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  3. Some of us was
  4. in the Second Kansas Colored.
  5.  
  6. 2
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  8. We fought the Rebs at
  9. Jenkins' Ferry last April
  10.  
  11. 3
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  13. just after they killed every Negro soldier
  14.  
  15. 4
  16. 00:02:12,508 --> 00:02:14,217
  17. they captured at Poison Springs.
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  19. 5
  20. 00:02:15,219 --> 00:02:17,011
  21. So at Jenkins' Ferry,
  22.  
  23. 6
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  25. we decided warn't takin'
  26. no Reb prisoners.
  27.  
  28. 7
  29. 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:22,517
  30. And we didn't leave a one of 'em alive.
  31.  
  32. 8
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  34. The ones of us that didn't die that day,
  35.  
  36. 9
  37. 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:28,064
  38. we joined up with
  39. the 116th U.S. Colored, sir,
  40.  
  41. 10
  42. 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:29,774
  43. from Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
  44.  
  45. 11
  46. 00:02:30,526 --> 00:02:32,777
  47. What's your name, soldier?
  48.  
  49. 12
  50. 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:35,029
  51. Private. Harold Green, sir.
  52.  
  53. 13
  54. 00:02:36,448 --> 00:02:38,074
  55. I'm Corporal Ira Clark, sir.
  56.  
  57. 14
  58. 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,284
  59. Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry.
  60.  
  61. 15
  62. 00:02:40,452 --> 00:02:42,453
  63. We're waiting over there.
  64.  
  65. 16
  66. 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:44,247
  67. We're leaving our horses behind
  68.  
  69. 17
  70. 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:45,934
  71. and shipping out with the 24th Infantry
  72.  
  73. 18
  74. 00:02:46,041 --> 00:02:48,876
  75. for the assault next week on Wilmington.
  76.  
  77. 19
  78. 00:02:51,046 --> 00:02:53,381
  79. How long
  80. have you been a soldier?
  81.  
  82. 20
  83. 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:55,550
  84. Two years, sir.
  85.  
  86. 21
  87. 00:02:56,051 --> 00:02:57,969
  88. The Second Kansas
  89. Colored Infantry,
  90.  
  91. 22
  92. 00:02:58,095 --> 00:03:00,388
  93. they fought bravely at Jenkins' Ferry.
  94.  
  95. 23
  96. 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:01,973
  97. That's right, sir.
  98.  
  99. 24
  100. 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:03,779
  101. They killed
  102. a thousand Rebel soldiers, sir.
  103.  
  104. 25
  105. 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:05,685
  106. They were very brave.
  107.  
  108. 26
  109. 00:03:06,103 --> 00:03:09,272
  110. And making $3 less each month
  111. than white soldiers.
  112.  
  113. 27
  114. 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:10,606
  115. Us Second Kansas boys...
  116.  
  117. 28
  118. 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:13,985
  119. Another $3 subtracted
  120. from our pay for our uniforms.
  121.  
  122. 29
  123. 00:03:14,278 --> 00:03:15,528
  124. That was true, yes sir,
  125. but that's changed.
  126.  
  127. 30
  128. 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:18,781
  129. Equal pay now, but still
  130. no commissioned Negro officers.
  131.  
  132. 31
  133. 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,867
  134. I'm aware of that,
  135. Corporal Clark.
  136.  
  137. 32
  138. 00:03:20,951 --> 00:03:22,952
  139. Yes, sir.
  140. That's good that you're aware, sir...
  141.  
  142. 33
  143. 00:03:23,287 --> 00:03:24,287
  144. Do you think the Wilmington attack...
  145.  
  146. 34
  147. 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:26,914
  148. Now that white people
  149. have accustomed themselves
  150.  
  151. 35
  152. 00:03:26,999 --> 00:03:28,749
  153. to seeing Negro men with guns
  154.  
  155. 36
  156. 00:03:28,834 --> 00:03:30,001
  157. fighting on their behalf,
  158.  
  159. 37
  160. 00:03:30,127 --> 00:03:31,419
  161. and now that they can tolerate
  162.  
  163. 38
  164. 00:03:31,503 --> 00:03:33,754
  165. Negro soldiers getting equal pay
  166.  
  167. 39
  168. 00:03:33,839 --> 00:03:36,382
  169. maybe in a few years,
  170. they can abide the idea
  171.  
  172. 40
  173. 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,759
  174. of Negro lieutenants and captains.
  175.  
  176. 41
  177. 00:03:38,844 --> 00:03:41,470
  178. In fifty years, maybe a Negro colonel.
  179.  
  180. 42
  181. 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:44,807
  182. In a hundred years, the vote.
  183.  
  184. 43
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  186. What will you do after the war,
  187. Corporal Clark?
  188.  
  189. 44
  190. 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:54,150
  191. Work, sir.
  192.  
  193. 45
  194. 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:57,028
  195. Perhaps you'll hire me.
  196.  
  197. 46
  198. 00:03:57,154 --> 00:03:58,654
  199. Perhaps I will.
  200.  
  201. 47
  202. 00:03:59,156 --> 00:04:00,781
  203. But you should know, sir,
  204.  
  205. 48
  206. 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:02,992
  207. that I get sick at the smell of boot black
  208.  
  209. 49
  210. 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:04,994
  211. and I cannot cut hair.
  212.  
  213. 50
  214. 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,371
  215. I've yet to find a man could cut mine
  216.  
  217. 51
  218. 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:09,790
  219. so that it'd make any difference.
  220.  
  221. 52
  222. 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,440
  223. You got springy hair
  224. for a white man.
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  226. 53
  227. 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:12,710
  228. Yes, I do.
  229.  
  230. 54
  231. 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,046
  232. My last barber hanged himself.
  233.  
  234. 55
  235. 00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:18,966
  236. And the one before that.
  237.  
  238. 56
  239. 00:04:19,134 --> 00:04:20,718
  240. Left me his scissors in his will.
  241.  
  242. 57
  243. 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:25,348
  244. President Lincoln, sir.
  245.  
  246. 58
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  248. Good evening, boys.
  249.  
  250. 59
  251. 00:04:26,516 --> 00:04:28,100
  252. We saw you, and...
  253.  
  254. 60
  255. 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,019
  256. - We were at...
  257. - We was at Gettysburg.
  258.  
  259. 61
  260. 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,771
  261. You boys fight at Gettysburg?
  262.  
  263. 62
  264. 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:33,981
  265. No, didn't fight there,
  266. we just signed up last month.
  267.  
  268. 63
  269. 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:36,275
  270. We saw him two years ago
  271. at the cemetery dedication.
  272.  
  273. 64
  274. 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,362
  275. Yeah. We heard you speak...
  276. Goddamn.
  277.  
  278. 65
  279. 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:40,988
  280. Hey, how tall are you, anyway?
  281.  
  282. 66
  283. 00:04:41,073 --> 00:04:42,406
  284. Jeez, shut up.
  285.  
  286. 67
  287. 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:44,033
  288. Could you hear what I said?
  289.  
  290. 68
  291. 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,368
  292. No, sir. Not much.
  293.  
  294. 69
  295. 00:04:45,577 --> 00:04:46,619
  296. It was...
  297.  
  298. 70
  299. 00:04:46,703 --> 00:04:48,162
  300. "Four score and seven years ago,"
  301.  
  302. 71
  303. 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:50,087
  304. "our fathers brought forth
  305. from this continent"
  306.  
  307. 72
  308. 00:04:50,165 --> 00:04:51,624
  309. "a new nation, conceived in liberty"
  310.  
  311. 73
  312. 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:52,917
  313. "and dedicated to the proposition"
  314.  
  315. 74
  316. 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:54,585
  317. "that all men are created equal."
  318.  
  319. 75
  320. 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:56,671
  321. That's good. Thank you.
  322.  
  323. 76
  324. 00:04:56,838 --> 00:04:58,547
  325. "Now we are engaged
  326. in a great civil war,"
  327.  
  328. 77
  329. 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:00,383
  330. "testing whether that nation
  331. or any nation"
  332.  
  333. 78
  334. 00:05:00,467 --> 00:05:01,801
  335. "so conceived and so dedicated,"
  336.  
  337. 79
  338. 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:03,052
  339. "can long endure."
  340.  
  341. 80
  342. 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:06,351
  343. "We are met on a great
  344. battlefield of that war."
  345.  
  346. 81
  347. 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:07,556
  348. That's good, thank you.
  349.  
  350. 82
  351. 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:08,641
  352. "We come to dedicate"
  353.  
  354. 83
  355. 00:05:08,725 --> 00:05:09,892
  356. "a portion of that field"
  357.  
  358. 84
  359. 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:11,560
  360. "as a final resting place
  361. for those who here"
  362.  
  363. 85
  364. 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:13,938
  365. "gave their lives
  366. that that nation might live."
  367.  
  368. 86
  369. 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:17,066
  370. His uncles, they died
  371. on the second day of fighting.
  372.  
  373. 87
  374. 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:18,651
  375. I know the last part. It is...
  376.  
  377. 88
  378. 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:20,653
  379. Company up! Moving out!
  380.  
  381. 89
  382. 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,489
  383. You boys best go
  384. and find your company.
  385.  
  386. 90
  387. 00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:25,491
  388. - And thank you.
  389. - Thank you, sir.
  390.  
  391. 91
  392. 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:27,576
  393. - God bless you.
  394. - God bless you, too.
  395.  
  396. 92
  397. 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,161
  398. God bless you.
  399.  
  400. 93
  401. 00:05:41,925 --> 00:05:44,844
  402. "That we here highly resolve
  403. that these dead"
  404.  
  405. 94
  406. 00:05:44,928 --> 00:05:47,054
  407. "shall not have died in vain."
  408.  
  409. 95
  410. 00:05:47,889 --> 00:05:50,016
  411. "That this nation, under God,"
  412.  
  413. 96
  414. 00:05:50,225 --> 00:05:52,560
  415. "shall have a new birth of freedom"
  416.  
  417. 97
  418. 00:05:53,228 --> 00:05:56,522
  419. "and that government
  420. of the people, by the people,"
  421.  
  422. 98
  423. 00:05:56,898 --> 00:05:58,524
  424. "for the people"
  425.  
  426. 99
  427. 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:01,110
  428. "shall not perish from the earth."
  429.  
  430. 100
  431. 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:31,057
  432. It's nighttime.
  433.  
  434. 101
  435. 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:34,977
  436. Ship's moved by some terribie power
  437.  
  438. 102
  439. 00:06:35,645 --> 00:06:37,563
  440. at a terrific speed.
  441.  
  442. 103
  443. 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:40,399
  444. And though it's imperceptible
  445. in the darkness,
  446.  
  447. 104
  448. 00:06:40,484 --> 00:06:43,569
  449. I have an intuition that
  450. we're headed towards a shore.
  451.  
  452. 105
  453. 00:06:43,653 --> 00:06:46,447
  454. No one else seems to be
  455. aboard the vessel.
  456.  
  457. 106
  458. 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:50,993
  459. I'm very keenly aware of my aloneness.
  460.  
  461. 107
  462. 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:53,954
  463. "I could be bounded in a nutshell"
  464.  
  465. 108
  466. 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:56,916
  467. "and count myself
  468. a king of infinite space"
  469.  
  470. 109
  471. 00:06:57,459 --> 00:06:59,376
  472. "were it not that I have bad dreams."
  473.  
  474. 110
  475. 00:07:01,838 --> 00:07:03,598
  476. I reckon it's the speed
  477. that's strange to me.
  478.  
  479. 111
  480. 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:06,300
  481. I'm used to going at a deliberate pace.
  482.  
  483. 112
  484. 00:07:08,887 --> 00:07:10,179
  485. I should spare you, Molly.
  486.  
  487. 113
  488. 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,431
  489. I shouldn't tell you my dreams.
  490.  
  491. 114
  492. 00:07:12,516 --> 00:07:15,184
  493. I don't want to be spared if you aren't.
  494.  
  495. 115
  496. 00:07:15,393 --> 00:07:17,186
  497. And you spare me nothing.
  498.  
  499. 116
  500. 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:21,273
  501. Perhaps it's...
  502.  
  503. 117
  504. 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:24,819
  505. It's the assault on Wilmington Port.
  506.  
  507. 118
  508. 00:07:25,695 --> 00:07:28,280
  509. You dream about the ship
  510. before a battle, usually.
  511.  
  512. 119
  513. 00:07:28,907 --> 00:07:30,574
  514. How's the coconut?
  515.  
  516. 120
  517. 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,410
  518. Beyond description.
  519.  
  520. 121
  521. 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:37,331
  522. Almost two years, nothing mends.
  523.  
  524. 122
  525. 00:07:38,542 --> 00:07:40,668
  526. Another casualty of the war.
  527.  
  528. 123
  529. 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:45,172
  530. Who wants to listen to a useless woman
  531.  
  532. 124
  533. 00:07:45,257 --> 00:07:47,258
  534. grouse about her carriage accident?
  535.  
  536. 125
  537. 00:07:47,342 --> 00:07:48,968
  538. - I do.
  539. - Stuff.
  540.  
  541. 126
  542. 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:51,971
  543. You tell me dreams, that's all.
  544.  
  545. 127
  546. 00:07:52,055 --> 00:07:53,806
  547. I'm your soothsayer.
  548.  
  549. 128
  550. 00:07:54,099 --> 00:07:55,641
  551. That's all I am to you anymore.
  552.  
  553. 129
  554. 00:07:55,725 --> 00:07:57,685
  555. I'm not to be trusted
  556.  
  557. 130
  558. 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:01,772
  559. even if it was not a carriage accident.
  560.  
  561. 131
  562. 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:04,650
  563. Even if it was
  564. an attempted assassination.
  565.  
  566. 132
  567. 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:05,943
  568. It was most probably an accident.
  569.  
  570. 133
  571. 00:08:06,027 --> 00:08:09,572
  572. It was an assassin
  573. whose intended target was you.
  574.  
  575. 134
  576. 00:08:11,408 --> 00:08:14,618
  577. How are the plans coming along
  578. for the big shindy?
  579.  
  580. 135
  581. 00:08:15,245 --> 00:08:17,288
  582. I don't want to talk about parties.
  583.  
  584. 136
  585. 00:08:17,414 --> 00:08:19,165
  586. You don't care about parties.
  587.  
  588. 137
  589. 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:22,668
  590. Not much, but they're
  591. a necessary hindrance.
  592.  
  593. 138
  594. 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:29,425
  595. I know.
  596.  
  597. 139
  598. 00:08:30,886 --> 00:08:33,053
  599. I know what it's about, the ship.
  600.  
  601. 140
  602. 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:39,560
  603. It's not Wilmington Port.
  604. It's not a military campaign.
  605.  
  606. 141
  607. 00:08:41,396 --> 00:08:43,981
  608. It's the amendment to abolish slavery.
  609.  
  610. 142
  611. 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:45,816
  612. Why else would you force me
  613.  
  614. 143
  615. 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:48,110
  616. to invite demented radicals
  617. into my home?
  618.  
  619. 144
  620. 00:08:51,948 --> 00:08:53,616
  621. You're going to try to get
  622. the amendment passed
  623.  
  624. 145
  625. 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,326
  626. in the House of Representatives
  627.  
  628. 146
  629. 00:08:55,619 --> 00:08:57,077
  630. before the term ends?
  631.  
  632. 147
  633. 00:08:57,162 --> 00:08:58,412
  634. Before the Inauguration?
  635.  
  636. 148
  637. 00:08:58,496 --> 00:09:00,998
  638. Don't spend too much money
  639. on the flubdubs.
  640.  
  641. 149
  642. 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:05,753
  643. No one is loved as much as you.
  644.  
  645. 150
  646. 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:10,007
  647. No one's ever been loved
  648. so much by the people.
  649.  
  650. 151
  651. 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:11,967
  652. You might do anything now.
  653.  
  654. 152
  655. 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:14,553
  656. Don't... Don't waste that power
  657.  
  658. 153
  659. 00:09:14,638 --> 00:09:16,722
  660. on an amendment bill
  661. that's sure of defeat.
  662.  
  663. 154
  664. 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:23,812
  665. Did you remember Robert's
  666. coming home for the reception?
  667.  
  668. 155
  669. 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,860
  670. I knew you'd forget.
  671.  
  672. 156
  673. 00:09:35,283 --> 00:09:37,701
  674. That's the ship you're sailing on,
  675.  
  676. 157
  677. 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:39,828
  678. the 13th Amendment.
  679.  
  680. 158
  681. 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:42,998
  682. You needn't tell me I'm right.
  683. I know I am.
  684.  
  685. 159
  686. 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:47,419
  687. Oh, it's late, Mrs. Keckley.
  688.  
  689. 160
  690. 00:09:47,504 --> 00:09:50,464
  691. Well, she needs this
  692. for the grand reception.
  693.  
  694. 161
  695. 00:09:54,803 --> 00:09:56,345
  696. It's slow work.
  697.  
  698. 162
  699. 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,265
  700. Good night.
  701.  
  702. 163
  703. 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,103
  704. Did you tell her a dream?
  705.  
  706. 164
  707. 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:39,406
  708. Papa.
  709.  
  710. 165
  711. 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:41,784
  712. Papa, I want to see Willie.
  713.  
  714. 166
  715. 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:44,119
  716. Me, too, Taddie, but we can't.
  717.  
  718. 167
  719. 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:45,621
  720. Why not?
  721.  
  722. 168
  723. 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:46,997
  724. Willie's gone.
  725.  
  726. 169
  727. 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:49,375
  728. It's three years now he's gone.
  729.  
  730. 170
  731. 00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:22,491
  732. The part assigned to me
  733. is to raise the flag.
  734.  
  735. 171
  736. 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:28,539
  737. Which, if there be no fault
  738. in the machinery, I will do.
  739.  
  740. 172
  741. 00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:31,375
  742. And when up
  743.  
  744. 173
  745. 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,837
  746. it'll be for the people to keep it up.
  747.  
  748. 174
  749. 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:42,428
  750. That's my speech.
  751.  
  752. 175
  753. 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:47,558
  754. We are coming, Father Abraham
  755.  
  756. 176
  757. 00:12:47,642 --> 00:12:50,144
  758. Three hundred thousand more
  759.  
  760. 177
  761. 00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:52,479
  762. From Mississippi's winding stream
  763.  
  764. 178
  765. 00:12:52,564 --> 00:12:54,815
  766. And from New England's shore
  767.  
  768. 179
  769. 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,942
  770. We leave our plow and workshops
  771.  
  772. 180
  773. 00:12:57,026 --> 00:12:58,068
  774. Our wives...
  775.  
  776. 181
  777. 00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:02,239
  778. Even if every Republican
  779. in the House votes yes,
  780.  
  781. 182
  782. 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:05,075
  783. far from guaranteed.
  784. Since when has our party
  785.  
  786. 183
  787. 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,411
  788. unanimously supported anything?
  789.  
  790. 184
  791. 00:13:08,204 --> 00:13:11,248
  792. But say all our fellow Republicans
  793. vote for it.
  794.  
  795. 185
  796. 00:13:12,083 --> 00:13:14,168
  797. We'd still be twenty votes short.
  798.  
  799. 186
  800. 00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:15,335
  801. Only twenty?
  802.  
  803. 187
  804. 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:16,503
  805. "Only twenty?"
  806.  
  807. 188
  808. 00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:17,838
  809. We can find twenty votes.
  810.  
  811. 189
  812. 00:13:17,964 --> 00:13:20,799
  813. Twenty House Democrats
  814. who'll vote to abolish slavery?
  815.  
  816. 190
  817. 00:13:20,884 --> 00:13:22,009
  818. In my opinion...
  819.  
  820. 191
  821. 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:24,094
  822. To which I always listen.
  823.  
  824. 192
  825. 00:13:24,262 --> 00:13:27,097
  826. - Or pretend to.
  827. - With all three of my ears.
  828.  
  829. 193
  830. 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:30,100
  831. We'll win the war soon.
  832.  
  833. 194
  834. 00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,227
  835. It's inevitable, isn't it?
  836.  
  837. 195
  838. 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,563
  839. Well, it ain't won yet.
  840.  
  841. 196
  842. 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:38,400
  843. You'll begin your second term
  844. with semi-divine stature.
  845.  
  846. 197
  847. 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,278
  848. Imagine the possibilities
  849. peace will bring.
  850.  
  851. 198
  852. 00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:43,405
  853. Why tarnish your invaluable luster
  854.  
  855. 199
  856. 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:44,698
  857. with a battle in the House?
  858.  
  859. 200
  860. 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:46,492
  861. It's a rat's nest in there.
  862.  
  863. 201
  864. 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:49,161
  865. It's the same gang of
  866. talentless hicks and hacks
  867.  
  868. 202
  869. 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,580
  870. who rejected the amendment
  871. 10 months ago.
  872.  
  873. 203
  874. 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,040
  875. We'll lose.
  876.  
  877. 204
  878. 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:57,002
  879. I like our chances now.
  880.  
  881. 205
  882. 00:13:58,463 --> 00:14:01,340
  883. Well, consider the obstacles
  884. that we'd face.
  885.  
  886. 206
  887. 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:04,218
  888. The aforementioned two-thirds majority
  889.  
  890. 207
  891. 00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:05,969
  892. needed to pass an amendment.
  893.  
  894. 208
  895. 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:09,389
  896. We have a Republican majority,
  897. but barely more than 50%.
  898.  
  899. 209
  900. 00:14:09,474 --> 00:14:10,807
  901. Fifty-six.
  902.  
  903. 210
  904. 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:15,854
  905. We need Democratic support.
  906. There's none to be had.
  907.  
  908. 211
  909. 00:14:15,939 --> 00:14:17,773
  910. Since the House
  911. last voted on the amendment,
  912.  
  913. 212
  914. 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,233
  915. there's been an election.
  916.  
  917. 213
  918. 00:14:19,317 --> 00:14:20,692
  919. Sixty-four Democrats
  920.  
  921. 214
  922. 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:23,195
  923. lost their House seats in November.
  924.  
  925. 215
  926. 00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:25,781
  927. That's 64 Democrats
  928. looking for work come March.
  929.  
  930. 216
  931. 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:26,949
  932. I know.
  933.  
  934. 217
  935. 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:28,534
  936. They don't need to
  937. worry about re-election.
  938.  
  939. 218
  940. 00:14:28,618 --> 00:14:30,058
  941. They can vote however it suits them.
  942.  
  943. 219
  944. 00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:33,330
  945. But we can't buy the vote
  946. for the amendment.
  947.  
  948. 220
  949. 00:14:33,414 --> 00:14:35,374
  950. It's too important.
  951.  
  952. 221
  953. 00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:37,584
  954. I said nothing of buying anything.
  955.  
  956. 222
  957. 00:14:37,669 --> 00:14:40,003
  958. We need twenty votes was all I said.
  959.  
  960. 223
  961. 00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:43,549
  962. Start of my second term,
  963. plenty of positions to fill.
  964.  
  965. 224
  966. 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:48,971
  967. Mr. President, may I present
  968.  
  969. 225
  970. 00:14:49,055 --> 00:14:51,139
  971. Mr. and Mrs. Jolly
  972. who've come from Missouri...
  973.  
  974. 226
  975. 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,267
  976. From Jeff City, President.
  977.  
  978. 227
  979. 00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:54,851
  980. Mr. Jolly.
  981.  
  982. 228
  983. 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:56,979
  984. Ma'am.
  985.  
  986. 229
  987. 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,856
  988. And this here by the fire
  989. is Secretary of State Seward.
  990.  
  991. 230
  992. 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:04,570
  993. Jeff City?
  994.  
  995. 231
  996. 00:15:07,699 --> 00:15:11,410
  997. I heard tell once
  998. of a Jefferson City lawyer
  999.  
  1000. 232
  1001. 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,288
  1002. who had a parrot
  1003.  
  1004. 233
  1005. 00:15:14,706 --> 00:15:16,915
  1006. that'd wake him
  1007. each morning, crying out,
  1008.  
  1009. 234
  1010. 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,543
  1011. "Today is the day the world shall end,"
  1012.  
  1013. 235
  1014. 00:15:19,627 --> 00:15:21,712
  1015. "as scripture has foretold."
  1016.  
  1017. 236
  1018. 00:15:23,047 --> 00:15:24,590
  1019. And one day...
  1020.  
  1021. 237
  1022. 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:27,593
  1023. the lawyer shot him,
  1024.  
  1025. 238
  1026. 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:30,762
  1027. for the sake of peace and quiet,
  1028. I presume.
  1029.  
  1030. 239
  1031. 00:15:30,972 --> 00:15:33,599
  1032. Thus fulfilling, for the bird at least,
  1033.  
  1034. 240
  1035. 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:35,350
  1036. his prophecy.
  1037.  
  1038. 241
  1039. 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:46,820
  1040. There's only one toll booth in Jeff City,
  1041.  
  1042. 242
  1043. 00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:48,447
  1044. to the southwest
  1045.  
  1046. 243
  1047. 00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:51,074
  1048. and this man
  1049. Heinz Sauermagen from Rolla
  1050.  
  1051. 244
  1052. 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:53,368
  1053. been in illegal possession
  1054. for near two yar
  1055.  
  1056. 245
  1057. 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,704
  1058. since your man General Schofield
  1059.  
  1060. 246
  1061. 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,331
  1062. set him up there.
  1063.  
  1064. 247
  1065. 00:15:57,498 --> 00:15:59,458
  1066. But President Monroe give that toll gate
  1067.  
  1068. 248
  1069. 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:00,834
  1070. to my granpap
  1071.  
  1072. 249
  1073. 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:02,711
  1074. and Quincy Adams
  1075.  
  1076. 250
  1077. 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,379
  1078. give my pap a letter
  1079.  
  1080. 251
  1081. 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,214
  1082. saying it's our'n for keeps.
  1083.  
  1084. 252
  1085. 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:08,175
  1086. Mrs. Jolly got the...
  1087.  
  1088. 253
  1089. 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:10,344
  1090. Show Mr. Lincoln
  1091. the Quincy Adams letter.
  1092.  
  1093. 254
  1094. 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,638
  1095. That's unnecessary, Mrs. Jolly.
  1096.  
  1097. 255
  1098. 00:16:12,722 --> 00:16:14,122
  1099. Just tell me what you want from me.
  1100.  
  1101. 256
  1102. 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:19,394
  1103. Mr. Jolly's emphysema
  1104. don't care for cigars.
  1105.  
  1106. 257
  1107. 00:16:20,271 --> 00:16:22,856
  1108. Madame, do you know
  1109. about the proposed
  1110.  
  1111. 258
  1112. 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:23,982
  1113. 13th Amendment of the Constitution?
  1114.  
  1115. 259
  1116. 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:25,942
  1117. Yes, sir, everybody knows of it.
  1118.  
  1119. 260
  1120. 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,694
  1121. The President favors it.
  1122.  
  1123. 261
  1124. 00:16:27,779 --> 00:16:29,321
  1125. - Do you?
  1126. - We do.
  1127.  
  1128. 262
  1129. 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,406
  1130. You know that it abolishes slavery?
  1131.  
  1132. 263
  1133. 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:32,658
  1134. Yes, sir, I know it.
  1135.  
  1136. 264
  1137. 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:34,951
  1138. And is that why you favor it?
  1139.  
  1140. 265
  1141. 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:38,330
  1142. What I favor is ending the war.
  1143.  
  1144. 266
  1145. 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,668
  1146. Once we do away with slavery,
  1147. the Rebs'll quit fighting
  1148.  
  1149. 267
  1150. 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,337
  1151. since slavery's what they're fighting for.
  1152.  
  1153. 268
  1154. 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:48,006
  1155. Mr. Lincoln, you always says so.
  1156.  
  1157. 269
  1158. 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,426
  1159. With the amendment, slavery's ended.
  1160.  
  1161. 270
  1162. 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:53,637
  1163. And they'll give up.
  1164. The war can finish then.
  1165.  
  1166. 271
  1167. 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:58,141
  1168. If the war finished first,
  1169. before we end slavery...
  1170.  
  1171. 272
  1172. 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:00,644
  1173. President Lincoln
  1174. says the war won't stop
  1175.  
  1176. 273
  1177. 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:02,729
  1178. unless we finish slavery.
  1179.  
  1180. 274
  1181. 00:17:03,314 --> 00:17:04,856
  1182. But if it did.
  1183.  
  1184. 275
  1185. 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:06,858
  1186. The South is exhausted.
  1187.  
  1188. 276
  1189. 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:10,195
  1190. If they run out of bullets and men
  1191.  
  1192. 277
  1193. 00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:13,365
  1194. would you still want your...
  1195.  
  1196. 278
  1197. 00:17:13,783 --> 00:17:15,534
  1198. Who's your Representative?
  1199.  
  1200. 279
  1201. 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:18,078
  1202. Jeff City? That's Congressman Burton.
  1203.  
  1204. 280
  1205. 00:17:18,162 --> 00:17:19,413
  1206. "Beanpole" Burton.
  1207.  
  1208. 281
  1209. 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:21,540
  1210. I mean, Josiah Burton, yes, sir.
  1211.  
  1212. 282
  1213. 00:17:21,624 --> 00:17:22,666
  1214. A Republican,
  1215.  
  1216. 283
  1217. 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,836
  1218. undecided on the question
  1219. of the amendment, I believe.
  1220.  
  1221. 284
  1222. 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,546
  1223. Perhaps you could call on him
  1224.  
  1225. 285
  1226. 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:29,548
  1227. and inform him of your enthusiasm.
  1228.  
  1229. 286
  1230. 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:30,966
  1231. Yeah.
  1232.  
  1233. 287
  1234. 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,592
  1235. Madame.
  1236.  
  1237. 288
  1238. 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:35,554
  1239. If the Rebels surrendered next week
  1240.  
  1241. 289
  1242. 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:38,432
  1243. would you, at the end of this month
  1244.  
  1245. 290
  1246. 00:17:39,684 --> 00:17:41,101
  1247. want Congressman Burton to vote
  1248.  
  1249. 291
  1250. 00:17:41,185 --> 00:17:43,103
  1251. for the 13th Amendment?
  1252.  
  1253. 292
  1254. 00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:48,859
  1255. If that was how it was,
  1256. no more war and all
  1257.  
  1258. 293
  1259. 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:51,236
  1260. I reckon Mr. Jolly
  1261. much prefer not to have
  1262.  
  1263. 294
  1264. 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,238
  1265. Congress pass the amendment.
  1266.  
  1267. 295
  1268. 00:17:54,198 --> 00:17:56,116
  1269. And...
  1270.  
  1271. 296
  1272. 00:17:57,326 --> 00:17:58,869
  1273. why is that?
  1274.  
  1275. 297
  1276. 00:18:00,288 --> 00:18:01,329
  1277. Niggers.
  1278.  
  1279. 298
  1280. 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,206
  1281. If he don't have to
  1282. let some Alabama coon
  1283.  
  1284. 299
  1285. 00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:04,374
  1286. come up to Missouri
  1287.  
  1288. 300
  1289. 00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:05,834
  1290. steal his chickens and his job,
  1291.  
  1292. 301
  1293. 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,753
  1294. we'd much prefer that.
  1295.  
  1296. 302
  1297. 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,465
  1298. The people.
  1299.  
  1300. 303
  1301. 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:13,884
  1302. I begin to see why
  1303. you're in such a great hurry
  1304.  
  1305. 304
  1306. 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:15,051
  1307. to put it through.
  1308.  
  1309. 305
  1310. 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:17,429
  1311. Would you let me study this letter, sir,
  1312.  
  1313. 306
  1314. 00:18:17,513 --> 00:18:18,513
  1315. about the toll booth?
  1316.  
  1317. 307
  1318. 00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:21,475
  1319. Come back to me in the morning
  1320.  
  1321. 308
  1322. 00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:24,102
  1323. and we'll consider what the law says.
  1324.  
  1325. 309
  1326. 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:27,189
  1327. You be sure to
  1328.  
  1329. 310
  1330. 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:29,441
  1331. visit Beanpole.
  1332.  
  1333. 311
  1334. 00:18:30,193 --> 00:18:33,570
  1335. Tell him that you support
  1336. passage of the amendment
  1337.  
  1338. 312
  1339. 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:35,739
  1340. as a military necessity.
  1341.  
  1342. 313
  1343. 00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:37,741
  1344. Thank you.
  1345.  
  1346. 314
  1347. 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,953
  1348. Oh, Nicolay, when you have a moment.
  1349.  
  1350. 315
  1351. 00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:21,618
  1352. If procuring votes
  1353.  
  1354. 316
  1355. 00:19:21,702 --> 00:19:23,662
  1356. with offers of employment
  1357. is what you intend
  1358.  
  1359. 317
  1360. 00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:24,996
  1361. I'll fetch a friend from Albany
  1362.  
  1363. 318
  1364. 00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:26,873
  1365. who can supply the skulky men
  1366.  
  1367. 319
  1368. 00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:29,084
  1369. gifted at this kind of shady work
  1370.  
  1371. 320
  1372. 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,460
  1373. and spare me the indignity
  1374.  
  1375. 321
  1376. 00:19:30,545 --> 00:19:33,004
  1377. of actually speaking to Democrats.
  1378.  
  1379. 322
  1380. 00:19:33,089 --> 00:19:35,632
  1381. Spare you the exposure and liability.
  1382.  
  1383. 323
  1384. 00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:41,054
  1385. Pardon me, that's a distress signal
  1386.  
  1387. 324
  1388. 00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:44,933
  1389. which I am bound,
  1390. by solemn oath, to respond to.
  1391.  
  1392. 325
  1393. 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:50,397
  1394. Tom Pendel took away
  1395. the glass camera plates
  1396.  
  1397. 326
  1398. 00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:52,440
  1399. of slaves Mr. Gardner sent over
  1400.  
  1401. 327
  1402. 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,276
  1403. because Tom says Mama says
  1404. they're too distressing.
  1405.  
  1406. 328
  1407. 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:55,569
  1408. You had nightmares all night long.
  1409.  
  1410. 329
  1411. 00:19:55,653 --> 00:19:57,445
  1412. I'll have worse nightmares
  1413. if you don't let me look
  1414.  
  1415. 330
  1416. 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:59,322
  1417. at the plates again.
  1418.  
  1419. 331
  1420. 00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:01,867
  1421. Perhaps.
  1422.  
  1423. 332
  1424. 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:05,495
  1425. You can't afford a single defection
  1426.  
  1427. 333
  1428. 00:20:05,580 --> 00:20:06,746
  1429. from anyone in the party.
  1430.  
  1431. 334
  1432. 00:20:06,831 --> 00:20:09,374
  1433. Not even a single Republican
  1434. absent when they vote.
  1435.  
  1436. 335
  1437. 00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:11,668
  1438. You know who you've got to see.
  1439.  
  1440. 336
  1441. 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:16,381
  1442. Send over to Blair House.
  1443.  
  1444. 337
  1445. 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:22,804
  1446. Ask Preston Blair
  1447. can I call on him around 5:00.
  1448.  
  1449. 338
  1450. 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,848
  1451. God help you.
  1452.  
  1453. 339
  1454. 00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:27,893
  1455. God alone knows
  1456. what he'll ask you to give him.
  1457.  
  1458. 340
  1459. 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:31,354
  1460. If the Blaire tell them to,
  1461.  
  1462. 341
  1463. 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:33,857
  1464. no Republican will balk
  1465. at voting for the amendment.
  1466.  
  1467. 342
  1468. 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,526
  1469. No conservative Republican
  1470. is what you mean.
  1471.  
  1472. 343
  1473. 00:20:36,611 --> 00:20:38,945
  1474. All Republicans
  1475. ought to be conservative.
  1476.  
  1477. 344
  1478. 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,405
  1479. I founded this party,
  1480.  
  1481. 345
  1482. 00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:42,616
  1483. in my own goddamn home, to be a
  1484.  
  1485. 346
  1486. 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,035
  1487. conservative anti-slavery party,
  1488.  
  1489. 347
  1490. 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,329
  1491. not a hobbyhorse for
  1492. goddamn radical abolitionists.
  1493.  
  1494. 348
  1495. 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:49,205
  1496. Damp down the dyspepsia, Daddy.
  1497.  
  1498. 349
  1499. 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,082
  1500. You'll frighten the child.
  1501.  
  1502. 350
  1503. 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:53,126
  1504. You need us to keep
  1505. the conservative side
  1506.  
  1507. 351
  1508. 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:54,544
  1509. of the party in the traces
  1510.  
  1511. 352
  1512. 00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:55,962
  1513. while you diddle the radicals
  1514.  
  1515. 353
  1516. 00:20:56,047 --> 00:20:58,173
  1517. and bundle up
  1518. with Thaddeus Stevens's gang!
  1519.  
  1520. 354
  1521. 00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,591
  1522. You need our help!
  1523.  
  1524. 355
  1525. 00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:01,217
  1526. Yes, sir, I do.
  1527.  
