381
Why begin till we
know that we can win
414
01:42:29,465 --> 01:42:33,255
And if we cannot win,
why bother to begin?
415
01:42:33,343 --> 01:42:37,013
We say this game's
not of our choosing
416
01:42:37,806 --> 01:42:41,136
Why should we risk losing?
417
01:42:41,268 --> 01:42:45,098
We're cool, cool men
418
01:42:47,107 --> 01:42:48,647
Mr. Hancock,
419
01:42:48,734 --> 01:42:51,404
you're a man of
property, one of us.
420
01:42:52,071 --> 01:42:54,411
Why don't you join
us in our minuet?
421
01:42:54,490 --> 01:42:57,160
Why do you persist in
dancing with John Adams?
422
01:42:57,242 --> 01:42:59,202
Good Lord, sir, you
don't even like him.
423
01:42:59,745 --> 01:43:03,035
That is true.
He annoys me quite a lot
424
01:43:03,123 --> 01:43:06,463
But still I'd rather trot
to Mr. Adams' new gavotte
425
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:10,250
Why? For personal glory?
For a place in history?
426
01:43:10,380 --> 01:43:13,880
Be careful, sir. History will brand
him and his followers as traitors.
427
01:43:14,176 --> 01:43:16,836
Traitors, Mr. Dickinson?
To what?
428
01:43:16,929 --> 01:43:20,429
The British Crown or
the British half crown?
429
01:43:20,516 --> 01:43:22,516
Fortunately, there are
not enough men of property
430
01:43:22,601 --> 01:43:24,351
in America to dictate policy.
431
01:43:24,436 --> 01:43:28,016
Perhaps not, but don't forget
that most men with nothing
432
01:43:28,107 --> 01:43:31,357
would rather protect the
possibility of becoming rich
433
01:43:31,443 --> 01:43:33,993
than face the reality
of being poor.
434
01:43:36,406 --> 01:43:38,776
And that is why
they will follow us...
435
01:43:38,867 --> 01:43:42,697
To the right, ever to the right
436
01:43:42,788 --> 01:43:46,458
Never to left,
forever to the right
437
01:43:46,542 --> 01:43:49,962
Where there's gold,
a market to behold
438
01:43:50,045 --> 01:43:51,705
Tradition that is old
439
01:43:51,797 --> 01:43:53,837
Reluctant to be bold
440
01:43:53,924 --> 01:43:55,884
I sing hosanna
441
01:43:55,968 --> 01:43:57,968
Hosanna
442
01:43:58,053 --> 01:44:01,263
In a sane and lucid manner
443
01:44:01,348 --> 01:44:02,468
We are cool!
444
01:44:03,642 --> 01:44:07,812
We're the cool,
cool, considerate men
445
01:44:07,896 --> 01:44:11,566
Whose like may never,
ever be seen again
446
01:44:11,650 --> 01:44:15,440
We've got land, cash in hand
447
01:44:15,529 --> 01:44:19,409
Self-command, future planned
448
01:44:19,491 --> 01:44:23,161
And we'll hold to our gold
449
01:44:23,287 --> 01:44:25,247
Tradition that is old
450
01:44:25,330 --> 01:44:27,330
Reluctant to be bold
451
01:44:27,416 --> 01:44:31,496
We say this game's
not of our choosing
452
01:44:32,254 --> 01:44:35,804
Why should we risk losing?
453
01:44:36,008 --> 01:44:40,428
We're cool
454
01:44:40,512 --> 01:44:44,272
Cool
455
01:44:44,349 --> 01:44:51,189
Cool, cool men
456
01:45:10,375 --> 01:45:11,825
How'd you like to try and borrow
457
01:45:11,919 --> 01:45:14,089
a dollar from one of them?
458
01:45:15,172 --> 01:45:17,302
You want some more rum, General?
459
01:45:17,382 --> 01:45:18,632
General?
460
01:45:19,509 --> 01:45:21,589
Lord, I ain't even a corporal.
461
01:45:21,678 --> 01:45:24,058
Yeah, well, what's
the army know?
462
01:45:27,059 --> 01:45:29,059
Here, son.
There you go.
463
01:45:33,649 --> 01:45:37,899
Sit down, gentlemen. The chair
rules it's too damn hot to work.
464
01:45:48,121 --> 01:45:50,871
Well, General, what's
it like out there?
465
01:45:51,416 --> 01:45:53,376
You probably know more than me.
466
01:45:53,669 --> 01:45:54,749
Sitting here?
467
01:45:54,836 --> 01:45:57,086
Sweet Jesus, this
is the last place
468
01:45:57,172 --> 01:45:58,802
to find out what's going on.
469
01:45:59,841 --> 01:46:01,341
I'm aiming to join up.
470
01:46:01,426 --> 01:46:03,046
What are you talking about?
471
01:46:03,136 --> 01:46:04,506
You don't have to join up.
472
01:46:04,596 --> 01:46:05,636
You're in Congress.
473
01:46:05,722 --> 01:46:07,012
What's that got to do with it?
474
01:46:07,099 --> 01:46:10,229
Well, you don't see them rushing
off to get killed, do you?
475
01:46:10,310 --> 01:46:13,190
They sure are great ones for sending
others, I can tell you that.
476
01:46:13,939 --> 01:46:15,559
Hey, who sits here?
477
01:46:16,066 --> 01:46:18,106
Caesar Rodney of Delaware.
478
01:46:18,610 --> 01:46:19,900
Where are you from, General?
479
01:46:20,195 --> 01:46:21,855
Watertown.
480
01:46:21,947 --> 01:46:23,857
Now where's that?
481
01:46:23,949 --> 01:46:25,119
Massachusetts.
482
01:46:25,450 --> 01:46:27,410
Well, then you
belong over there.
483
01:46:33,458 --> 01:46:34,748
But be careful.
484
01:46:35,127 --> 01:46:36,537
There's something
about that chair
485
01:46:36,628 --> 01:46:38,588
that makes a man awful noisy.
486
01:46:42,968 --> 01:46:44,798
You seen any fighting?
487
01:46:46,138 --> 01:46:47,388
Sure did.
488
01:46:48,515 --> 01:46:52,435
I see's my two best friends get
shot dead on the very same day.
489
01:46:53,353 --> 01:46:55,773
And at Lexington it was, too.
490
01:46:55,856 --> 01:46:57,976
Right on the village green.
491
01:46:58,692 --> 01:46:59,961
When they didn't
come home for supper,
492
01:46:59,985 --> 01:47:02,985
their mamas went down the
hill looking for them.
493
01:47:03,071 --> 01:47:05,361
Mrs. Lowell,
she found Timothy.
494
01:47:07,659 --> 01:47:08,989
Right off.
495
01:47:12,247 --> 01:47:13,997
But Mrs. Pickett...
496
01:47:16,835 --> 01:47:19,705
She looked near half
the night for William.
497
01:47:20,881 --> 01:47:23,301
He went and crawled
off the green
498
01:47:24,426 --> 01:47:25,966
before he died.
499
01:47:34,519 --> 01:47:38,229
Mama, hey, Mama
500
01:47:38,315 --> 01:47:43,355
Come looking for me
501
01:47:43,445 --> 01:47:47,945
I'm here in the meadow
502
01:47:48,033 --> 01:47:52,413
By the red maple tree
503
01:47:53,330 --> 01:47:57,460
Mama, hey, Mama
504
01:47:57,542 --> 01:47:59,712
Look sharp
505
01:47:59,795 --> 01:48:03,005
Here I be
506
01:48:03,090 --> 01:48:07,720
Hey, hey
507
01:48:07,803 --> 01:48:12,893
Mama, look sharp
508
01:48:15,310 --> 01:48:18,980
Them soldiers, they fired
509
01:48:19,439 --> 01:48:23,189
Oh, Ma, did we run
510
01:48:24,069 --> 01:48:27,989
But then we turned round
511
01:48:28,073 --> 01:48:32,413
And the battle begun
512
01:48:33,578 --> 01:48:37,208
Then I went under
513
01:48:37,290 --> 01:48:41,420
Oh, Ma, am I done?
514
01:48:42,838 --> 01:48:46,378
Hey, hey
515
01:48:47,175 --> 01:48:52,255
Mama, look sharp
516
01:48:54,808 --> 01:48:58,938
My eyes are wide open
517
01:48:59,020 --> 01:49:03,020
My face to the sky
518
01:49:03,859 --> 01:49:07,649
Is that you I'm hearing
519
01:49:07,737 --> 01:49:11,657
In the tall grass nearby
520
01:49:12,534 --> 01:49:16,044
Mama, come find me
521
01:49:16,121 --> 01:49:19,831
Before I do die
522
01:49:20,459 --> 01:49:24,129
Hey, hey
523
01:49:24,546 --> 01:49:26,706
Mama
524
01:49:26,798 --> 01:49:30,378
Look sharp
525
01:49:33,013 --> 01:49:36,603
I'll close your eyes
526
01:49:37,267 --> 01:49:40,307
My Billy
527
01:49:40,395 --> 01:49:45,725
Them eyes that cannot see
528
01:49:46,443 --> 01:49:49,653
And I'll bury you
529
01:49:49,738 --> 01:49:52,618
My Billy
530
01:49:52,699 --> 01:49:59,579
Beneath the maple tree
531
01:50:00,040 --> 01:50:01,790
And
532
01:50:02,834 --> 01:50:07,054
Never again
533
01:50:07,130 --> 01:50:12,470
Will you whisper to me
534
01:50:13,428 --> 01:50:18,768
Hey
535
01:50:18,850 --> 01:50:21,770
Oh, Mama
536
01:50:21,853 --> 01:50:28,733
Look sharp
537
01:50:45,585 --> 01:50:47,355
The secretary
will now read the report
538
01:50:47,379 --> 01:50:49,299
of the Declaration Committee.
539
01:50:49,381 --> 01:50:50,881
Mr. Thomson.
540
01:50:50,966 --> 01:50:52,796
"A declaration by
the representatives
541
01:50:52,884 --> 01:50:54,514
"of the United
States of America,
542
01:50:54,594 --> 01:50:56,854
"in general Congress assembled.
543
01:50:57,722 --> 01:50:59,182
"When in the course
of human events
544
01:50:59,266 --> 01:51:00,886
"it becomes necessary
for one people
545
01:51:00,976 --> 01:51:02,516
"to dissolve the political bands
546
01:51:02,602 --> 01:51:04,482
"which have connected
them with another
547
01:51:04,563 --> 01:51:07,023
"and to assume among
the powers of the Earth
548
01:51:07,107 --> 01:51:08,477
"the separate and equal station
549
01:51:08,567 --> 01:51:09,817
"to which the laws of nature
550
01:51:09,901 --> 01:51:12,321
"and of nature's
god entitle them,
551
01:51:12,404 --> 01:51:15,034
"a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind
552
01:51:15,115 --> 01:51:17,155
"requires that they
should declare the causes
553
01:51:17,242 --> 01:51:19,372
"which impel them
to the separation.
554
01:51:19,869 --> 01:51:22,829
"We hold these
truths to be self-evident,
555
01:51:22,914 --> 01:51:25,584
"that all men are created equal.
