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Mr. Adams!
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Mr. Adams!
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There you are.
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Didn't you hear me
call you, Mr. Adams?
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You could've shouted down something,
saved me climbing up four flights.
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A man that likes to talk as
much as you do, I'd think...
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What do you keep coming
up here for, Mr. Adams?
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Afraid someone's going to steal our bell?
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Well, don't worry.
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Been here more than 14 years, and
ain't been carried off once.
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Better get yourself back
down to Congress, Mr. Adams.
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Getting ready to vote,
and they said
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they couldn't settle
such an important question
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without Massachusetts
being there.
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I can just imagine.
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All right, what burning issue
are we voting on this time?
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On whether or not to grant
General Washington's request
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that all members of the Rhode
Island Militia be required
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to wear matching uniforms.
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Oh, good God.
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I have come to the conclusion
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that one useless man
is called a disgrace,
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that two are called a law firm,
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and that three or more
become a Congress.
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And, by God,
I have had this Congress.
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For 10 years, King George
and his parliament
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have gulled, cullied and diddled these
colonies with their illegal taxes.
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Stamp Acts, Townshend Acts,
Sugar Acts, Tea Acts.
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And when we dared
stand up like men,
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they have stopped our trade,
seized our ships,
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blockaded our ports,
burned our towns,
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and spilled our blood.
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And still this Congress
refuses to grant
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any of my proposals
on independence
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even so much as the
courtesy of open debate.
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Good God, what in the hell
are you waiting for?
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Sit down, John Sit down, John
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Thomas, for God's sake,
listen to me.
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For God's sake John, sit down
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I've had enough of you, sir.
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Sit down, John Sit down, John
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For God's sake, John, sit down
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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Will you listen to me
and forget the window?
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It's 90 degrees
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Have mercy, John, please
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It's hot as hell in Philadelphia
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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I say vote yes
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Vote yes
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Vote for independency
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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I say vote yes
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Sit down, John
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Vote for independency
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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No, no, no!
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Too many flies, too many flies
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But it's hot as hell
in Philadelphia
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Are you gonna open up a window?
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Can't we compromise here?
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Vote yes
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No, too many flies here
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Vote yes
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Oh, for God's sake,
John, sit down
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Good God.
Consider yourselves fortunate
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that you have
John Adams to abuse,
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for no sane man
would tolerate it.
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John, you're a bore
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We've heard this before
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Now, for God's sake,
John, sit down
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I say vote yes No!
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Vote yes No!
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Vote for independency
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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I say vote yes
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Sit down, John
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Vote for independency
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Will someone shut that man up?
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Never!
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Dear God.
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For one solid year
they have been sitting here.
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A whole year!
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Doing nothing!
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I do believe you've laid
a curse on North America
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A curse that we here now
rehearse in Philadelphia
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A second flood, a simple famine
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Plagues of locusts everywhere
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Or a cataclysmic earthquake
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I'd accept with some despair
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But, no, you've sent us Congress
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Good God, sir, was that fair?
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I say this with humility
in Philadelphia
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We're your responsibility
in Philadelphia
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if you don't want to see us hanging
from some far off British hill
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if you don't want the voice of
independency forever stilled
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Then God, Sir, get thee to it
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For Congress never will
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You see, we piddle,
twiddle and resolve
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Not one damn thing do we solve
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Piddle, twiddle and resolve
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Nothing's ever solved
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In foul, fetid, fuming,
foggy, filthy
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Philadelphia
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Someone ought to
open up a window
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Oh, shut up.
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I now call Congress' attention
to the petition of Mr. Melchior Meng,
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who claims $20 compensation
for his dead mule.
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It seems the animal was
employed transporting luggage
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in the service of Congress.
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The question, then, would
appear to be one of occasion.
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For if the mule
expired not while carrying,
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but after being unloaded,
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then clearly the beast dropped
dead on its own time.
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Oh, good God.
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They may sit here for years
and years in Philadelphia
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These indecisive
grenadiers of Philadelphia
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They can't agree on what is right
and wrong or what is good or bad
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I'm convinced the only purpose
this Congress ever had
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was to gather here specifically
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to drive John Adams mad!
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You see, we piddle,
twiddle and resolve
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Not one damn thing do we solve
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Piddle, twiddle and resolve
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Nothing's ever solved
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In foul, fetid,
fuming, foggy, filthy
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Philadelphia
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John, John
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Is that you carrying on, John?
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Oh, Abigail, Abigail, I have such
a desire to knock heads together.
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Then why in heaven's
name do you stay there?
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Come home to Boston, John.
It's only 300 miles.
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If you left tonight, you could
be here in only eight days.
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How can I do that, Abigail?
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I'm no further along now than
I was when I first came here.
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I know, my dearest. I know.
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But that's because you make
everything so complicated.
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It's all quite simple, really.
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Just tell the Congress
to declare
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Independency
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Then sign your name
get out of there
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And hurry home to me
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Our children all have dysentery
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Little Tom keeps turning blue
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Little Abby has the measles
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And I'm coming down with flu
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They say we may get smallpox
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Madam, what else is new?