  1528. 356
  1529. 00:21:01,469 --> 00:21:02,886
  1530. Well, what do we get?
  1531.  
  1532. 357
  1533. 00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:04,429
  1534. Blunt!
  1535.  
  1536. 358
  1537. 00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:07,724
  1538. Your manners, Monty,
  1539. must be why Mr. Lincoln
  1540.  
  1541. 359
  1542. 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,684
  1543. pushed you out of his Cabinet.
  1544.  
  1545. 360
  1546. 00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,269
  1547. - I wasn't pushed!
  1548. - Oh, of course you weren't.
  1549.  
  1550. 361
  1551. 00:21:11,354 --> 00:21:12,854
  1552. He was pushed out to
  1553. placate the damn radicals!
  1554.  
  1555. 362
  1556. 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:17,275
  1557. - I agreed to resign.
  1558. - Oh, Daddy, please! Daddy.
  1559.  
  1560. 363
  1561. 00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:22,572
  1562. You don't mind, boy, do you?
  1563.  
  1564. 364
  1565. 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:24,741
  1566. He spends his days with soldiers.
  1567.  
  1568. 365
  1569. 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:25,825
  1570. They taught me a song.
  1571.  
  1572. 366
  1573. 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:27,369
  1574. Did they?
  1575.  
  1576. 367
  1577. 00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:30,830
  1578. Soldiers know all manner of songs.
  1579.  
  1580. 368
  1581. 00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,291
  1582. How's your brother Bob?
  1583.  
  1584. 369
  1585. 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:34,542
  1586. He's at school now, but he's coming
  1587.  
  1588. 370
  1589. 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,336
  1590. to visit in four days for the shindy.
  1591.  
  1592. 371
  1593. 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,546
  1594. At school. Ain't that fine?
  1595.  
  1596. 372
  1597. 00:21:38,881 --> 00:21:40,423
  1598. Good he's not in the Army.
  1599.  
  1600. 373
  1601. 00:21:40,508 --> 00:21:42,384
  1602. He wants to be,
  1603. but Mama said he cannot.
  1604.  
  1605. 374
  1606. 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,386
  1607. Dangerous life, soldiering.
  1608.  
  1609. 375
  1610. 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:47,389
  1611. Your mama is wise
  1612. to keep him clean out of that.
  1613.  
  1614. 376
  1615. 00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:50,642
  1616. Now, your daddy knows that what I want
  1617.  
  1618. 377
  1619. 00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:53,561
  1620. in return for all the help I can give him
  1621.  
  1622. 378
  1623. 00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,439
  1624. is to go down to Richmond,
  1625. like he said I could
  1626.  
  1627. 379
  1628. 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,775
  1629. as soon as Savannah fell
  1630.  
  1631. 380
  1632. 00:21:59,276 --> 00:22:01,319
  1633. and talk to Jefferson Davis.
  1634.  
  1635. 381
  1636. 00:22:01,779 --> 00:22:04,280
  1637. Now give me terms
  1638. I can offer to Jefferson Davis
  1639.  
  1640. 382
  1641. 00:22:04,532 --> 00:22:06,825
  1642. to start negotiating for peace.
  1643.  
  1644. 383
  1645. 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:08,076
  1646. He'll talk to me.
  1647.  
  1648. 384
  1649. 00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:10,704
  1650. Conservative members of your party
  1651.  
  1652. 385
  1653. 00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:14,416
  1654. want you to listen
  1655. to overtures from Richmond.
  1656.  
  1657. 386
  1658. 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:16,543
  1659. That above all!
  1660.  
  1661. 387
  1662. 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:20,505
  1663. They'll vote for this rash
  1664. and dangerous amendment
  1665.  
  1666. 388
  1667. 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:23,967
  1668. only if every other possibility
  1669. is exhausted.
  1670.  
  1671. 389
  1672. 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:27,095
  1673. Our Republicans ain't abolitionists.
  1674.  
  1675. 390
  1676. 00:22:27,722 --> 00:22:30,682
  1677. We can't tell our people
  1678. they can vote yes
  1679.  
  1680. 391
  1681. 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,100
  1682. on abolishing slavery
  1683.  
  1684. 392
  1685. 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:35,228
  1686. unless at the same time we can tell them
  1687.  
  1688. 393
  1689. 00:22:35,438 --> 00:22:38,231
  1690. that you're seeking a negotiated peace.
  1691.  
  1692. 394
  1693. 00:22:46,407 --> 00:22:49,117
  1694. Leo, it's 100 miles to Richmond.
  1695.  
  1696. 395
  1697. 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:50,994
  1698. Get him drunk so he can sleep.
  1699.  
  1700. 396
  1701. 00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,454
  1702. Yes, ma'am.
  1703.  
  1704. 397
  1705. 00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:54,372
  1706. Here, Daddy.
  1707.  
  1708. 398
  1709. 00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:58,126
  1710. - Thank you.
  1711. - Yes, sir, all right.
  1712.  
  1713. 399
  1714. 00:22:58,711 --> 00:22:59,836
  1715. Where's my hat?
  1716.  
  1717. 400
  1718. 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,546
  1719. Leo has your hat.
  1720.  
  1721. 401
  1722. 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:02,964
  1723. All right?
  1724.  
  1725. 402
  1726. 00:23:04,425 --> 00:23:05,925
  1727. Go make peace.
  1728.  
  1729. 403
  1730. 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,440
  1731. Thunder forth, God of War.
  1732.  
  1733. 404
  1734. 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:25,987
  1735. We'll commence our assault
  1736. on Wilmington from the sea.
  1737.  
  1738. 405
  1739. 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:30,992
  1740. Why is this burnt?
  1741.  
  1742. 406
  1743. 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:33,495
  1744. Was the boy playing with it?
  1745.  
  1746. 407
  1747. 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,830
  1748. It got took by a breeze
  1749. several nights back.
  1750.  
  1751. 408
  1752. 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,582
  1753. This is an official War Department map.
  1754.  
  1755. 409
  1756. 00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:39,501
  1757. And the entire Cabinet's waiting
  1758.  
  1759. 410
  1760. 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:40,668
  1761. to hear what it portends.
  1762.  
  1763. 411
  1764. 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:41,836
  1765. A bombardment.
  1766.  
  1767. 412
  1768. 00:23:42,505 --> 00:23:45,256
  1769. From the largest fleet
  1770. the Navy has ever assembled.
  1771.  
  1772. 413
  1773. 00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:47,759
  1774. Old Neptune, shake thy hoary locks!
  1775.  
  1776. 414
  1777. 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,844
  1778. Fifty-eight ships are under way,
  1779.  
  1780. 415
  1781. 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:52,263
  1782. of every tonnage and firing range.
  1783.  
  1784. 416
  1785. 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:54,682
  1786. We'll keep up a steady barrage.
  1787.  
  1788. 417
  1789. 00:23:55,184 --> 00:23:56,476
  1790. Our first target is Fort Fisher.
  1791.  
  1792. 418
  1793. 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,228
  1794. It defends Wilmington Port.
  1795.  
  1796. 419
  1797. 00:23:58,354 --> 00:24:00,271
  1798. A steady barrage?
  1799.  
  1800. 420
  1801. 00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:02,941
  1802. A hundred shells a minute.
  1803.  
  1804. 421
  1805. 00:24:04,026 --> 00:24:05,068
  1806. Till they surrender.
  1807.  
  1808. 422
  1809. 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,153
  1810. Dear God.
  1811.  
  1812. 423
  1813. 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:10,615
  1814. Wilmington's
  1815. their last open seaport, therefore...
  1816.  
  1817. 424
  1818. 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:13,368
  1819. Wilmington falls, Richmond falls after.
  1820.  
  1821. 425
  1822. 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,122
  1823. And the war is done.
  1824.  
  1825. 426
  1826. 00:24:18,249 --> 00:24:19,541
  1827. Hear, hear!
  1828.  
  1829. 427
  1830. 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,668
  1831. Then why, if I might ask
  1832.  
  1833. 428
  1834. 00:24:21,752 --> 00:24:23,002
  1835. are we not concentrating
  1836.  
  1837. 429
  1838. 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:25,255
  1839. the nation's attention on Wilmington?
  1840.  
  1841. 430
  1842. 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:27,715
  1843. Why, instead, are we
  1844. reading in the Herald
  1845.  
  1846. 431
  1847. 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:29,759
  1848. that the anti-slavery amendment
  1849.  
  1850. 432
  1851. 00:24:29,885 --> 00:24:32,887
  1852. is being precipitated onto
  1853. the House floor for debate?
  1854.  
  1855. 433
  1856. 00:24:33,055 --> 00:24:34,055
  1857. Because your eagerness,
  1858.  
  1859. 434
  1860. 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:35,807
  1861. in what seems an unwarranted intrusion
  1862.  
  1863. 435
  1864. 00:24:35,891 --> 00:24:38,476
  1865. of the executive into
  1866. legislative prerogatives,
  1867.  
  1868. 436
  1869. 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:40,395
  1870. is compelling it to what's...
  1871.  
  1872. 437
  1873. 00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:43,481
  1874. To what's likely to be
  1875. its premature demise.
  1876.  
  1877. 438
  1878. 00:24:43,566 --> 00:24:44,566
  1879. Hear, hear!
  1880.  
  1881. 439
  1882. 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,276
  1883. You signed
  1884. the Emancipation Proclamation.
  1885.  
  1886. 440
  1887. 00:24:46,402 --> 00:24:47,360
  1888. You've done all that could be done.
  1889.  
  1890. 441
  1891. 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:48,684
  1892. The Emancipation Proclamation's
  1893.  
  1894. 442
  1895. 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:50,822
  1896. merely a war measure.
  1897. After the war, the courts...
  1898.  
  1899. 443
  1900. 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:52,657
  1901. When Edward Bates
  1902. was Attorney General,
  1903.  
  1904. 444
  1905. 00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:53,950
  1906. he felt confident enough
  1907. to let you sign it!
  1908.  
  1909. 445
  1910. 00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:56,077
  1911. Different lawyers, different opinions.
  1912.  
  1913. 446
  1914. 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:58,663
  1915. It frees slaves
  1916. as a military exigent. Not...
  1917.  
  1918. 447
  1919. 00:24:58,789 --> 00:25:02,417
  1920. I don't recall Edward Bates
  1921. being any too certain about
  1922.  
  1923. 448
  1924. 00:25:02,793 --> 00:25:05,253
  1925. the legality of my proclamation.
  1926.  
  1927. 449
  1928. 00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:08,590
  1929. Just it wasn't downright criminal.
  1930.  
  1931. 450
  1932. 00:25:10,593 --> 00:25:12,427
  1933. Somewheres in between.
  1934.  
  1935. 451
  1936. 00:25:16,098 --> 00:25:18,808
  1937. Back when I rode
  1938. the legal circuit in Illinois,
  1939.  
  1940. 452
  1941. 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:21,227
  1942. I defended a woman from Metamora
  1943.  
  1944. 453
  1945. 00:25:21,312 --> 00:25:23,104
  1946. named Melissa Goings.
  1947.  
  1948. 454
  1949. 00:25:23,981 --> 00:25:25,940
  1950. Seventy-seven years old.
  1951.  
  1952. 455
  1953. 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,777
  1954. They said she'd murdered
  1955. her husband. He was 83.
  1956.  
  1957. 456
  1958. 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:32,322
  1959. He was choking her
  1960.  
  1961. 457
  1962. 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:36,159
  1963. and she grabbed a hold
  1964. of a stick of firewood
  1965.  
  1966. 458
  1967. 00:25:36,285 --> 00:25:38,870
  1968. and fractured his skull and he died.
  1969.  
  1970. 459
  1971. 00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:41,831
  1972. In his will, he wrote,
  1973.  
  1974. 460
  1975. 00:25:44,126 --> 00:25:46,294
  1976. "I expect she has killed me."
  1977.  
  1978. 461
  1979. 00:25:50,007 --> 00:25:52,675
  1980. "If I get over it, I will have revenge."
  1981.  
  1982. 462
  1983. 00:25:58,140 --> 00:26:00,058
  1984. No one was keen to see her convicted,
  1985.  
  1986. 463
  1987. 00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:02,393
  1988. he was that kind of husband.
  1989.  
  1990. 464
  1991. 00:26:03,145 --> 00:26:04,771
  1992. I asked the prosecuting attorney
  1993.  
  1994. 465
  1995. 00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:08,066
  1996. if I might have a short conference
  1997. with my client.
  1998.  
  1999. 466
  2000. 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:11,402
  2001. She and I went into a room
  2002. in the courthouse,
  2003.  
  2004. 467
  2005. 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,363
  2006. but I alone emerged.
  2007.  
  2008. 468
  2009. 00:26:13,864 --> 00:26:15,573
  2010. The window in the room
  2011. was found to be wide open.
  2012.  
  2013. 469
  2014. 00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:19,244
  2015. It was believed the old lady
  2016. may have climbed out of it.
  2017.  
  2018. 470
  2019. 00:26:20,996 --> 00:26:22,664
  2020. I told the bailiff,
  2021.  
  2022. 471
  2023. 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:24,540
  2024. right before I left her in the room
  2025.  
  2026. 472
  2027. 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:25,708
  2028. she asked me where she could get
  2029.  
  2030. 473
  2031. 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:28,628
  2032. a good drink of water,
  2033. and I told her, Tennessee.
  2034.  
  2035. 474
  2036. 00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:34,050
  2037. Mrs. Goings was seen no more
  2038. in Metamora.
  2039.  
  2040. 475
  2041. 00:26:34,176 --> 00:26:36,344
  2042. Enough justice had been done.
  2043.  
  2044. 476
  2045. 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,430
  2046. They even forgave
  2047. the bondsman her bail.
  2048.  
  2049. 477
  2050. 00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:41,849
  2051. I'm afraid I don't see...
  2052.  
  2053. 478
  2054. 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,393
  2055. I decided
  2056.  
  2057. 479
  2058. 00:26:44,687 --> 00:26:47,689
  2059. that the Constitution
  2060. gives me war powers
  2061.  
  2062. 480
  2063. 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:50,149
  2064. but no one knows just exactly
  2065.  
  2066. 481
  2067. 00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:52,277
  2068. what those powers are.
  2069.  
  2070. 482
  2071. 00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:54,320
  2072. Some say they don't exist.
  2073.  
  2074. 483
  2075. 00:26:54,405 --> 00:26:56,072
  2076. I don't know. I decided
  2077.  
  2078. 484
  2079. 00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:58,408
  2080. I needed them to exist to uphold my oath
  2081.  
  2082. 485
  2083. 00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:00,743
  2084. to protect the Constitution.
  2085.  
  2086. 486
  2087. 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:02,704
  2088. Which I decided meant I could take
  2089.  
  2090. 487
  2091. 00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:04,664
  2092. the Rebels' slaves from them
  2093.  
  2094. 488
  2095. 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,125
  2096. as property confiscated in war.
  2097.  
  2098. 489
  2099. 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:09,836
  2100. That might recommend
  2101. to suspicion that I agree
  2102.  
  2103. 490
  2104. 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,160
  2105. with the Rebs that their slaves
  2106.  
  2107. 491
  2108. 00:27:11,213 --> 00:27:12,297
  2109. are property in the first place.
  2110.  
  2111. 492
  2112. 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:14,632
  2113. Of course, I don't. Never have.
  2114.  
  2115. 493
  2116. 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:17,593
  2117. I'm glad to see any man free,
  2118.  
  2119. 494
  2120. 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,887
  2121. and if calling a man property
  2122.  
  2123. 495
  2124. 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:21,264
  2125. or war contraband
  2126.  
  2127. 496
  2128. 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:24,600
  2129. does the trick,
  2130. why I caught at the opportunity.
  2131.  
  2132. 497
  2133. 00:27:25,561 --> 00:27:28,229
  2134. Now here's where it gets truly slippery.
  2135.  
  2136. 498
  2137. 00:27:28,564 --> 00:27:31,357
  2138. I use the law allowing for the seizure
  2139.  
  2140. 499
  2141. 00:27:31,442 --> 00:27:32,525
  2142. of property in a war
  2143.  
  2144. 500
  2145. 00:27:32,609 --> 00:27:34,068
  2146. knowing it applies only to the property
  2147.  
  2148. 501
  2149. 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:36,821
  2150. of governments and citizens
  2151. of belligerent nations.
  2152.  
  2153. 502
  2154. 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:39,240
  2155. Well, the South ain't a nation.
  2156.  
  2157. 503
  2158. 00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:41,993
  2159. That's why I can't negotiate with them.
  2160.  
  2161. 504
  2162. 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,912
  2163. So if, in fact, the Negroes are property,
  2164.  
  2165. 505
  2166. 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,289
  2167. according to the law,
  2168.  
  2169. 506
  2170. 00:27:46,415 --> 00:27:48,291
  2171. have I the right to take
  2172. the Rebels' property
  2173.  
  2174. 507
  2175. 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:50,209
  2176. from them, if I insist they're rebels only
  2177.  
  2178. 508
  2179. 00:27:50,294 --> 00:27:53,254
  2180. and not citizens of a belligerent country?
  2181.  
  2182. 509
  2183. 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,006
  2184. And slipperier still, I maintain it ain't
  2185.  
  2186. 510
  2187. 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,925
  2188. our actual Southern states in rebellion
  2189.  
  2190. 511
  2191. 00:27:58,427 --> 00:28:00,762
  2192. but only the rebels living in those states,
  2193.  
  2194. 512
  2195. 00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:04,182
  2196. the laws of which states remain in force.
  2197.  
  2198. 513
  2199. 00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:08,311
  2200. "The laws of which states
  2201. remain in force."
  2202.  
  2203. 514
  2204. 00:28:08,437 --> 00:28:10,557
  2205. That means that since it's
  2206. states' laws that determine
  2207.  
  2208. 515
  2209. 00:28:10,606 --> 00:28:13,066
  2210. whether Negroes can be sold as slaves,
  2211.  
  2212. 516
  2213. 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:14,650
  2214. as property,
  2215.  
  2216. 517
  2217. 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,487
  2218. the federal government
  2219. doesn't have a say in that.
  2220.  
  2221. 518
  2222. 00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:19,197
  2223. At least not yet.
  2224.  
  2225. 519
  2226. 00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:23,034
  2227. Then Negroes in those states
  2228. are slaves,
  2229.  
  2230. 520
  2231. 00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:24,118
  2232. hence property,
  2233.  
  2234. 521
  2235. 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:26,371
  2236. hence my war powers
  2237. allow me to confiscate them
  2238.  
  2239. 522
  2240. 00:28:26,455 --> 00:28:28,706
  2241. as such, so I confiscate them.
  2242.  
  2243. 523
  2244. 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:30,958
  2245. But if I'm a respecter of states' laws,
  2246.  
  2247. 524
  2248. 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:32,418
  2249. how then can I legally free them
  2250.  
  2251. 525
  2252. 00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:34,796
  2253. with my Proclamation as I done?
  2254.  
  2255. 526
  2256. 00:28:35,672 --> 00:28:38,049
  2257. Unless I'm canceling states' laws?
  2258.  
  2259. 527
  2260. 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:45,139
  2261. I felt the war demanded it.
  2262.  
  2263. 528
  2264. 00:28:46,016 --> 00:28:47,809
  2265. My oath demanded it.
  2266.  
  2267. 529
  2268. 00:28:48,977 --> 00:28:50,520
  2269. I felt right with myself,
  2270.  
  2271. 530
  2272. 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:52,897
  2273. and I hoped it was legal to do it.
  2274.  
  2275. 531
  2276. 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:54,649
  2277. I'm hoping still.
  2278.  
  2279. 532
  2280. 00:28:56,402 --> 00:29:00,405
  2281. Two years ago, I proclaimed
  2282. these people emancipated.
  2283.  
  2284. 533
  2285. 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:04,826
  2286. "Then, thenceforward and forever free."
  2287.  
  2288. 534
  2289. 00:29:06,537 --> 00:29:08,287
  2290. Now let's say the courts
  2291. decide I had no authority
  2292.  
  2293. 535
  2294. 00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:10,998
  2295. to do it. They might well decide that.
  2296.  
  2297. 536
  2298. 00:29:11,333 --> 00:29:13,126
  2299. Say there's no amendment
  2300. abolishing slavery,
  2301.  
  2302. 537
  2303. 00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:14,669
  2304. say it's after the war
  2305.  
  2306. 538
  2307. 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:16,712
  2308. and I can no longer use my war powers
  2309.  
  2310. 539
  2311. 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:18,589
  2312. to just ignore the courts' decisions
  2313.  
  2314. 540
  2315. 00:29:18,674 --> 00:29:21,134
  2316. like I sometimes felt I had to do.
  2317.  
  2318. 541
  2319. 00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:24,762
  2320. Might those people I freed
  2321. be ordered back into slavery?
  2322.  
  2323. 542
  2324. 00:29:28,684 --> 00:29:29,892
  2325. That's why I'd like to get
  2326.  
  2327. 543
  2328. 00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:31,978
  2329. the 13th Amendment through the House,
  2330.  
  2331. 544
  2332. 00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:34,188
  2333. on its way to ratification by the states.
  2334.  
  2335. 545
  2336. 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:35,982
  2337. Wrap the whole slavery thing up,
  2338.  
  2339. 546
  2340. 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:38,860
  2341. forever and aye,
  2342. as soon as I'm able. Now!
  2343.  
  2344. 547
  2345. 00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:40,403
  2346. End of this month.
  2347.  
  2348. 548
  2349. 00:29:40,529 --> 00:29:42,196
  2350. And I'd like you to stand behind me
  2351.  
  2352. 549
  2353. 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:45,116
  2354. like my Cabinet's most always done.
  2355.  
  2356. 550
  2357. 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,209
  2358. As the preacher said,
  2359.  
  2360. 551
  2361. 00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:58,254
  2362. "I could write shorter sermons,"
  2363.  
  2364. 552
  2365. 00:29:58,422 --> 00:30:01,257
  2366. "but once I start, I get too lazy to stop."
  2367.  
  2368. 553
  2369. 00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:08,181
  2370. It seems to me, sir, you're describing
  2371.  
  2372. 554
  2373. 00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:10,183
  2374. precisely the sort of dictator
  2375.  
  2376. 555
  2377. 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,059
  2378. the Democrats
  2379. have been howling about.
  2380.  
  2381. 556
  2382. 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:14,020
  2383. Dictators
  2384. aren't susceptible to law.
  2385.  
  2386. 557
  2387. 00:30:14,104 --> 00:30:15,605
  2388. Neither is he.
  2389. He just said as much.
  2390.  
  2391. 558
  2392. 00:30:15,731 --> 00:30:17,398
  2393. Ignoring the courts?
  2394. Twisting meanings?
  2395.  
  2396. 559
  2397. 00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:19,400
  2398. What reins him in from... From...
  2399.  
  2400. 560
  2401. 00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:21,986
  2402. Well, the people do that, I suppose.
  2403.  
  2404. 561
  2405. 00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:25,698
  2406. I signed the Emancipation Proclamation,
  2407.  
  2408. 562
  2409. 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:28,784
  2410. what, a year and a half
  2411. before my second election?
  2412.  
  2413. 563
  2414. 00:30:28,911 --> 00:30:30,661
  2415. I felt I was within my power to do it,
  2416.  
  2417. 564
  2418. 00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:34,248
  2419. however, I also felt that
  2420. I might be wrong about that.
  2421.  
  2422. 565
  2423. 00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:35,541
  2424. I knew the people would tell me.
  2425.  
  2426. 566
  2427. 00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,293
  2428. I gave them a year and a half
  2429. to think about it,
  2430.  
  2431. 567
  2432. 00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:38,711
  2433. and they re-elected me.
  2434.  
  2435. 568
  2436. 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,671
  2437. And come February the first,
  2438.  
  2439. 569
  2440. 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:43,591
  2441. I intend to sign the 13th Amendment!
  2442.  
  2443. 570
  2444. 00:30:54,937 --> 00:30:57,188
  2445. Well, Mr. Representative Ashley.
  2446.  
  2447. 571
  2448. 00:30:57,814 --> 00:30:59,357
  2449. Tell us the news from the Hill.
  2450.  
  2451. 572
  2452. 00:30:59,441 --> 00:31:00,483
  2453. Well, the news...
  2454.  
  2455. 573
  2456. 00:31:00,609 --> 00:31:02,568
  2457. Why, for instance, is this thus,
  2458.  
  2459. 574
  2460. 00:31:02,653 --> 00:31:04,487
  2461. and what is the reason
  2462. for this thusness?
  2463.  
  2464. 575
  2465. 00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,198
  2466. James, we want you to bring
  2467. the anti-slavery amendment
  2468.  
  2469. 576
  2470. 00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:08,282
  2471. to the floor for debate,
  2472.  
  2473. 577
  2474. 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:09,825
  2475. - immediately.
  2476. - Excuse me, what?
  2477.  
  2478. 578
  2479. 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,662
  2480. You are the amendment's manager,
  2481. are you not?
  2482.  
  2483. 579
  2484. 00:31:12,788 --> 00:31:13,955
  2485. I am, of course, but...
  2486.  
  2487. 580
  2488. 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:16,832
  2489. Then we're counting
  2490. on robust radical support
  2491.  
  2492. 581
  2493. 00:31:16,959 --> 00:31:18,584
  2494. so tell Mr. Stevens we expect him
  2495.  
  2496. 582
  2497. 00:31:18,669 --> 00:31:19,919
  2498. to put his back into it.
  2499.  
  2500. 583
  2501. 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,087
  2502. It's not going to be easy, but...
  2503.  
  2504. 584
  2505. 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:22,797
  2506. It's impossible.
  2507.  
  2508. 585
  2509. 00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:24,590
  2510. No. I am sorry, no.
  2511.  
  2512. 586
  2513. 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:28,010
  2514. We can't organize anything
  2515. immediately in the House.
  2516.  
  2517. 587
  2518. 00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:29,595
  2519. I have been canvassing the Democrats
  2520.  
  2521. 588
  2522. 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:30,721
  2523. since the election,
  2524.  
  2525. 589
  2526. 00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:32,265
  2527. in case any of them have softened
  2528.  
  2529. 590
  2530. 00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:34,058
  2531. after they got walloped, but
  2532.  
  2533. 591
  2534. 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,893
  2535. they have stiffened,
  2536. if anything, Mr. Secretary.
  2537.  
  2538. 592
  2539. 00:31:35,978 --> 00:31:37,103
  2540. There aren't nearly enough votes.
  2541.  
  2542. 593
  2543. 00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:39,230
  2544. We're whalers, Mr. Ashley.
  2545.  
  2546. 594
  2547. 00:31:41,692 --> 00:31:45,653
  2548. Whalers? As in... Whales?
  2549.  
  2550. 595
  2551. 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:48,155
  2552. We've been chasing this whale
  2553. for a long time.
  2554.  
  2555. 596
  2556. 00:31:48,699 --> 00:31:50,199
  2557. And we finally placed a harpoon
  2558.  
  2559. 597
  2560. 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:51,367
  2561. in the monster's back.
  2562.  
  2563. 598
  2564. 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,494
  2565. It's in, James. It's in.
  2566.  
  2567. 599
  2568. 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:56,163
  2569. We finish the deed now. We can't wait.
  2570.  
  2571. 600
  2572. 00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:59,500
  2573. Or with one flop of his tail,
  2574. he'll smash the boat
  2575.  
  2576. 601
  2577. 00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:01,711
  2578. and send us all to eternity.
  2579.  
  2580. 602
  2581. 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:04,130
  2582. On the 31 st of this month, of this year,
  2583.  
  2584. 603
  2585. 00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:06,549
  2586. put the amendment up for a vote.
  2587.  
  2588. 604
  2589. 00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:10,052
  2590. Whalers?
  2591.  
  2592. 605
  2593. 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,304
  2594. That's what he said.
  2595.  
  2596. 606
  2597. 00:32:11,388 --> 00:32:14,056
  2598. The man's never been near
  2599. a whale ship in his life.
  2600.  
  2601. 607
  2602. 00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:17,727
  2603. Withdraw radical support.
  2604.  
  2605. 608
  2606. 00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:20,313
  2607. Force him to abandon this scheme,
  2608.  
  2609. 609
  2610. 00:32:20,397 --> 00:32:22,189
  2611. whatever he's up to.
  2612.  
  2613. 610
  2614. 00:32:22,899 --> 00:32:25,359
  2615. He drags his feet
  2616. about everything,
  2617.  
  2618. 611
  2619. 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:27,528
  2620. Lincoln... Why this urgency?
  2621.  
  2622. 612
  2623. 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,614
  2624. We got it through the Senate
  2625. without difficulty
  2626.  
  2627. 613
  2628. 00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:30,906
  2629. because we had the numbers.
  2630.  
  2631. 614
  2632. 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:33,534
  2633. Come December, you'll have
  2634. the same in the House.
  2635.  
  2636. 615
  2637. 00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:35,619
  2638. The amendment will be
  2639. the easy work of 10 minutes.
  2640.  
  2641. 616
  2642. 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:37,141
  2643. He's using the threat of the amendment
  2644.  
  2645. 617
  2646. 00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:39,205
  2647. to frighten the Rebels
  2648. into an immediate surrender.
  2649.  
  2650. 618
  2651. 00:32:39,207 --> 00:32:41,042
  2652. I imagine we'd rejoice to see that.
  2653.  
  2654. 619
  2655. 00:32:41,209 --> 00:32:43,085
  2656. Will you rejoice
  2657. when the Southern states
  2658.  
  2659. 620
  2660. 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:44,837
  2661. have rejoined the Union pell-mell,
  2662.  
  2663. 621
  2664. 00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:46,881
  2665. as Lincoln intends them to,
  2666. and one by one,
  2667.  
  2668. 622
  2669. 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:48,445
  2670. each refuses to ratify the amendment?
  2671.  
  2672. 623
  2673. 00:32:48,717 --> 00:32:50,551
  2674. If we pass it, which we won't.
  2675.  
  2676. 624
  2677. 00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:53,888
  2678. Why are we cooperating with him?
  2679.  
  2680. 625
  2681. 00:32:54,723 --> 00:32:57,475
  2682. We all know what he's doing
  2683. and we all know what he'll do.
  2684.  
  2685. 626
  2686. 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:00,728
  2687. We can't offer up abolition's
  2688. best legal prayer
  2689.  
  2690. 627
  2691. 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:02,271
  2692. to his games and tricks.
  2693.  
  2694. 628
  2695. 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:03,856
  2696. He said he'd welcome the South back
  2697.  
  2698. 629
  2699. 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,149
  2700. with all its slaves in chains.
  2701.  
  2702. 630
  2703. 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:07,610
  2704. Three years ago he said that,
  2705. to calm the border states.
  2706.  
  2707. 631
  2708. 00:33:07,736 --> 00:33:09,278
  2709. I don't!
  2710.  
  2711. 632
  2712. 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,200
  2713. You said we all know
  2714. what he'll do. I don't know.
  2715.  
  2716. 633
  2717. 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:15,576
  2718. You know he isn't to be trusted.
  2719.  
  2720. 634
  2721. 00:33:15,661 --> 00:33:16,994
  2722. Trust?
  2723.  
  2724. 635
  2725. 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,704
  2726. I'm sorry, I was under
  2727. the misapprehension
  2728.  
  2729. 636
  2730. 00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:21,499
  2731. that your chosen profession was politics.
  2732.  
  2733. 637
  2734. 00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:23,959
  2735. I never trusted the President,
  2736. never trusted anyone,
  2737.  
  2738. 638
  2739. 00:33:24,086 --> 00:33:25,795
  2740. but hasn't he surprised you?
  2741.  
  2742. 639
  2743. 00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:28,047
  2744. No, Mr. Stevens, he hasn't.
  2745.  
  2746. 640
  2747. 00:33:28,131 --> 00:33:30,591
  2748. Nothing surprises you, Asa,
  2749.  
  2750. 641
  2751. 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:33,135
  2752. therefore nothing about you
  2753. is surprising.
  2754.  
  2755. 642
  2756. 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,012
  2757. Perhaps that is why your constituents
  2758.  
  2759. 643
  2760. 00:33:35,097 --> 00:33:37,765
  2761. did not re-elect you to the coming term.
  2762.  
  2763. 644
  2764. 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:40,476
  2765. It's late.
  2766.  
  2767. 645
  2768. 00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:41,811
  2769. I'm old.
  2770.  
  2771. 646
  2772. 00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:44,438
  2773. I'm going home.
  2774.  
  2775. 647
  2776. 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,611
  2777. Lincoln, the inveterate dawdler.
  2778.  
  2779. 648
  2780. 00:33:51,113 --> 00:33:52,863
  2781. Lincoln, the Southerner.
  2782.  
  2783. 649
  2784. 00:33:52,948 --> 00:33:55,950
  2785. Lincoln, the capitulating compromiser,
  2786.  
  2787. 650
  2788. 00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:59,453
  2789. our adversary, and
  2790.  
  2791. 651
  2792. 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:04,041
  2793. leader of the godforsaken
  2794. Republican party.
  2795.  
  2796. 652
  2797. 00:34:04,126 --> 00:34:05,334
  2798. Our party.
  2799.  
  2800. 653
  2801. 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:08,838
  2802. Abraham Lincoln has asked us
  2803. to work with him
  2804.  
  2805. 654
  2806. 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:12,466
  2807. to accomplish the death
  2808. of slavery in America.
  2809.  
  2810. 655
  2811. 00:34:13,844 --> 00:34:16,053
  2812. Retain, even in opposition
  2813.  
  2814. 656
  2815. 00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:19,849
  2816. your capacity for astonishment.
  2817.  
  2818. 657
  2819. 00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:28,607
  2820. The President is never
  2821. to be mentioned. Nor I.
  2822.  
  2823. 658
  2824. 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,317
  2825. You're paid for your discretion.
  2826.  
  2827. 659
  2828. 00:34:30,861 --> 00:34:32,301
  2829. Hell, you can have that for nothing.
  2830.  
  2831. 660
  2832. 00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:35,072
  2833. What we need money for
  2834. is bribes, to speed things up.
  2835.  
  2836. 661
  2837. 00:34:35,157 --> 00:34:36,949
  2838. No, nothing strictly illegal.
  2839.  
  2840. 662
  2841. 00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:38,743
  2842. It's not illegal to bribe Congressmen,
  2843.  
  2844. 663
  2845. 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:40,244
  2846. they'd starve otherwise.
  2847.  
  2848. 664
  2849. 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:43,831
  2850. I have explained to Mr. Bilbo
  2851. and Mr. Latham that
  2852.  
  2853. 665
  2854. 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,624
  2855. we are offering patronage jobs
  2856.  
  2857. 666
  2858. 00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:46,834
  2859. to the Dems who vote yes.
  2860.  
  2861. 667
  2862. 00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:49,670
  2863. - Jobs and nothing more.
  2864. - That's correct.
  2865.  
  2866. 668
  2867. 00:34:49,838 --> 00:34:50,880
  2868. Congressmen come cheap.
  2869.  
  2870. 669
  2871. 00:34:51,006 --> 00:34:53,174
  2872. Few thousand bucks
  2873. will buy you all you need.
  2874.  
  2875. 670
  2876. 00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,551
  2877. The President would be unhappy
  2878. to hear you did that.
  2879.  
  2880. 671
  2881. 00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:58,053
  2882. Will he be unhappy if we lose?
  2883.  
  2884. 672
  2885. 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,639
  2886. The money I managed to raise
  2887. for this endeavor
  2888.  
  2889. 673
  2890. 00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:03,392
  2891. is only for your fees,
  2892. your food and lodging.
  2893.  
  2894. 674
  2895. 00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,480
  2896. If that squirrel-infested attic
  2897.  
  2898. 675
  2899. 00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:08,898
  2900. you've quartered us in is any measure,
  2901.  
  2902. 676
  2903. 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:10,649
  2904. you ain't raised much.
  2905.  
  2906. 677
  2907. 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:11,859
  2908. Shall we get to work?
  2909.  
  2910. 678
  2911. 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:18,032
  2912. The House recognizes Fernando Wood,
  2913.  
  2914. 679
  2915. 00:35:19,534 --> 00:35:22,536
  2916. the honorable Representative
  2917. from New York.
  2918.  
  2919. 680
  2920. 00:35:26,249 --> 00:35:27,750
  2921. Estimable colleagues.
  2922.  
  2923. 681
  2924. 00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:31,295
  2925. Two bloody years ago this month
  2926.  
  2927. 682
  2928. 00:35:32,214 --> 00:35:33,214
  2929. His Highness,
  2930.  
  2931. 683
  2932. 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:35,716
  2933. King Abraham Africanus the First,
  2934.  
  2935. 684
  2936. 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,553
  2937. our great usurping Caesar,
  2938.  