556
01:51:25,667 --> 01:51:27,247
"They're endowed
by their creator
557
01:51:27,335 --> 01:51:29,245
"with certain
inalienable rights,
558
01:51:29,504 --> 01:51:32,974
"that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness,
559
01:51:33,049 --> 01:51:35,009
"that to secure
these rights..."
560
01:51:35,093 --> 01:51:39,183
Jefferson! We're back,
and we've got Maryland.
561
01:51:39,264 --> 01:51:40,684
That is, we will,
as soon as Chase
562
01:51:40,765 --> 01:51:42,118
gets through telling
the Maryland assembly
563
01:51:42,142 --> 01:51:44,102
what we saw in New Brunswick.
564
01:51:44,185 --> 01:51:45,765
He's in Annapolis right now,
565
01:51:45,854 --> 01:51:47,734
describing a ragtag collection
566
01:51:47,814 --> 01:51:49,524
of provincial militiamen
567
01:51:49,608 --> 01:51:51,398
who couldn't drill
together, train together
568
01:51:51,484 --> 01:51:52,614
or march together.
569
01:51:52,694 --> 01:51:54,654
But when a flock
of ducks flew over
570
01:51:54,738 --> 01:51:57,778
and they saw their first
meal in three full days,
571
01:51:57,866 --> 01:51:59,866
sweet Jesus, could
they shoot together!
572
01:51:59,951 --> 01:52:00,991
It was a slaughter.
573
01:52:01,077 --> 01:52:02,537
A slaughter.
574
01:52:02,621 --> 01:52:04,251
They're reading the declaration.
575
01:52:04,331 --> 01:52:06,791
Good God! How far
have they gotten?
576
01:52:07,125 --> 01:52:08,745
"To render the military
independent of
577
01:52:08,835 --> 01:52:10,625
"and superior to
the civil power."
578
01:52:11,129 --> 01:52:13,759
"independent of
and superior to..."
579
01:52:19,638 --> 01:52:21,008
Nothing to fear.
580
01:52:21,097 --> 01:52:22,257
It's a masterpiece.
581
01:52:22,932 --> 01:52:24,892
I'm to be congratulated.
582
01:52:25,477 --> 01:52:26,557
You?
583
01:52:27,771 --> 01:52:29,361
For making him write it.
584
01:52:29,439 --> 01:52:30,649
Oh, of course.
585
01:52:32,233 --> 01:52:34,993
It's a masterpiece, I say
586
01:52:35,070 --> 01:52:39,070
They will cheer
every word, every letter
587
01:52:39,157 --> 01:52:42,237
I wish I felt that way
588
01:52:42,327 --> 01:52:45,657
I believe I can put it better
589
01:52:45,747 --> 01:52:48,327
Now then attend
as friend to friend
590
01:52:48,416 --> 01:52:50,916
Our Declaration Committee
591
01:52:51,002 --> 01:52:54,762
For us I see immortality
592
01:52:54,839 --> 01:52:59,929
In Philadelphia City
593
01:53:00,011 --> 01:53:03,221
A farmer, a lawyer
594
01:53:03,306 --> 01:53:04,926
And a sage
595
01:53:06,393 --> 01:53:08,273
A bit gouty in the leg
596
01:53:09,479 --> 01:53:11,109
You know, it's quite bizarre
597
01:53:11,189 --> 01:53:13,109
To think that here we are
598
01:53:13,191 --> 01:53:16,571
Playing midwives to an egg
599
01:53:17,821 --> 01:53:19,031
Egg? What egg?
600
01:53:19,114 --> 01:53:21,164
America. The birth
of a new nation.
601
01:53:21,241 --> 01:53:22,281
If only we could be sure
602
01:53:22,367 --> 01:53:24,487
of what kind of
a bird it's going to be.
603
01:53:24,577 --> 01:53:27,117
Tom has a point. What sort
of bird shall we choose
604
01:53:27,205 --> 01:53:29,325
as the symbol of
our new America?
605
01:53:29,416 --> 01:53:31,376
The eagle.
606
01:53:31,459 --> 01:53:32,879
The dove.
607
01:53:32,961 --> 01:53:34,341
The turkey.
608
01:53:35,714 --> 01:53:37,054
The eagle.
609
01:53:38,007 --> 01:53:40,257
The dove.
The eagle!
610
01:53:41,678 --> 01:53:43,548
The eagle.
The turkey.
611
01:53:44,889 --> 01:53:46,929
The eagle is a majestic bird.
612
01:53:47,016 --> 01:53:48,016
The eagle is a scavenger,
613
01:53:48,059 --> 01:53:49,769
a thief and a coward.
614
01:53:49,853 --> 01:53:51,193
A symbol of over 10 centuries
615
01:53:51,271 --> 01:53:53,441
of European mischief.
616
01:53:53,523 --> 01:53:54,823
A turkey?
617
01:53:54,899 --> 01:53:57,069
The turkey is
a truly noble bird.
618
01:53:57,152 --> 01:54:00,242
Native American. Source of
sustenance of our original settlers.
619
01:54:00,321 --> 01:54:02,531
An incredibly brave
fellow who will not flinch
620
01:54:02,615 --> 01:54:04,155
at attacking a regiment
of Englishmen
621
01:54:04,242 --> 01:54:05,662
single-handedly!
622
01:54:05,744 --> 01:54:08,414
Therefore, the national bird
of America is going to be...
623
01:54:08,496 --> 01:54:11,076
The eagle!
624
01:54:11,583 --> 01:54:14,713
We're waiting for
the chirp, chirp, chirp
625
01:54:15,503 --> 01:54:18,213
Of an eaglet being born
626
01:54:18,298 --> 01:54:21,378
Waiting for the chirp,
chirp, chirp
627
01:54:21,468 --> 01:54:24,548
On this humid Monday morning
628
01:54:24,637 --> 01:54:28,927
In this congressional incubator
629
01:54:29,017 --> 01:54:31,887
God knows the
temperature's hot enough
630
01:54:31,978 --> 01:54:35,518
To hatch a stone,
let alone an egg
631
01:54:36,941 --> 01:54:40,441
We're waiting for the
scratch, scratch, scratch
632
01:54:40,528 --> 01:54:43,658
Of that tiny little fellow
633
01:54:43,740 --> 01:54:46,740
Waiting for the egg to hatch
634
01:54:46,826 --> 01:54:49,996
On this humid Monday morning
635
01:54:50,079 --> 01:54:54,209
In this congressional incubator
636
01:54:54,292 --> 01:54:57,132
God knows the
temperature's hot enough
637
01:54:57,212 --> 01:54:58,752
To hatch a stone
638
01:54:58,838 --> 01:55:00,958
But will it hatch an egg?
639
01:55:02,634 --> 01:55:06,724
The declaration will be a triumph.
I tell you, a triumph.
640
01:55:06,805 --> 01:55:08,925
If I was ever sure of
anything, I'm sure of that.
641
01:55:09,015 --> 01:55:10,345
A triumph.
642
01:55:11,476 --> 01:55:12,806
And if it isn't,
643
01:55:12,894 --> 01:55:13,954
we've still got four days left
644
01:55:13,978 --> 01:55:16,058
to think of something else.
645
01:55:16,147 --> 01:55:19,687
The eagle's going
to crack the shell
646
01:55:19,776 --> 01:55:22,486
Of the egg that England laid
647
01:55:22,612 --> 01:55:25,572
Yes, sir, we can
tell, tell, tell
648
01:55:25,657 --> 01:55:28,657
On this humid Monday morning
649
01:55:28,743 --> 01:55:33,003
In this congressional incubator
650
01:55:33,081 --> 01:55:36,331
And just as Tom here has written
651
01:55:36,417 --> 01:55:38,917
Though the shell may
belong to Great Britain
652
01:55:39,003 --> 01:55:42,763
The eagle inside belongs to us
653
01:55:42,841 --> 01:55:45,931
And just as Tom here has written
654
01:55:46,010 --> 01:55:48,430
We say, "To hell
with Great Britain"
655
01:55:48,513 --> 01:55:53,853
The eagle inside belongs to us
656
01:56:05,113 --> 01:56:06,674
"and to do all
other acts and things
657
01:56:06,698 --> 01:56:09,028
"which independent
states may of right do.
658
01:56:09,367 --> 01:56:11,487
"And for the support
of this declaration,
659
01:56:11,578 --> 01:56:14,158
"we mutually pledge to
each other our lives,
660
01:56:14,247 --> 01:56:16,787
"our fortunes and
our sacred honor."
661
01:56:19,419 --> 01:56:21,339
Thank you, Mr. Thomson.
662
01:56:22,088 --> 01:56:23,918
The Congress has
heard the report
663
01:56:24,007 --> 01:56:26,007
of the Declaration Committee.
664
01:56:26,467 --> 01:56:28,757
Are there any here who
wish to offer alterations,
665
01:56:28,845 --> 01:56:31,675
deletions, amendments
to this declaration?
666
01:56:32,640 --> 01:56:34,680
Mr. President!
667
01:56:34,767 --> 01:56:36,517
Gentlemen!
668
01:56:36,603 --> 01:56:39,233
Gentlemen, please!
669
01:56:40,565 --> 01:56:42,855
Colonel McKean,
I saw your hand first.
670
01:56:42,942 --> 01:56:44,482
Mr. Jefferson,
671
01:56:44,569 --> 01:56:47,949
it's a funny paper you've written,
Tom, but somewhere in it,
672
01:56:48,031 --> 01:56:51,991
you mention Scottish and foreign
mercenaries sent to destroy us.
673
01:56:52,785 --> 01:56:54,285
Scottish, Tom?
674
01:56:54,746 --> 01:56:56,616
That is in reference
to a Highland regiment
675
01:56:56,706 --> 01:56:58,076
which stood against
us at Boston.
676
01:56:59,751 --> 01:57:01,961
It's more likely
Germans wearing kilts
677
01:57:02,045 --> 01:57:04,245
to disguise their being there.
678
01:57:04,380 --> 01:57:06,670
I ask you to remove the word
679
01:57:06,758 --> 01:57:09,298
and avoid giving offense
to a good people.
680
01:57:09,385 --> 01:57:10,885
Mr. Jefferson?
681
01:57:12,430 --> 01:57:13,890
The Reverend...
682
01:57:14,265 --> 01:57:15,305
Witherspoon.
683
01:57:15,391 --> 01:57:17,641
Mr. Jefferson,
nowhere do you mention
684
01:57:17,727 --> 01:57:19,727
the Supreme Being.
685
01:57:19,812 --> 01:57:21,402
Now, surely this
was an oversight,
686
01:57:21,481 --> 01:57:25,981
for how could we hope to achieve
a victory without His help?
687
01:57:26,069 --> 01:57:28,529
Therefore, I most humbly
suggest the following addition
688
01:57:28,613 --> 01:57:30,363
to your final sentence.
689
01:57:30,448 --> 01:57:34,278
"With a firm reliance on the
protection of Divine Providence."
690
01:57:34,619 --> 01:57:35,659
Mr. Jefferson?
691
01:57:38,790 --> 01:57:39,870
Mr. Read.
692
01:57:41,584 --> 01:57:44,634
Among your charges against the king, Mr.
Jefferson,
693
01:57:44,712 --> 01:57:46,212
you accuse him of depriving us
694
01:57:46,297 --> 01:57:48,837
of the benefits
of trial by jury.
695
01:57:48,925 --> 01:57:50,295
This is untrue, sir.