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Abigail, in my last letter,
I wrote you
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that the king had collected
12,000 German mercenaries
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to send against us.
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I asked you to
organize the ladies
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to make saltpeter for gunpowder.
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Now, have you done as I asked?
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No, John, I have not.
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Well, why have you not?
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Because you neglected to tell
us how saltpeter is made.
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By treating sodium nitrate with
potassium chloride, of course.
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Oh, yes, of course.
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Will it be done, then?
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John, I'm afraid we have
a more urgent problem.
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More urgent, madam?
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There's one thing every woman's
missed in Massachusetts Bay
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Don't smirk at me, you egotist
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Pay heed to what I say
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We've gone from
Framingham to Boston
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And we cannot find a pin
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"Don't you know
there's a war on"
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Say the tradesmen with a grin
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Well, we will not make saltpeter
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Until you send us pins
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Pins, madam? Saltpeter.
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Pins.
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Saltpeter.
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Pins.
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Saltpeter.
Pins.
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'Peter.
Pins.
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'Peter. 'Peter.
Pins. Pins.
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'Peter!
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Pins.
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Done, madam, done.
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Done, John.
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Hurry home, John.
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As soon as I'm able.
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Don't stop writing.
It's all I have.
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Every day, my dearest friend.
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Till then
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Till then Till then
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I am I am
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As I ever was As I ever was
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And ever shall be
And ever shall be
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Yours Yours
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Saltpeter
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John
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Pins
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Abigail
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For God's sake, John
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Sit down
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Franklin!
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Franklin!
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Where in hell are you?
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Franklin!
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I see you hiding
behind that tree.
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It won't do you any good.
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Damn it, this is no time
for playing games.
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Franklin, I have been
looking everywhere for you.
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Where in God's name
have you been?
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Right here, John, being
preserved for posterity.
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Do you like it?
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It stinks.
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As ever, the soul of tact.
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Well, the man's no Botticelli.
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And the subject's no Venus.
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Franklin, where were you last
night when I needed you?
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You should have heard
what I suffered in there.
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I heard, all right. Along with
the rest of Philadelphia.
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Lord, your voice
is piercing, John.
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Well, I wish to heaven
my arguments were.
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My God, Franklin, when are they
going to make up their minds?
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With one hand
they can raise an army,
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dispatch one of
their own to lead it,
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and cheer the news
from Bunker's Hill.
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And with the other,
they wave the olive branch,
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begging the king for a happy
and permanent reconciliation.
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Fat George has
declared us in rebellion.
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Why in bloody hell can't they?
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John, really? You talk as if
independence were the rule.
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It's never been done before.
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No colony has ever broken from the
parent stem in the history of the world.
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Damn it, Franklin, you
make us sound treasonous.
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Do I?
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Treason, eh?
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Treason is a charge
invented by winners
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as an excuse for
hanging the losers.
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I have more to do
than stand here,
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listening to you quote yourself.
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No, that was a new one.
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Damn it, Franklin, we're at war.
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To defend ourselves,
nothing more.
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We expressed our displeasure,
the English moved against us,
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and we in turn have resisted.
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Now our fellow congressmen want
to effect a reconciliation
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before it becomes a war.
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Reconciliation, my ass.
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The people want independence.
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The people have read
Mr. Paine's Common Sense.
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I doubt very much Congress has.
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That's true.
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John, why don't you give it up?
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Nobody listens to you. You're
obnoxious and disliked.
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I'm not promoting John Adams.
I'm promoting independence.
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Evidently, they cannot help
connecting the two.
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Even your own cousin.
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And if Sam Adams can't put
up with you, nobody can.
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You're getting at something.
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How can you tell?
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All right,
out with it, Franklin.
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What new intrigue
are you cooking up?
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Let someone else
in Congress propose.
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Never!
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Why? Who did you
have in mind?
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I don't know. I really haven't
given it much thought.
263
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You sent for me, Benjamin?
264
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Never.
265
00:16:06,849 --> 00:16:10,019
Hello, Johnny!
Richard.
266
00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:12,522
Uh, Johnny and I
need some advice.
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If it's mine to give,
it's yours, you know that.
268
00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:16,357
Thank you, Richard.
269
00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:18,032
As you know,
the cause that we support
270
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has come to
a complete standstill.
271
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Now why do you suppose that is?
Simple.
272
00:16:22,031 --> 00:16:24,531
Johnny here is obnoxious and disliked.
That's true.
273
00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:27,117
Now, what's the solution,
I wonder?
274
00:16:28,871 --> 00:16:31,371
Get somebody else in
Congress to propose.
275
00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,077
Oh, Richard, that's brilliant.
276
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Wasn't that brilliant, John?
Brilliant.
277
00:16:35,169 --> 00:16:37,379
Yes. Now the question
remains, who can it be?
278
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The man that we need
must belong to a delegation
279
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publicly committed
to support independence.
280
00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:43,521
And at the present time,
only Massachusetts,
281
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New Hampshire and Delaware
have declared our way.
282
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And Virginia. Don't
forget Virginia, Benjy.