  2939. 685
  2940. 00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:43,307
  2941. violator of habeas corpus
  2942. and freedom of the press,
  2943.  
  2944. 686
  2945. 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:44,472
  2946. abuser of states' rights...
  2947.  
  2948. 687
  2949. 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:47,436
  2950. If Lincoln really were a tyrant, Mr. Wood,
  2951.  
  2952. 688
  2953. 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:49,396
  2954. he'd have had your empty head
  2955.  
  2956. 689
  2957. 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:51,148
  2958. impaled on a pike!
  2959.  
  2960. 690
  2961. 00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:56,028
  2962. And the country better for it!
  2963.  
  2964. 691
  2965. 00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:58,739
  2966. Radical Republican autocrat,
  2967.  
  2968. 692
  2969. 00:35:59,074 --> 00:36:02,076
  2970. ruling by fiat and martial law,
  2971.  
  2972. 693
  2973. 00:36:02,786 --> 00:36:05,412
  2974. affixed his name to his heinous and illicit
  2975.  
  2976. 694
  2977. 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:07,623
  2978. Emancipation Proclamation
  2979.  
  2980. 695
  2981. 00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:10,835
  2982. promising it would hasten
  2983. the end of the war,
  2984.  
  2985. 696
  2986. 00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:14,255
  2987. which yet rages on and on.
  2988.  
  2989. 697
  2990. 00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:17,967
  2991. He claimed, as tyrants do
  2992.  
  2993. 698
  2994. 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:20,177
  2995. that the war's emergencies
  2996.  
  2997. 699
  2998. 00:36:20,262 --> 00:36:22,763
  2999. permitted him to turn our army into...
  3000.  
  3001. 700
  3002. 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:26,600
  3003. The New York delegation is
  3004. looking decidedly uninspired.
  3005.  
  3006. 701
  3007. 00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:30,312
  3008. And radical Republicanism's
  3009. abolitionist fanaticism!
  3010.  
  3011. 702
  3012. 00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:36,694
  3013. His Emancipation Proclamation
  3014.  
  3015. 703
  3016. 00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:39,697
  3017. has obliterated millions of dollars...
  3018.  
  3019. 704
  3020. 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:42,741
  3021. Over in Pennsylvania,
  3022.  
  3023. 705
  3024. 00:36:42,826 --> 00:36:45,286
  3025. who's the sweaty man eating his thumb?
  3026.  
  3027. 706
  3028. 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,788
  3029. Unknown to me. Seems jumpy.
  3030.  
  3031. 707
  3032. 00:36:48,498 --> 00:36:50,040
  3033. Perhaps he'll jump.
  3034.  
  3035. 708
  3036. 00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:57,047
  3037. But all that was not enough
  3038. for this dictator,
  3039.  
  3040. 709
  3041. 00:36:57,132 --> 00:36:59,341
  3042. who now seeks to insinuate...
  3043.  
  3044. 710
  3045. 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:00,634
  3046. Jesus.
  3047.  
  3048. 711
  3049. 00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:02,845
  3050. When's this son of liberty
  3051. sum-a-bitch gonna sit down?
  3052.  
  3053. 712
  3054. 00:37:02,971 --> 00:37:05,132
  3055. John Ellis is gonna break
  3056. his watch if he doesn't stop.
  3057.  
  3058. 713
  3059. 00:37:06,308 --> 00:37:09,226
  3060. We are once again asked, nay
  3061.  
  3062. 714
  3063. 00:37:09,311 --> 00:37:12,730
  3064. commanded, to consider
  3065. a proposed 13th Amendment
  3066.  
  3067. 715
  3068. 00:37:14,316 --> 00:37:16,609
  3069. which, if passed,
  3070. shall set at immediate liberty
  3071.  
  3072. 716
  3073. 00:37:16,693 --> 00:37:18,444
  3074. four million coloreds while manacling
  3075.  
  3076. 717
  3077. 00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:20,863
  3078. the limbs of the white race in America.
  3079.  
  3080. 718
  3081. 00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:22,656
  3082. If it is passed,
  3083.  
  3084. 719
  3085. 00:37:23,533 --> 00:37:25,034
  3086. but it shall not pass!
  3087.  
  3088. 720
  3089. 00:37:30,832 --> 00:37:31,790
  3090. What's more interesting
  3091.  
  3092. 721
  3093. 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:32,875
  3094. is how dismal and disgruntled
  3095.  
  3096. 722
  3097. 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,335
  3098. Mr. Yeaman appears.
  3099.  
  3100. 723
  3101. 00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:37,338
  3102. Every member of this House...
  3103.  
  3104. 724
  3105. 00:37:37,547 --> 00:37:38,827
  3106. He should be cheering right now.
  3107.  
  3108. 725
  3109. 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,341
  3110. Looks like he ate a bad oyster.
  3111.  
  3112. 726
  3113. 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,593
  3114. Party and
  3115. the constituents it serves
  3116.  
  3117. 727
  3118. 00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:43,844
  3119. shall oppose...
  3120.  
  3121. 728
  3122. 00:37:44,554 --> 00:37:47,306
  3123. Point of order,
  3124. Mr. Speaker, if you please.
  3125.  
  3126. 729
  3127. 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:49,141
  3128. Mr. Speaker, I still have the floor.
  3129.  
  3130. 730
  3131. 00:37:49,225 --> 00:37:50,309
  3132. And the gentleman from Pennsylvania
  3133.  
  3134. 731
  3135. 00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:51,644
  3136. is out of order!
  3137.  
  3138. 732
  3139. 00:37:51,728 --> 00:37:53,604
  3140. When will Mr. Wood conclude
  3141. his interminable gabble?
  3142.  
  3143. 733
  3144. 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,856
  3145. Some of us breathe oxygen
  3146.  
  3147. 734
  3148. 00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:59,151
  3149. and we find the mephitic
  3150. fumes of his oratory
  3151.  
  3152. 735
  3153. 00:37:59,235 --> 00:38:02,529
  3154. a lethal challenge
  3155. to our pulmonary capabilities!
  3156.  
  3157. 736
  3158. 00:38:05,742 --> 00:38:08,202
  3159. We shall oppose this amendment,
  3160.  
  3161. 737
  3162. 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,871
  3163. and any legislation that
  3164. so affronts natural law
  3165.  
  3166. 738
  3167. 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,540
  3168. insulting to God as to man!
  3169.  
  3170. 739
  3171. 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,043
  3172. Congress must never declare equal
  3173.  
  3174. 740
  3175. 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:18,379
  3176. those whom God created unequal!
  3177.  
  3178. 741
  3179. 00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:26,679
  3180. Slavery is the only insult to natural law,
  3181.  
  3182. 742
  3183. 00:38:26,763 --> 00:38:28,555
  3184. you fatuous nincompoop!
  3185.  
  3186. 743
  3187. 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:32,476
  3188. Order!
  3189.  
  3190. 744
  3191. 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,479
  3192. Procedure, Mr. Speaker.
  3193.  
  3194. 745
  3195. 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,189
  3196. Mr. Wood has the floor.
  3197.  
  3198. 746
  3199. 00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:38,649
  3200. Instruct us,
  3201.  
  3202. 747
  3203. 00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:40,234
  3204. oh, Great Commoner.
  3205.  
  3206. 748
  3207. 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:42,736
  3208. What is unnatural, in your opinion?
  3209.  
  3210. 749
  3211. 00:38:43,113 --> 00:38:45,114
  3212. Niggrahs casting ballots?
  3213.  
  3214. 750
  3215. 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,782
  3216. Niggrah representatives?
  3217.  
  3218. 751
  3219. 00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:48,909
  3220. Is that natural, Stevens?
  3221.  
  3222. 752
  3223. 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,828
  3224. Intermarriage?
  3225.  
  3226. 753
  3227. 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,123
  3228. What violates natural law?
  3229.  
  3230. 754
  3231. 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,834
  3232. Slavery and you.
  3233.  
  3234. 755
  3235. 00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,920
  3236. Pendleton, you insult God!
  3237.  
  3238. 756
  3239. 00:39:01,923 --> 00:39:03,173
  3240. You unnatural noise.
  3241.  
  3242. 757
  3243. 00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:10,431
  3244. Mr. Colfax, please, use your gavel!
  3245.  
  3246. 758
  3247. 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:12,057
  3248. - You are out of order!
  3249. - Order in the Cabinet!
  3250.  
  3251. 759
  3252. 00:39:12,142 --> 00:39:13,142
  3253. Instruct the Sergeant-at-Arms
  3254.  
  3255. 760
  3256. 00:39:13,268 --> 00:39:14,226
  3257. to suppress this!
  3258.  
  3259. 761
  3260. 00:39:14,310 --> 00:39:15,436
  3261. We are in session!
  3262.  
  3263. 762
  3264. 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:17,521
  3265. Please don't encourage this!
  3266.  
  3267. 763
  3268. 00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:19,231
  3269. Don't encourage this!
  3270.  
  3271. 764
  3272. 00:39:24,279 --> 00:39:26,238
  3273. You're back! You're back! You're back!
  3274.  
  3275. 765
  3276. 00:39:27,449 --> 00:39:29,408
  3277. I am. The goat got big.
  3278.  
  3279. 766
  3280. 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,952
  3281. Help me get one of these to my room.
  3282.  
  3283. 767
  3284. 00:39:32,078 --> 00:39:33,912
  3285. - She in there?
  3286. - She's asleep, probably.
  3287.  
  3288. 768
  3289. 00:39:33,997 --> 00:39:35,497
  3290. - You need help, sir?
  3291. - No, sir.
  3292.  
  3293. 769
  3294. 00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:36,582
  3295. They went to see Avonia Jones last night
  3296.  
  3297. 770
  3298. 00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:37,875
  3299. in a play about Israelites.
  3300.  
  3301. 771
  3302. 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:39,710
  3303. Could you bring your pa this letter I writ
  3304.  
  3305. 772
  3306. 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:41,034
  3307. about my insolvency proceeding?
  3308.  
  3309. 773
  3310. 00:39:41,087 --> 00:39:43,213
  3311. Deliver your own goddamn petition.
  3312.  
  3313. 774
  3314. 00:39:43,298 --> 00:39:44,423
  3315. There's a new book. Sam Beckwith
  3316.  
  3317. 775
  3318. 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:45,799
  3319. says it's about finches
  3320. and finches' beaks,
  3321.  
  3322. 776
  3323. 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:46,925
  3324. about how they change.
  3325.  
  3326. 777
  3327. 00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:48,552
  3328. He's here.
  3329.  
  3330. 778
  3331. 00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:51,138
  3332. He's here! Mrs. Cuthbert, he's here!
  3333.  
  3334. 779
  3335. 00:39:51,681 --> 00:39:53,098
  3336. - Robbie.
  3337. - Hi, Mom.
  3338.  
  3339. 780
  3340. 00:39:53,183 --> 00:39:54,516
  3341. - Oh, Robbie.
  3342. - Hey.
  3343.  
  3344. 781
  3345. 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:55,809
  3346. - Robbie.
  3347. - Hey.
  3348.  
  3349. 782
  3350. 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:02,191
  3351. You're only staying a few days,
  3352. why'd you pack all that?
  3353.  
  3354. 783
  3355. 00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:03,901
  3356. Well, I don't know how long...
  3357.  
  3358. 784
  3359. 00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:05,346
  3360. Go tell your father Robert's home.
  3361.  
  3362. 785
  3363. 00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:08,238
  3364. Mr. Nicolay says Daddy's
  3365. secluded with Mr. Blair.
  3366.  
  3367. 786
  3368. 00:40:08,323 --> 00:40:09,948
  3369. Tell him anyway.
  3370.  
  3371. 787
  3372. 00:40:12,285 --> 00:40:13,994
  3373. Did you forget to eat?
  3374.  
  3375. 788
  3376. 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,788
  3377. - Exactly like him.
  3378. - No.
  3379.  
  3380. 789
  3381. 00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:18,874
  3382. You'll linger a few days extra
  3383. after the reception
  3384.  
  3385. 790
  3386. 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,542
  3387. before you go back to school.
  3388.  
  3389. 791
  3390. 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:22,669
  3391. Well, I don't know
  3392. if I'm going to go back...
  3393.  
  3394. 792
  3395. 00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:26,006
  3396. We'll fatten you up
  3397. before you return to Boston.
  3398.  
  3399. 793
  3400. 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:29,051
  3401. - All right, Mom.
  3402. - All right.
  3403.  
  3404. 794
  3405. 00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:31,762
  3406. Oh, Robbie.
  3407.  
  3408. 795
  3409. 00:40:32,514 --> 00:40:35,349
  3410. Jefferson Davis is sending
  3411. three delegates.
  3412.  
  3413. 796
  3414. 00:40:35,642 --> 00:40:37,851
  3415. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell.
  3416.  
  3417. 797
  3418. 00:40:39,062 --> 00:40:41,271
  3419. Vice President of the Confederacy,
  3420.  
  3421. 798
  3422. 00:40:41,356 --> 00:40:43,148
  3423. the former Secretary of State
  3424.  
  3425. 799
  3426. 00:40:43,233 --> 00:40:45,818
  3427. and their Assistant Secretary of War.
  3428.  
  3429. 800
  3430. 00:40:46,194 --> 00:40:49,029
  3431. They're coming in earnest
  3432. to propose peace.
  3433.  
  3434. 801
  3435. 00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:53,826
  3436. I know this is unwelcome news for you.
  3437.  
  3438. 802
  3439. 00:40:54,327 --> 00:40:55,702
  3440. Now hear me.
  3441.  
  3442. 803
  3443. 00:40:56,913 --> 00:40:59,748
  3444. I went to Richmond to talk to traitors.
  3445.  
  3446. 804
  3447. 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,418
  3448. To smile at and plead with traitors
  3449.  
  3450. 805
  3451. 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:07,339
  3452. because it'll be spring in two months.
  3453.  
  3454. 806
  3455. 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:09,842
  3456. The roads will be passable,
  3457.  
  3458. 807
  3459. 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:12,219
  3460. the spring slaughter commences.
  3461.  
  3462. 808
  3463. 00:41:13,221 --> 00:41:15,222
  3464. Four bloody springs now.
  3465.  
  3466. 809
  3467. 00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:18,892
  3468. Think of my Frank,
  3469.  
  3470. 810
  3471. 00:41:19,519 --> 00:41:21,728
  3472. whom you've taken to your heart.
  3473.  
  3474. 811
  3475. 00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:24,690
  3476. How you'll blame yourself
  3477. if the war takes my son
  3478.  
  3479. 812
  3480. 00:41:24,774 --> 00:41:27,276
  3481. as it's taken multitudes of sons.
  3482.  
  3483. 813
  3484. 00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:31,321
  3485. Think of all the boys who will die
  3486.  
  3487. 814
  3488. 00:41:31,406 --> 00:41:33,365
  3489. if you don't make peace.
  3490.  
  3491. 815
  3492. 00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:35,367
  3493. You must talk with these men.
  3494.  
  3495. 816
  3496. 00:41:35,451 --> 00:41:36,827
  3497. I intend to, Preston.
  3498.  
  3499. 817
  3500. 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:38,996
  3501. In return, I must ask you to support
  3502. our push for the amendment...
  3503.  
  3504. 818
  3505. 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:40,664
  3506. No, this is not horse trading.
  3507.  
  3508. 819
  3509. 00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:42,916
  3510. Not now!
  3511.  
  3512. 820
  3513. 00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:45,419
  3514. Bob. I'm sorry.
  3515.  
  3516. 821
  3517. 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:47,379
  3518. - Welcome home.
  3519. - Thank you, sir.
  3520.  
  3521. 822
  3522. 00:41:47,463 --> 00:41:49,590
  3523. Looking fit, Robert.
  3524. Harvard agrees with you.
  3525.  
  3526. 823
  3527. 00:41:49,716 --> 00:41:50,924
  3528. - Mr. Blair.
  3529. - Fit and rested.
  3530.  
  3531. 824
  3532. 00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:53,969
  3533. Could you give us a moment,
  3534. please, Robert? Thank you.
  3535.  
  3536. 825
  3537. 00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:58,807
  3538. I will procure your votes for you,
  3539. as I promised.
  3540.  
  3541. 826
  3542. 00:41:59,726 --> 00:42:03,061
  3543. You have always kept your word to me.
  3544.  
  3545. 827
  3546. 00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:06,440
  3547. Those Southern men are coming.
  3548.  
  3549. 828
  3550. 00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:10,110
  3551. I beg you, in the name
  3552. of gentle Christ, sir.
  3553.  
  3554. 829
  3555. 00:42:10,236 --> 00:42:11,236
  3556. I understand.
  3557.  
  3558. 830
  3559. 00:42:11,321 --> 00:42:13,030
  3560. Talk peace with these men.
  3561.  
  3562. 831
  3563. 00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:14,948
  3564. I understand, Preston.
  3565.  
  3566. 832
  3567. 00:42:17,577 --> 00:42:19,411
  3568. We have one abstention so far.
  3569.  
  3570. 833
  3571. 00:42:19,495 --> 00:42:20,621
  3572. Jacob Graylor.
  3573.  
  3574. 834
  3575. 00:42:20,747 --> 00:42:22,748
  3576. He'd like to be
  3577. Federal Revenue Assessor
  3578.  
  3579. 835
  3580. 00:42:22,832 --> 00:42:24,583
  3581. for the 5th District of Pennsylvania.
  3582.  
  3583. 836
  3584. 00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:26,835
  3585. So the total of Representatives
  3586.  
  3587. 837
  3588. 00:42:26,961 --> 00:42:30,047
  3589. voting three weeks from today
  3590. is reduced to 182,
  3591.  
  3592. 838
  3593. 00:42:30,131 --> 00:42:32,049
  3594. which means 122 yes votes
  3595.  
  3596. 839
  3597. 00:42:32,133 --> 00:42:34,134
  3598. to reach the requisite
  3599. two-thirds of the House.
  3600.  
  3601. 840
  3602. 00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:36,929
  3603. Assuming all Republicans
  3604. vote for the amendment.
  3605.  
  3606. 841
  3607. 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:41,725
  3608. Then despite our abstention,
  3609.  
  3610. 842
  3611. 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,393
  3612. to reach a two-thirds majority,
  3613.  
  3614. 843
  3615. 00:42:43,478 --> 00:42:45,229
  3616. we remain twenty yeses short.
  3617.  
  3618. 844
  3619. 00:42:45,313 --> 00:42:46,355
  3620. For which we're seeking
  3621.  
  3622. 845
  3623. 00:42:46,481 --> 00:42:48,982
  3624. from among 64 lame duck Democrats.
  3625.  
  3626. 846
  3627. 00:42:49,442 --> 00:42:53,654
  3628. Fully 39 of these we deem
  3629. unredeemable no votes.
  3630.  
  3631. 847
  3632. 00:42:55,949 --> 00:42:57,991
  3633. The kind that hates niggers.
  3634.  
  3635. 848
  3636. 00:42:58,451 --> 00:43:00,661
  3637. Hates God for makin' niggers.
  3638.  
  3639. 849
  3640. 00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:03,747
  3641. The Good Lord on high
  3642. would despair of their souls.
  3643.  
  3644. 850
  3645. 00:43:03,831 --> 00:43:06,959
  3646. Thank you for that
  3647. pithy explanation, Mr. Bilbo.
  3648.  
  3649. 851
  3650. 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:08,752
  3651. We've abandoned these 39 to
  3652.  
  3653. 852
  3654. 00:43:08,836 --> 00:43:10,504
  3655. the devil that possesses them.
  3656.  
  3657. 853
  3658. 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:11,588
  3659. We would...
  3660.  
  3661. 854
  3662. 00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:16,426
  3663. The remaining lame ducks, on whom
  3664. we've been working with a purpose.
  3665.  
  3666. 855
  3667. 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:18,428
  3668. Charles Hanson.
  3669.  
  3670. 856
  3671. 00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:20,180
  3672. Congressman.
  3673.  
  3674. 857
  3675. 00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:23,600
  3676. My colleagues and I would like
  3677. a moment of your time.
  3678.  
  3679. 858
  3680. 00:43:23,685 --> 00:43:25,477
  3681. I wonder if you've given much thought...
  3682.  
  3683. 859
  3684. 00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:27,354
  3685. Giles Stuart.
  3686.  
  3687. 860
  3688. 00:43:32,694 --> 00:43:34,194
  3689. Rather clumsy.
  3690.  
  3691. 861
  3692. 00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:48,292
  3693. Nelson Merrick.
  3694.  
  3695. 862
  3696. 00:43:54,882 --> 00:43:55,882
  3697. Homer Benson.
  3698.  
  3699. 863
  3700. 00:44:01,889 --> 00:44:03,557
  3701. My name is Richard Schell.
  3702.  
  3703. 864
  3704. 00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:06,059
  3705. I wanted you to have a look
  3706. at this prospectus here.
  3707.  
  3708. 865
  3709. 00:44:07,895 --> 00:44:09,062
  3710. And lastly,
  3711.  
  3712. 866
  3713. 00:44:10,982 --> 00:44:13,150
  3714. Clay Hawkins. Of Ohio.
  3715.  
  3716. 867
  3717. 00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:16,153
  3718. Tax Collector for the Western Reserve.
  3719.  
  3720. 868
  3721. 00:44:16,237 --> 00:44:17,821
  3722. That pays handsomely.
  3723.  
  3724. 869
  3725. 00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:19,656
  3726. Don't just reach
  3727. for the highest branches,
  3728.  
  3729. 870
  3730. 00:44:19,741 --> 00:44:21,575
  3731. they sway in every breeze.
  3732.  
  3733. 871
  3734. 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,077
  3735. Assistant Port Inspector in Morristown
  3736.  
  3737. 872
  3738. 00:44:24,203 --> 00:44:25,662
  3739. looks like the ticket to me.
  3740.  
  3741. 873
  3742. 00:44:25,747 --> 00:44:27,581
  3743. Boats, they, they make me sick.
  3744.  
  3745. 874
  3746. 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:29,708
  3747. So just stand on the dock.
  3748.  
  3749. 875
  3750. 00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:32,586
  3751. Let the Assistant Assistant
  3752. Port Inspector's stomach
  3753.  
  3754. 876
  3755. 00:44:32,712 --> 00:44:34,004
  3756. go weak.
  3757.  
  3758. 877
  3759. 00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:37,924
  3760. And, lastly,
  3761. Democratic yes vote
  3762.  
  3763. 878
  3764. 00:44:38,009 --> 00:44:39,926
  3765. number six, Hawkins.
  3766.  
  3767. 879
  3768. 00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:41,011
  3769. From Ohio.
  3770.  
  3771. 880
  3772. 00:44:41,095 --> 00:44:42,179
  3773. Six?
  3774.  
  3775. 881
  3776. 00:44:42,263 --> 00:44:43,847
  3777. Well, thus far.
  3778.  
  3779. 882
  3780. 00:44:43,931 --> 00:44:46,058
  3781. Plus Graylor's abstention.
  3782.  
  3783. 883
  3784. 00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,935
  3785. - From tiny acorns and so on.
  3786. - What did Hawkins get?
  3787.  
  3788. 884
  3789. 00:44:49,062 --> 00:44:51,188
  3790. Postmaster of the Millersburg
  3791. Post Office.
  3792.  
  3793. 885
  3794. 00:44:51,272 --> 00:44:52,606
  3795. He's selling himself cheap, ain't he?
  3796.  
  3797. 886
  3798. 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:54,941
  3799. Well, he wanted Tax Collector
  3800. of the Western Reserve.
  3801.  
  3802. 887
  3803. 00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:57,146
  3804. First term Congressman
  3805. who couldn't manage reelection.
  3806.  
  3807. 888
  3808. 00:44:57,195 --> 00:44:58,278
  3809. I felt it unseemly
  3810.  
  3811. 889
  3812. 00:44:58,363 --> 00:44:59,863
  3813. and they bargained him down
  3814. to Postmaster.
  3815.  
  3816. 890
  3817. 00:44:59,947 --> 00:45:01,365
  3818. Scatter them over several
  3819. rounds of appointments
  3820.  
  3821. 891
  3822. 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:02,866
  3823. so no one notices, then burn this ledger,
  3824.  
  3825. 892
  3826. 00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:05,035
  3827. please, after you're done.
  3828.  
  3829. 893
  3830. 00:45:08,081 --> 00:45:10,374
  3831. Time for my public opinion bath.
  3832.  
  3833. 894
  3834. 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:11,792
  3835. Might as well let them in.
  3836.  
  3837. 895
  3838. 00:45:13,753 --> 00:45:15,921
  3839. Seven yeses with Mr. Ellis.
  3840.  
  3841. 896
  3842. 00:45:16,964 --> 00:45:18,465
  3843. Thirteen to go.
  3844.  
  3845. 897
  3846. 00:45:19,634 --> 00:45:21,134
  3847. One last item.
  3848.  
  3849. 898
  3850. 00:45:21,636 --> 00:45:23,428
  3851. An absurdity, but
  3852.  
  3853. 899
  3854. 00:45:24,472 --> 00:45:26,807
  3855. my associates report that
  3856. among the Representatives
  3857.  
  3858. 900
  3859. 00:45:26,933 --> 00:45:29,476
  3860. a fantastical rumor's bruited about,
  3861.  
  3862. 901
  3863. 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:32,437
  3864. which I immediately disavowed,
  3865.  
  3866. 902
  3867. 00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:34,898
  3868. that you'd allowed
  3869. bleary old Preston Blair
  3870.  
  3871. 903
  3872. 00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:36,066
  3873. to sojourn to Richmond
  3874.  
  3875. 904
  3876. 00:45:36,150 --> 00:45:38,235
  3877. to invite Jeff Davis
  3878. to send commissioners
  3879.  
  3880. 905
  3881. 00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:40,904
  3882. up to Washington with a peace plan.
  3883.  
  3884. 906
  3885. 00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:47,244
  3886. I, of course, told them
  3887. that you would never.
  3888.  
  3889. 907
  3890. 00:45:47,328 --> 00:45:50,163
  3891. Not without consulting me, you wouldn't.
  3892.  
  3893. 908
  3894. 00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:53,166
  3895. Because why on earth would you?
  3896.  
  3897. 909
  3898. 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:21,254
  3899. Much obliged.
  3900.  
  3901. 910
  3902. 00:47:28,346 --> 00:47:29,346
  3903. Why wasn't I consulted?
  3904.  
  3905. 911
  3906. 00:47:29,430 --> 00:47:30,931
  3907. I'm Secretary of State.
  3908.  
  3909. 912
  3910. 00:47:31,098 --> 00:47:34,601
  3911. And you informally send
  3912. a reactionary dotard to...
  3913.  
  3914. 913
  3915. 00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:37,437
  3916. What will happen, do you imagine,
  3917.  
  3918. 914
  3919. 00:47:37,563 --> 00:47:40,106
  3920. when these
  3921. peace commissioners arrive?
  3922.  
  3923. 915
  3924. 00:47:40,233 --> 00:47:41,274
  3925. We'll hear them out.
  3926.  
  3927. 916
  3928. 00:47:41,567 --> 00:47:43,026
  3929. Splendid.
  3930.  
  3931. 917
  3932. 00:47:43,402 --> 00:47:44,694
  3933. And next, the Democrats will invite them
  3934.  
  3935. 918
  3936. 00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:46,279
  3937. up to hearings on the Hill.
  3938.  
  3939. 919
  3940. 00:47:46,405 --> 00:47:48,949
  3941. And the newspapers...
  3942. Oh, the newspapers.
  3943.  
  3944. 920
  3945. 00:47:49,075 --> 00:47:50,450
  3946. The newspapers will ask,
  3947.  
  3948. 921
  3949. 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:52,369
  3950. "Why risk enraging the Confederacy"
  3951.  
  3952. 922
  3953. 00:47:52,453 --> 00:47:53,534
  3954. "over the issue of slavery"
  3955.  
  3956. 923
  3957. 00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:55,914
  3958. "when they're here to make peace?"
  3959.  
  3960. 924
  3961. 00:47:57,375 --> 00:47:59,960
  3962. We'll lose every Democrat we've got,
  3963.  
  3964. 925
  3965. 00:48:00,044 --> 00:48:01,645
  3966. more than likely
  3967. conservative Republicans
  3968.  
  3969. 926
  3970. 00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:03,296
  3971. will join them, and all our work,
  3972.  
  3973. 927
  3974. 00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:05,715
  3975. all our preparing the ground for the vote
  3976.  
  3977. 928
  3978. 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:06,967
  3979. laid waste for naught.
  3980.  
  3981. 929
  3982. 00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:08,811
  3983. The Blaire promised support
  3984. for the amendment
  3985.  
  3986. 930
  3987. 00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:09,886
  3988. if we listen to these people.
  3989.  
  3990. 931
  3991. 00:48:09,971 --> 00:48:11,805
  3992. Oh, the Blaire promise, do they?
  3993.  
  3994. 932
  3995. 00:48:11,931 --> 00:48:12,973
  3996. You think they'll keep their promise
  3997.  
  3998. 933
  3999. 00:48:13,099 --> 00:48:14,140
  4000. once we've heard these delegates
  4001.  
  4002. 934
  4003. 00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:16,142
  4004. and refused them,
  4005. which we will have to do,
  4006.  
  4007. 935
  4008. 00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:17,727
  4009. since their proposal most certainly
  4010.  
  4011. 936
  4012. 00:48:17,812 --> 00:48:19,145
  4013. will be predicated on
  4014.  
  4015. 937
  4016. 00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:20,814
  4017. keeping their slaves!
  4018.  
  4019. 938
  4020. 00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:23,441
  4021. What hope for
  4022. any Democratic votes, Willum,
  4023.  
  4024. 939
  4025. 00:48:23,651 --> 00:48:25,735
  4026. if word gets out that
  4027. I've refused a chance
  4028.  
  4029. 940
  4030. 00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:27,487
  4031. to end the war?
  4032.  
  4033. 941
  4034. 00:48:27,947 --> 00:48:29,739
  4035. You think word won't get out?
  4036.  
  4037. 942
  4038. 00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:32,242
  4039. In Washington?
  4040.  
  4041. 943
  4042. 00:48:33,995 --> 00:48:36,035
  4043. It's either the amendment
  4044. or this Confederate peace.
  4045.  
  4046. 944
  4047. 00:48:36,122 --> 00:48:37,914
  4048. You cannot have both.
  4049.  
  4050. 945
  4051. 00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:41,334
  4052. "If you can look into the seeds of time,."
  4053.  
  4054. 946
  4055. 00:48:42,169 --> 00:48:45,255
  4056. "And say which grain will grow
  4057. and which will not,"
  4058.  
  4059. 947
  4060. 00:48:45,339 --> 00:48:46,506
  4061. "Speak then to me."
  4062.  
  4063. 948
  4064. 00:48:46,591 --> 00:48:48,174
  4065. A disaster. This is a disaster.
  4066.  
  4067. 949
  4068. 00:48:48,259 --> 00:48:50,594
  4069. Time is a great thickener
  4070. of things, Willum.
  4071.  
  4072. 950
  4073. 00:48:50,678 --> 00:48:52,470
  4074. Yes, I suppose it is.
  4075.  
  4076. 951
  4077. 00:48:52,972 --> 00:48:55,015
  4078. Actually, I have no idea
  4079. what you mean by that.
  4080.  
  4081. 952
  4082. 00:48:57,184 --> 00:48:59,019
  4083. Get me 13 votes.
  4084.  
  4085. 953
  4086. 00:48:59,979 --> 00:49:02,314
  4087. Them fellas from Richmond
  4088. ain't here yet.
  4089.  
  4090. 954
  4091. 00:49:23,502 --> 00:49:25,879
  4092. You drafted
  4093. half the men in Boston.
  4094.  
  4095. 955
  4096. 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:28,798
  4097. What do you think
  4098. their families think about me?
  4099.  
  4100. 956
  4101. 00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:30,800
  4102. The only reason they don't
  4103. throw things and spit on me
  4104.  
  4105. 957
  4106. 00:49:30,885 --> 00:49:32,385
  4107. is 'cause you're so popular.
  4108.  
  4109. 958
  4110. 00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:36,222
  4111. I can't concentrate on,
  4112. on British Mercantile Law.
  4113.  
  4114. 959
  4115. 00:49:36,307 --> 00:49:38,475
  4116. I don't care about British Mercantile Law.
  4117.  
  4118. 960
  4119. 00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:42,354
  4120. I might not even want to be a lawyer.
  4121.  
  4122. 961
  4123. 00:49:44,106 --> 00:49:47,484
  4124. It's a sturdy profession.
  4125. And a useful one.
  4126.  
  4127. 962
  4128. 00:49:47,568 --> 00:49:52,572
  4129. Yes, and I want to be useful,
  4130. but now, not afterwards.
  4131.  
  4132. 963
  4133. 00:49:52,657 --> 00:49:54,407
  4134. I ain't wearing them things, Mr. Slade.
  4135.  
  4136. 964
  4137. 00:49:54,492 --> 00:49:55,492
  4138. They never fit right.
  4139.  
  4140. 965
  4141. 00:49:55,576 --> 00:49:57,827
  4142. The missus will have you
  4143. wear them. Don't think...
  4144.  
  4145. 966
  4146. 00:49:57,912 --> 00:49:59,829
  4147. You're delaying,
  4148. that's your favorite tactic.
  4149.  
  4150. 967
  4151. 00:49:59,914 --> 00:50:01,831
  4152. - Be useful...
  4153. - You won't tell me no,
  4154.  
  4155. 968
  4156. 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:03,750
  4157. but the war will be over in
  4158. a month, and you know it will.
  4159.  
  4160. 969
  4161. 00:50:03,876 --> 00:50:06,503
  4162. I've found that prophesying
  4163.  
  4164. 970
  4165. 00:50:07,380 --> 00:50:11,091
  4166. is one of life's
  4167. less profitable occupations.
  4168.  
  4169. 971
  4170. 00:50:12,885 --> 00:50:15,011
  4171. Why do some slaves
  4172. cost more than others?
  4173.  
  4174. 972
  4175. 00:50:15,096 --> 00:50:16,496
  4176. If they're still young and healthy,
  4177.  
  4178. 973
  4179. 00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:18,098
  4180. or if the women can
  4181. still conceive, they pay more.
  4182.  
  4183. 974
  4184. 00:50:18,182 --> 00:50:20,850
  4185. Put them back in the box, you scoundrel.
  4186.  
  4187. 975
  4188. 00:50:22,269 --> 00:50:24,187
  4189. We'll return them to Mr. Gardner's studio
  4190.  
  4191. 976
  4192. 00:50:24,271 --> 00:50:25,772
  4193. day after next.
  4194.  
  4195. 977
  4196. 00:50:26,857 --> 00:50:28,608
  4197. Be careful with them now.
  4198.  
  4199. 978
  4200. 00:50:29,443 --> 00:50:31,194
  4201. These things should have
  4202. stayed on the calf.
  4203.  
  4204. 979
  4205. 00:50:31,278 --> 00:50:35,699
  4206. When you were a slave,
  4207. Mr. Slade, did they beat you?
  4208.  
  4209. 980
  4210. 00:50:35,783 --> 00:50:37,283
  4211. I was born a free man.
  4212.  
  4213. 981
  4214. 00:50:37,410 --> 00:50:40,203
  4215. Nobody beat me
  4216. except I beat them right back.
  4217.  
  4218. 982
  4219. 00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:43,373
  4220. Mr. Lincoln...
  4221.  
  4222. 983
  4223. 00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:47,377
  4224. Mrs. Keckley was a slave.
  4225. Ask her if she was beaten.
  4226.  
  4227. 984
  4228. 00:50:47,461 --> 00:50:49,295
  4229. - Were you...
  4230. - Tad.
  4231.  
  4232. 985
  4233. 00:50:49,797 --> 00:50:50,880
  4234. I was beaten with a fire shovel
  4235.  
  4236. 986
  4237. 00:50:50,965 --> 00:50:52,215
  4238. when I was younger than you.
  4239.  
  4240. 987
  4241. 00:50:52,299 --> 00:50:55,135
  4242. You should go to Mrs. Lincoln.
  4243. She's in Willie's room.
  4244.  
  4245. 988
  4246. 00:50:56,262 --> 00:50:57,470
  4247. She never goes in there.
  4248.  
  4249. 989
  4250. 00:50:57,596 --> 00:51:00,974
  4251. The reception line is already
  4252. stretching out the door.
  4253.  
  4254. 990
  4255. 00:51:03,310 --> 00:51:05,895
  4256. See, I'll be the only man
  4257. over 15 and under 65
  4258.  
  4259. 991
  4260. 00:51:05,980 --> 00:51:08,064
  4261. in this whole place not in uniform.
  4262.  
  4263. 992
  4264. 00:51:08,149 --> 00:51:09,607
  4265. I'm under 15.
  4266.  
  4267. 993
  4268. 00:51:30,296 --> 00:51:32,297
  4269. My head hurts so.
  4270.  