696
01:57:50,385 --> 01:57:53,295
In Delaware, we've
always had trial by jury.
697
01:57:54,222 --> 01:57:56,062
In Massachusetts, we have not.
698
01:57:56,808 --> 01:57:58,558
Well, then I suggest
that the words
699
01:57:58,643 --> 01:58:00,483
"in many cases" be added.
700
01:58:01,479 --> 01:58:02,979
Mr. Jefferson?
701
01:58:03,481 --> 01:58:06,691
"In many cases"?
Brilliant!
702
01:58:06,776 --> 01:58:09,316
I suppose every time
you see those three words,
703
01:58:09,404 --> 01:58:11,574
your puny chest
will swell with pride
704
01:58:11,656 --> 01:58:14,316
over your great
historical contribution.
705
01:58:14,409 --> 01:58:15,529
It's more memorable
706
01:58:15,618 --> 01:58:17,738
than your unprincipled whitewash
707
01:58:17,829 --> 01:58:19,829
of that race of barbarians!
708
01:58:19,914 --> 01:58:22,374
Race of barbarians?
709
01:58:22,458 --> 01:58:23,748
Why, I'll have you...
710
01:58:24,377 --> 01:58:26,747
Colonel McKean,
Mr. Read, that's enough!
711
01:58:29,340 --> 01:58:30,970
Mr. Hopkins. I've no
objections, Johnny.
712
01:58:31,050 --> 01:58:32,760
I'm just trying to get a drink.
713
01:58:32,844 --> 01:58:35,644
I should've known.
McNair, get him a rum.
714
01:58:40,977 --> 01:58:42,347
Mr. Bartlett.
715
01:58:43,146 --> 01:58:44,306
Mr. Jefferson.
716
01:58:44,731 --> 01:58:47,521
I beg you to remember that we
still have friends in England.
717
01:58:47,608 --> 01:58:51,528
I see no purpose in antagonizing
them with such phrases as...
718
01:58:52,488 --> 01:58:55,238
"Unfeeling brethren"
and "enemies at war."
719
01:58:55,324 --> 01:58:58,664
Our quarrel is with the British
king, not the British people.
720
01:58:58,745 --> 01:59:00,785
Be sensible, Bartlett.
721
01:59:00,872 --> 01:59:01,872
Remove those phrases,
722
01:59:01,956 --> 01:59:04,786
and the entire paragraph
becomes meaningless.
723
01:59:04,876 --> 01:59:08,086
And it so happens that it's one
of the most stirring and poetic
724
01:59:08,171 --> 01:59:11,511
of any passage in the
entire document. Now...
725
01:59:11,591 --> 01:59:15,141
We're a Congress, Mr. Adams,
not a literary society.
726
01:59:15,219 --> 01:59:17,969
I ask that the entire
paragraph be stricken.
727
01:59:18,056 --> 01:59:19,056
Mr. Jefferson?
728
01:59:21,726 --> 01:59:22,806
Good God.
729
01:59:22,894 --> 01:59:25,854
Jefferson, when are you going
to speak up for your own work?
730
01:59:25,938 --> 01:59:28,978
I had hoped that the work
would speak for itself.
731
01:59:29,567 --> 01:59:30,937
Mr. Hancock?
732
01:59:31,569 --> 01:59:32,939
What is it,
Mr. McNair?
733
01:59:33,029 --> 01:59:34,569
I can't say I'm very fond of
734
01:59:34,655 --> 01:59:36,485
"The United States of America"
735
01:59:36,574 --> 01:59:38,084
as a name for a new country.
736
01:59:40,078 --> 01:59:42,828
I don't care what you're fond of, Mr.
McNair.
737
01:59:42,914 --> 01:59:45,504
You're not a member
of this Congress!
738
01:59:48,711 --> 01:59:50,091
Mr. Sherman.
739
01:59:50,630 --> 01:59:53,590
Brother Jefferson,
I noted at least
740
01:59:53,674 --> 01:59:55,804
two distinct and
direct references
741
01:59:55,885 --> 01:59:58,425
to the British Parliament
in your declaration.
742
01:59:58,513 --> 02:00:01,143
Do you think it's wise to
alienate that august body
743
02:00:01,224 --> 02:00:02,394
in light of our contention
744
02:00:02,475 --> 02:00:05,095
that they've never had any
authority over us anyway?
745
02:00:05,186 --> 02:00:07,596
This is a revolution, damn it!
746
02:00:07,688 --> 02:00:09,768
We're going to have
to offend somebody.
747
02:00:09,857 --> 02:00:11,437
Brother Hancock!
748
02:00:15,863 --> 02:00:17,863
John. John.
749
02:00:17,949 --> 02:00:20,469
You'll give yourself an attack of
apoplexy if you're not careful.
750
02:00:20,493 --> 02:00:21,595
Have you heard what
they're doing to it?
751
02:00:21,619 --> 02:00:22,739
Have you heard?
I heard.
752
02:00:22,829 --> 02:00:24,098
And, so far, that's
just our friends.
753
02:00:24,122 --> 02:00:26,292
Can you imagine what
our enemies will do?
754
02:00:26,374 --> 02:00:29,134
The word "parliament" will
be removed wherever it occurs.
755
02:00:29,210 --> 02:00:30,604
They won't be satisfied
till they remove
756
02:00:30,628 --> 02:00:32,418
one of the "F's"
from Jefferson's name.
757
02:00:32,505 --> 02:00:35,295
Courage, John. It won't
last much longer.
758
02:00:38,553 --> 02:00:40,053
Mr. Dickinson.
759
02:00:40,555 --> 02:00:42,595
Mr. Jefferson,
760
02:00:42,682 --> 02:00:44,562
I have very little
interest in your paper,
761
02:00:44,642 --> 02:00:46,182
as there's no doubt in my mind
762
02:00:46,269 --> 02:00:48,349
that we've all but
heard the last of it.
763
02:00:48,437 --> 02:00:51,017
But I am curious
about one thing.
764
02:00:51,983 --> 02:00:55,403
Why do you refer to King
George as a tyrant?
765
02:00:57,113 --> 02:00:58,993
Because he is a tyrant.
766
02:00:59,991 --> 02:01:01,451
I remind you,
Mr. Jefferson,
767
02:01:01,534 --> 02:01:03,954
that this tyrant
is still your king.
768
02:01:05,663 --> 02:01:07,913
When a king becomes a tyrant,
769
02:01:07,999 --> 02:01:09,539
he thereby breaks the contract
770
02:01:09,625 --> 02:01:11,585
binding his subjects to him.
771
02:01:11,669 --> 02:01:13,299
How so?
772
02:01:13,379 --> 02:01:15,509
By taking away their rights.
773
02:01:15,590 --> 02:01:18,550
Rights that came from
him in the first place?
774
02:01:18,634 --> 02:01:20,344
All except one.
775
02:01:20,428 --> 02:01:23,138
The right to be free
comes from nature.
776
02:01:24,015 --> 02:01:26,975
And are we not free,
Mr. Jefferson?
777
02:01:29,187 --> 02:01:31,307
Homes entered without warrant.
778
02:01:31,397 --> 02:01:34,517
Citizens arrested
without charge.
779
02:01:34,609 --> 02:01:35,609
And in many places,
780
02:01:35,693 --> 02:01:37,993
free assembly itself denied.
781
02:01:38,070 --> 02:01:40,820
No one approves of such things,
782
02:01:40,907 --> 02:01:43,197
but these are dangerous times.
783
02:01:43,284 --> 02:01:44,994
Be careful,
Mr. Dickinson.
784
02:01:45,077 --> 02:01:46,617
Those who give up
some of their liberty
785
02:01:46,704 --> 02:01:49,164
in order to obtain a
little temporary safety,
786
02:01:49,248 --> 02:01:51,748
deserve neither
liberty nor safety.
787
02:01:53,419 --> 02:01:54,789
Mr. Wilson.
788
02:01:56,297 --> 02:01:57,957
Do we in Pennsylvania
789
02:01:58,049 --> 02:01:59,719
consider King George a tyrant?
790
02:02:01,052 --> 02:02:03,432
Well, I don't know.
791
02:02:04,222 --> 02:02:05,352
He...
792
02:02:06,098 --> 02:02:07,468
Oh. Uh...
793
02:02:07,558 --> 02:02:09,518
No. No, we don't.
794
02:02:10,269 --> 02:02:11,939
He's not a tyrant.
795
02:02:12,980 --> 02:02:14,480
In Pennsylvania.
796
02:02:14,565 --> 02:02:15,975
There you are,
Mr. Jefferson.
797
02:02:16,067 --> 02:02:18,107
Your declaration does
not speak for us all.
798
02:02:18,194 --> 02:02:20,324
I demand the word
"tyrant" be removed.
799
02:02:20,404 --> 02:02:21,404
Very well.
800
02:02:21,447 --> 02:02:23,617
Just a moment,
Mr. Thomson.
801
02:02:23,699 --> 02:02:25,329
I do not consent.
802
02:02:26,285 --> 02:02:28,245
The king is a tyrant
803
02:02:28,329 --> 02:02:29,909
whether we say so or not.
804
02:02:31,207 --> 02:02:32,617
We might as well say so.
805
02:02:32,708 --> 02:02:34,668
But I already scratched it out.
806
02:02:34,752 --> 02:02:36,672
Then scratch it back in.
807
02:02:38,464 --> 02:02:39,566
Put it back, Mr. Thomson.
808
02:02:39,590 --> 02:02:42,010
The king will remain a tyrant.
809
02:02:46,097 --> 02:02:47,177
Mr. Hewes.
810
02:02:47,265 --> 02:02:48,675
Mr. Jefferson.
811
02:02:48,766 --> 02:02:50,806
Nowhere do you mention
deep-sea fishing rights.
812
02:02:53,271 --> 02:02:57,271
Oh, good God!
Fishing rights!
813
02:02:58,276 --> 02:03:01,106
How long is this
piddling to go on?
814
02:03:01,195 --> 02:03:04,605
We have been here
for three full days.
815
02:03:04,699 --> 02:03:06,449
We have endured, by my count,
816
02:03:06,534 --> 02:03:08,454
85 separate changes,
817
02:03:08,536 --> 02:03:11,956
and the removal of
close to 400 words.
818
02:03:12,039 --> 02:03:15,169
Now, would you whip it and beat
it till you break its spirit?
819
02:03:15,251 --> 02:03:17,131
I tell you that document
820
02:03:17,211 --> 02:03:18,881
is a masterful expression
821
02:03:18,963 --> 02:03:20,923
of the American mind!
822
02:03:26,137 --> 02:03:27,797
If there are no more changes,
823
02:03:27,888 --> 02:03:31,348
then I can assume the report of the
Declaration Committee has been...
824
02:03:31,475 --> 02:03:33,475
Just a moment,
Mr. President.
825
02:03:34,478 --> 02:03:35,728
Look out.
826
02:03:37,148 --> 02:03:39,688
I wonder if we might prevail
upon Mr. Thomson
827
02:03:39,775 --> 02:03:43,775
to read again a small portion of Mr.
Jefferson's declaration.
828
02:03:44,864 --> 02:03:47,704
The one beginning
"He has waged cruel war."
829
02:03:50,661 --> 02:03:52,831
"He has affected...
He's combined...