  4271. 994
  4272. 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,511
  4273. I prayed for death the night Willie died.
  4274.  
  4275. 995
  4276. 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,849
  4277. My headaches are how I know
  4278. I didn't get my wish.
  4279.  
  4280. 996
  4281. 00:51:45,352 --> 00:51:48,855
  4282. How to endure the long afternoon
  4283.  
  4284. 997
  4285. 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:50,356
  4286. and deep into the night.
  4287.  
  4288. 998
  4289. 00:51:50,483 --> 00:51:51,691
  4290. I know.
  4291.  
  4292. 999
  4293. 00:51:51,776 --> 00:51:54,944
  4294. Trying not to think about him.
  4295. How will I manage?
  4296.  
  4297. 1000
  4298. 00:51:55,029 --> 00:51:56,863
  4299. - Somehow. You will.
  4300. - Somehow?
  4301.  
  4302. 1001
  4303. 00:51:58,073 --> 00:52:00,116
  4304. Somehow. Somehow.
  4305.  
  4306. 1002
  4307. 00:52:02,369 --> 00:52:03,787
  4308. Every party.
  4309.  
  4310. 1003
  4311. 00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:05,705
  4312. Every...
  4313.  
  4314. 1004
  4315. 00:52:08,793 --> 00:52:10,126
  4316. And now
  4317.  
  4318. 1005
  4319. 00:52:11,504 --> 00:52:14,380
  4320. four years more in this terrible house,
  4321.  
  4322. 1006
  4323. 00:52:14,507 --> 00:52:16,299
  4324. reproaching us.
  4325.  
  4326. 1007
  4327. 00:52:17,843 --> 00:52:19,969
  4328. He was a very sick little boy.
  4329.  
  4330. 1008
  4331. 00:52:20,054 --> 00:52:22,472
  4332. We should have canceled
  4333. that reception, shouldn't we?
  4334.  
  4335. 1009
  4336. 00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:23,973
  4337. We didn't know how sick he was.
  4338.  
  4339. 1010
  4340. 00:52:24,058 --> 00:52:25,642
  4341. I knew. I knew.
  4342.  
  4343. 1011
  4344. 00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:29,062
  4345. I saw that night he was dying.
  4346.  
  4347. 1012
  4348. 00:52:29,188 --> 00:52:32,565
  4349. Three years ago,
  4350. the war was going so badly.
  4351.  
  4352. 1013
  4353. 00:52:32,691 --> 00:52:35,401
  4354. We had to put on a face.
  4355.  
  4356. 1014
  4357. 00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:36,986
  4358. But I saw Willie was dying.
  4359.  
  4360. 1015
  4361. 00:52:37,112 --> 00:52:38,655
  4362. Molly...
  4363.  
  4364. 1016
  4365. 00:52:38,739 --> 00:52:40,490
  4366. I saw him.
  4367.  
  4368. 1017
  4369. 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:44,410
  4370. It's too hard.
  4371.  
  4372. 1018
  4373. 00:52:50,417 --> 00:52:51,751
  4374. Too hard.
  4375.  
  4376. 1019
  4377. 00:52:59,093 --> 00:53:01,177
  4378. Oh, gracious saints!
  4379.  
  4380. 1020
  4381. 00:53:13,899 --> 00:53:16,776
  4382. She's just ten feet yonder.
  4383. I'd like to keep my job.
  4384.  
  4385. 1021
  4386. 00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:18,462
  4387. - How nice to see you.
  4388. - Nice to see you.
  4389.  
  4390. 1022
  4391. 00:53:18,612 --> 00:53:21,781
  4392. Senator Sumner.
  4393. It's been much too long.
  4394.  
  4395. 1023
  4396. 00:53:21,907 --> 00:53:23,533
  4397. "Oh, who can look
  4398. on that celestial face..."
  4399.  
  4400. 1024
  4401. 00:53:23,617 --> 00:53:24,617
  4402. And?
  4403.  
  4404. 1025
  4405. 00:53:24,702 --> 00:53:26,202
  4406. James Ashley, ma'am.
  4407. We've met several times.
  4408.  
  4409. 1026
  4410. 00:53:26,287 --> 00:53:27,954
  4411. Praise heavens, praise heavens.
  4412.  
  4413. 1027
  4414. 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:30,290
  4415. Just when I had abandoned
  4416. hope of amusement,
  4417.  
  4418. 1028
  4419. 00:53:30,374 --> 00:53:31,624
  4420. it's the Chairman of the House Ways
  4421.  
  4422. 1029
  4423. 00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:33,626
  4424. - and Means Committee.
  4425. - Mrs. Lincoln.
  4426.  
  4427. 1030
  4428. 00:53:34,086 --> 00:53:36,379
  4429. Madame President, if you please.
  4430.  
  4431. 1031
  4432. 00:53:38,549 --> 00:53:40,216
  4433. Don't convene another subcommittee
  4434.  
  4435. 1032
  4436. 00:53:40,301 --> 00:53:41,384
  4437. to investigate me, sir.
  4438.  
  4439. 1033
  4440. 00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:43,303
  4441. I'm teasing. Smile, Senator Wade.
  4442.  
  4443. 1034
  4444. 00:53:43,429 --> 00:53:45,305
  4445. I believe I am smiling, Mrs. Lincoln.
  4446.  
  4447. 1035
  4448. 00:53:45,389 --> 00:53:46,556
  4449. As long as your household accounts
  4450.  
  4451. 1036
  4452. 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,474
  4453. are in order, madam,
  4454.  
  4455. 1037
  4456. 00:53:48,601 --> 00:53:50,894
  4457. we'll have no need to investigate them.
  4458.  
  4459. 1038
  4460. 00:53:50,978 --> 00:53:53,897
  4461. You have always taken such a lively,
  4462.  
  4463. 1039
  4464. 00:53:53,981 --> 00:53:57,817
  4465. even prosecutorial interest
  4466. in my household accounts.
  4467.  
  4468. 1040
  4469. 00:53:57,902 --> 00:54:00,570
  4470. Your household accounts have
  4471. always been so interesting.
  4472.  
  4473. 1041
  4474. 00:54:00,654 --> 00:54:02,655
  4475. Yes, thank you. It's true.
  4476.  
  4477. 1042
  4478. 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:05,658
  4479. The miracles I have wrought
  4480.  
  4481. 1043
  4482. 00:54:05,743 --> 00:54:08,244
  4483. out of fertilizer bills
  4484. and cutlery invoices,
  4485.  
  4486. 1044
  4487. 00:54:08,329 --> 00:54:09,954
  4488. but I had to.
  4489.  
  4490. 1045
  4491. 00:54:11,165 --> 00:54:13,166
  4492. Four years ago, when
  4493. the President and I arrived,
  4494.  
  4495. 1046
  4496. 00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:14,751
  4497. this was pure pigsty.
  4498.  
  4499. 1047
  4500. 00:54:14,835 --> 00:54:16,753
  4501. Tobacco stains on the Turkey carpets.
  4502.  
  4503. 1048
  4504. 00:54:16,837 --> 00:54:20,423
  4505. Mushrooms, green as the moon,
  4506. sprouting from the ceilings.
  4507.  
  4508. 1049
  4509. 00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:23,760
  4510. And a pauper's pittance
  4511. allotted for improvements.
  4512.  
  4513. 1050
  4514. 00:54:23,844 --> 00:54:26,846
  4515. As if your committee joined
  4516. with all of Washington
  4517.  
  4518. 1051
  4519. 00:54:26,931 --> 00:54:28,431
  4520. awaiting in what you anticipated
  4521.  
  4522. 1052
  4523. 00:54:28,515 --> 00:54:30,975
  4524. would be our comfort in squalor.
  4525.  
  4526. 1053
  4527. 00:54:31,435 --> 00:54:33,770
  4528. Further proof that my husband and I
  4529.  
  4530. 1054
  4531. 00:54:33,854 --> 00:54:35,521
  4532. were prairie primitives
  4533.  
  4534. 1055
  4535. 00:54:35,648 --> 00:54:38,691
  4536. unsuited to the position to
  4537. which an error of the people,
  4538.  
  4539. 1056
  4540. 00:54:38,817 --> 00:54:42,278
  4541. a flaw in the Democratic
  4542. process had elevated us.
  4543.  
  4544. 1057
  4545. 00:54:42,363 --> 00:54:45,281
  4546. The past is the past. It's a new year now
  4547.  
  4548. 1058
  4549. 00:54:45,366 --> 00:54:49,535
  4550. and we are all getting along,
  4551. or so they tell me.
  4552.  
  4553. 1059
  4554. 00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:51,788
  4555. I gather we are working together.
  4556.  
  4557. 1060
  4558. 00:54:51,872 --> 00:54:53,873
  4559. The White House and the other House,
  4560.  
  4561. 1061
  4562. 00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:55,208
  4563. hatching little plans together.
  4564.  
  4565. 1062
  4566. 00:54:55,334 --> 00:54:56,376
  4567. - Mother.
  4568. - What?
  4569.  
  4570. 1063
  4571. 00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:58,544
  4572. You're creating a bottleneck.
  4573.  
  4574. 1064
  4575. 00:54:58,671 --> 00:55:00,505
  4576. Oh, I'm detaining you.
  4577.  
  4578. 1065
  4579. 00:55:01,215 --> 00:55:04,050
  4580. And more importantly,
  4581. the people behind you.
  4582.  
  4583. 1066
  4584. 00:55:04,843 --> 00:55:07,470
  4585. How the people love my husband.
  4586.  
  4587. 1067
  4588. 00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:12,058
  4589. They flock to see him by
  4590. their thousands on public days.
  4591.  
  4592. 1068
  4593. 00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:15,561
  4594. They will never love you
  4595. the way they love him.
  4596.  
  4597. 1069
  4598. 00:55:16,689 --> 00:55:19,816
  4599. How difficult it must be
  4600. for you to know that
  4601.  
  4602. 1070
  4603. 00:55:19,900 --> 00:55:22,568
  4604. and yet how important to remember it.
  4605.  
  4606. 1071
  4607. 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:35,999
  4608. Since we have the floor
  4609. next in the debate,
  4610.  
  4611. 1072
  4612. 00:55:36,083 --> 00:55:38,418
  4613. I thought I'd suggest you might
  4614.  
  4615. 1073
  4616. 00:55:39,086 --> 00:55:41,004
  4617. temper your contribution
  4618.  
  4619. 1074
  4620. 00:55:41,088 --> 00:55:44,090
  4621. so as not to frighten
  4622. our conservative friends.
  4623.  
  4624. 1075
  4625. 00:55:44,174 --> 00:55:46,259
  4626. Ashley insists you're ensuring approval
  4627.  
  4628. 1076
  4629. 00:55:46,343 --> 00:55:48,261
  4630. by dispensing patronage
  4631.  
  4632. 1077
  4633. 00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:51,014
  4634. to otherwise undeserving Democrats.
  4635.  
  4636. 1078
  4637. 00:55:51,098 --> 00:55:52,932
  4638. I can't ensure a single damn thing
  4639.  
  4640. 1079
  4641. 00:55:53,058 --> 00:55:54,684
  4642. if you scare the whole House silly
  4643.  
  4644. 1080
  4645. 00:55:54,768 --> 00:55:56,519
  4646. with talk of land appropriations
  4647.  
  4648. 1081
  4649. 00:55:56,603 --> 00:55:58,521
  4650. and revolutionary tribunals.
  4651.  
  4652. 1082
  4653. 00:55:58,605 --> 00:56:01,024
  4654. When the war ends, I intend to
  4655.  
  4656. 1083
  4657. 00:56:01,108 --> 00:56:05,903
  4658. push for full equality,
  4659. the Negro vote, and much more.
  4660.  
  4661. 1084
  4662. 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:08,322
  4663. Congress shall mandate the seizure
  4664.  
  4665. 1085
  4666. 00:56:08,449 --> 00:56:09,949
  4667. of every foot of Rebel land
  4668.  
  4669. 1086
  4670. 00:56:10,075 --> 00:56:12,618
  4671. and every dollar of their property.
  4672.  
  4673. 1087
  4674. 00:56:13,954 --> 00:56:15,496
  4675. We'll use their confiscated wealth
  4676.  
  4677. 1088
  4678. 00:56:15,622 --> 00:56:17,540
  4679. to establish hundreds of thousands
  4680.  
  4681. 1089
  4682. 00:56:17,624 --> 00:56:19,167
  4683. of free Negro farmers
  4684.  
  4685. 1090
  4686. 00:56:19,293 --> 00:56:21,919
  4687. and, at their side,
  4688. soldiers armed to occupy
  4689.  
  4690. 1091
  4691. 00:56:22,004 --> 00:56:23,629
  4692. and transform the heritage of traitors.
  4693.  
  4694. 1092
  4695. 00:56:25,257 --> 00:56:26,716
  4696. We'll build up a land down there
  4697.  
  4698. 1093
  4699. 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:29,969
  4700. of free men and free women
  4701. and free children and freedom.
  4702.  
  4703. 1094
  4704. 00:56:31,638 --> 00:56:34,807
  4705. The nation needs to know
  4706. that we have such plans.
  4707.  
  4708. 1095
  4709. 00:56:35,642 --> 00:56:38,519
  4710. That's the untempered version
  4711. of reconstruction.
  4712.  
  4713. 1096
  4714. 00:56:40,647 --> 00:56:42,315
  4715. It is not...
  4716.  
  4717. 1097
  4718. 00:56:42,441 --> 00:56:44,984
  4719. It's not quite exactly what I intend.
  4720.  
  4721. 1098
  4722. 00:56:47,321 --> 00:56:50,698
  4723. But we shall oppose one another
  4724. in the course of time.
  4725.  
  4726. 1099
  4727. 00:56:50,824 --> 00:56:52,867
  4728. Now we're working together,
  4729. and I'm asking you...
  4730.  
  4731. 1100
  4732. 00:56:52,993 --> 00:56:54,202
  4733. For patience, I expect.
  4734.  
  4735. 1101
  4736. 00:56:54,328 --> 00:56:56,037
  4737. When the people disagree,
  4738. bringing them together
  4739.  
  4740. 1102
  4741. 00:56:56,163 --> 00:56:58,664
  4742. requires going slow
  4743. until they're ready to...
  4744.  
  4745. 1103
  4746. 00:56:58,791 --> 00:57:00,833
  4747. Shit on the people and what they want
  4748.  
  4749. 1104
  4750. 00:57:00,959 --> 00:57:01,918
  4751. and what they're ready for.
  4752.  
  4753. 1105
  4754. 00:57:02,002 --> 00:57:03,211
  4755. I don't give a goddamn about the people
  4756.  
  4757. 1106
  4758. 00:57:03,337 --> 00:57:04,545
  4759. and what they want.
  4760.  
  4761. 1107
  4762. 00:57:04,671 --> 00:57:05,797
  4763. This is the face of someone
  4764.  
  4765. 1108
  4766. 00:57:05,881 --> 00:57:07,256
  4767. who has fought long and hard
  4768.  
  4769. 1109
  4770. 00:57:07,341 --> 00:57:08,466
  4771. for the good of the people
  4772.  
  4773. 1110
  4774. 00:57:08,550 --> 00:57:11,219
  4775. without caring much for any of them.
  4776.  
  4777. 1111
  4778. 00:57:11,345 --> 00:57:13,054
  4779. And I look a lot worse without my wig.
  4780.  
  4781. 1112
  4782. 00:57:14,348 --> 00:57:17,850
  4783. The people elected me
  4784. to represent them,
  4785.  
  4786. 1113
  4787. 00:57:17,976 --> 00:57:20,645
  4788. to lead them, and I lead.
  4789. You ought to try it.
  4790.  
  4791. 1114
  4792. 00:57:23,357 --> 00:57:26,484
  4793. I admire your zeal, Mr. Stevens
  4794.  
  4795. 1115
  4796. 00:57:26,568 --> 00:57:30,363
  4797. and I have tried to profit
  4798. from the example of it, but
  4799.  
  4800. 1116
  4801. 00:57:31,365 --> 00:57:32,406
  4802. if I'd listened to you,
  4803.  
  4804. 1117
  4805. 00:57:32,533 --> 00:57:33,894
  4806. I'd have declared every slave free
  4807.  
  4808. 1118
  4809. 00:57:33,992 --> 00:57:36,494
  4810. the minute the first shell
  4811. struck Fort Sumter.
  4812.  
  4813. 1119
  4814. 00:57:36,578 --> 00:57:38,121
  4815. And the border states
  4816. would have gone over
  4817.  
  4818. 1120
  4819. 00:57:38,205 --> 00:57:40,373
  4820. to the Confederacy,
  4821. the war would have been lost
  4822.  
  4823. 1121
  4824. 00:57:40,499 --> 00:57:41,874
  4825. and the Union along with it,
  4826.  
  4827. 1122
  4828. 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,918
  4829. and instead of abolishing slavery
  4830.  
  4831. 1123
  4832. 00:57:44,044 --> 00:57:45,711
  4833. as we hope to do in two weeks,
  4834.  
  4835. 1124
  4836. 00:57:45,838 --> 00:57:48,381
  4837. we'd be watching,
  4838. helpless as infants, as it spread
  4839.  
  4840. 1125
  4841. 00:57:48,507 --> 00:57:50,591
  4842. from the American South
  4843. into South America.
  4844.  
  4845. 1126
  4846. 00:57:50,717 --> 00:57:53,511
  4847. Oh, how you have longed
  4848. to say that to me.
  4849.  
  4850. 1127
  4851. 00:57:54,388 --> 00:57:56,097
  4852. You claim you trust them,
  4853.  
  4854. 1128
  4855. 00:57:56,223 --> 00:57:58,558
  4856. but you know what the people are.
  4857.  
  4858. 1129
  4859. 00:57:59,393 --> 00:58:02,145
  4860. You know that the inner compass,
  4861.  
  4862. 1130
  4863. 00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:04,730
  4864. that should direct the soul
  4865. towards justice
  4866.  
  4867. 1131
  4868. 00:58:04,857 --> 00:58:08,442
  4869. has ossified in white men
  4870. and women, North and South,
  4871.  
  4872. 1132
  4873. 00:58:08,569 --> 00:58:10,319
  4874. unto utter uselessness,
  4875.  
  4876. 1133
  4877. 00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:12,613
  4878. through tolerating the evil of slavery.
  4879.  
  4880. 1134
  4881. 00:58:12,739 --> 00:58:14,782
  4882. White people cannot bear the thought
  4883.  
  4884. 1135
  4885. 00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:16,742
  4886. of sharing this country's
  4887. infinite abundance
  4888.  
  4889. 1136
  4890. 00:58:16,869 --> 00:58:18,411
  4891. with Negroes.
  4892.  
  4893. 1137
  4894. 00:58:20,747 --> 00:58:23,749
  4895. A compass, I learned
  4896. when I was surveying,
  4897.  
  4898. 1138
  4899. 00:58:24,418 --> 00:58:27,587
  4900. it'll point you true north
  4901. from where you're standing.
  4902.  
  4903. 1139
  4904. 00:58:27,713 --> 00:58:29,505
  4905. But it's got no advice about
  4906.  
  4907. 1140
  4908. 00:58:29,590 --> 00:58:32,216
  4909. the swamps and deserts and chasms
  4910.  
  4911. 1141
  4912. 00:58:32,301 --> 00:58:34,844
  4913. that you'll encounter along the way.
  4914.  
  4915. 1142
  4916. 00:58:34,928 --> 00:58:36,345
  4917. If in pursuit of your destination,
  4918.  
  4919. 1143
  4920. 00:58:36,430 --> 00:58:38,347
  4921. you plunge ahead,
  4922. heedless of obstacles
  4923.  
  4924. 1144
  4925. 00:58:38,432 --> 00:58:41,893
  4926. and achieve nothing more
  4927. than to sink in a swamp,
  4928.  
  4929. 1145
  4930. 00:58:43,270 --> 00:58:45,646
  4931. what's the use of knowing true north?
  4932.  
  4933. 1146
  4934. 00:59:01,955 --> 00:59:05,291
  4935. Robert's going to plead
  4936. with us to let him enlist.
  4937.  
  4938. 1147
  4939. 00:59:07,836 --> 00:59:11,964
  4940. Make time to talk to Robbie.
  4941. You only have time for Tad.
  4942.  
  4943. 1148
  4944. 00:59:12,049 --> 00:59:13,507
  4945. Tad is young.
  4946.  
  4947. 1149
  4948. 00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:17,720
  4949. So is Robert. Too young for the Army.
  4950.  
  4951. 1150
  4952. 00:59:17,804 --> 00:59:20,806
  4953. Plenty of boys younger
  4954. than Robert signing up.
  4955.  
  4956. 1151
  4957. 00:59:23,810 --> 00:59:25,478
  4958. Don't take Robbie.
  4959.  
  4960. 1152
  4961. 00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:27,939
  4962. Don't let me lose my son.
  4963.  
  4964. 1153
  4965. 00:59:29,149 --> 00:59:31,859
  4966. Go away! We're occupied!
  4967.  
  4968. 1154
  4969. 00:59:35,697 --> 00:59:36,948
  4970. Secretary Stanton has sent over
  4971.  
  4972. 1155
  4973. 00:59:37,032 --> 00:59:38,593
  4974. to tell you that as of half an hour ago
  4975.  
  4976. 1156
  4977. 00:59:38,617 --> 00:59:40,993
  4978. the shelling of Wilmington Harbor
  4979. has commenced.
  4980.  
  4981. 1157
  4982. 00:59:46,041 --> 00:59:48,876
  4983. They cannot possibly maintain
  4984. under this kind of an assault.
  4985.  
  4986. 1158
  4987. 00:59:49,002 --> 00:59:51,462
  4988. Terry has got 10,000 men
  4989. surrounding the goddamn port.
  4990.  
  4991. 1159
  4992. 00:59:51,546 --> 00:59:52,546
  4993. Why doesn't he answer...
  4994.  
  4995. 1160
  4996. 00:59:52,673 --> 00:59:54,590
  4997. Fort Fisher is a mountain
  4998. of a building, Edwin.
  4999.  
  5000. 1161
  5001. 00:59:54,675 --> 00:59:55,758
  5002. It's the largest fort they have, sir.
  5003.  
  5004. 1162
  5005. 00:59:55,842 --> 00:59:57,718
  5006. Twenty-two big Seacoast guns
  5007. on each rampart.
  5008.  
  5009. 1163
  5010. 00:59:57,803 --> 00:59:59,095
  5011. They've been reinforcing it
  5012. for the last two years.
  5013.  
  5014. 1164
  5015. 00:59:59,179 --> 01:00:01,264
  5016. They've taken 17,000 shells
  5017. since yesterday!
  5018.  
  5019. 1165
  5020. 01:00:01,348 --> 01:00:03,975
  5021. I want to hear Fort Fisher is ours
  5022.  
  5023. 1166
  5024. 01:00:04,059 --> 01:00:05,268
  5025. and Wilmington has fallen.
  5026.  
  5027. 1167
  5028. 01:00:05,352 --> 01:00:06,852
  5029. Send another damn cable!
  5030.  
  5031. 1168
  5032. 01:00:06,979 --> 01:00:09,563
  5033. The problem's their
  5034. commander, Whiting!
  5035.  
  5036. 1169
  5037. 01:00:10,357 --> 01:00:11,774
  5038. He engineered the fortress himself,
  5039.  
  5040. 1170
  5041. 01:00:11,858 --> 01:00:12,939
  5042. the damn thing's his child.
  5043.  
  5044. 1171
  5045. 01:00:13,026 --> 01:00:15,361
  5046. He'll defend it till
  5047. his every last man is gone.
  5048.  
  5049. 1172
  5050. 01:00:15,487 --> 01:00:17,905
  5051. "Come on out, you old rat!"
  5052.  
  5053. 1173
  5054. 01:00:19,992 --> 01:00:23,953
  5055. That's
  5056. what Ethan Allen called out
  5057.  
  5058. 1174
  5059. 01:00:24,037 --> 01:00:27,581
  5060. to the commander
  5061. of Fort Ticonderoga in 1776.
  5062.  
  5063. 1175
  5064. 01:00:27,708 --> 01:00:29,750
  5065. "Come on out, you old rat!"
  5066.  
  5067. 1176
  5068. 01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:32,086
  5069. Of course, there were only
  5070.  
  5071. 1177
  5072. 01:00:32,212 --> 01:00:34,588
  5073. 40 odd Redcoats at Ticonderoga.
  5074.  
  5075. 1178
  5076. 01:00:35,841 --> 01:00:39,510
  5077. There is one Ethan Allen story
  5078. that I'm very partial to.
  5079.  
  5080. 1179
  5081. 01:00:39,594 --> 01:00:42,096
  5082. No, you're going to tell a story.
  5083.  
  5084. 1180
  5085. 01:00:42,723 --> 01:00:45,141
  5086. I don't believe that I can bear
  5087.  
  5088. 1181
  5089. 01:00:45,225 --> 01:00:47,225
  5090. to listen to another one
  5091. of your stories right now.
  5092.  
  5093. 1182
  5094. 01:00:47,894 --> 01:00:50,771
  5095. I need the B&O sideyard
  5096. schedules for Alexandria!
  5097.  
  5098. 1183
  5099. 01:00:50,897 --> 01:00:52,315
  5100. I asked for them this morning!
  5101.  
  5102. 1184
  5103. 01:00:52,399 --> 01:00:56,986
  5104. It was
  5105. right after the Revolution,
  5106.  
  5107. 1185
  5108. 01:00:57,070 --> 01:00:59,447
  5109. right after peace had been concluded.
  5110.  
  5111. 1186
  5112. 01:00:59,573 --> 01:01:02,491
  5113. And Ethan Allen went to London
  5114.  
  5115. 1187
  5116. 01:01:02,576 --> 01:01:04,243
  5117. to help our new country
  5118.  
  5119. 1188
  5120. 01:01:04,369 --> 01:01:06,746
  5121. conduct its business with the King.
  5122.  
  5123. 1189
  5124. 01:01:07,706 --> 01:01:10,374
  5125. The English sneered
  5126. at how rough we are
  5127.  
  5128. 1190
  5129. 01:01:10,459 --> 01:01:12,793
  5130. and rude and simple-minded,
  5131. and on like that,
  5132.  
  5133. 1191
  5134. 01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:13,878
  5135. everywhere he went
  5136.  
  5137. 1192
  5138. 01:01:13,962 --> 01:01:16,922
  5139. till one day he was invited
  5140. to the townhouse
  5141.  
  5142. 1193
  5143. 01:01:17,049 --> 01:01:18,966
  5144. of a great English lord.
  5145.  
  5146. 1194
  5147. 01:01:21,261 --> 01:01:24,263
  5148. Dinner was served
  5149. and beverages imbibed,
  5150.  
  5151. 1195
  5152. 01:01:25,057 --> 01:01:27,391
  5153. time passed, as happens, and
  5154.  
  5155. 1196
  5156. 01:01:27,476 --> 01:01:30,102
  5157. Mr. Allen found he needed the privy.
  5158.  
  5159. 1197
  5160. 01:01:31,646 --> 01:01:34,273
  5161. He was grateful to be directed thence.
  5162.  
  5163. 1198
  5164. 01:01:37,944 --> 01:01:40,029
  5165. Relieved, you might say.
  5166.  
  5167. 1199
  5168. 01:01:42,115 --> 01:01:44,784
  5169. Now, Mr. Allen discovered
  5170.  
  5171. 1200
  5172. 01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:46,911
  5173. on entering the water closet,
  5174.  
  5175. 1201
  5176. 01:01:46,995 --> 01:01:49,580
  5177. that the only decoration therein
  5178.  
  5179. 1202
  5180. 01:01:49,664 --> 01:01:52,291
  5181. was a portrait of George Washington.
  5182.  
  5183. 1203
  5184. 01:01:55,796 --> 01:01:58,172
  5185. Ethan Allen done what he came to do,
  5186.  
  5187. 1204
  5188. 01:01:58,298 --> 01:02:00,633
  5189. and returned to the drawing room.
  5190.  
  5191. 1205
  5192. 01:02:01,301 --> 01:02:03,427
  5193. His host and the others
  5194. were disappointed
  5195.  
  5196. 1206
  5197. 01:02:03,512 --> 01:02:05,554
  5198. when he didn't mention
  5199. Washington's portrait.
  5200.  
  5201. 1207
  5202. 01:02:05,639 --> 01:02:08,265
  5203. Finally, His Lordship couldn't
  5204. resist and asked Mr. Allen
  5205.  
  5206. 1208
  5207. 01:02:08,350 --> 01:02:10,110
  5208. had he noticed it,
  5209. the picture of Washington.
  5210.  
  5211. 1209
  5212. 01:02:10,143 --> 01:02:11,602
  5213. He had.
  5214.  
  5215. 1210
  5216. 01:02:11,686 --> 01:02:13,326
  5217. Well, what did he think of its placement,
  5218.  
  5219. 1211
  5220. 01:02:13,355 --> 01:02:16,399
  5221. did it seem appropriately
  5222. located to Mr. Allen?
  5223.  
  5224. 1212
  5225. 01:02:16,483 --> 01:02:18,567
  5226. Mr. Allen said it did.
  5227.  
  5228. 1213
  5229. 01:02:18,652 --> 01:02:20,361
  5230. His host was astounded.
  5231.  
  5232. 1214
  5233. 01:02:20,487 --> 01:02:22,488
  5234. "Appropriate?"
  5235.  
  5236. 1215
  5237. 01:02:22,614 --> 01:02:25,491
  5238. "George Washington's likeness
  5239. in a water closet?"
  5240.  
  5241. 1216
  5242. 01:02:25,617 --> 01:02:28,994
  5243. "Yes," said Mr. Allen.
  5244. "Where it'll do good service.
  5245.  
  5246. 1217
  5247. 01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:31,865
  5248. "The whole world knows nothing
  5249. will make an Englishman"
  5250.  
  5251. 1218
  5252. 01:02:31,873 --> 01:02:34,125
  5253. "shit quicker than the sight
  5254. of George Washington."
  5255.  
  5256. 1219
  5257. 01:02:38,547 --> 01:02:40,506
  5258. I love that story.
  5259.  
  5260. 1220
  5261. 01:03:07,325 --> 01:03:09,535
  5262. Fort Fisher is ours. We've taken the port.
  5263.  
  5264. 1221
  5265. 01:03:09,661 --> 01:03:11,203
  5266. And Wilmington?
  5267.  
  5268. 1222
  5269. 01:03:13,290 --> 01:03:14,373
  5270. We've taken the fort,
  5271.  
  5272. 1223
  5273. 01:03:14,499 --> 01:03:16,792
  5274. but the city of Wilmington
  5275. has not surrendered.
  5276.  
  5277. 1224
  5278. 01:03:17,627 --> 01:03:19,378
  5279. How many casualties?
  5280.  
  5281. 1225
  5282. 01:03:31,725 --> 01:03:33,642
  5283. - Heavy losses.
  5284. - And more to come.
  5285.  
  5286. 1226
  5287. 01:03:33,727 --> 01:03:36,312
  5288. It sours the national mood.
  5289. It might suffice...
  5290.  
  5291. 1227
  5292. 01:03:36,396 --> 01:03:38,314
  5293. To what? To bring this down?
  5294.  
  5295. 1228
  5296. 01:03:38,398 --> 01:03:40,900
  5297. Not in a fight like this.
  5298. This is to the death.
  5299.  
  5300. 1229
  5301. 01:03:40,984 --> 01:03:42,568
  5302. That's gruesome.
  5303.  
  5304. 1230
  5305. 01:03:42,861 --> 01:03:45,321
  5306. Are you despairing or merely lazy?
  5307.  
  5308. 1231
  5309. 01:03:45,405 --> 01:03:48,574
  5310. This fight is for
  5311. the United States of America.
  5312.  
  5313. 1232
  5314. 01:03:48,658 --> 01:03:51,577
  5315. Nothing "suffices." A rumor? Nothing.
  5316.  
  5317. 1233
  5318. 01:03:51,703 --> 01:03:54,580
  5319. They're not lazy.
  5320. They're busily buying votes
  5321.  
  5322. 1234
  5323. 01:03:54,664 --> 01:03:57,917
  5324. while we hope to be saved
  5325. by "the national mood"?
  5326.  
  5327. 1235
  5328. 01:04:03,924 --> 01:04:07,510
  5329. Before this blood is dry, when
  5330. Stevens next takes the floor,
  5331.  
  5332. 1236
  5333. 01:04:07,594 --> 01:04:09,345
  5334. taunt him. You excel at that.
  5335.  
  5336. 1237
  5337. 01:04:09,429 --> 01:04:11,514
  5338. Get him to proclaim what
  5339. we all know he believes
  5340.  
  5341. 1238
  5342. 01:04:11,598 --> 01:04:13,265
  5343. in his coal-colored heart.
  5344.  
  5345. 1239
  5346. 01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:16,018
  5347. That this vote is meant
  5348. to set the black race on high,
  5349.  
  5350. 1240
  5351. 01:04:16,102 --> 01:04:17,102
  5352. to niggerate America...
  5353.  
  5354. 1241
  5355. 01:04:17,229 --> 01:04:19,605
  5356. George, please, stay on course.
  5357.  
  5358. 1242
  5359. 01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:22,608
  5360. Bring Stevens to full froth.
  5361.  
  5362. 1243
  5363. 01:04:23,443 --> 01:04:25,194
  5364. I can ensure that every newspaperman
  5365.  
  5366. 1244
  5367. 01:04:25,278 --> 01:04:26,612
  5368. from Louisville to San Francisco
  5369.  
  5370. 1245
  5371. 01:04:26,738 --> 01:04:28,614
  5372. will be here to witness it and print it.
  5373.  
  5374. 1246
  5375. 01:04:31,535 --> 01:04:33,869
  5376. The floor belongs to
  5377. the mellifluent gentleman
  5378.  
  5379. 1247
  5380. 01:04:33,954 --> 01:04:36,455
  5381. from Kentucky, Mr. George Yeaman.
  5382.  
  5383. 1248
  5384. 01:04:42,295 --> 01:04:44,421
  5385. I thank you, Speaker Colfax.
  5386.  
  5387. 1249
  5388. 01:04:52,180 --> 01:04:55,933
  5389. Although I am disgusted by slavery,
  5390.  
  5391. 1250
  5392. 01:05:00,105 --> 01:05:02,690
  5393. I rise on this sad and solemn day
  5394.  
  5395. 1251
  5396. 01:05:03,316 --> 01:05:06,485
  5397. to announce that
  5398. I'm opposed to the amendment.
  5399.  
  5400. 1252
  5401. 01:05:11,366 --> 01:05:14,785
  5402. We must consider what
  5403. will become of colored folk
  5404.  
  5405. 1253
  5406. 01:05:14,869 --> 01:05:18,789
  5407. if four million are, in
  5408. one instant, set free.
  5409.  
  5410. 1254
  5411. 01:05:19,165 --> 01:05:20,374
  5412. They'll be free, George,
  5413.  
  5414. 1255
  5415. 01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,334
  5416. that's what will become of them.
  5417.  
  5418. 1256
  5419. 01:05:23,587 --> 01:05:24,628
  5420. Think how splendid
  5421.  
  5422. 1257
  5423. 01:05:25,630 --> 01:05:27,506
  5424. if Mr. Yeaman switched.
  5425.  
  5426. 1258
  5427. 01:05:27,632 --> 01:05:30,426
  5428. Too publicly against us.
  5429. He can't change course now.
  5430.  
  5431. 1259
  5432. 01:05:30,510 --> 01:05:33,637
  5433. Not for some miserable
  5434. little job, anyways.
  5435.  
  5436. 1260
  5437. 01:05:33,722 --> 01:05:36,890
  5438. And we will be forced to enfranchise
  5439.  
  5440. 1261
  5441. 01:05:37,017 --> 01:05:39,268
  5442. the men of the colored race.
  5443.  
  5444. 1262
  5445. 01:05:39,352 --> 01:05:41,478
  5446. It would be inhuman not to.
  5447.  
  5448. 1263
  5449. 01:05:42,188 --> 01:05:45,816
  5450. Now who among us is prepared
  5451. to give Negroes the vote?
  5452.  
  5453. 1264
  5454. 01:05:47,277 --> 01:05:48,527
  5455. And, and,
  5456.  
  5457. 1265
  5458. 01:05:48,653 --> 01:05:50,863
  5459. what shall follow upon that?
  5460.  
  5461. 1266
  5462. 01:05:51,656 --> 01:05:53,699
  5463. Universal enfranchisement?
  5464.  
  5465. 1267
  5466. 01:05:55,035 --> 01:05:56,076
  5467. Votes for women?
  5468.  
  5469. 1268
  5470. 01:06:03,835 --> 01:06:05,002
  5471. We...
  5472.  