830
02:03:52,913 --> 02:03:55,373
"He's abdicated...
He's plundered...
831
02:03:55,458 --> 02:03:58,128
"He's constrained... He's excited...
He's incited...
832
02:03:58,210 --> 02:04:00,630
"He's waged cruel war."
Here it is.
833
02:04:00,713 --> 02:04:03,473
"He's waged cruel war
against human nature itself
834
02:04:03,549 --> 02:04:06,429
"in the persons of a distant
people who never offended him,
835
02:04:06,510 --> 02:04:08,140
"captivating and carrying them
836
02:04:08,220 --> 02:04:10,430
"into slavery in
another hemisphere,
837
02:04:10,514 --> 02:04:12,104
"Determined to
keep open a market
838
02:04:12,183 --> 02:04:14,143
"where men should
be bought and sold,
839
02:04:14,226 --> 02:04:15,329
"he has prostituted his..."
840
02:04:15,353 --> 02:04:16,563
That will suffice,
Mr. Thomson.
841
02:04:16,645 --> 02:04:18,435
I thank you, sir.
842
02:04:18,522 --> 02:04:20,272
Mr. Jefferson,
843
02:04:20,358 --> 02:04:23,188
I can't quite make out what
it is you're talking about.
844
02:04:25,196 --> 02:04:26,986
Slavery, Mr. Rutledge.
845
02:04:27,073 --> 02:04:28,323
Oh, yes.
846
02:04:28,407 --> 02:04:31,027
You're referring to us
as slaves of the king.
847
02:04:31,118 --> 02:04:33,788
No, sir. I'm referring
to our slaves.
848
02:04:33,871 --> 02:04:39,671
Black slaves.
849
02:04:40,878 --> 02:04:43,128
Why didn't you say so, sir?
850
02:04:43,214 --> 02:04:45,804
Were you trying to
hide your meaning?
851
02:04:46,550 --> 02:04:47,800
No, sir.
852
02:04:47,885 --> 02:04:50,715
Just another
literary license, then.
853
02:04:51,847 --> 02:04:53,217
If you like.
854
02:04:54,100 --> 02:04:56,600
I don't like at all,
Mr. Jefferson.
855
02:04:57,645 --> 02:04:59,145
To us, in South Carolina,
856
02:04:59,230 --> 02:05:01,690
black slavery is
our peculiar institution,
857
02:05:01,774 --> 02:05:03,574
and a cherished way of life.
858
02:05:03,651 --> 02:05:06,491
Nevertheless,
we must abolish it.
859
02:05:06,570 --> 02:05:09,610
Nothing is more certainly
written in the book of fate
860
02:05:09,698 --> 02:05:11,568
than that these
people shall be free.
861
02:05:11,659 --> 02:05:15,579
I am not concerned with the book
of fate right now, Mr. Jefferson.
862
02:05:15,663 --> 02:05:18,303
I'm more concerned with what is
written in that little paper there.
863
02:05:18,374 --> 02:05:19,674
That little paper there
864
02:05:19,750 --> 02:05:22,090
deals with freedom
for Americans.
865
02:05:24,088 --> 02:05:25,418
Oh, really?
866
02:05:26,882 --> 02:05:28,132
Mr. Adams
867
02:05:28,884 --> 02:05:33,184
is now calling our
black slaves "Americans."
868
02:05:33,264 --> 02:05:34,314
Are they, now?
869
02:05:34,432 --> 02:05:35,432
Yes, they are.
870
02:05:35,474 --> 02:05:37,984
They're people and they're here.
871
02:05:38,060 --> 02:05:39,871
If there's any other requirement,
I've never heard of it.
872
02:05:39,895 --> 02:05:42,765
They are here, yes, but they are not
people, sir. They are property.
873
02:05:42,857 --> 02:05:44,517
No, sir.
They are people
874
02:05:44,608 --> 02:05:47,068
who are being
treated as property.
875
02:05:47,153 --> 02:05:49,863
I tell you, the rights
of human nature
876
02:05:49,947 --> 02:05:51,277
are deeply wounded
877
02:05:51,365 --> 02:05:53,525
by this infamous practice.
878
02:05:53,617 --> 02:05:55,487
Then see to your own wounds, Mr.
Jefferson,
879
02:05:55,578 --> 02:05:57,538
for you are a practitioner!
880
02:05:57,621 --> 02:05:59,041
Are you not?
881
02:06:05,296 --> 02:06:08,126
I have already resolved
882
02:06:09,133 --> 02:06:10,933
to release my slaves.
883
02:06:29,320 --> 02:06:30,860
Then I'm sorry,
884
02:06:31,739 --> 02:06:33,359
for you've also resolved
885
02:06:33,449 --> 02:06:35,829
the ruination of
your personal economy.
886
02:06:35,910 --> 02:06:38,290
Economy.
Always economy.
887
02:06:39,413 --> 02:06:42,423
There's more to this than a
filthy purse string, Rutledge.
888
02:06:42,500 --> 02:06:44,580
It's an offense
against man and God.
889
02:06:44,668 --> 02:06:46,521
It's a stinking business, Mr.
Rutledge.
890
02:06:46,545 --> 02:06:48,085
A stinking business.
891
02:06:48,172 --> 02:06:50,222
Is it really,
Mr. Hopkins?
892
02:06:50,299 --> 02:06:52,379
Then what is that I smell
893
02:06:52,468 --> 02:06:54,678
floating down from the North?
894
02:06:56,222 --> 02:06:58,642
Could that be
the aroma of hypocrisy?
895
02:06:58,724 --> 02:07:02,854
For who holds the other end of that
filthy purse string, Mr. Adams?
896
02:07:06,315 --> 02:07:08,775
Our Northern brethren
897
02:07:08,859 --> 02:07:11,649
feeling a bit tender
toward our slaves.
898
02:07:11,737 --> 02:07:13,657
They don't keep slaves.
899
02:07:14,198 --> 02:07:15,368
Oh, no.
900
02:07:16,617 --> 02:07:20,407
But they're willing to
be considerable carriers
901
02:07:20,496 --> 02:07:22,246
of slaves to others.
902
02:07:22,998 --> 02:07:24,578
They're willing.
903
02:07:26,043 --> 02:07:27,673
For the shilling.
904
02:07:28,170 --> 02:07:30,510
Or haven't you heard,
Mr. Adams?
905
02:07:31,882 --> 02:07:34,472
Clink, clink.
906
02:07:35,553 --> 02:07:38,143
Molasses to rum
907
02:07:38,222 --> 02:07:41,062
To slaves
908
02:07:41,141 --> 02:07:46,731
Oh, what a beautiful waltz
909
02:07:46,814 --> 02:07:49,574
You dance with us
910
02:07:49,650 --> 02:07:52,070
We dance with you
911
02:07:52,152 --> 02:07:54,952
In molasses and rum
912
02:07:55,030 --> 02:08:00,160
And slaves
913
02:08:00,244 --> 02:08:03,874
Who sail the ships out of Boston
914
02:08:03,956 --> 02:08:07,826
Ladened with Bibles and rum?
915
02:08:07,918 --> 02:08:11,548
Who drinks a toast
to the Ivory Coast?
916
02:08:11,630 --> 02:08:15,550
Hail Africa,
the slavers have come
917
02:08:15,634 --> 02:08:19,184
New England with Bibles
918
02:08:19,263 --> 02:08:21,683
And rum
919
02:08:22,433 --> 02:08:25,273
And it's off with
the rum and the Bibles
920
02:08:25,352 --> 02:08:27,852
Take on the slaves, clink, clink
921
02:08:27,938 --> 02:08:32,028
Then hail and
farewell to the smell
922
02:08:32,109 --> 02:08:36,279
Of the African coast
923
02:08:39,700 --> 02:08:42,290
Molasses to rum
924
02:08:42,369 --> 02:08:44,749
To slaves
925
02:08:44,830 --> 02:08:50,380
'T isn't morals,
'its money that saves
926
02:08:50,461 --> 02:08:53,301
Shall we dance to the sound
927
02:08:53,380 --> 02:08:55,720
Of the profitable pound?
928
02:08:55,799 --> 02:08:58,219
In molasses and rum
929
02:08:58,302 --> 02:09:03,562
And slaves
930
02:09:03,641 --> 02:09:07,191
Who sail the ships out of Guinea
931
02:09:07,269 --> 02:09:10,859
Ladened with Bibles and slaves?
932
02:09:10,939 --> 02:09:14,649
'Ti's Boston can boast
to the West Indies coast
933
02:09:14,735 --> 02:09:18,355
Jamaica, we brung what ye craves
934
02:09:18,447 --> 02:09:21,987
Antigua, Barbados
935
02:09:22,076 --> 02:09:25,446
We brung Bibles
936
02:09:25,537 --> 02:09:29,287
And slaves
937
02:09:29,375 --> 02:09:32,415
Gentlemen, you mustn't think
that our Northern friends
938
02:09:32,503 --> 02:09:36,053
see our black slaves as
merely figures in a ledger.
939
02:09:36,131 --> 02:09:37,421
Oh, no.
940
02:09:37,508 --> 02:09:41,758
They see them as
figures on a block.
941
02:09:41,845 --> 02:09:44,505
Look at the faces at
the auctions, gentlemen.
942
02:09:44,598 --> 02:09:47,098
White faces on African wharves.
943
02:09:47,184 --> 02:09:48,814
Seafaring faces.
944
02:09:48,894 --> 02:09:50,654
New England faces.
945
02:09:50,729 --> 02:09:53,109
"Put them in the ships."
946
02:09:53,190 --> 02:09:55,780
"Cram them in the ships."
947
02:09:55,859 --> 02:09:59,609
"Stuff them in the ships."
948
02:09:59,697 --> 02:10:02,987
Hurry, gentlemen.
Let the auction begin.
949
02:10:03,534 --> 02:10:08,624
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
950
02:10:08,706 --> 02:10:12,496
Gentlemen, do you hear? That's
the cry of the auctioneer.
951
02:10:12,584 --> 02:10:17,674
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
952
02:10:17,756 --> 02:10:20,166
Slaves, gentlemen!
953
02:10:20,259 --> 02:10:22,639
Black gold!
954
02:10:22,720 --> 02:10:25,140
Living gold!
955
02:10:25,222 --> 02:10:28,892
Gold from Angola!
956
02:10:28,976 --> 02:10:30,846
Guinea, Guinea, Guinea!
957
02:10:30,936 --> 02:10:33,726
Blackbirds for sale
958
02:10:33,814 --> 02:10:38,364
Ashanti, Ibo, Ibo, Ibo!
959
02:10:38,444 --> 02:10:41,324
Blackbirds for sale
960
02:10:41,405 --> 02:10:45,315
Handle them!
961
02:10:45,743 --> 02:10:49,163
Fondle them!
962
02:10:49,246 --> 02:10:52,326
But don't finger them!
963
02:10:52,416 --> 02:10:57,376
They're prime
964
02:10:57,463 --> 02:11:04,183
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
965
02:11:04,762 --> 02:11:07,972
For the love of God,
Mr. Rutledge, please.