  5473. 1269
  5474. 01:06:07,547 --> 01:06:08,589
  5475. Bless my eyes.
  5476.  
  5477. 1270
  5478. 01:06:08,715 --> 01:06:11,300
  5479. If it isn't the Postmaster
  5480. of Millersburg, Ohio.
  5481.  
  5482. 1271
  5483. 01:06:13,345 --> 01:06:16,388
  5484. Mr. LeClerk felt honor-bound
  5485. to inform us
  5486.  
  5487. 1272
  5488. 01:06:17,557 --> 01:06:19,391
  5489. of your disgusting betrayal.
  5490.  
  5491. 1273
  5492. 01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:22,227
  5493. Your prostitution.
  5494.  
  5495. 1274
  5496. 01:06:23,355 --> 01:06:25,731
  5497. Is that true, Postmaster Hawkins?
  5498.  
  5499. 1275
  5500. 01:06:27,025 --> 01:06:29,360
  5501. Is your maidenly virtue for sale?
  5502.  
  5503. 1276
  5504. 01:06:32,197 --> 01:06:33,155
  5505. If my neighbors hear
  5506.  
  5507. 1277
  5508. 01:06:33,239 --> 01:06:34,448
  5509. that I voted yes for nigger freedom
  5510.  
  5511. 1278
  5512. 01:06:34,574 --> 01:06:35,974
  5513. and no to peace, they will kill me.
  5514.  
  5515. 1279
  5516. 01:06:36,076 --> 01:06:37,117
  5517. A deal is a deal.
  5518.  
  5519. 1280
  5520. 01:06:37,243 --> 01:06:38,786
  5521. You men know better
  5522. than to piss your pants
  5523.  
  5524. 1281
  5525. 01:06:38,912 --> 01:06:40,329
  5526. just 'cause there's talk
  5527. about peace talks.
  5528.  
  5529. 1282
  5530. 01:06:40,413 --> 01:06:42,331
  5531. - Look, I'll find another job!
  5532. - My neighbors in Nashville,
  5533.  
  5534. 1283
  5535. 01:06:42,415 --> 01:06:44,016
  5536. they found out I was loyal to the Union,
  5537.  
  5538. 1284
  5539. 01:06:44,084 --> 01:06:45,459
  5540. they came after me with gelding knives.
  5541.  
  5542. 1285
  5543. 01:06:45,585 --> 01:06:47,086
  5544. - I'll find another job.
  5545. - You do right, Clay Hawkins.
  5546.  
  5547. 1286
  5548. 01:06:47,212 --> 01:06:50,506
  5549. I want to do right! But I got no courage!
  5550.  
  5551. 1287
  5552. 01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:52,257
  5553. Wait. You wanted...
  5554. What was it?
  5555.  
  5556. 1288
  5557. 01:06:52,384 --> 01:06:54,176
  5558. A tax man for the Western Reserve?
  5559.  
  5560. 1289
  5561. 01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:56,095
  5562. Hell, you can have the whole
  5563. state of Ohio if you want...
  5564.  
  5565. 1290
  5566. 01:06:56,221 --> 01:06:57,721
  5567. Oh, crap.
  5568.  
  5569. 1291
  5570. 01:07:00,475 --> 01:07:01,809
  5571. Eleven votes?
  5572.  
  5573. 1292
  5574. 01:07:01,935 --> 01:07:04,103
  5575. Two days ago, we had twelve.
  5576. What happened?
  5577.  
  5578. 1293
  5579. 01:07:04,229 --> 01:07:05,187
  5580. There are defections in the ranks.
  5581.  
  5582. 1294
  5583. 01:07:05,271 --> 01:07:06,271
  5584. It's the goddamn rumors
  5585.  
  5586. 1295
  5587. 01:07:06,398 --> 01:07:07,356
  5588. regarding the Richmond delegation.
  5589.  
  5590. 1296
  5591. 01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:08,440
  5592. - Yes. The peace offer.
  5593. - Groundless.
  5594.  
  5595. 1297
  5596. 01:07:08,566 --> 01:07:11,151
  5597. - And yet the rumors persist.
  5598. - They are ruining us.
  5599.  
  5600. 1298
  5601. 01:07:11,277 --> 01:07:13,320
  5602. Among the few
  5603. remaining Representatives
  5604.  
  5605. 1299
  5606. 01:07:13,446 --> 01:07:14,988
  5607. who seem remotely plausible,
  5608.  
  5609. 1300
  5610. 01:07:15,115 --> 01:07:17,574
  5611. there is a perceptible
  5612. increase in resistance.
  5613.  
  5614. 1301
  5615. 01:07:17,659 --> 01:07:19,284
  5616. Resistance, hell.
  5617.  
  5618. 1302
  5619. 01:07:19,953 --> 01:07:22,287
  5620. Thingamabob Hollister,
  5621. Dem from Indiana.
  5622.  
  5623. 1303
  5624. 01:07:22,414 --> 01:07:25,124
  5625. I approached him,
  5626. sumbitch near to murdered me.
  5627.  
  5628. 1304
  5629. 01:07:25,250 --> 01:07:28,127
  5630. Colorado Territory... What's this one?
  5631.  
  5632. 1305
  5633. 01:07:28,628 --> 01:07:31,797
  5634. Job description... Taxpayers and...
  5635.  
  5636. 1306
  5637. 01:07:31,923 --> 01:07:33,674
  5638. Oh, shit! Cracky!
  5639.  
  5640. 1307
  5641. 01:07:42,809 --> 01:07:45,602
  5642. Fuck you, you son of a bitch! Goddamn!
  5643.  
  5644. 1308
  5645. 01:07:51,693 --> 01:07:54,319
  5646. - Perhaps you pushed too hard.
  5647. - I push nobody.
  5648.  
  5649. 1309
  5650. 01:07:54,779 --> 01:07:57,030
  5651. Perhaps we need reinforcements.
  5652.  
  5653. 1310
  5654. 01:07:57,490 --> 01:07:59,700
  5655. If Jeff Davis wants to cease hostilities,
  5656.  
  5657. 1311
  5658. 01:07:59,826 --> 01:08:02,244
  5659. who do you think is going to
  5660. give a genuine solid shit
  5661.  
  5662. 1312
  5663. 01:08:02,328 --> 01:08:03,412
  5664. to free slaves?
  5665.  
  5666. 1313
  5667. 01:08:03,496 --> 01:08:04,788
  5668. Get back to it.
  5669.  
  5670. 1314
  5671. 01:08:05,665 --> 01:08:07,374
  5672. And gentlemen, good day.
  5673.  
  5674. 1315
  5675. 01:08:08,543 --> 01:08:10,127
  5676. We are at an impasse.
  5677.  
  5678. 1316
  5679. 01:08:10,211 --> 01:08:12,546
  5680. Tell Lincoln to deny the rumors, publicly.
  5681.  
  5682. 1317
  5683. 01:08:12,672 --> 01:08:13,872
  5684. Tell us what you expect of us.
  5685.  
  5686. 1318
  5687. 01:08:14,174 --> 01:08:15,883
  5688. I expect you to do your work.
  5689.  
  5690. 1319
  5691. 01:08:16,009 --> 01:08:17,509
  5692. And have sufficient sense and taste
  5693.  
  5694. 1320
  5695. 01:08:17,635 --> 01:08:20,095
  5696. not to presume to instruct the President.
  5697.  
  5698. 1321
  5699. 01:08:20,180 --> 01:08:21,180
  5700. Or me.
  5701.  
  5702. 1322
  5703. 01:08:22,056 --> 01:08:24,850
  5704. Is there a Confederate offer, or not?
  5705.  
  5706. 1323
  5707. 01:08:40,867 --> 01:08:42,534
  5708. Gentlemen.
  5709.  
  5710. 1324
  5711. 01:08:44,829 --> 01:08:47,247
  5712. I suggest you work some changes
  5713. to your proposal
  5714.  
  5715. 1325
  5716. 01:08:47,373 --> 01:08:49,374
  5717. before you give it to the President.
  5718.  
  5719. 1326
  5720. 01:08:49,501 --> 01:08:51,543
  5721. We're eager to be on our way
  5722. to Washington.
  5723.  
  5724. 1327
  5725. 01:08:51,669 --> 01:08:53,837
  5726. Mr. Lincoln tell you to tell us this?
  5727.  
  5728. 1328
  5729. 01:08:53,922 --> 01:08:57,883
  5730. It says "securing peace
  5731. for our two countries"
  5732.  
  5733. 1329
  5734. 01:08:58,009 --> 01:08:59,551
  5735. and it goes on like that.
  5736.  
  5737. 1330
  5738. 01:09:00,428 --> 01:09:02,596
  5739. - I don't...
  5740. - There is just one country.
  5741.  
  5742. 1331
  5743. 01:09:02,722 --> 01:09:05,057
  5744. You and I, we're citizens of that country.
  5745.  
  5746. 1332
  5747. 01:09:05,391 --> 01:09:08,393
  5748. I'm fighting to protect it
  5749. from armed rebels.
  5750.  
  5751. 1333
  5752. 01:09:09,020 --> 01:09:10,187
  5753. From you.
  5754.  
  5755. 1334
  5756. 01:09:10,271 --> 01:09:12,189
  5757. But Mr. Blair, he told us,
  5758.  
  5759. 1335
  5760. 01:09:12,273 --> 01:09:14,650
  5761. he told President
  5762. Jefferson Davis that we...
  5763.  
  5764. 1336
  5765. 01:09:14,734 --> 01:09:17,277
  5766. A private citizen like Preston Blair
  5767.  
  5768. 1337
  5769. 01:09:17,403 --> 01:09:18,445
  5770. can say what he pleases,
  5771.  
  5772. 1338
  5773. 01:09:18,571 --> 01:09:21,365
  5774. since he has no authority over anything.
  5775.  
  5776. 1339
  5777. 01:09:21,449 --> 01:09:25,035
  5778. If you want to discuss peace
  5779. with President Lincoln,
  5780.  
  5781. 1340
  5782. 01:09:26,079 --> 01:09:27,913
  5783. consider revisions.
  5784.  
  5785. 1341
  5786. 01:09:28,414 --> 01:09:29,957
  5787. If we're not to discuss
  5788.  
  5789. 1342
  5790. 01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:32,501
  5791. a truce between warring nations,
  5792.  
  5793. 1343
  5794. 01:09:32,585 --> 01:09:34,545
  5795. what in heaven's name can we discuss?
  5796.  
  5797. 1344
  5798. 01:09:35,588 --> 01:09:37,256
  5799. Terms of surrender.
  5800.  
  5801. 1345
  5802. 01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:41,844
  5803. "Office United States
  5804. Military Telegraph,"
  5805.  
  5806. 1346
  5807. 01:09:41,928 --> 01:09:42,928
  5808. "War Department."
  5809.  
  5810. 1347
  5811. 01:09:43,054 --> 01:09:45,430
  5812. "For Abraham Lincoln,
  5813. President of the United States."
  5814.  
  5815. 1348
  5816. 01:09:45,557 --> 01:09:47,766
  5817. "January 20, 1865."
  5818.  
  5819. 1349
  5820. 01:09:48,268 --> 01:09:50,561
  5821. "I will state confidentially
  5822. that I am convinced"
  5823.  
  5824. 1350
  5825. 01:09:50,645 --> 01:09:52,938
  5826. "upon conversation
  5827. with these commissioners"
  5828.  
  5829. 1351
  5830. 01:09:53,064 --> 01:09:54,523
  5831. "that their intentions are good"
  5832.  
  5833. 1352
  5834. 01:09:54,607 --> 01:09:57,943
  5835. "and their desire sincere
  5836. to restore peace and union."
  5837.  
  5838. 1353
  5839. 01:09:58,611 --> 01:10:00,445
  5840. "I fear now they're going back"
  5841.  
  5842. 1354
  5843. 01:10:00,572 --> 01:10:03,532
  5844. "without any expression
  5845. of interest from anyone"
  5846.  
  5847. 1355
  5848. 01:10:03,616 --> 01:10:07,160
  5849. "in authority, Mr. Lincoln,
  5850. will have a bad influence."
  5851.  
  5852. 1356
  5853. 01:10:08,454 --> 01:10:11,456
  5854. "I will be sorry should
  5855. it prove impossible for you"
  5856.  
  5857. 1357
  5858. 01:10:11,583 --> 01:10:13,125
  5859. "to have an interview with them."
  5860.  
  5861. 1358
  5862. 01:10:13,251 --> 01:10:15,502
  5863. "I am awaiting your instructions."
  5864.  
  5865. 1359
  5866. 01:10:17,338 --> 01:10:19,548
  5867. "U.S. Grant, Lieutenant General,"
  5868.  
  5869. 1360
  5870. 01:10:19,632 --> 01:10:21,258
  5871. "Commanding Armies, United States."
  5872.  
  5873. 1361
  5874. 01:10:23,303 --> 01:10:25,512
  5875. After four years of war, and
  5876.  
  5877. 1362
  5878. 01:10:26,764 --> 01:10:29,308
  5879. near 600,000 lives lost,
  5880.  
  5881. 1363
  5882. 01:10:29,434 --> 01:10:32,185
  5883. he believes we can end this war now.
  5884.  
  5885. 1364
  5886. 01:10:35,857 --> 01:10:38,692
  5887. My trust in him is marrow deep.
  5888.  
  5889. 1365
  5890. 01:10:44,949 --> 01:10:47,826
  5891. You could bring the delegates
  5892. to Washington.
  5893.  
  5894. 1366
  5895. 01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:50,329
  5896. In exchange for the South's
  5897. immediate surrender,
  5898.  
  5899. 1367
  5900. 01:10:50,455 --> 01:10:53,373
  5901. we could promise them
  5902. the amendment's defeat.
  5903.  
  5904. 1368
  5905. 01:10:54,709 --> 01:10:59,379
  5906. They'd agree, don't you think?
  5907. We'd end the war. This week.
  5908.  
  5909. 1369
  5910. 01:11:01,716 --> 01:11:03,258
  5911. Or, if you could manage
  5912.  
  5913. 1370
  5914. 01:11:03,343 --> 01:11:06,470
  5915. without seeming to do it, to...
  5916.  
  5917. 1371
  5918. 01:11:10,558 --> 01:11:12,684
  5919. The peace delegation
  5920. might encounter delays
  5921.  
  5922. 1372
  5923. 01:11:12,810 --> 01:11:14,728
  5924. as they travel up the James River.
  5925.  
  5926. 1373
  5927. 01:11:14,854 --> 01:11:17,189
  5928. Particularly with the fighting
  5929. around Wilmington.
  5930.  
  5931. 1374
  5932. 01:11:24,072 --> 01:11:25,489
  5933. Within ten days' time,
  5934.  
  5935. 1375
  5936. 01:11:25,573 --> 01:11:28,200
  5937. we might pass the 13th Amendment.
  5938.  
  5939. 1376
  5940. 01:12:10,785 --> 01:12:13,078
  5941. Here's a 16-year-old boy,
  5942.  
  5943. 1377
  5944. 01:12:13,204 --> 01:12:14,746
  5945. they're going to hang him.
  5946.  
  5947. 1378
  5948. 01:12:14,872 --> 01:12:17,582
  5949. He's with the Fifteenth
  5950. Indiana Cavalry near Bulford.
  5951.  
  5952. 1379
  5953. 01:12:17,709 --> 01:12:20,627
  5954. It seems he lamed his horse
  5955. to avoid battle.
  5956.  
  5957. 1380
  5958. 01:12:22,547 --> 01:12:24,006
  5959. I don't think even Stanton
  5960. would complain
  5961.  
  5962. 1381
  5963. 01:12:24,090 --> 01:12:25,090
  5964. if I pardoned him.
  5965.  
  5966. 1382
  5967. 01:12:25,216 --> 01:12:26,537
  5968. You think Stanton would complain?
  5969.  
  5970. 1383
  5971. 01:12:26,551 --> 01:12:29,636
  5972. I don't know, sir.
  5973. I don't know who you're...
  5974.  
  5975. 1384
  5976. 01:12:29,762 --> 01:12:32,139
  5977. - What time is it?
  5978. - It's 3:40 in the morning.
  5979.  
  5980. 1385
  5981. 01:12:32,265 --> 01:12:35,726
  5982. Don't let him pardon any more deserters.
  5983.  
  5984. 1386
  5985. 01:12:35,810 --> 01:12:38,520
  5986. Mr. Stanton thinks you pardon too many.
  5987.  
  5988. 1387
  5989. 01:12:38,604 --> 01:12:40,244
  5990. He's generally apoplectic on the subject.
  5991.  
  5992. 1388
  5993. 01:12:40,273 --> 01:12:41,815
  5994. He oughtn't have done that,
  5995. crippled his horse.
  5996.  
  5997. 1389
  5998. 01:12:41,941 --> 01:12:43,191
  5999. That was cruel, but you don't just hang
  6000.  
  6001. 1390
  6002. 01:12:43,276 --> 01:12:44,276
  6003. a 16-year-old boy for that...
  6004.  
  6005. 1391
  6006. 01:12:44,402 --> 01:12:45,562
  6007. Ask the horse what he thinks.
  6008.  
  6009. 1392
  6010. 01:12:45,611 --> 01:12:49,239
  6011. For cruelty. There'd be
  6012. no 16-year-old boys left.
  6013.  
  6014. 1393
  6015. 01:13:07,800 --> 01:13:10,135
  6016. Grant wants me to bring
  6017. the secesh delegates
  6018.  
  6019. 1394
  6020. 01:13:10,261 --> 01:13:11,762
  6021. to Washington.
  6022.  
  6023. 1395
  6024. 01:13:14,140 --> 01:13:16,433
  6025. So there are secesh delegates?
  6026.  
  6027. 1396
  6028. 01:13:17,143 --> 01:13:19,394
  6029. He was afraid, that's all it was.
  6030.  
  6031. 1397
  6032. 01:13:19,479 --> 01:13:22,439
  6033. I don't care to hang a boy
  6034. for being frightened, either.
  6035.  
  6036. 1398
  6037. 01:13:23,024 --> 01:13:25,108
  6038. What good would it do him?
  6039.  
  6040. 1399
  6041. 01:13:39,832 --> 01:13:42,167
  6042. War's nearly done, ain't that so?
  6043.  
  6044. 1400
  6045. 01:13:45,505 --> 01:13:47,672
  6046. What use is one more corpse?
  6047.  
  6048. 1401
  6049. 01:13:49,884 --> 01:13:51,510
  6050. Any more corpses?
  6051.  
  6052. 1402
  6053. 01:14:00,645 --> 01:14:02,521
  6054. Do you need company?
  6055.  
  6056. 1403
  6057. 01:14:02,647 --> 01:14:05,524
  6058. In times like this,
  6059. I'm best alone.
  6060.  
  6061. 1404
  6062. 01:14:44,355 --> 01:14:48,567
  6063. "Lieutenant General
  6064. Ulysses S. Grant, City Point."
  6065.  
  6066. 1405
  6067. 01:14:49,944 --> 01:14:52,154
  6068. "I have read your words with interest."
  6069.  
  6070. 1406
  6071. 01:14:52,238 --> 01:14:53,238
  6072. "I ask that,"
  6073.  
  6074. 1407
  6075. 01:14:53,364 --> 01:14:55,740
  6076. "regardless of any action
  6077. I take in the matter"
  6078.  
  6079. 1408
  6080. 01:14:55,867 --> 01:14:58,910
  6081. "of the visit of
  6082. the Richmond commissioners"
  6083.  
  6084. 1409
  6085. 01:14:59,912 --> 01:15:01,496
  6086. "you maintain among your troops"
  6087.  
  6088. 1410
  6089. 01:15:01,581 --> 01:15:04,416
  6090. "military preparedness for battle"
  6091.  
  6092. 1411
  6093. 01:15:05,418 --> 01:15:07,711
  6094. "as you have done until now."
  6095.  
  6096. 1412
  6097. 01:15:13,801 --> 01:15:16,303
  6098. "Have Captain Saunders convey
  6099. the commissioners to me
  6100.  
  6101. 1413
  6102. 01:15:16,429 --> 01:15:18,096
  6103. "here in Washington.
  6104.  
  6105. 1414
  6106. 01:15:19,557 --> 01:15:21,600
  6107. "A. Lincoln." And the date.
  6108.  
  6109. 1415
  6110. 01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:23,101
  6111. Yes, sir.
  6112.  
  6113. 1416
  6114. 01:15:27,148 --> 01:15:28,982
  6115. Shall I transmit, sir?
  6116.  
  6117. 1417
  6118. 01:15:32,612 --> 01:15:34,905
  6119. You think we choose to be born?
  6120.  
  6121. 1418
  6122. 01:15:40,661 --> 01:15:42,412
  6123. I don't suppose so.
  6124.  
  6125. 1419
  6126. 01:15:43,748 --> 01:15:46,583
  6127. Are we fitted to the times
  6128. we're born into?
  6129.  
  6130. 1420
  6131. 01:15:48,461 --> 01:15:50,128
  6132. Well, I don't know about myself.
  6133.  
  6134. 1421
  6135. 01:15:51,130 --> 01:15:52,631
  6136. You may be,
  6137.  
  6138. 1422
  6139. 01:15:53,466 --> 01:15:55,008
  6140. sir. Fitted.
  6141.  
  6142. 1423
  6143. 01:15:59,138 --> 01:16:00,805
  6144. What do you reckon?
  6145.  
  6146. 1424
  6147. 01:16:02,767 --> 01:16:04,809
  6148. Well, I'm an engineer.
  6149.  
  6150. 1425
  6151. 01:16:07,438 --> 01:16:09,356
  6152. I reckon there's machinery,
  6153.  
  6154. 1426
  6155. 01:16:09,482 --> 01:16:12,359
  6156. but no one's done the fitting.
  6157.  
  6158. 1427
  6159. 01:16:15,821 --> 01:16:17,530
  6160. You're an engineer.
  6161.  
  6162. 1428
  6163. 01:16:17,865 --> 01:16:21,451
  6164. You must know Euclid's axioms
  6165. and common notions.
  6166.  
  6167. 1429
  6168. 01:16:23,663 --> 01:16:25,497
  6169. I must have in school, but...
  6170.  
  6171. 1430
  6172. 01:16:25,623 --> 01:16:26,823
  6173. I never had much of schooling,
  6174.  
  6175. 1431
  6176. 01:16:26,874 --> 01:16:29,793
  6177. but I read Euclid
  6178. in an old book I borrowed.
  6179.  
  6180. 1432
  6181. 01:16:30,628 --> 01:16:33,213
  6182. Little enough ever found its way in here,
  6183.  
  6184. 1433
  6185. 01:16:33,339 --> 01:16:35,674
  6186. but once learnt, it stayed learnt.
  6187.  
  6188. 1434
  6189. 01:16:38,552 --> 01:16:41,304
  6190. Euclid's first common notion is this,
  6191.  
  6192. 1435
  6193. 01:16:41,973 --> 01:16:44,266
  6194. "Things which are equal
  6195. to the same thing"
  6196.  
  6197. 1436
  6198. 01:16:44,350 --> 01:16:47,227
  6199. "are equal to each other."
  6200.  
  6201. 1437
  6202. 01:16:48,896 --> 01:16:51,231
  6203. That's a rule of mathematical reasoning.
  6204.  
  6205. 1438
  6206. 01:16:51,357 --> 01:16:53,608
  6207. It's true because it works.
  6208.  
  6209. 1439
  6210. 01:16:53,693 --> 01:16:55,860
  6211. Has done and always will do.
  6212.  
  6213. 1440
  6214. 01:16:58,155 --> 01:17:00,657
  6215. In his book...
  6216.  
  6217. 1441
  6218. 01:17:01,701 --> 01:17:04,202
  6219. Euclid says this is "self-evident."
  6220.  
  6221. 1442
  6222. 01:17:05,162 --> 01:17:06,121
  6223. You see? There it is,
  6224.  
  6225. 1443
  6226. 01:17:06,205 --> 01:17:08,873
  6227. even in that 2,000-year-old book
  6228.  
  6229. 1444
  6230. 01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:10,542
  6231. of mechanical law.
  6232.  
  6233. 1445
  6234. 01:17:10,668 --> 01:17:12,585
  6235. It is a self-evident truth
  6236.  
  6237. 1446
  6238. 01:17:12,712 --> 01:17:15,755
  6239. that things which are equal
  6240. to the same thing
  6241.  
  6242. 1447
  6243. 01:17:15,881 --> 01:17:18,091
  6244. are equal to each other.
  6245.  
  6246. 1448
  6247. 01:17:21,178 --> 01:17:23,054
  6248. We begin with equality.
  6249.  
  6250. 1449
  6251. 01:17:24,515 --> 01:17:26,057
  6252. That's the origin, isn't it?
  6253.  
  6254. 1450
  6255. 01:17:26,183 --> 01:17:29,060
  6256. That's balance. That's... That's fairness.
  6257.  
  6258. 1451
  6259. 01:17:33,733 --> 01:17:35,692
  6260. That's justice.
  6261.  
  6262. 1452
  6263. 01:17:42,742 --> 01:17:44,451
  6264. Just read me back the last sentence
  6265.  
  6266. 1453
  6267. 01:17:44,577 --> 01:17:46,786
  6268. of the telegram, please.
  6269.  
  6270. 1454
  6271. 01:17:47,413 --> 01:17:49,539
  6272. "Have Captain Saunders convey
  6273. the commissioners to me"
  6274.  
  6275. 1455
  6276. 01:17:49,623 --> 01:17:50,623
  6277. "here in Washington."
  6278.  
  6279. 1456
  6280. 01:17:51,375 --> 01:17:53,960
  6281. A slight emendation,
  6282. if you would, Sam.
  6283.  
  6284. 1457
  6285. 01:17:57,465 --> 01:17:59,215
  6286. "Have Captain Saunders
  6287. convey the gentlemen"
  6288.  
  6289. 1458
  6290. 01:17:59,300 --> 01:18:00,550
  6291. "aboard the River Queen"
  6292.  
  6293. 1459
  6294. 01:18:01,385 --> 01:18:05,096
  6295. "as far as Hampton Roads, Virginia,"
  6296.  
  6297. 1460
  6298. 01:18:05,473 --> 01:18:07,557
  6299. "and there wait until"
  6300.  
  6301. 1461
  6302. 01:18:10,227 --> 01:18:12,645
  6303. "further advice from me."
  6304.  
  6305. 1462
  6306. 01:18:15,107 --> 01:18:17,317
  6307. "Do not proceed to Washington."
  6308.  
  6309. 1463
  6310. 01:19:02,822 --> 01:19:05,281
  6311. The World, the Herald,
  6312. the Times,
  6313.  
  6314. 1464
  6315. 01:19:05,366 --> 01:19:07,325
  6316. New York, Chicago,
  6317.  
  6318. 1465
  6319. 01:19:07,660 --> 01:19:09,536
  6320. the Journal of Commerce,
  6321.  
  6322. 1466
  6323. 01:19:09,662 --> 01:19:11,204
  6324. even your hometown paper's here.
  6325.  
  6326. 1467
  6327. 01:19:11,330 --> 01:19:14,791
  6328. Say you believe only in
  6329. legal equality for all races,
  6330.  
  6331. 1468
  6332. 01:19:14,875 --> 01:19:16,251
  6333. not racial equality.
  6334.  
  6335. 1469
  6336. 01:19:16,335 --> 01:19:18,002
  6337. I beg you, sir.
  6338.  
  6339. 1470
  6340. 01:19:18,337 --> 01:19:21,506
  6341. Compromise. Or you risk it all.
  6342.  
  6343. 1471
  6344. 01:19:43,195 --> 01:19:45,238
  6345. I've asked you a question, Mr. Stevens,
  6346.  
  6347. 1472
  6348. 01:19:45,364 --> 01:19:47,240
  6349. and you must answer me.
  6350.  
  6351. 1473
  6352. 01:19:47,992 --> 01:19:50,326
  6353. Do you or do you not
  6354. hold that the precept
  6355.  
  6356. 1474
  6357. 01:19:50,411 --> 01:19:53,872
  6358. that "All men are created equal"
  6359. is meant literally?
  6360.  
  6361. 1475
  6362. 01:19:59,503 --> 01:20:02,297
  6363. Is that not the true purpose
  6364. of the amendment?
  6365.  
  6366. 1476
  6367. 01:20:02,381 --> 01:20:05,258
  6368. To promote your ultimate
  6369. and ardent dream to elevate...
  6370.  
  6371. 1477
  6372. 01:20:05,384 --> 01:20:07,760
  6373. The true purpose
  6374. of the amendment, Mr. Wood,
  6375.  
  6376. 1478
  6377. 01:20:07,887 --> 01:20:09,637
  6378. you perfectly named,
  6379.  
  6380. 1479
  6381. 01:20:09,722 --> 01:20:11,890
  6382. brainless obstructive object...
  6383.  
  6384. 1480
  6385. 01:20:13,267 --> 01:20:16,561
  6386. Now you have always insisted,
  6387. Mr. Stevens,
  6388.  
  6389. 1481
  6390. 01:20:17,396 --> 01:20:20,940
  6391. that Negroes are the same
  6392. as white men are.
  6393.  
  6394. 1482
  6395. 01:20:21,859 --> 01:20:24,402
  6396. The true purpose of the amendment...
  6397.  
  6398. 1483
  6399. 01:20:52,806 --> 01:20:54,224
  6400. I don't hold with equality in all things,
  6401.  
  6402. 1484
  6403. 01:20:54,308 --> 01:20:56,434
  6404. only with equality before the law.
  6405. Nothing more.
  6406.  
  6407. 1485
  6408. 01:20:58,229 --> 01:21:00,813
  6409. That's... That's not so.
  6410.  
  6411. 1486
  6412. 01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:04,859
  6413. You believe that Negroes are
  6414. entirely equal to white men.
  6415.  
  6416. 1487
  6417. 01:21:04,944 --> 01:21:06,224
  6418. You've said it a thousand times!
  6419.  
  6420. 1488
  6421. 01:21:06,278 --> 01:21:08,571
  6422. For shame! For shame!
  6423.  
  6424. 1489
  6425. 01:21:08,656 --> 01:21:11,491
  6426. Stop prevaricating and
  6427. answer Representative Wood!
  6428.  
  6429. 1490
  6430. 01:21:11,742 --> 01:21:13,785
  6431. I don't hold with equality in all things,
  6432.  
  6433. 1491
  6434. 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:14,911
  6435. only with equality before the law.
  6436.  
  6437. 1492
  6438. 01:21:14,995 --> 01:21:17,914
  6439. After the decades of fervent advocacy...
  6440.  
  6441. 1493
  6442. 01:21:18,290 --> 01:21:19,958
  6443. He's answered your questions!
  6444.  
  6445. 1494
  6446. 01:21:20,084 --> 01:21:21,885
  6447. This amendment's
  6448. not to do with race equality.
  6449.  
  6450. 1495
  6451. 01:21:21,919 --> 01:21:25,046
  6452. I don't hold with equality in all things,
  6453.  
  6454. 1496
  6455. 01:21:25,130 --> 01:21:28,758
  6456. only with equality before
  6457. the law, and nothing more!
  6458.  
  6459. 1497
  6460. 01:21:28,842 --> 01:21:31,052
  6461. Who'd ever have guessed
  6462. that old nightmare
  6463.  
  6464. 1498
  6465. 01:21:31,136 --> 01:21:32,971
  6466. capable of such control?
  6467.  
  6468. 1499
  6469. 01:21:33,097 --> 01:21:34,889
  6470. He might make a politician someday.
  6471.  
  6472. 1500
  6473. 01:21:34,974 --> 01:21:36,224
  6474. I need to go.
  6475.  
  6476. 1501
  6477. 01:21:36,308 --> 01:21:37,809
  6478. Mrs. Keckley.
  6479.  
  6480. 1502
  6481. 01:21:40,604 --> 01:21:43,314
  6482. Your frantic attempt to delude us now
  6483.  
  6484. 1503
  6485. 01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:44,983
  6486. is unworthy of a representative.
  6487.  
  6488. 1504
  6489. 01:21:45,109 --> 01:21:47,151
  6490. It is, in fact, unworthy of a white man!
  6491.  
  6492. 1505
  6493. 01:21:51,448 --> 01:21:53,908
  6494. How can I hold that
  6495. all men are created equal
  6496.  
  6497. 1506
  6498. 01:21:53,993 --> 01:21:57,078
  6499. when here before me stands, stinking,
  6500.  
  6501. 1507
  6502. 01:21:57,162 --> 01:22:00,748
  6503. the moral carcass of
  6504. the gentleman from Ohio, proof
  6505.  
  6506. 1508
  6507. 01:22:00,833 --> 01:22:03,334
  6508. that some men are inferior,
  6509.  
  6510. 1509
  6511. 01:22:03,460 --> 01:22:05,962
  6512. endowed by their Maker with dim wits,
  6513.  
  6514. 1510
  6515. 01:22:06,046 --> 01:22:08,006
  6516. impermeable to reason,
  6517.  
  6518. 1511
  6519. 01:22:08,132 --> 01:22:11,175
  6520. with cold, pallid slime in their veins
  6521.  
  6522. 1512
  6523. 01:22:11,302 --> 01:22:13,636
  6524. instead of hot, red blood!
  6525.  
  6526. 1513
  6527. 01:22:13,721 --> 01:22:17,473
  6528. You are more reptile than man, George!
  6529.  
  6530. 1514
  6531. 01:22:17,558 --> 01:22:19,892
  6532. So low and flat that the foot of man
  6533.  
  6534. 1515
  6535. 01:22:20,019 --> 01:22:21,352
  6536. is incapable of crushing you.
  6537.  
  6538. 1516
  6539. 01:22:21,478 --> 01:22:23,229
  6540. How dare you?
  6541.  
  6542. 1517
  6543. 01:22:23,355 --> 01:22:26,441
  6544. Yet even you, Pendleton,
  6545.  
  6546. 1518
  6547. 01:22:27,693 --> 01:22:29,444
  6548. who should have been
  6549. gibbeted for treason
  6550.  
  6551. 1519
  6552. 01:22:29,528 --> 01:22:30,570
  6553. long before today.
  6554.  
  6555. 1520
  6556. 01:22:30,696 --> 01:22:33,156
  6557. Even worthless, unworthy you
  6558.  
  6559. 1521
  6560. 01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:36,242
  6561. ought to be treated equally
  6562. before the law!
  6563.  
  6564. 1522
  6565. 01:22:38,037 --> 01:22:41,748
  6566. And so again, sir, again
  6567. and again and again I say,
  6568.  
  6569. 1523
  6570. 01:22:41,874 --> 01:22:44,959
  6571. I do not hold with equality in all things,
  6572.  
  6573. 1524
  6574. 01:22:45,044 --> 01:22:47,295
  6575. only with equality before the law.
  6576.  
  6577. 1525
  6578. 01:22:51,216 --> 01:22:54,302
  6579. Mr. Speaker, will you permit
  6580. this vile, boorish man
  6581.  
  6582. 1526
  6583. 01:22:54,386 --> 01:22:56,888
  6584. to slander and to threaten me?
  6585.  
  6586. 1527
  6587. 01:22:57,097 --> 01:22:58,556
  6588. And to reduce these proceedings
  6589.  
  6590. 1528
  6591. 01:22:58,682 --> 01:23:01,934
  6592. on this most important matter
  6593. into an anarchic
  6594.  
  6595. 1529
  6596. 01:23:02,561 --> 01:23:04,854
  6597. and tawdry burlesque?
  6598.  
  6599. 1530
  6600. 01:23:29,088 --> 01:23:32,548
  6601. You asked if ever I was surprised.
  6602.  
  6603. 1531
  6604. 01:23:33,050 --> 01:23:35,718
  6605. Today, Mr. Stevens,
  6606.  
  6607. 1532
  6608. 01:23:35,886 --> 01:23:36,886
  6609. I was surprised.
  6610.  
  6611. 1533
  6612. 01:23:37,763 --> 01:23:41,391
  6613. You've led the battle for
  6614. race equality for 30 years.
  6615.  
  6616. 1534
  6617. 01:23:46,730 --> 01:23:49,899
  6618. The basis of every hope for
  6619. this country's future life,
  6620.  
  6621. 1535
  6622. 01:23:49,983 --> 01:23:53,027
  6623. you denied Negro equality.
  6624. I'm nauseated.
  6625.  
  6626. 1536
  6627. 01:23:53,112 --> 01:23:55,697
  6628. You refused to say that all humans are...
  6629.  
  6630. 1537
  6631. 01:23:55,781 --> 01:23:57,573
  6632. Well, human.
  6633.  
  6634. 1538
  6635. 01:23:58,283 --> 01:24:00,702
  6636. Have you lost your very soul,
  6637. Mr. Stevens?
  6638.  
  6639. 1539
  6640. 01:24:01,036 --> 01:24:02,286
  6641. Is there nothing you won't say?
  6642.  
  6643. 1540
  6644. 01:24:02,371 --> 01:24:04,038
  6645. I'm sorry you're nauseous, Asa.
  6646.  
  6647. 1541
  6648. 01:24:04,123 --> 01:24:05,790
  6649. That must be unpleasant.
  6650.  
  6651. 1542
  6652. 01:24:06,959 --> 01:24:08,292
  6653. I want the amendment to pass,
  6654.  
  6655. 1543
  6656. 01:24:08,377 --> 01:24:10,294
  6657. so that the Constitution's first
  6658.  
  6659. 1544
  6660. 01:24:10,421 --> 01:24:11,796
  6661. and only mention of slavery
  6662.  
  6663. 1545
  6664. 01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:14,048
  6665. is its absolute prohibition.
  6666.  
  6667. 1546
  6668. 01:24:14,133 --> 01:24:16,467
  6669. For this amendment, for which
  6670. I have worked all my life
  6671.  
  6672. 1547
  6673. 01:24:16,593 --> 01:24:19,220
  6674. and for which countless
  6675. colored men and women
  6676.  
  6677. 1548
  6678. 01:24:19,304 --> 01:24:20,388
  6679. have fought and died
  6680.  
  6681. 1549
  6682. 01:24:20,472 --> 01:24:23,474
  6683. and now hundreds
  6684. of thousands of soldiers...
  6685.  
  6686. 1550
  6687. 01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:25,143
  6688. No, sir, no.
  6689.  
  6690. 1551
  6691. 01:24:26,145 --> 01:24:29,313
  6692. It seems there's very nearly
  6693. nothing I won't say.
  6694.  
  6695. 1552
  6696. 01:25:00,304 --> 01:25:01,929
  6697. I'm not going in.
  6698.  
  6699. 1553
  6700. 01:25:07,019 --> 01:25:09,312
  6701. You said you wanted to help me.
  6702.  
  6703. 1554
  6704. 01:25:09,772 --> 01:25:13,524
  6705. But this is just a clumsy attempt
  6706. to discourage me.
  6707.  
  6708. 1555
  6709. 01:25:13,650 --> 01:25:16,027
  6710. I've been to Army hospitals.
  6711. I've seen surgeries.
  6712.  
  6713. 1556
  6714. 01:25:16,111 --> 01:25:19,030
  6715. I went and visited
  6716. the malaria barges with Mama.
  6717.  
  6718. 1557
  6719. 01:25:19,156 --> 01:25:21,032
  6720. She told me she didn't take you inside.
  6721.  
  6722. 1558
  6723. 01:25:21,116 --> 01:25:22,533
  6724. I snuck in afterwards.
  6725.  
  6726. 1559
  6727. 01:25:22,659 --> 01:25:24,952
  6728. I've seen what it's like.
  6729. This changes nothing.
  6730.  
  6731. 1560
  6732. 01:25:27,790 --> 01:25:29,165
  6733. Well, at all rate, son,
  6734.  
  6735. 1561
  6736. 01:25:29,249 --> 01:25:31,083
  6737. I'm happy to have your company.
  6738.  
  6739. 1562
  6740. 01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:40,426
  6741. - Good morning, Jim.
  6742. - Hello, Mr. President.
  6743.  
  6744. 1563
  6745. 01:25:40,511 --> 01:25:42,345
  6746. - Good to see you again.
  6747. - Good to see you.
  6748.  
  6749. 1564
  6750. 01:25:43,514 --> 01:25:47,099
  6751. Well, boys, first question.
  6752. You getting enough to eat?
  6753.  
  6754. 1565
  6755. 01:25:47,392 --> 01:25:48,434
  6756. Hello, sir.
  6757.  
  6758. 1566
  6759. 01:25:48,519 --> 01:25:49,919
  6760. - What's your name, soldier?
  6761. - Robert.
  6762.  
  6763. 1567
  6764. 01:25:49,978 --> 01:25:52,480
  6765. - Good to meet you, Robert.
  6766. - Nice to meet you.
  6767.  
  6768. 1568
  6769. 01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:53,645
  6770. - What's your name?
  6771. - Kevin.
  6772.  
  6773. 1569
  6774. 01:25:53,649 --> 01:25:54,690
  6775. Tell me your names as I go past.
  6776.  
  6777. 1570
  6778. 01:25:54,775 --> 01:25:56,150
  6779. I'd like to know who I'm talking to. Kevin.
  6780.  
  6781. 1571
  6782. 01:25:56,235 --> 01:25:59,111
  6783. - Mr. President. John.
  6784. - John. I've seen you before.
  6785.  
  6786. 1572
  6787. 01:25:59,196 --> 01:26:00,279
  6788. Mr. President.
  6789.  
  6790. 1573
  6791. 01:26:01,031 --> 01:26:02,240
  6792. Make sure you get some steak.
  6793.  
  6794. 1574
  6795. 01:26:02,324 --> 01:26:03,844
  6796. I wouldn't mind one myself, right now.
  6797.  
  6798. 1575
  6799. 01:27:19,276 --> 01:27:20,735
  6800. What's the matter, Bob?
  6801.  
  6802. 1576
  6803. 01:27:27,075 --> 01:27:29,035
  6804. I have to do this, and I will do it.
  6805.  
  6806. 1577
  6807. 01:27:29,119 --> 01:27:30,494
  6808. And I don't need
  6809. your permission to enlist.
  6810.  
  6811. 1578
  6812. 01:27:30,579 --> 01:27:34,498
  6813. That same speech has been made
  6814. by how many sons
  6815.  
  6816. 1579
  6817. 01:27:34,583 --> 01:27:37,126
  6818. to how many fathers
  6819. since the war began?
  6820.  
  6821. 1580
  6822. 01:27:37,210 --> 01:27:38,419
  6823. "I don't need your damn permission,"
  6824.  
  6825. 1581
  6826. 01:27:38,503 --> 01:27:41,047
  6827. "you miserable old goat,
  6828. I'm gonna enlist anyhow."
  6829.  
  6830. 1582
  6831. 01:27:41,173 --> 01:27:42,173
  6832. And what wouldn't those
  6833.  
  6834. 1583
  6835. 01:27:42,299 --> 01:27:43,591
  6836. numberless fathers have given
  6837.  
  6838. 1584
  6839. 01:27:43,675 --> 01:27:45,509
  6840. to be able to say to their sons
  6841.  
  6842. 1585
  6843. 01:27:45,636 --> 01:27:48,846
  6844. as I now say to mine,
  6845. "I'm Commander in Chief."
  6846.  
  6847. 1586
  6848. 01:27:49,806 --> 01:27:51,223
  6849. So, in point of fact,
  6850. without my permission
  6851.  
  6852. 1587
  6853. 01:27:51,350 --> 01:27:54,393
  6854. you ain't enlisting
  6855. in nothing nowhere, young man.
  6856.  
  6857. 1588
  6858. 01:27:54,519 --> 01:27:56,979
  6859. It's Mama you're scared of,
  6860. it's not me getting killed.
  6861.  
  6862. 1589
  6863. 01:28:04,863 --> 01:28:07,490
  6864. I have to do this! And I will!
  6865.  
  6866. 1590
  6867. 01:28:08,367 --> 01:28:11,035
  6868. Or I will feel ashamed of myself
  6869. for the rest of my life!
  6870.  
  6871. 1591
  6872. 01:28:11,161 --> 01:28:13,120
  6873. Whether or not you fought
  6874. is what's gonna matter,
  6875.  
  6876. 1592
  6877. 01:28:13,205 --> 01:28:15,915
  6878. and not just to other people,
  6879. but to myself!
  6880.  
  6881. 1593
  6882. 01:28:16,041 --> 01:28:17,541
  6883. I won't be you, Pa, I can't do that,
  6884.  
  6885. 1594
  6886. 01:28:17,668 --> 01:28:19,877
  6887. but I don't want to be nothing!
  6888.  
  6889. 1595
  6890. 01:28:23,256 --> 01:28:24,882
  6891. I can't lose you.
  6892.  
  6893. 1596
  6894. 01:28:31,139 --> 01:28:32,974
  6895. He'll be fine, Molly.
  6896.  
  6897. 1597
  6898. 01:28:33,058 --> 01:28:35,393
  6899. City Point's a way back
  6900. from the front lines
  6901.  
  6902. 1598
  6903. 01:28:35,477 --> 01:28:36,477
  6904. and the fighting.
  6905.  
  6906. 1599
  6907. 01:28:37,020 --> 01:28:40,398
  6908. He'll be an adjutant, running
  6909. messages for General Grant.
  6910.  
  6911. 1600
  6912. 01:28:41,525 --> 01:28:43,651
  6913. The war will take our son.
  6914.  
  6915. 1601
  6916. 01:28:43,735 --> 01:28:46,320
  6917. A sniper, or a shrapnel shell, a typhus
  6918.  
  6919. 1602
  6920. 01:28:46,405 --> 01:28:47,405
  6921. same as took Willie.
  6922.  
  6923. 1603
  6924. 01:28:47,531 --> 01:28:50,908
  6925. It takes hundreds of boys a day.
  6926. He'll die uselessly.
  6927.  
  6928. 1604
  6929. 01:28:51,034 --> 01:28:53,411
  6930. And how will I ever forgive you?
  6931.  
  6932. 1605
  6933. 01:28:54,413 --> 01:28:56,914
  6934. Most men, their firstborn
  6935. is their favorite.
  6936.  
  6937. 1606
  6938. 01:28:57,040 --> 01:28:59,667
  6939. You've always blamed Robert
  6940. for being born.
  6941.  
  6942. 1607
  6943. 01:28:59,751 --> 01:29:01,085
  6944. For trapping you in a marriage
  6945.  
  6946. 1608
  6947. 01:29:01,169 --> 01:29:02,753
  6948. that's only ever given you grief
  6949.  
  6950. 1609
  6951. 01:29:02,879 --> 01:29:05,006
  6952. - and caused you regret.
  6953. - That's simply not true.
  6954.  
  6955. 1610
  6956. 01:29:05,090 --> 01:29:06,757
  6957. And if the slaughter of Cold Harbor's
  6958.  
  6959. 1611
  6960. 01:29:06,883 --> 01:29:09,176
  6961. on your hands same as Grant,
  6962. God help us.
  6963.  
  6964. 1612
  6965. 01:29:09,553 --> 01:29:11,762
  6966. We'll pay for the oceans of spilled blood
  6967.  
  6968. 1613
  6969. 01:29:11,847 --> 01:29:14,098
  6970. you've sanctioned,
  6971. the uncountable corpses!
  6972.  
  6973. 1614
  6974. 01:29:14,182 --> 01:29:16,934
  6975. We'll be made to pay
  6976. with our son's dear blood!
  6977.  
  6978. 1615
  6979. 01:29:17,060 --> 01:29:18,602
  6980. Just this once, Mrs. Lincoln,
  6981.  
  6982. 1616
  6983. 01:29:18,687 --> 01:29:21,439
  6984. I demand of you to try
  6985. and take the liberal
  6986.  
  6987. 1617
  6988. 01:29:21,565 --> 01:29:23,441
  6989. and not the selfish point of view.
  6990.  
  6991. 1618
  6992. 01:29:23,567 --> 01:29:24,775
  6993. Robert will never forgive himself.
  6994.  
  6995. 1619
  6996. 01:29:24,901 --> 01:29:26,444
  6997. You imagine he'll forgive us
  6998.  
  6999. 1620
  7000. 01:29:26,528 --> 01:29:30,114
  7001. if we continue to stifle
  7002. this very natural ambition?
  7003.  
  7004. 1621
  7005. 01:29:31,199 --> 01:29:33,409
  7006. And if I refuse to take the high road?
  7007.  
  7008. 1622
  7009. 01:29:36,246 --> 01:29:39,582
  7010. If I won't pick up the rough old cross,
  7011.  
  7012. 1623
  7013. 01:29:39,958 --> 01:29:42,793
  7014. will you threaten me again
  7015. with the madhouse?
  7016.  
  7017. 1624
  7018. 01:29:42,878 --> 01:29:46,380
  7019. As you did when I couldn't
  7020. stop crying over Willie.
  7021.  
  7022. 1625
  7023. 01:29:46,465 --> 01:29:48,883
  7024. When I showed you what heartbreak,
  7025.  
  7026. 1626
  7027. 01:29:48,967 --> 01:29:51,635
  7028. real heartbreak, looked like.
  7029.  
  7030. 1627
  7031. 01:29:51,720 --> 01:29:53,220
  7032. And you hadn't the courage
  7033.  
  7034. 1628
  7035. 01:29:53,305 --> 01:29:55,389
  7036. - to countenance, to help me!
  7037. - That's right, that's right...
  7038.  
  7039. 1629
  7040. 01:29:55,474 --> 01:29:57,725
  7041. When you refused so much
  7042. as to comfort Tad,
  7043.  
  7044. 1630
  7045. 01:29:57,809 --> 01:29:59,977
  7046. a child who was not only sick,
  7047. dangerously sick,
  7048.  
  7049. 1631
  7050. 01:30:00,062 --> 01:30:01,062
  7051. but beside himself with grief!
  7052.  
  7053. 1632
  7054. 01:30:01,146 --> 01:30:03,314
  7055. I was holding him in my arms
  7056. when he died.
  7057.  
  7058. 1633
  7059. 01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:05,900
  7060. But your grief, your grief,
  7061. your inexhaustible grief!
  7062.  
  7063. 1634
  7064. 01:30:05,984 --> 01:30:07,860
  7065. How dare you throw that up at me?
  7066.  
  7067. 1635
  7068. 01:30:07,944 --> 01:30:09,153
  7069. And his mother wouldn't let him near her
  7070.  
  7071. 1636
  7072. 01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:10,488
  7073. because she's screaming
  7074. from morning to night!
  7075.  
  7076. 1637
  7077. 01:30:10,572 --> 01:30:12,615
  7078. I couldn't risk him
  7079. seeing how angry I was!
  7080.  
  7081. 1638
  7082. 01:30:12,699 --> 01:30:14,158
  7083. Pacing the halls, howling at shadows
  7084.  
  7085. 1639
  7086. 01:30:14,242 --> 01:30:15,826
  7087. and furniture and ghosts!
  7088.  
  7089. 1640
  7090. 01:30:16,995 --> 01:30:18,996
  7091. I ought to have done it for Tad's sake,
  7092.  
  7093. 1641
  7094. 01:30:19,081 --> 01:30:20,831
  7095. for everybody's goddamn sake,
  7096.  
  7097. 1642
  7098. 01:30:20,957 --> 01:30:22,597
  7099. I should have clapped you
  7100. in the madhouse!
  7101.  
  7102. 1643
  7103. 01:30:22,667 --> 01:30:24,126
  7104. Then do it!
  7105.  
  7106. 1644
  7107. 01:30:25,170 --> 01:30:27,004
  7108. Do it! Don't you threaten me!
  7109.  
  7110. 1645
  7111. 01:30:27,130 --> 01:30:29,507
  7112. You do it this time. Lock me away.
  7113.  
  7114. 1646
  7115. 01:30:29,591 --> 01:30:31,634
  7116. You'll have to, I swear,
  7117.  
  7118. 1647
  7119. 01:30:32,010 --> 01:30:34,095
  7120. if Robert is killed.
  7121.  
  7122. 1648
  7123. 01:30:52,823 --> 01:30:55,199
  7124. I couldn't tolerate you
  7125. grieving so for Willie
  7126.  
  7127. 1649
  7128. 01:30:55,325 --> 01:30:57,952
  7129. because I couldn't permit it in myself.
  7130.  
  7131. 1650
  7132. 01:30:58,537 --> 01:31:00,538
  7133. Though I wanted to, Mary.
  7134.  
  7135. 1651
  7136. 01:31:01,498 --> 01:31:03,374
  7137. I wanted to crawl under the earth,
  7138.  
  7139. 1652
  7140. 01:31:03,500 --> 01:31:05,709
  7141. into the vault, with his coffin.
  7142.  
  7143. 1653
  7144. 01:31:07,129 --> 01:31:10,714
  7145. And I still do. Every day I do.
  7146.  
  7147. 1654
  7148. 01:31:11,216 --> 01:31:13,801
  7149. Don't speak to me about grief.
  7150.  
  7151. 1655
  7152. 01:31:23,061 --> 01:31:26,814
  7153. I must make my decisions,
  7154. Bob must make his, you yours.
  7155.  
  7156. 1656
  7157. 01:31:26,898 --> 01:31:30,317
  7158. And bear what we must.
  7159. Hold and carry what we must.
  7160.  
  7161. 1657
  7162. 01:31:30,402 --> 01:31:34,071
  7163. What I carry within me,
  7164. you must allow me to do it.
  7165.  
  7166. 1658
  7167. 01:31:34,197 --> 01:31:37,074
  7168. Alone, as I must. And you alone, Mary,
  7169.  
  7170. 1659
  7171. 01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:40,744
  7172. you alone may lighten this burden.
  7173.  
  7174. 1660
  7175. 01:31:42,539 --> 01:31:43,914
  7176. Or render it intolerable.
  7177.  
  7178. 1661
  7179. 01:31:44,416 --> 01:31:45,916
  7180. As you choose.
  7181.  
  7182. 1662
  7183. 01:32:07,731 --> 01:32:09,690
  7184. You think I'm ignorant
  7185. of what you're up to
  7186.  
  7187. 1663
  7188. 01:32:09,774 --> 01:32:10,934
  7189. because you haven't discussed
  7190.  
  7191. 1664
  7192. 01:32:10,942 --> 01:32:13,277
  7193. this scheme with me
  7194. as you ought to have done?
  7195.  
  7196. 1665
  7197. 01:32:13,361 --> 01:32:16,197
  7198. When have I ever been
  7199. so easily bamboozled?
  7200.  
  7201. 1666
  7202. 01:32:16,573 --> 01:32:17,865
  7203. I believe you when you insist
  7204.  
  7205. 1667
  7206. 01:32:17,949 --> 01:32:19,450
  7207. that amending the Constitution
  7208.  
  7209. 1668
  7210. 01:32:19,576 --> 01:32:21,535
  7211. and abolishing slavery will end this war.
  7212.  
  7213. 1669
  7214. 01:32:21,620 --> 01:32:23,954
  7215. And since you are
  7216. sending my son into the war,
  7217.  
  7218. 1670
  7219. 01:32:24,080 --> 01:32:27,124
  7220. woe unto you if you fail
  7221. to pass the amendment.
  7222.  
  7223. 1671
  7224. 01:32:30,295 --> 01:32:33,297
  7225. Seward doesn't want me
  7226. leaving big muddy footprints
  7227.  
  7228. 1672
  7229. 01:32:33,423 --> 01:32:34,924
  7230. all over town.
  7231.  
  7232. 1673
  7233. 01:32:38,637 --> 01:32:40,721
  7234. No one has ever lived
  7235. who knows better than you
  7236.  
  7237. 1674
  7238. 01:32:40,805 --> 01:32:42,890
  7239. the proper placement of footfalls
  7240.  
  7241. 1675
  7242. 01:32:42,974 --> 01:32:44,892
  7243. on treacherous paths.
  7244.  
  7245. 1676
  7246. 01:32:44,976 --> 01:32:47,728
  7247. Seward can't do it. You must.
  7248.  
  7249. 1677
  7250. 01:32:48,480 --> 01:32:52,149
  7251. Because if you fail to acquire
  7252. the necessary votes,
  7253.  
  7254. 1678
  7255. 01:32:52,234 --> 01:32:55,110
  7256. woe unto you, sir. You will answer to me.
  7257.  
  7258. 1679
  7259. 01:33:09,459 --> 01:33:10,793
  7260. Thank you.
  7261.  
  7262. 1680
  7263. 01:33:16,967 --> 01:33:19,802
  7264. I know the vote is only four days away.
  7265.  
  7266. 1681
  7267. 01:33:20,428 --> 01:33:22,096
  7268. I know you're concerned.
  7269.  
  7270. 1682
  7271. 01:33:22,180 --> 01:33:24,265
  7272. Thank you for your concern over this.
  7273.  
  7274. 1683
  7275. 01:33:25,183 --> 01:33:27,977
  7276. And I want you to know,
  7277. they'll approve it.
  7278.  
  7279. 1684
  7280. 01:33:29,312 --> 01:33:31,021
  7281. God will see to it.
  7282.  
  7283. 1685
  7284. 01:33:32,816 --> 01:33:34,858
  7285. I don't envy Him his task.
  7286.  
  7287. 1686
  7288. 01:33:36,611 --> 01:33:39,029
  7289. He may wish He'd chosen
  7290. an instrument for His purpose
  7291.  
  7292. 1687
  7293. 01:33:39,155 --> 01:33:42,157
  7294. more wieldy than
  7295. the House of Representatives.
  7296.  
  7297. 1688
  7298. 01:33:43,368 --> 01:33:45,202
  7299. Then you'll see to it.
  7300.  
  7301. 1689
  7302. 01:33:47,372 --> 01:33:50,791
  7303. Are you afraid of what
  7304. lies ahead for your people
  7305.  
  7306. 1690
  7307. 01:33:50,875 --> 01:33:52,376
  7308. if we succeed?
  7309.  
  7310. 1691
  7311. 01:33:53,878 --> 01:33:56,171
  7312. White people don't want us here.
  7313.  
  7314. 1692
  7315. 01:33:56,548 --> 01:33:58,966
  7316. - Many don't.
  7317. - What about you?
  7318.  
  7319. 1693
  7320. 01:34:04,389 --> 01:34:06,682
  7321. I don't know you, Mrs. Keckley.
  7322.  
  7323. 1694
  7324. 01:34:07,684 --> 01:34:09,059
  7325. Any of you.
  7326.  
  7327. 1695
  7328. 01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:13,522
  7329. You're familiar to me, as all people are,
  7330.  
  7331. 1696
  7332. 01:34:14,816 --> 01:34:17,818
  7333. unaccommodated, poor, bare,
  7334. forked creatures,
  7335.  
  7336. 1697
  7337. 01:34:17,902 --> 01:34:19,570
  7338. such as we all are.
  7339.  
  7340. 1698
  7341. 01:34:20,864 --> 01:34:23,574
  7342. You have a right to expect what I expect.
  7343.  
  7344. 1699
  7345. 01:34:24,075 --> 01:34:26,076
  7346. And likely our expectations
  7347.  
  7348. 1700
  7349. 01:34:26,161 --> 01:34:28,662
  7350. are not incomprehensible to each other.
  7351.  
  7352. 1701
  7353. 01:34:32,250 --> 01:34:34,501
  7354. I assume I'll get used to you.
  7355.  
  7356. 1702
  7357. 01:34:35,670 --> 01:34:37,588
  7358. Now what you are to the nation,
  7359.  
  7360. 1703
  7361. 01:34:38,757 --> 01:34:41,258
  7362. what'll become of you
  7363. once slavery's day is done,
  7364.  
  7365. 1704
  7366. 01:34:41,593 --> 01:34:43,385
  7367. I don't know.
  7368.  
  7369. 1705
  7370. 01:34:45,013 --> 01:34:47,598
  7371. What my people are to be, I can't say.
  7372.  
  7373. 1706
  7374. 01:34:49,768 --> 01:34:52,853
  7375. Negroes have been fighting
  7376. and dying for freedom
  7377.  
  7378. 1707
  7379. 01:34:53,438 --> 01:34:55,939
  7380. since the first of us was a slave.
  7381.  
  7382. 1708
  7383. 01:34:56,024 --> 01:34:59,526
  7384. I never heard any ask
  7385. what freedom would bring.
  7386.  
  7387. 1709
  7388. 01:35:01,654 --> 01:35:03,280
  7389. Freedom is first.
  7390.  
  7391. 1710
  7392. 01:35:06,117 --> 01:35:07,534
  7393. As for me,
  7394.  
  7395. 1711
  7396. 01:35:08,953 --> 01:35:11,622
  7397. my son died fighting for the Union,
  7398.  
  7399. 1712
  7400. 01:35:12,832 --> 01:35:14,875
  7401. wearing the Union blue.
  7402.  
  7403. 1713
  7404. 01:35:15,460 --> 01:35:17,211
  7405. For freedom he died.
  7406.  
  7407. 1714
  7408. 01:35:19,297 --> 01:35:21,006
  7409. And I'm his mother.
  7410.  
  7411. 1715
  7412. 01:35:23,218 --> 01:35:26,136
  7413. That's what I am
  7414. to the nation, Mr. Lincoln.
  7415.  
  7416. 1716
  7417. 01:35:30,475 --> 01:35:32,226
  7418. What else must I be?
  7419.  
  7420. 1717
  7421. 01:35:41,653 --> 01:35:43,570
  7422. My whole hand's gonna be proud
  7423. in about five seconds.
  7424.  
  7425. 1718
  7426. 01:35:43,655 --> 01:35:45,239
  7427. Let's see how proud you can be.
  7428.  
  7429. 1719
  7430. 01:35:46,408 --> 01:35:48,992
  7431. Go away. That watch fob, is that gold?
  7432.  
  7433. 1720
  7434. 01:35:49,077 --> 01:35:50,661
  7435. You keep your eyes off my fob.
  7436.  
  7437. 1721
  7438. 01:35:50,745 --> 01:35:52,955
  7439. Gentlemen, you have a visitor.
  7440.  
  7441. 1722
  7442. 01:35:53,039 --> 01:35:55,165
  7443. - Goddamn!
  7444. - Hey, Bill.
  7445.  
  7446. 1723
  7447. 01:35:57,335 --> 01:35:58,961
  7448. Well, I'll be fucked.
  7449.  
  7450. 1724
  7451. 01:35:59,045 --> 01:36:00,504
  7452. I wouldn't bet against it.
  7453.  
  7454. 1725
  7455. 01:36:00,588 --> 01:36:01,755
  7456. Mr...?
  7457.  
  7458. 1726
  7459. 01:36:02,507 --> 01:36:03,924
  7460. W. N. Bilbo.
  7461.  
  7462. 1727
  7463. 01:36:04,008 --> 01:36:06,093
  7464. Yeah, Mr. Bilbo. Gentlemen.
  7465.  
  7466. 1728
  7467. 01:36:06,177 --> 01:36:07,177
  7468. Sir.
  7469.  
  7470. 1729
  7471. 01:36:07,554 --> 01:36:09,054
  7472. Why are you here? No offense,
  7473.  
  7474. 1730
  7475. 01:36:09,180 --> 01:36:12,474
  7476. but Mr. Seward's banished
  7477. the very mention of your name.
  7478.  
  7479. 1731
  7480. 01:36:12,559 --> 01:36:14,239
  7481. He won't even let us use fifty cent pieces
  7482.  
  7483. 1732
  7484. 01:36:14,352 --> 01:36:16,186
  7485. 'cause they've got your face on 'em.
  7486.  
  7487. 1733
  7488. 01:36:16,938 --> 01:36:19,523
  7489. The Secretary of State here
  7490. tells me that you got
  7491.  
  7492. 1734
  7493. 01:36:19,607 --> 01:36:22,067
  7494. 11 Democrats in the bag.
  7495. That's encouraging.
  7496.  
  7497. 1735
  7498. 01:36:22,193 --> 01:36:25,904
  7499. Oh, you've got no cause
  7500. to be encouraged, sir.
  7501.  
  7502. 1736
  7503. 01:36:27,115 --> 01:36:29,241
  7504. Are we being fired?
  7505.  
  7506. 1737
  7507. 01:36:30,618 --> 01:36:34,538
  7508. "We have heard the chimes
  7509. at midnight, Master Shallow."
  7510.  
  7511. 1738
  7512. 01:36:35,540 --> 01:36:36,999
  7513. I'm here to alert you boys
  7514.  
  7515. 1739
  7516. 01:36:37,083 --> 01:36:40,210
  7517. that the great day of reckoning
  7518. is nigh upon us.
  7519.  
  7520. 1740
  7521. 01:36:40,628 --> 01:36:42,546
  7522. The Democrats we've yet to bag, sir,
  7523.  
  7524. 1741
  7525. 01:36:42,630 --> 01:36:45,382
  7526. the patronage jobs simply won't bag 'em.
  7527.  
  7528. 1742
  7529. 01:36:45,467 --> 01:36:48,093
  7530. They require more convincing,
  7531. Mr. President.
  7532.  
  7533. 1743
  7534. 01:36:49,721 --> 01:36:52,598
  7535. Do me a favor, will you?
  7536.  
  7537. 1744
  7538. 01:36:52,724 --> 01:36:53,765
  7539. Sure.
  7540.  
  7541. 1745
  7542. 01:36:53,892 --> 01:36:55,893
  7543. It snagged my eye
  7544. in the paper this morning
  7545.  
  7546. 1746
  7547. 01:36:55,977 --> 01:36:57,394
  7548. that the Governor Curtin
  7549.  
  7550. 1747
  7551. 01:36:57,479 --> 01:36:59,813
  7552. is set to declare a winner in the disputed
  7553.  
  7554. 1748
  7555. 01:36:59,898 --> 01:37:00,898
  7556. Congressional election for the...
  7557.  
  7558. 1749
  7559. 01:37:00,982 --> 01:37:02,149
  7560. Pennsylvania 16th District.
  7561.  
  7562. 1750
  7563. 01:37:02,567 --> 01:37:05,319
  7564. District.
  7565. What a joy to be comprehended.
  7566.  
  7567. 1751
  7568. 01:37:05,403 --> 01:37:07,988
  7569. Hop on a train to Philadel,
  7570. call on the Governor...
  7571.  
  7572. 1752
  7573. 01:37:08,072 --> 01:37:09,448
  7574. Send Latham. Or Schell.
  7575.  
  7576. 1753
  7577. 01:37:09,574 --> 01:37:11,533
  7578. No, he'll do fine.
  7579. Just polish yourself up first.
  7580.  
  7581. 1754
  7582. 01:37:13,495 --> 01:37:15,579
  7583. The incumbent is claiming
  7584. he won it. Name of...
  7585.  
  7586. 1755
  7587. 01:37:15,663 --> 01:37:16,705
  7588. Coffroth.
  7589.  
  7590. 1756
  7591. 01:37:16,789 --> 01:37:17,956
  7592. - That's him.
  7593. - Coffroth.
  7594.  
  7595. 1757
  7596. 01:37:18,082 --> 01:37:19,958
  7597. - He's a Democrat.
  7598. - I understand that.
  7599.  
  7600. 1758
  7601. 01:37:20,627 --> 01:37:22,753
  7602. - Silly name.
  7603. - A little bit silly.
  7604.  
  7605. 1759
  7606. 01:37:23,296 --> 01:37:26,215
  7607. Tell Governor Curtin
  7608. it'd be much appreciated
  7609.  
  7610. 1760
  7611. 01:37:26,299 --> 01:37:28,926
  7612. if he'd invite
  7613. the House of Representatives
  7614.  
  7615. 1761
  7616. 01:37:29,010 --> 01:37:30,052
  7617. to decide who won.
  7618.  
  7619. 1762
  7620. 01:37:30,136 --> 01:37:32,763
  7621. He's entitled to do that.
  7622. He'll agree to it.
  7623.  
  7624. 1763
  7625. 01:37:32,847 --> 01:37:35,140
  7626. Then advise Coffroth
  7627.  
  7628. 1764
  7629. 01:37:35,266 --> 01:37:37,601
  7630. if he hopes to retain his seat,
  7631.  
  7632. 1765
  7633. 01:37:37,685 --> 01:37:39,978
  7634. then he'd better pay a visit
  7635. to Thaddeus Stevens.
  7636.  
  7637. 1766
  7638. 01:37:40,104 --> 01:37:41,688
  7639. Well, pity poor Coffroth.
  7640.  
  7641. 1767
  7642. 01:37:43,983 --> 01:37:45,275
  7643. It opens!
  7644.  
  7645. 1768
  7646. 01:37:52,283 --> 01:37:53,659
  7647. You are Canfrey?
  7648.  
  7649. 1769
  7650. 01:37:55,662 --> 01:37:58,830
  7651. Coffroth, Mr. Stevens.
  7652. Alexander Coffroth.
  7653.  
  7654. 1770
  7655. 01:37:58,957 --> 01:38:01,875
  7656. Are we representatives
  7657. of the same state?
  7658.  
  7659. 1771
  7660. 01:38:01,960 --> 01:38:03,919
  7661. Yes, sir.
  7662. We sit only three desks apart.
  7663.  
  7664. 1772
  7665. 01:38:04,003 --> 01:38:05,837
  7666. I haven't noticed you.
  7667.  
  7668. 1773
  7669. 01:38:06,464 --> 01:38:09,466
  7670. I'm a Republican and you,
  7671. Coughdrop, are a Democrat?
  7672.  
  7673. 1774
  7674. 01:38:09,551 --> 01:38:12,928
  7675. Well... I... that is to say...
  7676.  
  7677. 1775
  7678. 01:38:13,012 --> 01:38:15,013
  7679. The modern travesty
  7680. of Thomas Jefferson's
  7681.  
  7682. 1776
  7683. 01:38:15,139 --> 01:38:16,265
  7684. political organization
  7685.  
  7686. 1777
  7687. 01:38:16,349 --> 01:38:18,100
  7688. to which you've attached
  7689. yourself like a barnacle
  7690.  
  7691. 1778
  7692. 01:38:18,184 --> 01:38:21,478
  7693. has the effrontery to call
  7694. itself the Democratic Party.
  7695.  
  7696. 1779
  7697. 01:38:21,563 --> 01:38:24,523
  7698. You are a Democrat.
  7699. What's the matter with you?
  7700.  
  7701. 1780
  7702. 01:38:24,649 --> 01:38:26,233
  7703. Are you wicked?
  7704.  
  7705. 1781
  7706. 01:38:26,317 --> 01:38:27,901
  7707. - Well, I felt...
  7708. - Never mind.
  7709.  
  7710. 1782
  7711. 01:38:27,986 --> 01:38:30,237
  7712. Coffsnot, you were
  7713. ignominiously trounced
  7714.  
  7715. 1783
  7716. 01:38:30,321 --> 01:38:31,863
  7717. at the hustings in November's election
  7718.  
  7719. 1784
  7720. 01:38:31,990 --> 01:38:33,949
  7721. by your worthy challenger,
  7722. a Republican.
  7723.  
  7724. 1785
  7725. 01:38:34,033 --> 01:38:35,909
  7726. No, sir, I was not trounced.
  7727.  
  7728. 1786
  7729. 01:38:35,994 --> 01:38:37,995
  7730. He wants to steal my seat.
  7731. I didn't lose the election.
  7732.  
  7733. 1787
  7734. 01:38:38,079 --> 01:38:39,538
  7735. What difference does it make
  7736. if you lost or not?
  7737.  
  7738. 1788
  7739. 01:38:39,664 --> 01:38:43,834
  7740. The governor of our state
  7741. is... A Democrat?
  7742.  
  7743. 1789
  7744. 01:38:45,003 --> 01:38:47,337
  7745. No, he's, he's a...
  7746.  
  7747. 1790
  7748. 01:38:49,382 --> 01:38:52,676
  7749. Re-...
  7750.  
  7751. 1791
  7752. 01:38:53,761 --> 01:38:56,013
  7753. - ...-pub-...-lic-...
  7754. - ...-pub-...-lic-...
  7755.  
  7756. 1792
  7757. 01:38:56,097 --> 01:38:57,639
  7758. - ...-can.
  7759. - ...-can. Republican.
  7760.  
  7761. 1793
  7762. 01:38:57,724 --> 01:38:59,933
  7763. I know what he is.
  7764. This is a rhetorical exercise.
  7765.  
  7766. 1794
  7767. 01:39:00,018 --> 01:39:01,898
  7768. And Congress is controlled
  7769. by what party? Yours?
  7770.  
  7771. 1795
  7772. 01:39:04,397 --> 01:39:06,189
  7773. Your party was beaten.
  7774.  
  7775. 1796
  7776. 01:39:06,274 --> 01:39:08,817
  7777. Your challenger's party
  7778. now controls the House
  7779.  
  7780. 1797
  7781. 01:39:08,901 --> 01:39:11,612
  7782. and hence the House
  7783. Committee on Elections,
  7784.  
  7785. 1798
  7786. 01:39:11,696 --> 01:39:14,156
  7787. so you have been beaten.
  7788.  
  7789. 1799
  7790. 01:39:14,240 --> 01:39:17,159
  7791. You shall shortly be sent home
  7792. in disgrace. Unless...
  7793.  
  7794. 1800
  7795. 01:39:17,243 --> 01:39:18,324
  7796. I know what I must do, sir.
  7797.  
  7798. 1801
  7799. 01:39:18,369 --> 01:39:20,621
  7800. I will immediately become
  7801. a Republican and vote yes...
  7802.  
  7803. 1802
  7804. 01:39:20,705 --> 01:39:21,705
  7805. No!
  7806.  