966
02:11:17,024 --> 02:11:19,944
Molasses to rum
967
02:11:20,027 --> 02:11:23,447
To slaves
968
02:11:23,530 --> 02:11:28,530
Who sail the ships
back to Boston
969
02:11:28,619 --> 02:11:30,999
Ladened with gold
970
02:11:31,079 --> 02:11:34,209
See it gleam
971
02:11:34,291 --> 02:11:39,001
Whose fortunes are made
in the triangle trade
972
02:11:39,087 --> 02:11:43,507
Hail slavery,
the New England dream
973
02:11:43,592 --> 02:11:46,142
Mr. Adams,
I give you a toast
974
02:11:47,179 --> 02:11:49,429
Hail, Boston
975
02:11:49,515 --> 02:11:52,095
Hail, Charleston
976
02:11:53,644 --> 02:12:00,654
Who stinketh the most?
977
02:12:08,909 --> 02:12:11,329
Mr. Rutledge,
please!
978
02:12:14,122 --> 02:12:15,462
Mr. Hewes.
979
02:12:18,919 --> 02:12:20,169
Dr. Hall.
980
02:12:31,014 --> 02:12:33,604
Don't worry, John.
They'll be back.
981
02:12:33,684 --> 02:12:36,314
Aye, to vote us down.
982
02:12:42,985 --> 02:12:44,985
Adams! Franklin!
983
02:12:46,530 --> 02:12:48,450
It's done. I have it.
984
02:12:48,532 --> 02:12:50,992
And the Maryland
Assembly's approved it.
985
02:12:51,076 --> 02:12:53,196
I told them about
one of the greatest
986
02:12:53,287 --> 02:12:56,207
military engagements in history
987
02:12:56,290 --> 02:12:58,420
against a flock of...
988
02:13:01,712 --> 02:13:03,172
What's wrong?
989
02:13:04,756 --> 02:13:05,756
I thought...
990
02:13:05,841 --> 02:13:07,761
You'll have to forgive them, Mr.
Chase.
991
02:13:07,843 --> 02:13:10,513
They just suffered
a slight setback.
992
02:13:10,596 --> 02:13:13,306
And after all,
"What is a man profited
993
02:13:13,390 --> 02:13:17,640
"if he shall gain Maryland
and lose the entire South?"
994
02:13:18,854 --> 02:13:21,734
Matthew, Chapter 16, Verse 26.
995
02:13:23,483 --> 02:13:24,693
McNair.
996
02:13:25,360 --> 02:13:27,190
Oh, I know.
The flies.
997
02:13:27,279 --> 02:13:28,319
No.
998
02:13:29,239 --> 02:13:30,489
The rum.
999
02:13:35,120 --> 02:13:37,910
Well, what are we
all sitting around for, hmm?
1000
02:13:39,291 --> 02:13:41,001
We're wasting time.
Precious time.
1001
02:13:41,084 --> 02:13:43,174
Thomas, I want you
to ride down into Delaware
1002
02:13:43,253 --> 02:13:44,883
and fetch back Caesar Rodney.
1003
02:13:44,963 --> 02:13:48,303
John, are you mad? It's 80
miles, and he's a dying man.
1004
02:13:48,383 --> 02:13:50,013
No, he's a patriot.
1005
02:13:50,093 --> 02:13:52,893
John, what good will it do?
The South's done us in.
1006
02:13:52,971 --> 02:13:54,601
And suppose they
change their minds?
1007
02:13:54,681 --> 02:13:57,181
Can we get Delaware
without Rodney?
1008
02:13:59,937 --> 02:14:02,977
God! What a bastardy
bunch we are.
1009
02:14:05,525 --> 02:14:07,025
Stephen, I want you to...
1010
02:14:07,110 --> 02:14:08,780
I'm going to the tavern, Johnny.
1011
02:14:08,862 --> 02:14:12,412
If there's anything I can do
for you there, let me know.
1012
02:14:13,325 --> 02:14:14,485
Chase.
1013
02:14:15,369 --> 02:14:16,449
Bartlett!
1014
02:14:16,536 --> 02:14:20,116
What's the use, John? The
vote's tomorrow morning.
1015
02:14:20,207 --> 02:14:22,627
There's less than
a full day left.
1016
02:14:26,004 --> 02:14:27,554
Roger.
1017
02:14:27,631 --> 02:14:30,131
Face facts, John.
It's finished.
1018
02:14:32,886 --> 02:14:34,466
I'm sorry, John.
1019
02:14:42,854 --> 02:14:44,814
We have no choice, John.
1020
02:14:45,983 --> 02:14:47,823
The slavery clause
has got to go.
1021
02:14:51,071 --> 02:14:52,491
Franklin, what are you saying?
1022
02:14:52,990 --> 02:14:54,780
It's a luxury we can't afford.
1023
02:14:55,909 --> 02:14:57,159
A luxury?
1024
02:14:59,579 --> 02:15:03,329
A half million souls in chains,
1025
02:15:03,417 --> 02:15:06,417
and Dr. Franklin
calls it a luxury.
1026
02:15:07,546 --> 02:15:09,416
Maybe you should've
walked out with the South.
1027
02:15:09,965 --> 02:15:11,915
You forget yourself, sir.
1028
02:15:12,009 --> 02:15:15,179
I founded the first anti-slavery
society on this continent.
1029
02:15:15,637 --> 02:15:17,257
Don't wave
your credentials at me.
1030
02:15:17,347 --> 02:15:18,927
Perhaps it's time
you had them renewed.
1031
02:15:19,558 --> 02:15:22,598
The issue here is independence.
1032
02:15:22,686 --> 02:15:25,476
Perhaps you've forgotten
that fact, but I have not.
1033
02:15:25,564 --> 02:15:29,114
How dare you
jeopardize our cause
1034
02:15:29,192 --> 02:15:31,112
when we've come so far!
1035
02:15:32,738 --> 02:15:34,068
These men,
1036
02:15:35,365 --> 02:15:37,615
no matter how much
we may disagree with them,
1037
02:15:37,701 --> 02:15:41,121
are not ribbon clerks
to be ordered about.
1038
02:15:41,204 --> 02:15:44,424
They're proud, accomplished men.
The cream of their colonies.
1039
02:15:44,499 --> 02:15:45,959
And whether you like it or not,
1040
02:15:46,043 --> 02:15:47,503
they and the people
they represent
1041
02:15:47,586 --> 02:15:51,456
will be part of this new
nation you hope to create.
1042
02:15:51,548 --> 02:15:54,758
Now either learn how to live with
them or pack up and go home.
1043
02:16:00,390 --> 02:16:03,480
In any case, stop acting
like a Boston fishwife.
1044
02:16:17,574 --> 02:16:20,454
Good God.
What's happened to me?
1045
02:16:20,535 --> 02:16:23,825
John Adams.
The great John Adams.
1046
02:16:24,331 --> 02:16:25,871
What have I come to?
1047
02:16:25,957 --> 02:16:27,827
Law practice down the pipe.
1048
02:16:27,918 --> 02:16:30,038
Farm mortgaged to the hilt.
1049
02:16:30,128 --> 02:16:33,258
At a stage in life
when other men prosper,
1050
02:16:33,340 --> 02:16:35,970
I'm reduced to
living in Philadelphia.
1051
02:16:38,011 --> 02:16:39,471
Philadelphia.
1052
02:16:48,855 --> 02:16:51,435
Abigail, what am I going to do?
1053
02:16:51,525 --> 02:16:52,775
Do, John?
1054
02:16:54,111 --> 02:16:55,781
I need your help.
1055
02:16:56,446 --> 02:16:59,066
You don't usually ask my advice.
1056
02:16:59,157 --> 02:17:02,577
Yes, well, there doesn't appear
to be anyone else right now.
1057
02:17:02,661 --> 02:17:04,791
Very well, John.
What is it?
1058
02:17:05,539 --> 02:17:08,959
The entire South has just
walked out of this Congress,
1059
02:17:09,584 --> 02:17:13,554
George Washington is on the
verge of total annihilation,
1060
02:17:13,630 --> 02:17:16,630
and the precious cause for which I
have labored these several years
1061
02:17:16,716 --> 02:17:18,466
has come to nothing.
1062
02:17:20,428 --> 02:17:23,888
And it seems that I'm
obnoxious and disliked.
1063
02:17:23,974 --> 02:17:25,604
Nonsense, John.
1064
02:17:26,351 --> 02:17:28,811
That I am unwilling
to face reality.
1065
02:17:28,895 --> 02:17:31,015
Foolishness, John.
1066
02:17:31,106 --> 02:17:32,816
That I'm pigheaded.
1067
02:17:33,441 --> 02:17:35,231
Ah, well, there you
have me, John.
1068
02:17:35,318 --> 02:17:37,358
I'm afraid you are pigheaded.
1069
02:17:41,283 --> 02:17:42,623
Well, yes.
1070
02:17:45,203 --> 02:17:46,503
Oh, Abby.
1071
02:17:47,956 --> 02:17:50,666
Has it been any kind
of a life for you?
1072
02:17:51,543 --> 02:17:53,793
God knows I haven't
given you very much.
1073
02:17:54,671 --> 02:17:56,551
I never asked for more.
1074
02:17:57,340 --> 02:17:59,260
After all,
I am Mrs. John Adams.
1075
02:17:59,342 --> 02:18:01,892
That's quite a lot
for one lifetime.
1076
02:18:04,181 --> 02:18:05,601
Is it, Abby?
1077
02:18:06,391 --> 02:18:08,391
Well, think of it, John.
To be married to the man
1078
02:18:08,476 --> 02:18:11,556
who is always the first
in line to be hanged...
1079
02:18:15,901 --> 02:18:17,821
Yes. The agitator.
1080
02:18:20,363 --> 02:18:21,703
Why, Abby?
1081
02:18:23,783 --> 02:18:26,203
You must tell me
what it is. l...
1082
02:18:26,870 --> 02:18:30,120
Well, I have always been dissatisfied.
I know that.
1083
02:18:31,625 --> 02:18:36,205
But lately, I find that I
reek of discontentment.
1084
02:18:36,296 --> 02:18:39,626
It fills my throat
and it floods my brain.
1085
02:18:43,970 --> 02:18:46,890
Sometimes I fear there
is no longer a dream,
1086
02:18:48,183 --> 02:18:50,313
but only the discontentment.
1087
02:18:52,437 --> 02:18:53,847
Oh, John.
1088
02:18:56,274 --> 02:18:59,284
Can you really know
so little about yourself?
1089
02:19:00,862 --> 02:19:02,152
Can you think so little of me
1090
02:19:02,239 --> 02:19:05,619
that you'd believe I'd marry
the man you've described?
1091
02:19:07,786 --> 02:19:11,366
Have you forgotten what you
used to say to me? I haven't.
1092
02:19:12,749 --> 02:19:14,829
"Commitment, Abby.
1093
02:19:15,919 --> 02:19:17,289
"Commitment.
1094
02:19:18,755 --> 02:19:22,755
"There are only two creatures of
value on the face of this Earth.
1095
02:19:23,843 --> 02:19:26,013
"Those with a commitment,
1096
02:19:26,096 --> 02:19:29,266
"and those who require
the commitment of others."
1097
02:19:31,434 --> 02:19:33,274
Do you remember, John?
1098
02:19:35,522 --> 02:19:37,112
Yes, I remember.
1099
02:19:37,732 --> 02:19:39,652
McNAIR: Mr. Adams!
1100
02:19:39,943 --> 02:19:40,943
Mmm.
1101
02:19:41,278 --> 02:19:43,608
Are you up there,
Mr. Adams?