  7807. 1803
  7808. 01:39:22,457 --> 01:39:24,875
  7809. Coffroth will vote yes,
  7810.  
  7811. 1804
  7812. 01:39:25,460 --> 01:39:26,918
  7813. but Coffroth will remain a Democrat
  7814.  
  7815. 1805
  7816. 01:39:27,045 --> 01:39:28,003
  7817. until after he does so.
  7818.  
  7819. 1806
  7820. 01:39:28,087 --> 01:39:29,671
  7821. Why wait to switch? I'm happy to...
  7822.  
  7823. 1807
  7824. 01:39:29,756 --> 01:39:32,007
  7825. We want to show the amendment
  7826. has bipartisan support,
  7827.  
  7828. 1808
  7829. 01:39:32,091 --> 01:39:34,051
  7830. you idiot. Early in the next Congress,
  7831.  
  7832. 1809
  7833. 01:39:34,135 --> 01:39:36,386
  7834. when I tell you to do so,
  7835. you will switch parties.
  7836.  
  7837. 1810
  7838. 01:39:36,471 --> 01:39:40,015
  7839. Now congratulations
  7840. on your victory, and get out.
  7841.  
  7842. 1811
  7843. 01:39:40,099 --> 01:39:42,559
  7844. Now, give me the names
  7845.  
  7846. 1812
  7847. 01:39:42,644 --> 01:39:44,603
  7848. of whoever else you've been hunting.
  7849.  
  7850. 1813
  7851. 01:39:44,937 --> 01:39:46,229
  7852. Hell.
  7853.  
  7854. 1814
  7855. 01:39:46,606 --> 01:39:47,648
  7856. George Yeaman.
  7857.  
  7858. 1815
  7859. 01:39:47,732 --> 01:39:49,149
  7860. Yes. Yeaman.
  7861.  
  7862. 1816
  7863. 01:39:49,901 --> 01:39:51,360
  7864. Among others.
  7865.  
  7866. 1817
  7867. 01:39:51,444 --> 01:39:53,070
  7868. - But Yeaman, that'd count.
  7869. - Yeah.
  7870.  
  7871. 1818
  7872. 01:39:53,154 --> 01:39:54,946
  7873. Y-E-A-M-A-N.
  7874.  
  7875. 1819
  7876. 01:39:55,406 --> 01:39:56,740
  7877. I got it.
  7878.  
  7879. 1820
  7880. 01:39:57,617 --> 01:39:58,700
  7881. Kentucky.
  7882.  
  7883. 1821
  7884. 01:40:01,663 --> 01:40:04,706
  7885. I can't vote for
  7886. the amendment, Mr. Lincoln.
  7887.  
  7888. 1822
  7889. 01:40:12,256 --> 01:40:14,424
  7890. I saw a barge once, Mr. Yeaman,
  7891.  
  7892. 1823
  7893. 01:40:15,093 --> 01:40:17,427
  7894. filled with colored men in chains
  7895.  
  7896. 1824
  7897. 01:40:17,553 --> 01:40:18,762
  7898. heading down the Mississippi
  7899.  
  7900. 1825
  7901. 01:40:18,888 --> 01:40:20,764
  7902. to the New Orleans slave markets.
  7903.  
  7904. 1826
  7905. 01:40:22,225 --> 01:40:23,433
  7906. It sickened me.
  7907.  
  7908. 1827
  7909. 01:40:24,769 --> 01:40:27,229
  7910. And more than that,
  7911. it brought a shadow down.
  7912.  
  7913. 1828
  7914. 01:40:28,773 --> 01:40:31,108
  7915. A pall around my eyes.
  7916.  
  7917. 1829
  7918. 01:40:32,777 --> 01:40:35,445
  7919. Slavery troubled me
  7920. as long as I can remember
  7921.  
  7922. 1830
  7923. 01:40:36,280 --> 01:40:38,490
  7924. in a way it never troubled my father,
  7925.  
  7926. 1831
  7927. 01:40:39,492 --> 01:40:41,785
  7928. though he hated it, in his own fashion.
  7929.  
  7930. 1832
  7931. 01:40:43,246 --> 01:40:45,163
  7932. He knew no smallholding dirt farmer
  7933.  
  7934. 1833
  7935. 01:40:45,289 --> 01:40:46,957
  7936. could compete with slave plantations
  7937.  
  7938. 1834
  7939. 01:40:47,083 --> 01:40:49,334
  7940. so he took us out from Kentucky
  7941.  
  7942. 1835
  7943. 01:40:49,460 --> 01:40:50,669
  7944. to get away from 'em.
  7945.  
  7946. 1836
  7947. 01:40:50,795 --> 01:40:52,587
  7948. He wanted Indiana kept free.
  7949.  
  7950. 1837
  7951. 01:40:54,132 --> 01:40:55,799
  7952. He wasn't a kind man
  7953.  
  7954. 1838
  7955. 01:40:57,427 --> 01:41:00,846
  7956. but there was a rough,
  7957. moral urge for fairness,
  7958.  
  7959. 1839
  7960. 01:41:00,972 --> 01:41:02,305
  7961. for freedom in him.
  7962.  
  7963. 1840
  7964. 01:41:03,349 --> 01:41:05,308
  7965. I learnt that from him, I suppose.
  7966.  
  7967. 1841
  7968. 01:41:06,185 --> 01:41:07,519
  7969. If little else from him.
  7970.  
  7971. 1842
  7972. 01:41:10,148 --> 01:41:12,357
  7973. We didn't care
  7974. for one another, Mr. Yeaman.
  7975.  
  7976. 1843
  7977. 01:41:15,987 --> 01:41:17,571
  7978. Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
  7979.  
  7980. 1844
  7981. 01:41:17,655 --> 01:41:20,741
  7982. Loving kindness, that most
  7983. ordinary thing, came to me
  7984.  
  7985. 1845
  7986. 01:41:20,825 --> 01:41:22,993
  7987. from other sources. I'm grateful for that.
  7988.  
  7989. 1846
  7990. 01:41:23,119 --> 01:41:25,954
  7991. Well, I hate it, too, sir.
  7992.  
  7993. 1847
  7994. 01:41:27,331 --> 01:41:28,665
  7995. Slavery, but...
  7996.  
  7997. 1848
  7998. 01:41:29,709 --> 01:41:32,627
  7999. But we're entirely unready
  8000. for emancipation.
  8001.  
  8002. 1849
  8003. 01:41:33,171 --> 01:41:34,296
  8004. And there's too many questions...
  8005.  
  8006. 1850
  8007. 01:41:34,380 --> 01:41:35,941
  8008. We're unready for peace, too, ain't we?
  8009.  
  8010. 1851
  8011. 01:41:36,966 --> 01:41:39,176
  8012. Yeah, when it comes,
  8013. it'll present us with conundrums
  8014.  
  8015. 1852
  8016. 01:41:39,302 --> 01:41:42,596
  8017. and dangers greater than
  8018. any we faced during the war,
  8019.  
  8020. 1853
  8021. 01:41:42,680 --> 01:41:44,431
  8022. bloody as it's been.
  8023.  
  8024. 1854
  8025. 01:41:44,515 --> 01:41:48,393
  8026. We'll have to extemporize and
  8027. experiment with what it is,
  8028.  
  8029. 1855
  8030. 01:41:48,519 --> 01:41:49,644
  8031. when it is.
  8032.  
  8033. 1856
  8034. 01:41:53,024 --> 01:41:54,691
  8035. I read your speech, George.
  8036.  
  8037. 1857
  8038. 01:41:55,651 --> 01:41:57,319
  8039. Negroes and the vote,
  8040.  
  8041. 1858
  8042. 01:41:58,404 --> 01:41:59,529
  8043. that's a puzzle.
  8044.  
  8045. 1859
  8046. 01:42:00,406 --> 01:42:04,034
  8047. No, no. But, but, but Negroes can't
  8048.  
  8049. 1860
  8050. 01:42:04,869 --> 01:42:07,913
  8051. vote, Mr. Lincoln.
  8052.  
  8053. 1861
  8054. 01:42:09,165 --> 01:42:10,832
  8055. You're not suggesting
  8056. we enfranchise colored people?
  8057.  
  8058. 1862
  8059. 01:42:11,000 --> 01:42:12,626
  8060. I'm asking only that
  8061.  
  8062. 1863
  8063. 01:42:12,710 --> 01:42:16,546
  8064. you disenthrall yourself
  8065. from the slave powers.
  8066.  
  8067. 1864
  8068. 01:42:18,090 --> 01:42:19,174
  8069. I'll let you know when
  8070.  
  8071. 1865
  8072. 01:42:19,258 --> 01:42:20,898
  8073. there's an offer on my desk
  8074. for surrender.
  8075.  
  8076. 1866
  8077. 01:42:21,010 --> 01:42:22,177
  8078. There's none before us now.
  8079.  
  8080. 1867
  8081. 01:42:22,261 --> 01:42:23,386
  8082. What's before us now,
  8083.  
  8084. 1868
  8085. 01:42:23,513 --> 01:42:26,223
  8086. that's the vote on the 13th Amendment.
  8087.  
  8088. 1869
  8089. 01:42:27,600 --> 01:42:29,851
  8090. And it's going to be so very close.
  8091.  
  8092. 1870
  8093. 01:42:33,064 --> 01:42:35,023
  8094. You see what you can do.
  8095.  
  8096. 1871
  8097. 01:42:44,367 --> 01:42:45,867
  8098. I can't make sense of it.
  8099.  
  8100. 1872
  8101. 01:42:46,410 --> 01:42:48,370
  8102. What he died for.
  8103.  
  8104. 1873
  8105. 01:42:50,957 --> 01:42:53,250
  8106. Mr. Lincoln, I hate them all.
  8107.  
  8108. 1874
  8109. 01:42:53,376 --> 01:42:55,460
  8110. I do. All black people.
  8111.  
  8112. 1875
  8113. 01:43:04,971 --> 01:43:07,222
  8114. I am a prejudiced man.
  8115.  
  8116. 1876
  8117. 01:43:09,934 --> 01:43:11,810
  8118. Well, I'd change that in you if I could,
  8119.  
  8120. 1877
  8121. 01:43:12,061 --> 01:43:13,436
  8122. but that's not why I come.
  8123.  
  8124. 1878
  8125. 01:43:14,272 --> 01:43:15,939
  8126. I might be wrong, Mr. Hutton,
  8127.  
  8128. 1879
  8129. 01:43:16,065 --> 01:43:19,442
  8130. but I expect colored people
  8131. most likely be free.
  8132.  
  8133. 1880
  8134. 01:43:20,319 --> 01:43:21,570
  8135. And when that's so, it's simple truth
  8136.  
  8137. 1881
  8138. 01:43:21,654 --> 01:43:23,655
  8139. that your brother's bravery
  8140.  
  8141. 1882
  8142. 01:43:23,781 --> 01:43:25,615
  8143. and his death helped make it so.
  8144.  
  8145. 1883
  8146. 01:43:27,285 --> 01:43:28,493
  8147. Only you can decide whether
  8148.  
  8149. 1884
  8150. 01:43:28,619 --> 01:43:30,019
  8151. that's sense enough for you or not.
  8152.  
  8153. 1885
  8154. 01:43:33,791 --> 01:43:35,584
  8155. My deepest sympathies to your family.
  8156.  
  8157. 1886
  8158. 01:43:48,306 --> 01:43:50,849
  8159. We've managed our members
  8160. to a fare-thee-well.
  8161.  
  8162. 1887
  8163. 01:43:52,143 --> 01:43:53,310
  8164. You've had no defections
  8165.  
  8166. 1888
  8167. 01:43:53,436 --> 01:43:55,353
  8168. from the Republican right to trouble you.
  8169.  
  8170. 1889
  8171. 01:43:56,647 --> 01:43:58,356
  8172. Whereas as to what you promised,
  8173.  
  8174. 1890
  8175. 01:43:59,442 --> 01:44:01,443
  8176. where the hell are the commissioners?
  8177.  
  8178. 1891
  8179. 01:44:02,361 --> 01:44:04,821
  8180. Oh, my God. It's true.
  8181.  
  8182. 1892
  8183. 01:44:06,490 --> 01:44:08,783
  8184. You... You lied to me.
  8185.  
  8186. 1893
  8187. 01:44:09,118 --> 01:44:12,579
  8188. Mr. Lincoln, you evaded
  8189. my request for a denial
  8190.  
  8191. 1894
  8192. 01:44:12,663 --> 01:44:14,664
  8193. that there is a Confederate peace offer,
  8194.  
  8195. 1895
  8196. 01:44:14,790 --> 01:44:16,625
  8197. because there is one!
  8198.  
  8199. 1896
  8200. 01:44:16,959 --> 01:44:20,962
  8201. We are absolutely guaranteed
  8202. to lose the whole thing.
  8203.  
  8204. 1897
  8205. 01:44:21,047 --> 01:44:23,965
  8206. We don't need a goddamn
  8207. abolition amendment!
  8208.  
  8209. 1898
  8210. 01:44:24,550 --> 01:44:26,343
  8211. Leave the Constitution alone!
  8212.  
  8213. 1899
  8214. 01:44:26,677 --> 01:44:27,877
  8215. What if the peace commissioners
  8216.  
  8217. 1900
  8218. 01:44:27,887 --> 01:44:29,346
  8219. appear today, or worse...
  8220.  
  8221. 1901
  8222. 01:44:32,808 --> 01:44:35,018
  8223. I can't listen to this anymore.
  8224.  
  8225. 1902
  8226. 01:44:37,188 --> 01:44:40,148
  8227. I can't accomplish a goddamn thing
  8228.  
  8229. 1903
  8230. 01:44:40,232 --> 01:44:42,734
  8231. of any human meaning or worth
  8232.  
  8233. 1904
  8234. 01:44:42,860 --> 01:44:46,613
  8235. until we cure ourselves of slavery
  8236.  
  8237. 1905
  8238. 01:44:46,697 --> 01:44:49,407
  8239. and end this pestilential war!
  8240.  
  8241. 1906
  8242. 01:44:50,701 --> 01:44:53,328
  8243. And whether any of you
  8244. or anyone else knows it,
  8245.  
  8246. 1907
  8247. 01:44:53,412 --> 01:44:55,372
  8248. I know I need this!
  8249.  
  8250. 1908
  8251. 01:44:56,165 --> 01:44:58,833
  8252. This amendment is that cure!
  8253.  
  8254. 1909
  8255. 01:45:02,171 --> 01:45:04,881
  8256. We are stepped out upon
  8257. the world stage now!
  8258.  
  8259. 1910
  8260. 01:45:05,007 --> 01:45:06,216
  8261. Now!
  8262.  
  8263. 1911
  8264. 01:45:06,884 --> 01:45:09,844
  8265. With the fate of human dignity
  8266. in our hands!
  8267.  
  8268. 1912
  8269. 01:45:11,681 --> 01:45:14,224
  8270. Blood's been spilt to
  8271. afford us this moment!
  8272.  
  8273. 1913
  8274. 01:45:14,433 --> 01:45:16,726
  8275. Now! Now! Now!
  8276.  
  8277. 1914
  8278. 01:45:17,561 --> 01:45:20,605
  8279. And you grousle and heckle
  8280. and dodge about like
  8281.  
  8282. 1915
  8283. 01:45:20,731 --> 01:45:22,691
  8284. pettifogging Tammany Hall hucksters!
  8285.  
  8286. 1916
  8287. 01:45:23,901 --> 01:45:25,568
  8288. See what is before you.
  8289.  
  8290. 1917
  8291. 01:45:26,529 --> 01:45:29,280
  8292. See the here and now, that's the
  8293.  
  8294. 1918
  8295. 01:45:29,407 --> 01:45:32,450
  8296. hardest thing,
  8297. the only thing that accounts.
  8298.  
  8299. 1919
  8300. 01:45:34,412 --> 01:45:38,498
  8301. Abolishing slavery
  8302. by constitutional provision
  8303.  
  8304. 1920
  8305. 01:45:38,582 --> 01:45:42,377
  8306. settles the fate for all coming time
  8307.  
  8308. 1921
  8309. 01:45:43,629 --> 01:45:46,631
  8310. not only of the millions now in bondage
  8311.  
  8312. 1922
  8313. 01:45:48,759 --> 01:45:51,720
  8314. but of unborn millions to come.
  8315.  
  8316. 1923
  8317. 01:45:53,264 --> 01:45:57,475
  8318. Two votes stand in its way.
  8319. These votes must be procured.
  8320.  
  8321. 1924
  8322. 01:46:01,897 --> 01:46:06,484
  8323. We need two yeses,
  8324. three abstentions, or
  8325.  
  8326. 1925
  8327. 01:46:06,610 --> 01:46:07,736
  8328. four yeses
  8329.  
  8330. 1926
  8331. 01:46:07,820 --> 01:46:11,531
  8332. and one more abstention,
  8333. and the amendment will pass.
  8334.  
  8335. 1927
  8336. 01:46:11,615 --> 01:46:13,216
  8337. You got a night, and a day, and a night,
  8338.  
  8339. 1928
  8340. 01:46:13,242 --> 01:46:14,576
  8341. and several perfectly good hours.
  8342.  
  8343. 1929
  8344. 01:46:14,660 --> 01:46:16,661
  8345. Now get the hell out of here and get 'em.
  8346.  
  8347. 1930
  8348. 01:46:17,496 --> 01:46:18,997
  8349. Yes. But how?
  8350.  
  8351. 1931
  8352. 01:46:21,250 --> 01:46:22,584
  8353. Buzzards' guts, man.
  8354.  
  8355. 1932
  8356. 01:46:25,129 --> 01:46:29,299
  8357. I am the President of the
  8358. United States of America
  8359.  
  8360. 1933
  8361. 01:46:30,009 --> 01:46:32,469
  8362. clothed in immense power.
  8363.  
  8364. 1934
  8365. 01:46:34,972 --> 01:46:37,307
  8366. You will procure me these votes.
  8367.  
  8368. 1935
  8369. 01:47:46,585 --> 01:47:49,379
  8370. We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen,
  8371.  
  8372. 1936
  8373. 01:47:51,382 --> 01:47:53,758
  8374. first in the history of
  8375. this people's chamber,
  8376.  
  8377. 1937
  8378. 01:47:55,219 --> 01:47:56,594
  8379. to your House.
  8380.  
  8381. 1938
  8382. 01:48:21,412 --> 01:48:22,912
  8383. Mr. Ashley, the floor is yours.
  8384.  
  8385. 1939
  8386. 01:48:31,505 --> 01:48:33,464
  8387. On the matter of the
  8388. joint resolution before us,
  8389.  
  8390. 1940
  8391. 01:48:33,591 --> 01:48:34,712
  8392. presenting a 13th Amendment
  8393.  
  8394. 1941
  8395. 01:48:34,758 --> 01:48:37,010
  8396. to our National Constitution,
  8397.  
  8398. 1942
  8399. 01:48:37,094 --> 01:48:39,387
  8400. which was passed last year
  8401. by the Senate
  8402.  
  8403. 1943
  8404. 01:48:39,471 --> 01:48:40,889
  8405. and which has been debated now
  8406.  
  8407. 1944
  8408. 01:48:40,973 --> 01:48:43,516
  8409. by this estimable body
  8410. for the past several weeks,
  8411.  
  8412. 1945
  8413. 01:48:44,602 --> 01:48:45,810
  8414. today we will vote.
  8415.  
  8416. 1946
  8417. 01:48:51,275 --> 01:48:53,193
  8418. By mutual agreement,
  8419.  
  8420. 1947
  8421. 01:48:53,277 --> 01:48:55,528
  8422. we shall hear brief, final statements,
  8423.  
  8424. 1948
  8425. 01:48:57,114 --> 01:48:58,573
  8426. beginning with
  8427.  
  8428. 1949
  8429. 01:48:58,657 --> 01:49:00,909
  8430. the honorable
  8431. George Pendleton of Ohio.
  8432.  
  8433. 1950
  8434. 01:49:07,291 --> 01:49:08,625
  8435. I have just received
  8436.  
  8437. 1951
  8438. 01:49:10,544 --> 01:49:11,628
  8439. confirmation
  8440.  
  8441. 1952
  8442. 01:49:12,338 --> 01:49:14,714
  8443. of what previously has
  8444. been merely rumored.
  8445.  
  8446. 1953
  8447. 01:49:14,798 --> 01:49:17,383
  8448. Affidavits from loyal citizens
  8449.  
  8450. 1954
  8451. 01:49:17,468 --> 01:49:19,010
  8452. recently returned from Richmond.
  8453.  
  8454. 1955
  8455. 01:49:19,136 --> 01:49:21,679
  8456. They testify that
  8457. commissioners have indeed
  8458.  
  8459. 1956
  8460. 01:49:21,972 --> 01:49:23,264
  8461. come north and ought to have arrived
  8462.  
  8463. 1957
  8464. 01:49:23,349 --> 01:49:25,225
  8465. by now in Washington City
  8466.  
  8467. 1958
  8468. 01:49:25,309 --> 01:49:28,311
  8469. bearing an offer of immediate cessation
  8470.  
  8471. 1959
  8472. 01:49:28,687 --> 01:49:29,854
  8473. of our civil war.
  8474.  
  8475. 1960
  8476. 01:49:32,191 --> 01:49:33,316
  8477. Is it true, sir?
  8478.  
  8479. 1961
  8480. 01:49:33,651 --> 01:49:35,902
  8481. Are there Confederate
  8482. commissioners in the capital?
  8483.  
  8484. 1962
  8485. 01:49:35,986 --> 01:49:37,779
  8486. I have no idea where they are
  8487. or if they've arrived.
  8488.  
  8489. 1963
  8490. 01:49:37,863 --> 01:49:38,988
  8491. They'll arrive.
  8492.  
  8493. 1964
  8494. 01:49:39,323 --> 01:49:41,241
  8495. I appeal to
  8496. my fellow Democrats,
  8497.  
  8498. 1965
  8499. 01:49:41,325 --> 01:49:43,493
  8500. to all Republican representatives
  8501.  
  8502. 1966
  8503. 01:49:43,577 --> 01:49:44,994
  8504. who give a fig for peace,
  8505.  
  8506. 1967
  8507. 01:49:45,329 --> 01:49:47,330
  8508. postpone this vote!
  8509.  
  8510. 1968
  8511. 01:49:47,539 --> 01:49:48,665
  8512. Until we have answers
  8513.  
  8514. 1969
  8515. 01:49:48,749 --> 01:49:49,916
  8516. from the President himself!
  8517.  
  8518. 1970
  8519. 01:49:50,209 --> 01:49:51,209
  8520. Postpone the vote!
  8521.  
  8522. 1971
  8523. 01:49:51,669 --> 01:49:54,045
  8524. Postpone the vote!
  8525.  
  8526. 1972
  8527. 01:49:54,129 --> 01:50:00,301
  8528. Postpone the vote! Postpone the vote!
  8529.  
  8530. 1973
  8531. 01:50:00,386 --> 01:50:03,429
  8532. Postpone the vote!
  8533.  
  8534. 1974
  8535. 01:50:03,514 --> 01:50:05,139
  8536. - Postpone the vote!
  8537. - Gentlemen!
  8538.  
  8539. 1975
  8540. 01:50:05,224 --> 01:50:06,641
  8541. Postpone the vote!
  8542.  
  8543. 1976
  8544. 01:50:07,101 --> 01:50:12,313
  8545. Postpone the vote! Postpone the vote!
  8546.  
  8547. 1977
  8548. 01:50:14,233 --> 01:50:16,109
  8549. I have made a motion!
  8550.  
  8551. 1978
  8552. 01:50:16,193 --> 01:50:18,736
  8553. Does anyone care to second my motion?
  8554.  
  8555. 1979
  8556. 01:50:30,874 --> 01:50:32,041
  8557. Gentlemen.
  8558.  
  8559. 1980
  8560. 01:50:33,252 --> 01:50:34,836
  8561. The conservative faction
  8562.  
  8563. 1981
  8564. 01:50:34,920 --> 01:50:37,046
  8565. of border and western Republicans
  8566.  
  8567. 1982
  8568. 01:50:37,131 --> 01:50:39,340
  8569. cannot approve this amendment,
  8570.  
  8571. 1983
  8572. 01:50:39,425 --> 01:50:41,509
  8573. about which we harbor grave doubts,
  8574.  
  8575. 1984
  8576. 01:50:42,261 --> 01:50:45,805
  8577. if a peace offer is being
  8578. held hostage to its success.
  8579.  
  8580. 1985
  8581. 01:50:46,765 --> 01:50:48,683
  8582. Joining together with
  8583. our Democratic colleagues,
  8584.  
  8585. 1986
  8586. 01:50:48,767 --> 01:50:49,892
  8587. I second the motion
  8588.  
  8589. 1987
  8590. 01:50:49,977 --> 01:50:51,394
  8591. to postpone.
  8592.  
  8593. 1988
  8594. 01:50:51,478 --> 01:50:53,398
  8595. He must deny peace
  8596. commissioners are in the city.
  8597.  
  8598. 1989
  8599. 01:50:53,439 --> 01:50:54,731
  8600. Quick, man. Quick.
  8601.  
  8602. 1990
  8603. 01:51:44,406 --> 01:51:47,325
  8604. This is precisely
  8605. what Mr. Wood wishes me
  8606.  
  8607. 1991
  8608. 01:51:47,409 --> 01:51:48,659
  8609. to respond to?
  8610.  
  8611. 1992
  8612. 01:51:49,995 --> 01:51:51,746
  8613. Word for word, this is precisely
  8614.  
  8615. 1993
  8616. 01:51:51,830 --> 01:51:53,706
  8617. the assurance that he demands of me?
  8618.  
  8619. 1994
  8620. 01:51:54,208 --> 01:51:55,500
  8621. Yes, sir.
  8622.  
  8623. 1995
  8624. 01:52:15,270 --> 01:52:16,771
  8625. Give this to Mr. Ashley.
  8626.  
  8627. 1996
  8628. 01:52:20,275 --> 01:52:23,986
  8629. I feel I have to say,
  8630. Mr. Lincoln, that...
  8631.  
  8632. 1997
  8633. 01:52:25,114 --> 01:52:26,614
  8634. Could you please just step outside?
  8635.  
  8636. 1998
  8637. 01:52:26,990 --> 01:52:28,111
  8638. You want to have a chat now,
  8639.  
  8640. 1999
  8641. 01:52:28,158 --> 01:52:29,283
  8642. with the whole of the
  8643. House of Representatives
  8644.  
  8645. 2000
  8646. 01:52:29,368 --> 01:52:30,493
  8647. waiting on this?
  8648.  
  8649. 2001
  8650. 01:52:31,120 --> 01:52:33,496
  8651. Making false representation
  8652. to Congress, is...
  8653.  
  8654. 2002
  8655. 01:52:34,164 --> 01:52:35,748
  8656. - It's...
  8657. - It's impeachable,
  8658.  
  8659. 2003
  8660. 01:52:35,833 --> 01:52:38,501
  8661. but I've made no such
  8662. false representation.
  8663.  
  8664. 2004
  8665. 01:52:38,919 --> 01:52:40,169
  8666. But there are.
  8667.  
  8668. 2005
  8669. 01:52:40,879 --> 01:52:42,319
  8670. There is a delegation from Richmond.
  8671.  
  8672. 2006
  8673. 01:52:42,965 --> 01:52:44,298
  8674. Give me the note, Johnnie.
  8675.  
  8676. 2007
  8677. 01:52:48,095 --> 01:52:49,887
  8678. Please, deliver that to Mr. Ashley.
  8679.  
  8680. 2008
  8681. 01:53:09,199 --> 01:53:10,366
  8682. From the President.
  8683.  
  8684. 2009
  8685. 01:53:11,285 --> 01:53:12,525
  8686. "So far as I know, there are no"
  8687.  
  8688. 2010
  8689. 01:53:12,536 --> 01:53:13,953
  8690. "peace commissioners in the city"
  8691.  
  8692. 2011
  8693. 01:53:14,037 --> 01:53:15,371
  8694. "nor are there likely to be."
  8695.  
  8696. 2012
  8697. 01:53:16,665 --> 01:53:18,332
  8698. "So far as I know"?
  8699.  
  8700. 2013
  8701. 01:53:19,710 --> 01:53:20,793
  8702. That means nothing.
  8703.  
  8704. 2014
  8705. 01:53:22,254 --> 01:53:25,256
  8706. Are there commissioners from
  8707. the South, or aren't there?
  8708.  
  8709. 2015
  8710. 01:53:26,675 --> 01:53:28,134
  8711. The President
  8712. has answered you, sir.
  8713.  
  8714. 2016
  8715. 01:53:28,218 --> 01:53:29,510
  8716. Your peace offer is a fiction.
  8717.  
  8718. 2017
  8719. 01:53:29,803 --> 01:53:30,970
  8720. That is not a denial.
  8721.  
  8722. 2018
  8723. 01:53:31,847 --> 01:53:33,389
  8724. It is a lawyer's dodge!
  8725.  
  8726. 2019
  8727. 01:53:34,850 --> 01:53:36,934
  8728. Mr. Haddam, is your faction satisfied?
  8729.  
  8730. 2020
  8731. 01:53:39,813 --> 01:53:42,315
  8732. The conservative Republican
  8733. faction is satisfied.
  8734.  
  8735. 2021
  8736. 01:53:42,399 --> 01:53:43,900
  8737. And we thank Mr. Lincoln.
  8738.  
  8739. 2022
  8740. 01:53:45,152 --> 01:53:47,153
  8741. I move to table Mr. Wood's motion.
  8742.  
  8743. 2023
  8744. 01:53:47,613 --> 01:53:48,654
  8745. Tabled!
  8746.  
  8747. 2024
  8748. 01:53:52,159 --> 01:53:54,785
  8749. Mr. Colfax, I order the main question.
  8750.  
  8751. 2025
  8752. 01:53:55,537 --> 01:53:57,371
  8753. A motion has been made to bring the bill
  8754.  
  8755. 2026
  8756. 01:53:57,456 --> 01:53:59,373
  8757. for the 13th Amendment to a vote.
  8758.  
  8759. 2027
  8760. 01:53:59,458 --> 01:54:00,500
  8761. Do I hear a second?
  8762.  
  8763. 2028
  8764. 01:54:00,667 --> 01:54:01,834
  8765. I second the motion.
  8766.  
  8767. 2029
  8768. 01:54:02,044 --> 01:54:04,295
  8769. So moved, so ordered.
  8770.  
  8771. 2030
  8772. 01:54:05,005 --> 01:54:06,130
  8773. The Clerk will now...
  8774.  
  8775. 2031
  8776. 01:54:06,215 --> 01:54:07,381
  8777. Quiet, please!
  8778.  
  8779. 2032
  8780. 01:54:09,009 --> 01:54:11,302
  8781. The Clerk will now
  8782. call the roll for the voting.
  8783.  
  8784. 2033
  8785. 01:54:17,392 --> 01:54:18,559
  8786. We begin with Connecticut.
  8787.  
  8788. 2034
  8789. 01:54:18,852 --> 01:54:20,561
  8790. Mr. Augustus Benjamin,
  8791.  
  8792. 2035
  8793. 01:54:20,646 --> 01:54:23,022
  8794. on the matter of this amendment,
  8795. how say you?
  8796.  
  8797. 2036
  8798. 01:54:23,482 --> 01:54:24,565
  8799. Nay!
  8800.  
  8801. 2037
  8802. 01:54:26,193 --> 01:54:27,693
  8803. Mr. Arthur Bentleigh.
  8804.  
  8805. 2038
  8806. 01:54:28,278 --> 01:54:30,029
  8807. Nay!
  8808.  
  8809. 2039
  8810. 01:54:33,450 --> 01:54:35,785
  8811. Mr. John Ellis, how say you?
  8812.  
  8813. 2040
  8814. 01:54:36,203 --> 01:54:37,245
  8815. Aye!
  8816.  
  8817. 2041
  8818. 01:54:37,329 --> 01:54:38,329
  8819. What!
  8820.  
  8821. 2042
  8822. 01:54:45,045 --> 01:54:48,005
  8823. Missouri next. Mr. Walter Appleton.
  8824.  
  8825. 2043
  8826. 01:54:48,966 --> 01:54:50,258
  8827. I vote no.
  8828.  
  8829. 2044
  8830. 01:54:51,927 --> 01:54:53,177
  8831. Mr. Josiah Burton.
  8832.  
  8833. 2045
  8834. 01:54:54,721 --> 01:54:58,516
  8835. Beanpole Burton is pleased to vote yea!
  8836.  
  8837. 2046
  8838. 01:55:00,644 --> 01:55:01,978
  8839. The State of New Jersey.
  8840.  
  8841. 2047
  8842. 01:55:02,062 --> 01:55:04,230
  8843. - Mr. Nehemiah Cleary.
  8844. - No!
  8845.  
  8846. 2048
  8847. 01:55:07,067 --> 01:55:08,484
  8848. Mr. James Martinson.
  8849.  
  8850. 2049
  8851. 01:55:09,111 --> 01:55:11,153
  8852. Mr. Martinson has delegated me
  8853.  
  8854. 2050
  8855. 01:55:11,572 --> 01:55:13,322
  8856. to say he is indisposed.
  8857.  
  8858. 2051
  8859. 01:55:14,199 --> 01:55:15,533
  8860. And he abstains.
  8861.  
  8862. 2052
  8863. 01:55:17,953 --> 01:55:19,161
  8864. Mr. Austin J. Roberts.
  8865.  
  8866. 2053
  8867. 01:55:19,413 --> 01:55:21,706
  8868. Also indisposed, also abstaining.
  8869.  
  8870. 2054
  8871. 01:55:27,004 --> 01:55:28,296
  8872. Illinois concluded.
  8873.  
  8874. 2055
  8875. 01:55:30,507 --> 01:55:32,717
  8876. Mr. Harold Hollister. How say you?
  8877.  
  8878. 2056
  8879. 01:55:33,427 --> 01:55:34,468
  8880. No.
  8881.  
  8882. 2057
  8883. 01:55:35,429 --> 01:55:36,721
  8884. Mr. Hutton.
  8885.  
  8886. 2058
  8887. 01:55:37,973 --> 01:55:40,141
  8888. Mr. William Hutton. Cast your vote.
  8889.  
  8890. 2059
  8891. 01:55:42,561 --> 01:55:45,146
  8892. William Hutton,
  8893. remembering at this moment
  8894.  
  8895. 2060
  8896. 01:55:45,230 --> 01:55:47,106
  8897. his beloved brother Frederick
  8898.  
  8899. 2061
  8900. 01:55:47,190 --> 01:55:49,525
  8901. votes against the amendment.
  8902.  
  8903. 2062
  8904. 01:56:01,872 --> 01:56:02,997
  8905. Webster Allen votes no.
  8906.  
  8907. 2063
  8908. 01:56:06,293 --> 01:56:07,501
  8909. Webster Allen,
  8910.  
  8911. 2064
  8912. 01:56:07,586 --> 01:56:10,087
  8913. Illinois, Democrat,
  8914.  
  8915. 2065
  8916. 01:56:10,172 --> 01:56:12,173
  8917. votes no.
  8918.  
  8919. 2066
  8920. 01:56:13,925 --> 01:56:17,720
  8921. Halberd Law, Indiana, Democrat,
  8922.  
  8923. 2067
  8924. 01:56:17,804 --> 01:56:19,221
  8925. votes no.
  8926.  
  8927. 2068
  8928. 01:56:21,433 --> 01:56:24,894
  8929. Archibald Moran, yes.
  8930.  
  8931. 2069
  8932. 01:56:27,648 --> 01:56:30,232
  8933. Ambrose Baylor, yes.
  8934.  
  8935. 2070
  8936. 01:56:32,110 --> 01:56:34,779
  8937. Mr. Walter H. Washburn.
  8938.  
  8939. 2071
  8940. 01:56:35,614 --> 01:56:36,781
  8941. Votes no.
  8942.  
  8943. 2072
  8944. 01:56:40,535 --> 01:56:43,412
  8945. And Mr. George Yeaman, how say you?
  8946.  
  8947. 2073
  8948. 01:56:55,425 --> 01:56:56,967
  8949. My vote ties us.
  8950.  
  8951. 2074
  8952. 01:57:01,098 --> 01:57:02,139
  8953. Sir, Mr. Yeaman,
  8954.  
  8955. 2075
  8956. 01:57:02,224 --> 01:57:03,933
  8957. I didn't hear your vote.
  8958.  
  8959. 2076
  8960. 01:57:04,726 --> 01:57:07,561
  8961. I said "Aye", Mr. McPherson!
  8962.  
  8963. 2077
  8964. 01:57:08,397 --> 01:57:09,438
  8965. Aye!
  8966.  
  8967. 2078
  8968. 01:57:09,564 --> 01:57:10,564
  8969. Traitor!
  8970.  