1102
02:19:44,281 --> 02:19:45,951
What do you want?
1103
02:19:46,366 --> 02:19:50,156
There's a delivery
down here for you.
1104
02:19:50,245 --> 02:19:51,615
What is it?
1105
02:19:53,498 --> 02:19:55,708
Where did it come from?
Who sent it?
1106
02:20:01,965 --> 02:20:06,585
Compliments of the Concord
Ladies' Coffee Club
1107
02:20:06,678 --> 02:20:11,558
And the Sisterhood
of the Truro Synagogue
1108
02:20:11,641 --> 02:20:16,521
And the Friday Evening
Baptist Sewing Circle
1109
02:20:16,604 --> 02:20:21,574
And the Holy Christian
Sisters of St. Claire
1110
02:20:21,651 --> 02:20:25,651
All for you
1111
02:20:25,739 --> 02:20:28,869
John
1112
02:20:28,950 --> 02:20:34,370
I am as I ever was
1113
02:20:34,456 --> 02:20:39,336
And ever shall be
1114
02:20:39,419 --> 02:20:44,919
Yours, yours, yours
1115
02:20:45,008 --> 02:20:47,628
Yours
1116
02:20:47,719 --> 02:20:50,969
Abigail, what's in these kegs?
1117
02:20:51,473 --> 02:20:58,023
Saltpeter, John
1118
02:21:05,862 --> 02:21:07,032
McNair!
1119
02:21:07,906 --> 02:21:11,116
McNair, go out and buy every damned
pin you can find in Philadelphia.
1120
02:21:11,201 --> 02:21:12,951
Pin?
What sort of pin?
1121
02:21:13,036 --> 02:21:15,946
Well, I don't know. Whatever the
ladies use for their sewing.
1122
02:21:16,039 --> 02:21:19,459
Franklin, Jefferson, what are
you all sitting around for?
1123
02:21:19,542 --> 02:21:21,252
Didn't you hear
a word I said before?
1124
02:21:21,336 --> 02:21:23,086
Oh, never mind about that.
1125
02:21:23,171 --> 02:21:24,801
Now, here's what
I want you to do.
1126
02:21:24,881 --> 02:21:27,091
John, I'm not even
speaking to you.
1127
02:21:27,175 --> 02:21:29,925
It's too late for that, damn it.
There's work to be done.
1128
02:21:30,011 --> 02:21:31,851
Jefferson, go find Rutledge.
1129
02:21:31,930 --> 02:21:33,890
Don't come back until
you've worn him down.
1130
02:21:33,973 --> 02:21:35,893
Now, you're both
Southern aristocrats.
1131
02:21:35,975 --> 02:21:38,055
If he'll listen to anybody,
he'll listen to you.
1132
02:21:38,144 --> 02:21:40,064
Franklin, out of that chair!
1133
02:21:40,146 --> 02:21:42,766
What good is the South if you
can't deliver Pennsylvania, hmm?
1134
02:21:42,857 --> 02:21:44,437
Talk to Wilson.
1135
02:21:44,526 --> 02:21:45,776
Get him away from Dickinson.
1136
02:21:45,860 --> 02:21:49,030
That's the only way to do it.
Go on, now, both of you.
1137
02:21:49,239 --> 02:21:50,239
John...
1138
02:21:50,323 --> 02:21:51,743
Time's running out, damn it.
1139
02:21:52,617 --> 02:21:53,907
Now move.
1140
02:21:57,288 --> 02:21:58,828
I'm still
from Massachusetts, John.
1141
02:22:00,792 --> 02:22:02,712
You know where I stand.
1142
02:22:03,169 --> 02:22:04,499
I'll do whatever you say.
1143
02:22:08,049 --> 02:22:09,219
No.
1144
02:22:10,510 --> 02:22:13,100
No, you're the president
of Congress.
1145
02:22:14,347 --> 02:22:17,057
You're a fair man, Hancock.
Stay that way.
1146
02:22:39,330 --> 02:22:42,790
Tell me, Mr. Thomson,
out of curiosity,
1147
02:22:43,501 --> 02:22:47,091
do you stand with Mr. Dickinson,
or do you stand with me?
1148
02:22:49,048 --> 02:22:51,048
I stand with the General.
1149
02:22:52,969 --> 02:22:57,259
Well, lately, I've had the
oddest feeling that he's been
1150
02:22:57,348 --> 02:22:58,848
writing to me.
1151
02:23:02,937 --> 02:23:05,937
I have been in expectation
1152
02:23:06,024 --> 02:23:09,234
Of receiving a reply
1153
02:23:09,319 --> 02:23:15,489
On the subject of
my last 15 dispatches
1154
02:23:16,659 --> 02:23:21,909
ls anybody there?
1155
02:23:23,082 --> 02:23:28,672
Does anybody care?
1156
02:23:29,839 --> 02:23:35,259
Does anybody care?
1157
02:23:37,430 --> 02:23:39,850
"Your humble
and obedient..."
1158
02:24:13,091 --> 02:24:14,761
"ls anybody there?
1159
02:24:18,429 --> 02:24:20,679
"Does anybody care?"
1160
02:24:24,352 --> 02:24:30,862
Does anybody see what I see?
1161
02:24:34,571 --> 02:24:36,911
They want me to quit
1162
02:24:37,907 --> 02:24:42,237
They say,
"John, give up the fight"
1163
02:24:42,328 --> 02:24:45,408
Still to England, I say
1164
02:24:45,498 --> 02:24:48,918
Good night, forever, good night!
1165
02:24:49,919 --> 02:24:54,589
For I have crossed the Rubicon
1166
02:24:54,674 --> 02:24:57,474
Let the bridge
be burned behind me
1167
02:24:57,552 --> 02:25:02,012
Come what may
1168
02:25:02,098 --> 02:25:03,178
Commitment!
1169
02:25:03,600 --> 02:25:07,850
The croakers all say
we'll rue the day
1170
02:25:07,937 --> 02:25:13,187
There'll be hell to pay
in fiery purgatory
1171
02:25:13,276 --> 02:25:17,026
Through all the gloom,
through all the gloom
1172
02:25:17,113 --> 02:25:21,073
I can see the rays
of ravishing light
1173
02:25:21,159 --> 02:25:23,489
And glory
1174
02:25:23,953 --> 02:25:25,953
ls anybody there?
1175
02:25:27,206 --> 02:25:29,626
Does anybody care?
1176
02:25:30,335 --> 02:25:33,375
Does anybody see what I see?
1177
02:25:34,505 --> 02:25:36,465
I see fireworks
1178
02:25:37,175 --> 02:25:40,505
I see the pageant
and pomp and parade
1179
02:25:40,595 --> 02:25:43,055
I hear the bells ringing out
1180
02:25:43,139 --> 02:25:46,269
I hear the cannons roar
1181
02:25:46,351 --> 02:25:48,891
I see Americans
1182
02:25:48,978 --> 02:25:52,398
All Americans free
1183
02:25:52,482 --> 02:25:55,732
Forevermore
1184
02:26:08,665 --> 02:26:14,205
How quiet,
how quiet the chamber is
1185
02:26:15,505 --> 02:26:22,335
How silent,
how silent the chamber is
1186
02:26:26,099 --> 02:26:31,479
ls anybody there?
1187
02:26:32,855 --> 02:26:38,025
Does anybody care?
1188
02:26:39,904 --> 02:26:45,244
Does anybody see what I see?
1189
02:26:46,869 --> 02:26:48,409
Yes, Mr. Adams.
1190
02:26:50,415 --> 02:26:51,575
I do.
1191
02:26:55,378 --> 02:26:56,668
Dr. Hall.
1192
02:26:57,463 --> 02:26:59,553
I didn't know anyone was...
1193
02:27:00,675 --> 02:27:02,795
I'm sorry if I startled you.
1194
02:27:03,678 --> 02:27:05,298
I couldn't sleep.
1195
02:27:06,347 --> 02:27:09,767
And in trying
to resolve my dilemma,
1196
02:27:09,851 --> 02:27:12,771
I remembered something
I'd once read.
1197
02:27:12,854 --> 02:27:16,654
That a representative owes the
people not only his industry,
1198
02:27:16,733 --> 02:27:19,233
but his judgment.
1199
02:27:19,318 --> 02:27:22,778
And he betrays them if he
sacrifices it to their opinion.
1200
02:27:25,908 --> 02:27:28,288
That was written
by Edmund Burke,
1201
02:27:29,829 --> 02:27:32,329
a member of
the British Parliament.
1202
02:28:01,277 --> 02:28:03,197
Good night,
Mr. Adams.
1203
02:28:03,279 --> 02:28:04,609
Good night.
1204
02:28:15,708 --> 02:28:17,418
It's never been done before.
1205
02:28:17,502 --> 02:28:20,147
No colony has ever broken from the
parent stem in the history of the world.
1206
02:28:20,171 --> 02:28:22,841
If you have grievances,
and I'm sure you have,
1207
02:28:22,924 --> 02:28:24,474
our present system must provide
1208
02:28:24,550 --> 02:28:26,050
a gentler means
of redressing them
1209
02:28:26,135 --> 02:28:27,135
short of revolution.
1210
02:28:27,178 --> 02:28:28,322
We've spawned a new race here.
1211
02:28:28,346 --> 02:28:29,546
Rougher, simpler,
1212
02:28:29,639 --> 02:28:32,349
more violent, more
enterprising, less refined.
1213
02:28:32,433 --> 02:28:35,893
"My quartermaster has
no food, no arms, no ammunition,
1214
02:28:35,978 --> 02:28:38,438
"and my troops are in
a state of near mutiny."
1215
02:28:38,564 --> 02:28:40,876
No army, no navy... THOMSON:
"I pray God some relief arrives
1216
02:28:40,900 --> 02:28:41,960
"before the armada,
but fear it will not."
1217
02:28:41,984 --> 02:28:43,128
No arms, no ammunition,
1218
02:28:43,152 --> 02:28:44,152
no treasury, no friends.
1219
02:28:44,237 --> 02:28:46,067
And when
they hang you, Mr. Adams,
1220
02:28:46,155 --> 02:28:48,655
I do hope you'll put in a
good word for the rest of us.
1221
02:28:48,741 --> 02:28:51,871
England closing in,
cutting off our air.
1222
02:28:51,953 --> 02:28:52,953
There's no time!
1223
02:28:53,037 --> 02:28:56,207
To place before mankind
the common sense of the subject...
1224
02:28:56,290 --> 02:28:58,580
The issue here is independence.
1225
02:28:58,668 --> 02:29:00,604
Perhaps you've lost sight of
that fact, but I have not.
1226
02:29:00,628 --> 02:29:02,314
"We mutually pledge
to each other our lives
1227
02:29:02,338 --> 02:29:05,338
"our fortunes
and our sacred honor."
1228
02:29:06,092 --> 02:29:09,092
Can you really know
so little about yourself?
1229
02:29:14,141 --> 02:29:15,481
Very well.
1230
02:29:17,395 --> 02:29:20,475
The Congress will now vote on
Virginia's resolution on independence.
1231
02:29:29,574 --> 02:29:30,824
Thank you for coming, Caesar.
1232
02:29:31,784 --> 02:29:33,544
God bless you, sir.