  8971. 2079
  8972. 01:57:10,691 --> 01:57:11,691
  8973. Order!
  8974.  
  8975. 2080
  8976. 01:57:25,288 --> 01:57:26,789
  8977. Order in my chamber!
  8978.  
  8979. 2081
  8980. 01:57:33,547 --> 01:57:36,382
  8981. Mr. McPherson, you may proceed.
  8982.  
  8983. 2082
  8984. 01:57:39,761 --> 01:57:42,179
  8985. Mr. Clay R. Hawkins of Ohio.
  8986.  
  8987. 2083
  8988. 01:57:52,399 --> 01:57:54,024
  8989. Goddamn it, I'm voting yes.
  8990.  
  8991. 2084
  8992. 01:57:55,152 --> 01:57:57,069
  8993. I don't care, you shoot me dead!
  8994.  
  8995. 2085
  8996. 01:57:57,154 --> 01:57:59,572
  8997. You shoot me dead! I am voting yes!
  8998.  
  8999. 2086
  9000. 01:58:01,074 --> 01:58:02,450
  9001. Mr. Edwin F. LeClerk.
  9002.  
  9003. 2087
  9004. 01:58:03,034 --> 01:58:04,034
  9005. No!
  9006.  
  9007. 2088
  9008. 01:58:06,872 --> 01:58:10,040
  9009. Oh, to hell with it.
  9010. Shoot me dead, too! Yes!
  9011.  
  9012. 2089
  9013. 01:58:13,378 --> 01:58:14,378
  9014. I mean...
  9015.  
  9016. 2090
  9017. 01:58:15,130 --> 01:58:17,590
  9018. Abstention. Abstention!
  9019.  
  9020. 2091
  9021. 01:58:21,970 --> 01:58:23,429
  9022. Spineless! No gender.
  9023.  
  9024. 2092
  9025. 01:58:29,895 --> 01:58:31,353
  9026. Mr. Alexander Coffroth.
  9027.  
  9028. 2093
  9029. 01:58:36,610 --> 01:58:38,611
  9030. I vote
  9031.  
  9032. 2094
  9033. 01:58:39,362 --> 01:58:40,404
  9034. yes.
  9035.  
  9036. 2095
  9037. 01:58:45,327 --> 01:58:46,410
  9038. Yea.
  9039.  
  9040. 2096
  9041. 01:58:47,996 --> 01:58:49,538
  9042. James Brooks...
  9043.  
  9044. 2097
  9045. 01:58:50,540 --> 01:58:51,749
  9046. Nay.
  9047.  
  9048. 2098
  9049. 01:58:52,959 --> 01:58:54,418
  9050. Josiah Grenelle...
  9051.  
  9052. 2099
  9053. 01:58:55,712 --> 01:58:56,921
  9054. Yea.
  9055.  
  9056. 2100
  9057. 01:58:58,048 --> 01:58:59,215
  9058. Meyer Strauss...
  9059.  
  9060. 2101
  9061. 01:59:00,550 --> 01:59:01,634
  9062. Nay.
  9063.  
  9064. 2102
  9065. 01:59:02,302 --> 01:59:04,345
  9066. - Mr. Joseph Marstern.
  9067. - Nay.
  9068.  
  9069. 2103
  9070. 01:59:04,429 --> 01:59:06,806
  9071. - Mr. Chilton A. Elliot.
  9072. - No!
  9073.  
  9074. 2104
  9075. 01:59:07,307 --> 01:59:09,308
  9076. - Mr. Daniel G. Stuart.
  9077. - I vote yes.
  9078.  
  9079. 2105
  9080. 01:59:09,684 --> 01:59:10,684
  9081. - Mr. Howard Guilfoyle.
  9082. - Yea.
  9083.  
  9084. 2106
  9085. 01:59:10,811 --> 01:59:12,186
  9086. - John F. McKenzie.
  9087. - Yea.
  9088.  
  9089. 2107
  9090. 01:59:12,354 --> 01:59:13,562
  9091. - Andrew E. Fink.
  9092. - Nay.
  9093.  
  9094. 2108
  9095. 01:59:13,647 --> 01:59:15,189
  9096. - Mr. John A. Castle.
  9097. - Yea.
  9098.  
  9099. 2109
  9100. 01:59:15,273 --> 01:59:16,649
  9101. - Mr. Hanready.
  9102. - Nay.
  9103.  
  9104. 2110
  9105. 01:59:16,817 --> 01:59:18,234
  9106. - And Mr. Rufus Warren?
  9107. - Yea.
  9108.  
  9109. 2111
  9110. 01:59:39,172 --> 01:59:40,923
  9111. The roll call concludes.
  9112.  
  9113. 2112
  9114. 01:59:41,424 --> 01:59:43,592
  9115. The voting is completed. Now...
  9116.  
  9117. 2113
  9118. 01:59:43,677 --> 01:59:46,428
  9119. Mr. Clerk, please call my name.
  9120.  
  9121. 2114
  9122. 01:59:47,556 --> 01:59:48,764
  9123. I want to cast a vote.
  9124.  
  9125. 2115
  9126. 01:59:48,849 --> 01:59:50,099
  9127. I object.
  9128.  
  9129. 2116
  9130. 01:59:50,976 --> 01:59:52,351
  9131. The Speaker doesn't vote.
  9132.  
  9133. 2117
  9134. 01:59:52,644 --> 01:59:54,812
  9135. The Speaker may vote if he so chooses.
  9136.  
  9137. 2118
  9138. 01:59:55,230 --> 01:59:57,147
  9139. It is highly unusual, sir.
  9140.  
  9141. 2119
  9142. 01:59:57,357 --> 01:59:58,983
  9143. This isn't usual, Mr. Pendleton.
  9144.  
  9145. 2120
  9146. 01:59:59,067 --> 02:00:00,276
  9147. This is history.
  9148.  
  9149. 2121
  9150. 02:00:02,737 --> 02:00:05,155
  9151. How does Mr. Schuyler Colfax vote?
  9152.  
  9153. 2122
  9154. 02:00:09,995 --> 02:00:11,453
  9155. Aye, of course.
  9156.  
  9157. 2123
  9158. 02:00:34,728 --> 02:00:35,978
  9159. The final vote.
  9160.  
  9161. 2124
  9162. 02:00:37,814 --> 02:00:39,857
  9163. Eight absent or not voting.
  9164.  
  9165. 2125
  9166. 02:00:41,776 --> 02:00:43,569
  9167. Fifty-six votes against.
  9168.  
  9169. 2126
  9170. 02:00:44,821 --> 02:00:47,072
  9171. One hundred and nineteen votes for.
  9172.  
  9173. 2127
  9174. 02:00:48,116 --> 02:00:49,825
  9175. With a margin of two votes...
  9176.  
  9177. 2128
  9178. 02:01:38,625 --> 02:01:40,501
  9179. We chose great leadership.
  9180.  
  9181. 2129
  9182. 02:01:54,599 --> 02:01:56,433
  9183. We'll rally round the flag, boys
  9184.  
  9185. 2130
  9186. 02:01:56,518 --> 02:01:58,268
  9187. We'll rally once again
  9188.  
  9189. 2131
  9190. 02:01:58,353 --> 02:02:00,354
  9191. Shouting the battle cry of freedom
  9192.  
  9193. 2132
  9194. 02:02:01,773 --> 02:02:04,233
  9195. We will rally from the hillside
  9196.  
  9197. 2133
  9198. 02:02:04,317 --> 02:02:06,235
  9199. We'll gather from the plain
  9200.  
  9201. 2134
  9202. 02:02:06,319 --> 02:02:09,905
  9203. Shouting the battle cry of freedom
  9204.  
  9205. 2135
  9206. 02:02:10,281 --> 02:02:14,535
  9207. The Union forever!
  9208. Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
  9209.  
  9210. 2136
  9211. 02:02:14,619 --> 02:02:16,453
  9212. Down with the traitor
  9213.  
  9214. 2137
  9215. 02:02:16,538 --> 02:02:18,247
  9216. And up with the star
  9217.  
  9218. 2138
  9219. 02:02:18,456 --> 02:02:22,376
  9220. Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
  9221.  
  9222. 2139
  9223. 02:02:22,669 --> 02:02:24,294
  9224. Congratulations, Mr. Chairman.
  9225.  
  9226. 2140
  9227. 02:02:24,379 --> 02:02:26,463
  9228. The bill, Mr. McPherson. May I?
  9229.  
  9230. 2141
  9231. 02:02:28,925 --> 02:02:32,428
  9232. The Union forever!
  9233. Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
  9234.  
  9235. 2142
  9236. 02:02:32,762 --> 02:02:35,305
  9237. That's, that's the official bill.
  9238.  
  9239. 2143
  9240. 02:02:35,390 --> 02:02:37,433
  9241. I'll return it in the morning.
  9242.  
  9243. 2144
  9244. 02:02:38,018 --> 02:02:39,393
  9245. Creased,
  9246.  
  9247. 2145
  9248. 02:02:40,270 --> 02:02:41,270
  9249. but unharmed.
  9250.  
  9251. 2146
  9252. 02:02:41,354 --> 02:02:45,024
  9253. Shouting the battle cry of freedom
  9254.  
  9255. 2147
  9256. 02:02:45,108 --> 02:02:49,403
  9257. We are springing to the call
  9258. Of the loyal, true and brave
  9259.  
  9260. 2148
  9261. 02:02:49,571 --> 02:02:50,932
  9262. Shouting the battle cry of freedom
  9263.  
  9264. 2149
  9265. 02:02:53,158 --> 02:02:55,325
  9266. And we'll fill our vacant ranks
  9267.  
  9268. 2150
  9269. 02:02:55,410 --> 02:02:57,327
  9270. With a million freemen more
  9271.  
  9272. 2151
  9273. 02:02:58,204 --> 02:03:00,956
  9274. Shouting the battle cry of freedom
  9275.  
  9276. 2152
  9277. 02:03:02,125 --> 02:03:03,667
  9278. The Union forever!
  9279.  
  9280. 2153
  9281. 02:03:04,502 --> 02:03:06,003
  9282. Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
  9283.  
  9284. 2154
  9285. 02:03:06,588 --> 02:03:10,007
  9286. Down with the traitor
  9287. And up with the star
  9288.  
  9289. 2155
  9290. 02:03:31,946 --> 02:03:34,073
  9291. A gift for you.
  9292.  
  9293. 2156
  9294. 02:03:38,411 --> 02:03:40,496
  9295. The greatest measure
  9296. of the 19th century,
  9297.  
  9298. 2157
  9299. 02:03:40,580 --> 02:03:41,663
  9300. passed by corruption,
  9301.  
  9302. 2158
  9303. 02:03:41,748 --> 02:03:45,000
  9304. aided and abetted by
  9305. the purest man in America.
  9306.  
  9307. 2159
  9308. 02:04:03,645 --> 02:04:05,562
  9309. I wish you had been present.
  9310.  
  9311. 2160
  9312. 02:04:06,356 --> 02:04:08,440
  9313. - I wish I'd been.
  9314. - It was a spectacle.
  9315.  
  9316. 2161
  9317. 02:04:09,317 --> 02:04:11,777
  9318. You can't bring your
  9319. housekeeper to the House.
  9320.  
  9321. 2162
  9322. 02:04:11,861 --> 02:04:13,862
  9323. I won't give them gossip.
  9324.  
  9325. 2163
  9326. 02:04:13,947 --> 02:04:15,489
  9327. This is enough.
  9328.  
  9329. 2164
  9330. 02:04:15,865 --> 02:04:16,990
  9331. This is...
  9332.  
  9333. 2165
  9334. 02:04:18,660 --> 02:04:20,452
  9335. It's more than enough for now.
  9336.  
  9337. 2166
  9338. 02:04:22,038 --> 02:04:23,747
  9339. Read it to me again, my love.
  9340.  
  9341. 2167
  9342. 02:04:25,750 --> 02:04:27,626
  9343. - "Proposed..."
  9344. - And adopted.
  9345.  
  9346. 2168
  9347. 02:04:27,710 --> 02:04:29,086
  9348. "Adopted,"
  9349.  
  9350. 2169
  9351. 02:04:29,754 --> 02:04:30,879
  9352. "an amendment to"
  9353.  
  9354. 2170
  9355. 02:04:30,964 --> 02:04:33,924
  9356. "the Constitution of the United States."
  9357.  
  9358. 2171
  9359. 02:04:34,008 --> 02:04:35,425
  9360. "Section One."
  9361.  
  9362. 2172
  9363. 02:04:35,844 --> 02:04:39,638
  9364. "Neither slavery nor
  9365. involuntary servitude"
  9366.  
  9367. 2173
  9368. 02:04:39,722 --> 02:04:42,516
  9369. "except as a punishment for crime"
  9370.  
  9371. 2174
  9372. 02:04:42,600 --> 02:04:46,061
  9373. "whereof the party shall
  9374. have been duly convicted"
  9375.  
  9376. 2175
  9377. 02:04:46,604 --> 02:04:49,439
  9378. "shall exist within the United States"
  9379.  
  9380. 2176
  9381. 02:04:49,941 --> 02:04:53,402
  9382. "or any place subject
  9383. to their jurisdiction."
  9384.  
  9385. 2177
  9386. 02:04:53,486 --> 02:04:54,903
  9387. Section Two.
  9388.  
  9389. 2178
  9390. 02:04:55,405 --> 02:04:59,575
  9391. "Congress shall have power
  9392. to enforce this amendment"
  9393.  
  9394. 2179
  9395. 02:04:59,659 --> 02:05:01,660
  9396. "by appropriate legislation."
  9397.  
  9398. 2180
  9399. 02:05:23,850 --> 02:05:25,058
  9400. Let me be blunt.
  9401.  
  9402. 2181
  9403. 02:05:25,768 --> 02:05:27,436
  9404. Will the Southern states
  9405.  
  9406. 2182
  9407. 02:05:27,520 --> 02:05:30,063
  9408. resume their former position
  9409. in the Union
  9410.  
  9411. 2183
  9412. 02:05:30,148 --> 02:05:31,648
  9413. speedily enough to enable us
  9414.  
  9415. 2184
  9416. 02:05:31,733 --> 02:05:34,318
  9417. to block ratification to this here
  9418.  
  9419. 2185
  9420. 02:05:34,402 --> 02:05:35,569
  9421. 13th Amendment?
  9422.  
  9423. 2186
  9424. 02:05:40,200 --> 02:05:41,742
  9425. I'd like peace immediately.
  9426.  
  9427. 2187
  9428. 02:05:42,702 --> 02:05:44,119
  9429. Yes, and?
  9430.  
  9431. 2188
  9432. 02:05:46,998 --> 02:05:49,583
  9433. I'd like your states restored to
  9434.  
  9435. 2189
  9436. 02:05:49,667 --> 02:05:53,253
  9437. their practical relations
  9438. with the Union immediately.
  9439.  
  9440. 2190
  9441. 02:05:56,007 --> 02:05:58,091
  9442. If this could be given to me in writing,
  9443.  
  9444. 2191
  9445. 02:05:58,635 --> 02:06:00,552
  9446. as Vice President of the Confederacy,
  9447.  
  9448. 2192
  9449. 02:06:00,637 --> 02:06:01,970
  9450. I'd bring that document
  9451.  
  9452. 2193
  9453. 02:06:02,055 --> 02:06:03,889
  9454. with celerity, to Jefferson Davis.
  9455.  
  9456. 2194
  9457. 02:06:06,559 --> 02:06:07,684
  9458. Surrender.
  9459.  
  9460. 2195
  9461. 02:06:08,186 --> 02:06:10,520
  9462. And we can discuss reconstruction.
  9463.  
  9464. 2196
  9465. 02:06:12,357 --> 02:06:13,941
  9466. Surrender won't be thought of.
  9467.  
  9468. 2197
  9469. 02:06:14,734 --> 02:06:17,903
  9470. Unless you've assured us, in writing,
  9471.  
  9472. 2198
  9473. 02:06:17,987 --> 02:06:20,697
  9474. that we'll be readmitted
  9475. in time to block this amendment.
  9476.  
  9477. 2199
  9478. 02:06:21,282 --> 02:06:24,826
  9479. This is the arrogant demand
  9480. of a conqueror.
  9481.  
  9482. 2200
  9483. 02:06:25,036 --> 02:06:27,913
  9484. You'll not be
  9485. a conquered people, Mr. Hunter.
  9486.  
  9487. 2201
  9488. 02:06:27,997 --> 02:06:29,456
  9489. You will be citizens.
  9490.  
  9491. 2202
  9492. 02:06:30,625 --> 02:06:32,209
  9493. Returned to the laws and
  9494. the guarantees of rights
  9495.  
  9496. 2203
  9497. 02:06:32,293 --> 02:06:33,293
  9498. of the Constitution.
  9499.  
  9500. 2204
  9501. 02:06:34,212 --> 02:06:36,880
  9502. Which now extinguishes slavery.
  9503.  
  9504. 2205
  9505. 02:06:36,965 --> 02:06:39,716
  9506. And with it, our economy.
  9507.  
  9508. 2206
  9509. 02:06:40,051 --> 02:06:41,412
  9510. All our laws will be determined by
  9511.  
  9512. 2207
  9513. 02:06:41,469 --> 02:06:43,095
  9514. a Congress of vengeful Yankees.
  9515.  
  9516. 2208
  9517. 02:06:43,888 --> 02:06:46,431
  9518. All our rights will be subject
  9519. to a Supreme Court
  9520.  
  9521. 2209
  9522. 02:06:47,141 --> 02:06:49,142
  9523. benched by bloody Republican radicals.
  9524.  
  9525. 2210
  9526. 02:06:49,811 --> 02:06:52,729
  9527. All our traditions will be obliterated.
  9528.  
  9529. 2211
  9530. 02:06:53,690 --> 02:06:55,440
  9531. We won't know ourselves anymore.
  9532.  
  9533. 2212
  9534. 02:06:57,485 --> 02:06:59,903
  9535. We ain't here to discuss reconstruction.
  9536.  
  9537. 2213
  9538. 02:06:59,988 --> 02:07:02,364
  9539. We have no legal basis
  9540. for that discussion.
  9541.  
  9542. 2214
  9543. 02:07:02,448 --> 02:07:04,074
  9544. But I don't want to deal falsely.
  9545.  
  9546. 2215
  9547. 02:07:04,158 --> 02:07:06,702
  9548. The Northern states
  9549. will ratify, most of them.
  9550.  
  9551. 2216
  9552. 02:07:06,786 --> 02:07:08,578
  9553. As I figure it, it remains for
  9554. two of the Southern states
  9555.  
  9556. 2217
  9557. 02:07:08,663 --> 02:07:09,705
  9558. to do the same,
  9559.  
  9560. 2218
  9561. 02:07:09,789 --> 02:07:11,456
  9562. even after all are readmitted.
  9563.  
  9564. 2219
  9565. 02:07:11,541 --> 02:07:13,125
  9566. And I've been working on that.
  9567.  
  9568. 2220
  9569. 02:07:14,085 --> 02:07:15,210
  9570. Tennessee and Louisiana.
  9571.  
  9572. 2221
  9573. 02:07:15,628 --> 02:07:17,838
  9574. Arkansas, too, most likely.
  9575. It'll be ratified.
  9576.  
  9577. 2222
  9578. 02:07:18,548 --> 02:07:21,300
  9579. Slavery, sir... It's done.
  9580.  
  9581. 2223
  9582. 02:07:34,772 --> 02:07:37,524
  9583. If we submit ourselves to law, Alex,
  9584.  
  9585. 2224
  9586. 02:07:38,276 --> 02:07:40,277
  9587. even submit to losing freedoms,
  9588.  
  9589. 2225
  9590. 02:07:41,696 --> 02:07:43,864
  9591. the freedom to oppress, for instance
  9592.  
  9593. 2226
  9594. 02:07:44,991 --> 02:07:46,783
  9595. we may discover other freedoms
  9596.  
  9597. 2227
  9598. 02:07:46,909 --> 02:07:48,410
  9599. previously unknown to us.
  9600.  
  9601. 2228
  9602. 02:07:49,495 --> 02:07:53,040
  9603. Had you kept faith
  9604. with the democratic process,
  9605.  
  9606. 2229
  9607. 02:07:53,124 --> 02:07:54,583
  9608. as frustrating as that can be...
  9609.  
  9610. 2230
  9611. 02:07:54,667 --> 02:07:55,917
  9612. Come, sir.
  9613.  
  9614. 2231
  9615. 02:07:56,044 --> 02:07:58,545
  9616. Spare us, at least, these pieties.
  9617.  
  9618. 2232
  9619. 02:07:59,505 --> 02:08:01,089
  9620. Did you defeat us with ballots?
  9621.  
  9622. 2233
  9623. 02:08:02,550 --> 02:08:04,384
  9624. How have you held your Union together?
  9625.  
  9626. 2234
  9627. 02:08:05,386 --> 02:08:06,595
  9628. Through democracy?
  9629.  
  9630. 2235
  9631. 02:08:07,847 --> 02:08:09,598
  9632. How many hundreds
  9633. of thousands have died
  9634.  
  9635. 2236
  9636. 02:08:09,682 --> 02:08:11,099
  9637. during your administration?
  9638.  
  9639. 2237
  9640. 02:08:12,518 --> 02:08:15,145
  9641. Your Union, sir, is bonded
  9642. in cannon fire and death.
  9643.  
  9644. 2238
  9645. 02:08:18,941 --> 02:08:20,359
  9646. It may be you're right.
  9647.  
  9648. 2239
  9649. 02:08:24,781 --> 02:08:27,616
  9650. But say all we done is show the world
  9651.  
  9652. 2240
  9653. 02:08:27,700 --> 02:08:29,868
  9654. that democracy isn't chaos.
  9655.  
  9656. 2241
  9657. 02:08:32,538 --> 02:08:35,999
  9658. That there is a great, invisible strength
  9659.  
  9660. 2242
  9661. 02:08:36,084 --> 02:08:37,459
  9662. in a people's union.
  9663.  
  9664. 2243
  9665. 02:08:38,378 --> 02:08:42,255
  9666. Say we've shown that a people
  9667. can endure awful sacrifice
  9668.  
  9669. 2244
  9670. 02:08:42,340 --> 02:08:44,007
  9671. and yet cohere.
  9672.  
  9673. 2245
  9674. 02:08:44,634 --> 02:08:45,801
  9675. Mightn't that save at least
  9676.  
  9677. 2246
  9678. 02:08:45,885 --> 02:08:48,136
  9679. the idea of democracy to aspire to?
  9680.  
  9681. 2247
  9682. 02:08:49,597 --> 02:08:51,890
  9683. Eventually to become worthy of?
  9684.  
  9685. 2248
  9686. 02:08:56,062 --> 02:08:57,979
  9687. At all rates, whatever may be proven
  9688.  
  9689. 2249
  9690. 02:08:58,064 --> 02:09:00,273
  9691. by blood and sacrifice
  9692.  
  9693. 2250
  9694. 02:09:00,358 --> 02:09:01,900
  9695. must have been proved by now.
  9696.  
  9697. 2251
  9698. 02:09:12,286 --> 02:09:14,413
  9699. Shall we stop this bleeding?
  9700.  
  9701. 2252
  9702. 02:10:53,054 --> 02:10:54,054
  9703. Once he surrenders,
  9704.  
  9705. 2253
  9706. 02:10:54,138 --> 02:10:55,931
  9707. send his boys back to their homes
  9708.  
  9709. 2254
  9710. 02:10:56,766 --> 02:10:58,391
  9711. and their farms, their shops.
  9712.  
  9713. 2255
  9714. 02:11:00,311 --> 02:11:01,436
  9715. Yes, sir.
  9716.  
  9717. 2256
  9718. 02:11:02,772 --> 02:11:03,772
  9719. As we discussed.
  9720.  
  9721. 2257
  9722. 02:11:03,856 --> 02:11:06,066
  9723. Liberality all around, not punishment.
  9724.  
  9725. 2258
  9726. 02:11:06,150 --> 02:11:07,234
  9727. I don't want that.
  9728.  
  9729. 2259
  9730. 02:11:08,110 --> 02:11:10,987
  9731. And their leaders,
  9732. Jeff and the rest of them,
  9733.  
  9734. 2260
  9735. 02:11:11,072 --> 02:11:12,364
  9736. they escape, leave the country
  9737.  
  9738. 2261
  9739. 02:11:12,448 --> 02:11:14,950
  9740. while my back's turned,
  9741. that wouldn't upset me none.
  9742.  
  9743. 2262
  9744. 02:11:16,285 --> 02:11:18,995
  9745. When peace comes,
  9746. it mustn't just be hangings.
  9747.  
  9748. 2263
  9749. 02:11:25,461 --> 02:11:27,003
  9750. By outward appearance
  9751.  
  9752. 2264
  9753. 02:11:28,756 --> 02:11:31,550
  9754. you're 10 years older
  9755. than you were a year ago.
  9756.  
  9757. 2265
  9758. 02:11:34,887 --> 02:11:37,138
  9759. Some weariness has bit at my bones.
  9760.  
  9761. 2266
  9762. 02:11:50,611 --> 02:11:52,904
  9763. I never seen the like of it before,
  9764.  
  9765. 2267
  9766. 02:11:52,989 --> 02:11:54,489
  9767. what I seen today.
  9768.  
  9769. 2268
  9770. 02:11:56,075 --> 02:11:57,909
  9771. Never seen the like of it before.
  9772.  
  9773. 2269
  9774. 02:12:00,621 --> 02:12:02,163
  9775. You always knew that.
  9776.  
  9777. 2270
  9778. 02:12:03,583 --> 02:12:05,125
  9779. What this was going to be.
  9780.  
  9781. 2271
  9782. 02:12:06,961 --> 02:12:09,045
  9783. Intimate and ugly.
  9784.  
  9785. 2272
  9786. 02:12:12,216 --> 02:12:13,717
  9787. You must have needed to see it close
  9788.  
  9789. 2273
  9790. 02:12:13,801 --> 02:12:15,201
  9791. when you decided to come down here.
  9792.  
  9793. 2274
  9794. 02:12:34,447 --> 02:12:38,116
  9795. We've made it possible for
  9796. one another to do terrible things.
  9797.  
  9798. 2275
  9799. 02:12:40,494 --> 02:12:42,078
  9800. We've won the war.
  9801.  
  9802. 2276
  9803. 02:12:43,080 --> 02:12:46,416
  9804. Now you have to lead us out of it.
  9805.  
  9806. 2277
  9807. 02:14:18,467 --> 02:14:20,093
  9808. You have an itch to travel?
  9809.  
  9810. 2278
  9811. 02:14:20,428 --> 02:14:22,262
  9812. I'd like that.
  9813.  
  9814. 2279
  9815. 02:14:23,764 --> 02:14:26,015
  9816. To the West, by rail.
  9817.  
  9818. 2280
  9819. 02:14:26,100 --> 02:14:27,475
  9820. Overseas.
  9821.  
  9822. 2281
  9823. 02:14:29,645 --> 02:14:30,812
  9824. The Holy Land.
  9825.  
  9826. 2282
  9827. 02:14:33,816 --> 02:14:35,442
  9828. Awfully pious for a man
  9829.  
  9830. 2283
  9831. 02:14:35,526 --> 02:14:38,069
  9832. who takes his wife out
  9833. buggy-riding on Good Friday.
  9834.  
  9835. 2284
  9836. 02:14:38,821 --> 02:14:39,988
  9837. Jerusalem.
  9838.  
  9839. 2285
  9840. 02:14:40,573 --> 02:14:42,407
  9841. Where David and Solomon walked.
  9842.  
  9843. 2286
  9844. 02:14:42,742 --> 02:14:46,202
  9845. I dream of walking in that ancient city.
  9846.  
  9847. 2287
  9848. 02:14:52,501 --> 02:14:54,210
  9849. All anyone will remember of me
  9850.  
  9851. 2288
  9852. 02:14:54,295 --> 02:14:56,963
  9853. is I was crazy and
  9854. I ruined your happiness.
  9855.  
  9856. 2289
  9857. 02:14:57,715 --> 02:15:00,258
  9858. Anyone thinks that
  9859. doesn't understand, Molly.
  9860.  
  9861. 2290
  9862. 02:15:04,138 --> 02:15:05,638
  9863. When they look at you,
  9864.  
  9865. 2291
  9866. 02:15:07,141 --> 02:15:09,893
  9867. at what it cost to live
  9868. at the heart of this,
  9869.  
  9870. 2292
  9871. 02:15:11,395 --> 02:15:13,646
  9872. they'll wonder at it.
  9873. They'll wonder at you.
  9874.  
  9875. 2293
  9876. 02:15:13,731 --> 02:15:14,898
  9877. They should.
  9878.  
  9879. 2294
  9880. 02:15:16,233 --> 02:15:17,442
  9881. But they should also look at
  9882.  
  9883. 2295
  9884. 02:15:17,526 --> 02:15:19,068
  9885. the wretched woman by your side
  9886.  
  9887. 2296
  9888. 02:15:19,153 --> 02:15:21,988
  9889. if they want to understand
  9890. what this was truly like.
  9891.  
  9892. 2297
  9893. 02:15:23,115 --> 02:15:24,616
  9894. For the ordinary person.
  9895.  
  9896. 2298
  9897. 02:15:25,659 --> 02:15:27,243
  9898. For anyone other than you.
  9899.  
  9900. 2299
  9901. 02:15:27,411 --> 02:15:29,162
  9902. You must try to be happier.
  9903.  
  9904. 2300
  9905. 02:15:30,122 --> 02:15:31,664
  9906. We must, both of us.
  9907.  
  9908. 2301
  9909. 02:15:32,208 --> 02:15:34,417
  9910. We've been so miserable for so long.
  9911.  
  9912. 2302
  9913. 02:15:44,094 --> 02:15:46,888
  9914. I did say some colored men...
  9915.  
  9916. 2303
  9917. 02:15:46,972 --> 02:15:49,432
  9918. The intelligent, the educated, and the
  9919.  
  9920. 2304
  9921. 02:15:49,517 --> 02:15:51,476
  9922. veterans. I qualified it.
  9923.  
  9924. 2305
  9925. 02:15:51,560 --> 02:15:53,061
  9926. Mr. Stevens is furious.
  9927.  
  9928. 2306
  9929. 02:15:53,145 --> 02:15:54,854
  9930. He wants to know why you qualified it.
  9931.  
  9932. 2307
  9933. 02:15:54,939 --> 02:15:57,190
  9934. No one heard
  9935. the intelligent or educated part.
  9936.  
  9937. 2308
  9938. 02:15:57,274 --> 02:15:59,317
  9939. All they heard was the first time
  9940.  
  9941. 2309
  9942. 02:15:59,401 --> 02:16:02,111
  9943. any president has ever made mention
  9944.  
  9945. 2310
  9946. 02:16:02,196 --> 02:16:03,530
  9947. of Negro voting.
  9948.  
  9949. 2311
  9950. 02:16:03,906 --> 02:16:07,700
  9951. Still, I wish I'd mentioned it
  9952. in a better speech.
  9953.  
  9954. 2312
  9955. 02:16:07,785 --> 02:16:09,536
  9956. Mr. Stevens also wants to know
  9957.  
  9958. 2313
  9959. 02:16:09,620 --> 02:16:11,454
  9960. why you didn't make a better speech.
  9961.  
  9962. 2314
  9963. 02:16:14,166 --> 02:16:15,458
  9964. Mrs. Lincoln is
  9965. waiting in the carriage.
  9966.  
  9967. 2315
  9968. 02:16:15,584 --> 02:16:18,044
  9969. She wants me to remind you
  9970. of the hour, and that
  9971.  
  9972. 2316
  9973. 02:16:18,128 --> 02:16:20,922
  9974. you'll have to pick up
  9975. Miss Harris and Major Rathbone.
  9976.  
  9977. 2317
  9978. 02:16:24,426 --> 02:16:26,261
  9979. - Am I in trouble?
  9980. - No, sir.
  9981.  
  9982. 2318
  9983. 02:16:26,762 --> 02:16:28,137
  9984. Thank you, Mr. Slade.
  9985.  
  9986. 2319
  9987. 02:16:43,696 --> 02:16:45,154
  9988. I suppose it's time to go.
  9989.  
  9990. 2320
  9991. 02:16:46,782 --> 02:16:48,408
  9992. Though I would rather stay.
  9993.  
  9994. 2321
  9995. 02:18:18,207 --> 02:18:20,583
  9996. The President has been shot!
  9997.  
  9998. 2322
  9999. 02:18:23,545 --> 02:18:24,796
  10000. The President
  10001.  
  10002. 2323
  10003. 02:18:24,880 --> 02:18:27,632
  10004. has been shot! At Ford's Theater!
  10005.  
  10006. 2324
  10007. 02:18:33,305 --> 02:18:35,515
  10008. No. No!
  10009.  
  10010. 2325
  10011. 02:19:09,508 --> 02:19:12,844
  10012. It's 7:22 in the morning.
  10013.  
  10014. 2326
  10015. 02:19:13,887 --> 02:19:15,596
  10016. Saturday, the 15th of April.
  10017.  
  10018. 2327
  10019. 02:19:15,681 --> 02:19:16,973
  10020. It's all over.
  10021.  
  10022. 2328
  10023. 02:19:17,057 --> 02:19:18,474
  10024. The President is no more.
  10025.  
  10026. 2329
  10027. 02:19:22,229 --> 02:19:24,188
  10028. Now he belongs to the ages.
  10029.  
  10030. 2330
  10031. 02:19:30,529 --> 02:19:32,280
  10032. Fondly do we hope,
  10033.  
  10034. 2331
  10035. 02:19:33,949 --> 02:19:35,992
  10036. fervently do we pray,
  10037.  
  10038. 2332
  10039. 02:19:37,536 --> 02:19:40,496
  10040. that this mighty scourge of war,
  10041.  
  10042. 2333
  10043. 02:19:40,581 --> 02:19:42,540
  10044. may speedily pass away.
  10045.  
  10046. 2334
  10047. 02:19:45,627 --> 02:19:48,171
  10048. Yet if God wills that it continue
  10049.  
  10050. 2335
  10051. 02:19:48,797 --> 02:19:51,132
  10052. until all the wealth piled
  10053.  
  10054. 2336
  10055. 02:19:51,216 --> 02:19:54,343
  10056. by the bondman's 250 years
  10057.  
  10058. 2337
  10059. 02:19:54,428 --> 02:19:57,472
  10060. of unrequited toil shall be sunk
  10061.  
  10062. 2338
  10063. 02:19:58,807 --> 02:20:02,894
  10064. and until every drop of blood
  10065. drawn with the lash
  10066.  
  10067. 2339
  10068. 02:20:02,978 --> 02:20:06,647
  10069. shall be paid by another
  10070. drawn with the sword
  10071.  
  10072. 2340
  10073. 02:20:07,941 --> 02:20:10,318
  10074. as was said 3,000 years ago,
  10075.  
  10076. 2341
  10077. 02:20:10,402 --> 02:20:12,612
  10078. so still it must be said,
  10079.  
  10080. 2342
  10081. 02:20:13,489 --> 02:20:15,323
  10082. "The judgments of the Lord"
  10083.  
  10084. 2343
  10085. 02:20:16,241 --> 02:20:20,620
  10086. "are true and righteous altogether."
  10087.  
  10088. 2344
  10089. 02:20:26,335 --> 02:20:28,044
  10090. With malice toward none,
  10091.  
  10092. 2345
  10093. 02:20:30,255 --> 02:20:32,298
  10094. with charity for all,
  10095.  
  10096. 2346
  10097. 02:20:33,967 --> 02:20:35,676
  10098. with firmness in the right,
  10099.  
  10100. 2347
  10101. 02:20:35,761 --> 02:20:38,054
  10102. as God gives us to see the right,
  10103.  
  10104. 2348
  10105. 02:20:38,138 --> 02:20:41,307
  10106. let us strive on to finish
  10107. the work we are in,
  10108.  
  10109. 2349
  10110. 02:20:42,059 --> 02:20:44,393
  10111. to bind up the nation's wounds,
  10112.  
  10113. 2350
  10114. 02:20:45,270 --> 02:20:46,729
  10115. to care
  10116.  
  10117. 2351
  10118. 02:20:47,064 --> 02:20:49,398
  10119. for him who shall have borne the battle
  10120.  
  10121. 2352
  10122. 02:20:50,692 --> 02:20:52,610
  10123. and for his widow
  10124.  
  10125. 2353
  10126. 02:20:53,237 --> 02:20:54,487
  10127. and his orphan,
  10128.  
  10129. 2354
  10130. 02:20:56,240 --> 02:21:00,409
  10131. to do all which may achieve and cherish
  10132.  
  10133. 2355
  10134. 02:21:01,578 --> 02:21:06,207
  10135. a just and a lasting peace
  10136. among ourselves
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