1233
02:29:39,041 --> 02:29:41,211
The secretary
will call the roll.
1234
02:29:41,294 --> 02:29:44,254
And I remind you, gentlemen,
1235
02:29:44,338 --> 02:29:46,508
that a single "nay" vote
1236
02:29:47,633 --> 02:29:49,553
will defeat the motion.
1237
02:29:50,845 --> 02:29:52,215
Mr. Thomson.
1238
02:29:57,393 --> 02:29:58,893
New Hampshire?
1239
02:29:59,270 --> 02:30:00,440
New Hampshire says yea.
1240
02:30:00,521 --> 02:30:03,021
New Hampshire says yea.
Massachusetts?
1241
02:30:03,107 --> 02:30:04,267
Massachusetts says yea.
1242
02:30:04,358 --> 02:30:06,738
Massachusetts says yea.
Rhode Island?
1243
02:30:06,819 --> 02:30:08,149
Rhode Island says yea.
1244
02:30:08,237 --> 02:30:10,777
Rhode Island says yea.
Connecticut?
1245
02:30:10,865 --> 02:30:12,065
Connecticut says yea.
1246
02:30:12,158 --> 02:30:14,948
Connecticut says yea. New York?
1247
02:30:15,036 --> 02:30:18,286
Mr. Secretary, New York
abstains courteously.
1248
02:30:18,372 --> 02:30:19,502
New York abstains.
1249
02:30:19,582 --> 02:30:20,712
Courteously.
1250
02:30:22,126 --> 02:30:23,666
New Jersey?
1251
02:30:23,753 --> 02:30:25,053
New Jersey says yea.
1252
02:30:25,129 --> 02:30:27,709
New Jersey says yea.
Pennsylvania?
1253
02:30:29,717 --> 02:30:31,887
Mr. Secretary,
Pennsylvania is not ready.
1254
02:30:31,969 --> 02:30:34,179
Please come back to us later.
1255
02:30:34,263 --> 02:30:36,513
Pennsylvania passes.
Delaware?
1256
02:30:36,599 --> 02:30:37,639
Just a moment.
1257
02:30:38,684 --> 02:30:41,944
Delaware, by majority vote...
1258
02:30:42,521 --> 02:30:43,521
Aye.
1259
02:30:43,606 --> 02:30:45,186
Says yea.
1260
02:30:45,274 --> 02:30:48,234
Delaware says yea.
Maryland?
1261
02:30:48,319 --> 02:30:49,529
Maryland says yea.
1262
02:30:49,612 --> 02:30:51,242
Maryland says yea.
Virginia?
1263
02:30:51,322 --> 02:30:52,362
Virginia says yea.
1264
02:30:52,448 --> 02:30:54,528
Virginia says yea.
North Carolina?
1265
02:30:54,617 --> 02:30:57,367
North Carolina yields
to South Carolina.
1266
02:30:58,621 --> 02:30:59,621
South Carolina?
1267
02:31:00,623 --> 02:31:02,293
Well,
Mr. Adams?
1268
02:31:03,417 --> 02:31:04,707
Well,
Mr. Rutledge.
1269
02:31:07,797 --> 02:31:09,127
Mr. Adams,
1270
02:31:11,634 --> 02:31:15,604
you must believe that I will
do what I promised to do.
1271
02:31:22,353 --> 02:31:23,943
What is it you want, Rutledge?
1272
02:31:24,021 --> 02:31:27,651
Remove the offending passage
from your declaration.
1273
02:31:28,025 --> 02:31:30,145
If we did that,
we would be guilty
1274
02:31:30,236 --> 02:31:33,146
of what we ourselves
are rebelling against.
1275
02:31:35,116 --> 02:31:37,326
Nevertheless remove it,
1276
02:31:38,077 --> 02:31:41,157
or South Carolina
will bury now and forever
1277
02:31:41,247 --> 02:31:43,327
your dream of independence.
1278
02:31:44,375 --> 02:31:47,835
John, I beg you, consider
what you're doing.
1279
02:31:54,802 --> 02:31:56,432
Mark me, Franklin,
1280
02:31:57,555 --> 02:32:00,015
if we give in on this issue,
1281
02:32:00,099 --> 02:32:02,599
posterity will never forgive us.
1282
02:32:02,685 --> 02:32:04,765
That's probably true,
but we won't hear a thing.
1283
02:32:04,854 --> 02:32:06,944
We'll be long gone.
1284
02:32:07,023 --> 02:32:11,363
Besides, what will posterity
think we were? Demigods?
1285
02:32:12,028 --> 02:32:13,608
We're men, no more, no less,
1286
02:32:13,696 --> 02:32:16,566
trying to get a nation
started against greater odds
1287
02:32:16,657 --> 02:32:19,527
than a more generous God
would have allowed.
1288
02:32:20,161 --> 02:32:23,411
First things first, John.
Independence. America.
1289
02:32:23,497 --> 02:32:25,957
If we don't secure that,
1290
02:32:26,042 --> 02:32:28,542
what difference
will the rest make?
1291
02:32:34,675 --> 02:32:36,675
Jefferson, say something.
1292
02:32:39,138 --> 02:32:41,138
What else is there to do?
1293
02:32:42,058 --> 02:32:44,808
Well, man, you're the
one that wrote it.
1294
02:32:45,686 --> 02:32:48,806
I wrote all of it,
Mr. Adams.
1295
02:33:10,086 --> 02:33:11,286
There.
1296
02:33:11,378 --> 02:33:14,149
There it is, Rutledge. You have your
slavery. Little good may it do you.
1297
02:33:14,173 --> 02:33:16,093
You now vote, damn you!
1298
02:33:17,676 --> 02:33:21,466
Mr. President, the fair
colony of South Carolina
1299
02:33:22,765 --> 02:33:24,345
says yea.
1300
02:33:24,433 --> 02:33:25,933
South Carolina says yea.
1301
02:33:26,018 --> 02:33:29,558
North Carolina says yea.
1302
02:33:31,107 --> 02:33:32,187
Georgia?
1303
02:33:32,274 --> 02:33:35,284
Georgia says yea.
1304
02:33:36,612 --> 02:33:38,402
Pennsylvania, second call.
1305
02:33:40,449 --> 02:33:42,279
Mr. President,
1306
02:33:42,368 --> 02:33:45,538
Pennsylvania regrets
all of the inconvenience
1307
02:33:45,621 --> 02:33:50,671
that such distinguished men as
Adams, Franklin and Jefferson
1308
02:33:50,751 --> 02:33:52,591
were put to just now.
1309
02:33:52,670 --> 02:33:54,460
They might've kept
their document intact
1310
02:33:54,547 --> 02:33:57,127
for all the difference
it will make.
1311
02:33:57,216 --> 02:33:58,836
Mr. President,
1312
02:33:59,260 --> 02:34:00,640
Pennsylvania says...
1313
02:34:00,719 --> 02:34:01,799
Just a moment.
1314
02:34:03,472 --> 02:34:05,472
I ask the delegation
to be polled.
1315
02:34:06,225 --> 02:34:08,345
Dr. Franklin,
don't be absurd.
1316
02:34:08,811 --> 02:34:11,811
A poll, Mr. President.
It's a proper request.
1317
02:34:12,064 --> 02:34:13,234
Yes, it is.
1318
02:34:13,315 --> 02:34:15,605
Poll the delegation,
Mr. Thomson.
1319
02:34:15,693 --> 02:34:17,403
Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
1320
02:34:17,486 --> 02:34:18,526
Yea.
1321
02:34:18,612 --> 02:34:20,572
Mr. John Dickinson.
1322
02:34:20,656 --> 02:34:22,026
Nay.
1323
02:34:22,116 --> 02:34:23,736
Mr. James Wilson.
1324
02:34:26,954 --> 02:34:28,414
Judge Wilson?
1325
02:34:31,584 --> 02:34:34,174
There it is, Mr. Wilson.
It's all up to you now.
1326
02:34:34,253 --> 02:34:35,933
The whole question
of American independence
1327
02:34:36,005 --> 02:34:38,585
rests squarely
on your shoulders.
1328
02:34:38,674 --> 02:34:42,224
An entirely new nation ready
to be born or to die at birth,
1329
02:34:42,303 --> 02:34:44,013
all on
your say-so.
1330
02:34:45,139 --> 02:34:47,349
Which will it be,
Mr. Wilson?
1331
02:34:47,808 --> 02:34:51,348
Every mapmaker in the world
is waiting for your decision.
1332
02:34:51,979 --> 02:34:55,109
Come now, James.
Nothing has changed.
1333
02:34:55,191 --> 02:34:57,941
We mustn't let Dr. Franklin
create one of his confusions.
1334
02:34:58,027 --> 02:34:59,897
The question is clear.
1335
02:35:00,404 --> 02:35:03,954
Most questions are clear when
someone else has to decide them.
1336
02:35:04,033 --> 02:35:05,493
It would be a pity for a man
1337
02:35:05,576 --> 02:35:08,116
who's handed down
hundreds of wise decisions
1338
02:35:08,204 --> 02:35:10,044
from the bench
1339
02:35:10,122 --> 02:35:13,292
to be remembered only
for the one unwise decision
1340
02:35:13,375 --> 02:35:15,165
he made in Congress.
1341
02:35:16,629 --> 02:35:19,589
James, you're keeping
everybody waiting.
1342
02:35:19,673 --> 02:35:21,723
The secretary has
called for your vote.
1343
02:35:22,593 --> 02:35:23,803
Please.
1344
02:35:25,137 --> 02:35:28,717
Don't push me, John. I know
what you want me to do.
1345
02:35:31,477 --> 02:35:34,267
But Mr. Adams is correct
about one thing.
1346
02:35:36,774 --> 02:35:39,534
I'm the one who'll
be remembered for it.
1347
02:35:39,818 --> 02:35:40,898
What do you mean?
1348
02:35:46,617 --> 02:35:48,827
I'm different from you, John.
1349
02:35:49,662 --> 02:35:52,412
I'm different from
most of the men here.
1350
02:35:53,374 --> 02:35:55,584
I don't want to be remembered.
1351
02:35:56,835 --> 02:35:58,795
I just don't want the
1352
02:35:59,630 --> 02:36:01,170
responsibility.
1353
02:36:02,299 --> 02:36:04,799
Yes, well, whether you
want it or not, James,
1354
02:36:04,885 --> 02:36:07,135
there's no way of avoiding it.
1355
02:36:07,221 --> 02:36:09,101
Not necessarily, John.
1356
02:36:09,765 --> 02:36:11,765
If I go with them,
1357
02:36:11,850 --> 02:36:14,100
I'll just be one among dozens.
1358
02:36:15,938 --> 02:36:19,188
No one will ever remember
the name of James Wilson.
1359
02:36:20,567 --> 02:36:22,437
But if I vote with you,
1360
02:36:23,946 --> 02:36:27,276
I'll be the man who prevented
American independence.
1361
02:36:30,119 --> 02:36:31,739
I'm sorry, John.
1362
02:36:33,163 --> 02:36:35,463
I just didn't bargain for that.
1363
02:36:37,042 --> 02:36:40,462
And is that how new
nations are formed?
1364
02:36:41,880 --> 02:36:44,380
By a nonentity
trying to preserve
1365
02:36:44,466 --> 02:36:47,756
the anonymity he
so richly deserves?
1366
02:36:48,637 --> 02:36:50,007
Revolutions come into this world
1367
02:36:50,097 --> 02:36:52,057
like bastard children,
Mr. Dickinson.
1368
02:36:52,141 --> 02:36:54,731
Half improvised
and half compromised.
1369
02:36:54,810 --> 02:36:57,230
Our side has provided
the compromise.
1370
02:36:57,313 --> 02:36:59,983
Now Judge Wilson is
supplying the rest.
1371
02:37:04,153 --> 02:37:05,323
James.
1372
02:37:06,864 --> 02:37:08,494
I'm sorry, John.
1373
02:37:09,533 --> 02:37:10,743
My vote
1374
02:37:13,996 --> 02:37:15,826
Mr. Secretary,
Pennsylvania says yea.
1375
02:37:18,667 --> 02:37:22,297
The count being 12 to none
1376
02:37:24,423 --> 02:37:25,763
with one abstention,
1377
02:37:26,133 --> 02:37:28,343
the resolution on independence
1378
02:37:30,304 --> 02:37:31,684
is adopted.
1379
02:37:33,140 --> 02:37:39,150
It's done.
1380
02:37:41,857 --> 02:37:43,227
Mr. Thomson,
1381
02:37:44,193 --> 02:37:45,783
is the declaration
ready to be signed?
1382
02:37:45,861 --> 02:37:47,491
It is.
1383
02:37:47,571 --> 02:37:49,531
Then I suggest we do so.
1384
02:37:51,367 --> 02:37:53,027
And the chair further proposes,
1385
02:37:53,118 --> 02:37:55,828
for our mutual security
and protection,
1386
02:37:57,748 --> 02:37:59,708
that no man be allowed
to sit in this Congress
1387
02:37:59,792 --> 02:38:02,092
without attaching
his name to it.
1388
02:38:05,130 --> 02:38:08,010
I'm sorry, Mr. President.
1389
02:38:09,468 --> 02:38:13,758
I cannot, in good conscience,
sign such a document.
1390
02:38:15,391 --> 02:38:19,641
I will never stop hoping for our
eventual reconciliation with England.
1391
02:38:21,313 --> 02:38:23,483
But because,
1392
02:38:27,236 --> 02:38:30,736
I regard America no less
than does Mr. Adams,
1393
02:38:32,825 --> 02:38:36,695
I will join the army
and fight in her defense
1394
02:38:38,247 --> 02:38:41,327
even though I believe
that fight to be hopeless.
1395
02:38:47,005 --> 02:38:48,755
Goodbye, gentlemen.
1396
02:38:50,843 --> 02:38:53,013
Gentlemen of the Congress,
1397
02:38:53,095 --> 02:38:55,425
I say yea, John Dickinson.
1398
02:39:07,151 --> 02:39:08,481
Very well.
1399
02:39:09,445 --> 02:39:11,195
Are there any objections
to the declaration
1400
02:39:11,280 --> 02:39:12,860
being approved as it now stands?
1401
02:39:13,365 --> 02:39:14,485
I have one, Mr. Hancock.
1402
02:39:15,367 --> 02:39:16,907
You, Mr. Adams?
1403
02:39:17,453 --> 02:39:19,543
Yes. Uh, Mr. Jefferson,
1404
02:39:19,997 --> 02:39:24,127
it so happens that
the word is "unalienable,"
1405
02:39:24,209 --> 02:39:25,999
not "inalienable."
1406
02:39:27,713 --> 02:39:31,803
I'm sorry, Mr. Adams, but
"inalienable" is correct.
1407
02:39:33,343 --> 02:39:36,513
I happen to be a Harvard graduate, Mr.
Jefferson.
1408
02:39:39,641 --> 02:39:42,351
I attended William
and Mary, Mr. Adams.
1409
02:39:43,770 --> 02:39:45,020
Gentlemen, please!
1410
02:39:45,105 --> 02:39:48,605
Mr. Jefferson, will you yield to Mr.
Adams' request?
1411
02:39:50,944 --> 02:39:53,154
No, sir. I will not.
1412
02:39:59,870 --> 02:40:01,750
Oh, very well. I withdraw it.
1413
02:40:02,289 --> 02:40:03,999
Oh, good for you, John.
1414
02:40:08,670 --> 02:40:11,130
I'll speak to the printer
about it later on.
1415
02:40:13,717 --> 02:40:15,507
Very well, gentlemen.
1416
02:40:16,053 --> 02:40:19,893
We're about to brave the storm
in a skiff made of paper.
1417
02:40:21,099 --> 02:40:23,099
And how it shall end,
1418
02:40:23,185 --> 02:40:24,725
God only knows.
1419
02:40:26,730 --> 02:40:28,860
That's a pretty
large signature, Johnny.
1420
02:40:28,941 --> 02:40:32,281
So Fat George in London can
read it without his glasses.
1421
02:40:34,655 --> 02:40:36,105
All right, step right
up, gentlemen.
1422
02:40:36,198 --> 02:40:37,908
Don't miss your chance
to commit treason.
1423
02:40:37,991 --> 02:40:39,241
Ooh.
1424
02:40:40,827 --> 02:40:44,867
Hancock is right. This paper is
our passport to the gallows.
1425
02:40:44,957 --> 02:40:46,207
But there's no backing out now,
1426
02:40:46,291 --> 02:40:47,519
for if we do not hang together,
1427
02:40:47,543 --> 02:40:50,293
we shall most assuredly
hang separately.
1428
02:40:52,548 --> 02:40:55,088
In my case, hanging
won't be so bad.
1429
02:40:55,175 --> 02:40:58,295
One snap and it'll be all
over, just like that.
1430
02:40:58,387 --> 02:40:59,797
But look at Read there.
1431
02:40:59,888 --> 02:41:02,928
He'll be dancing a jig
long after I'm gone!
1432
02:41:04,893 --> 02:41:08,023
Gentlemen, forgive me if I
don't join in the merriment,
1433
02:41:08,105 --> 02:41:10,055
but if we are arrested now,
1434
02:41:10,190 --> 02:41:13,280
my name is still the only
one on the damn thing!
1435
02:41:33,755 --> 02:41:37,085
"From the Commander, army of
the United Colonies in..."
1436
02:41:38,302 --> 02:41:42,182
Army of the United
States in New York,
1437
02:41:42,264 --> 02:41:44,274
"dispatch number 1,209,
1438
02:41:44,349 --> 02:41:46,077
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
1439
02:41:46,101 --> 02:41:49,561
"Dear sir, I can now report
with some certainty
1440
02:41:49,646 --> 02:41:51,606
"that the eve of battle
is near at hand.
1441
02:41:52,441 --> 02:41:56,651
"Toward this end, I have ordered
the evacuation of Manhattan
1442
02:41:56,737 --> 02:41:58,397
"and directed our
defenses to take up
1443
02:41:58,488 --> 02:42:00,988
"stronger positions on
the Brooklyn Heights.
1444
02:42:01,783 --> 02:42:03,873
"At the present time,
my forces consist
1445
02:42:03,952 --> 02:42:06,542
"entirely of
Haslet's Delaware Militia
1446
02:42:06,622 --> 02:42:08,502
"and Smallwood's Marylanders,
1447
02:42:08,582 --> 02:42:12,292
"a total of 5,000 troops
to stand against
1448
02:42:14,671 --> 02:42:17,171
"twenty-five thousand
of the enemy.
1449
02:42:17,674 --> 02:42:19,844
"And I begin to notice
that many of us
1450
02:42:19,926 --> 02:42:24,056
"are lads under 15 and old men,
1451
02:42:24,139 --> 02:42:27,099
"none of whom could truly
be called soldiers.
1452
02:42:28,852 --> 02:42:31,152
"One personal note to Mr.
Lewis Morris of New York.
1453
02:42:32,314 --> 02:42:33,694
"I must regretfully report
1454
02:42:33,774 --> 02:42:36,864
"that his estates have
been totally destroyed,
1455
02:42:36,943 --> 02:42:40,073
"but that I have taken the liberty
of transporting Mrs. Morris
1456
02:42:40,155 --> 02:42:43,485
"and eight of the children
to Connecticut and safety.
1457
02:42:43,867 --> 02:42:48,077
"The four older boys are now
enlisted in the Continental Army.
1458
02:42:48,997 --> 02:42:51,167
"As I write these words,
1459
02:42:51,249 --> 02:42:54,339
"the enemy is plainly in sight
beyond the river.
1460
02:42:55,712 --> 02:42:58,802
"How it will end,
only Providence can direct."
1461
02:42:59,925 --> 02:43:02,175
"But, dear God, what brave men
1462
02:43:06,348 --> 02:43:07,848
"I shall lose
1463
02:43:10,394 --> 02:43:11,604
"before
1464
02:43:12,729 --> 02:43:14,229
"this business
1465
02:43:16,775 --> 02:43:17,935
"ends.
1466
02:43:21,863 --> 02:43:23,663
"Your obedient,
1467
02:43:27,202 --> 02:43:29,252
"G. Washington."
1468
02:43:54,229 --> 02:43:56,019
Very well, gentlemen.
1469
02:43:57,399 --> 02:43:58,609
McNair.
1470
02:44:02,779 --> 02:44:04,409
Go ring the bell.
1471
02:44:11,663 --> 02:44:12,713
Mr. President.
1472
02:44:12,998 --> 02:44:14,368
Mr. Morris.
1473
02:44:15,083 --> 02:44:16,833
To hell with New York.
1474
02:44:16,918 --> 02:44:19,038
I'll sign it anyway.
1475
02:44:19,129 --> 02:44:21,009
Thank you, Mr. Morris.
1476
02:44:27,721 --> 02:44:29,931
Stephen, sit down.
1477
02:44:31,099 --> 02:44:32,519
No.
1478
02:44:32,601 --> 02:44:35,641
I want to remember
each man's face as he signs.
1479
02:44:38,064 --> 02:44:39,404
Very well.
1480
02:44:40,984 --> 02:44:42,364
Mr. Thomson.
1481
02:44:45,739 --> 02:44:48,949
New Hampshire.
Dr. Josiah Bartlett.
1482
02:44:59,169 --> 02:45:00,419
Massachusetts.
1483
02:45:00,962 --> 02:45:02,462
Mr. John Adams.
1484
02:45:22,484 --> 02:45:25,074
Rhode Island.
Mr. Stephen Hopkins.
1485
02:45:32,661 --> 02:45:35,001
Connecticut.
Mr. Roger Sherman.
1486
02:45:41,962 --> 02:45:44,632
New York.
Mr. Lewis Morris.
1487
02:45:51,763 --> 02:45:54,563
New Jersey. The Reverend
John Witherspoon.
1488
02:46:01,690 --> 02:46:05,190
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
1489
02:46:11,366 --> 02:46:14,156
Delaware.
Mr. Caesar Rodney.
1490
02:46:25,213 --> 02:46:27,383
Maryland.
Mr. Samuel Chase.
1491
02:46:38,810 --> 02:46:41,400
Virginia.
Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
1492
02:46:48,904 --> 02:46:51,664
North Carolina.
Mr. Joseph Hewes.
1493
02:46:57,579 --> 02:47:00,119
South Carolina.
Mr. Edward Rutledge.
1494
02:47:06,463 --> 02:47:09,423
Georgia.
Dr. Lyman Hall.
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