283
00:16:47,765 --> 00:16:49,385
Oh, Richard, I haven't.
How could I?
284
00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:50,725
But strictly speaking,
285
00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:52,704
while Virginia's views on
independence are well known,
286
00:16:52,728 --> 00:16:54,008
your legislature in Williamsburg
287
00:16:54,063 --> 00:16:55,773
has never formally authorized
288
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its delegation here in
Congress to support the cause.
289
00:16:58,776 --> 00:17:00,736
Now, if we could
think of a Virginian
290
00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:02,450
with enough influence
to go down there
291
00:17:02,530 --> 00:17:04,160
and persuade
the House of Burgesses...
292
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,240
Damn me if I haven't
thought of someone!
293
00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:08,446
Who?
Who?
294
00:17:08,536 --> 00:17:09,536
Me.
295
00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:11,160
Oh, why didn't I think of that?
296
00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:12,787
I'll leave tonight.
297
00:17:12,873 --> 00:17:15,423
Why, hell, I'll leave
right now, if you like.
298
00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,560
I'll just stop off in Stratford
long enough to refresh the missus,
299
00:17:18,643 --> 00:17:21,103
and then straight to the matter.
300
00:17:21,187 --> 00:17:24,057
Yes, sir. I really have to compliment
you on your judgment, Johnny.
301
00:17:24,148 --> 00:17:25,568
Whoa, boy. Steady.
302
00:17:25,650 --> 00:17:28,440
You've come to the one colony
that can get the job done.
303
00:17:28,528 --> 00:17:31,738
Virginia, the land that gave us
our glorious Commander in Chief,
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00:17:32,782 --> 00:17:33,952
George Washington,
305
00:17:34,033 --> 00:17:37,373
will now give the continent
its proposal on independence.
306
00:17:37,453 --> 00:17:40,583
And when Virginia proposes,
the South is bound to follow.
307
00:17:40,665 --> 00:17:44,075
And where the South goes,
the middle colonies go.
308
00:17:44,168 --> 00:17:46,208
Gentlemen, a salute.
309
00:17:46,296 --> 00:17:49,966
To Virginia, the mother
of American independence.
310
00:17:50,049 --> 00:17:53,339
Incredible. We're free,
and he hasn't even left yet.
311
00:17:53,428 --> 00:17:56,008
What makes you so sure
you can do it?
312
00:17:57,223 --> 00:17:59,353
My name is Richard Henry Lee
313
00:17:59,434 --> 00:18:01,274
Virginia is my home
314
00:18:01,352 --> 00:18:03,562
My name is Richard Henry Lee
315
00:18:03,646 --> 00:18:06,686
Virginia is my home
316
00:18:06,774 --> 00:18:09,284
And may my horses turn to glue
317
00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:11,190
If I can't deliver up to you
318
00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:15,369
A resolution on independency
319
00:18:15,450 --> 00:18:17,910
For I am FFV
320
00:18:17,994 --> 00:18:19,624
The first family
321
00:18:19,704 --> 00:18:23,714
In the sovereign colony
of Virginia
322
00:18:23,791 --> 00:18:26,171
Yes, the FFV
323
00:18:26,252 --> 00:18:28,052
The oldest family
324
00:18:28,129 --> 00:18:32,089
In the oldest colony in America
325
00:18:32,175 --> 00:18:34,375
And may the British burn my land
326
00:18:34,469 --> 00:18:36,429
If I can't deliver to your hand
327
00:18:36,512 --> 00:18:39,932
A resolution on independency
328
00:18:40,016 --> 00:18:42,976
You see, it's here a Lee,
there a Lee
329
00:18:43,061 --> 00:18:44,811
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
330
00:18:44,896 --> 00:18:45,976
Social...
Lee
331
00:18:46,064 --> 00:18:47,114
Political...
Lee
332
00:18:47,190 --> 00:18:48,190
Financial...
Lee
333
00:18:48,232 --> 00:18:49,232
Natural...
Lee
334
00:18:49,317 --> 00:18:50,317
Internal...
Lee!
335
00:18:50,401 --> 00:18:51,401
External...
Lee!
336
00:18:51,444 --> 00:18:52,444
Fraternal...
Lee!
337
00:18:52,528 --> 00:18:53,528
Eternal...
Lee!
338
00:18:53,571 --> 00:18:55,361
The FFV The FFV
339
00:18:55,448 --> 00:18:57,158
The first family
The first family
340
00:18:57,241 --> 00:19:01,161
In the sovereign colony
of Virginia
341
00:19:01,245 --> 00:19:03,495
And may my wife refuse my bed
342
00:19:03,581 --> 00:19:05,461
If I can't deliver as I said
343
00:19:05,541 --> 00:19:09,421
A resolution on independency
344
00:19:09,504 --> 00:19:12,264
Spoken modest-Lee.
God help us.
345
00:19:12,340 --> 00:19:14,220
He will, John. He will.
346
00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,720
They say that God in heaven
is everybody's God
347
00:19:17,804 --> 00:19:18,854
Amen!
348
00:19:18,930 --> 00:19:24,100
I'll admit that God in
heaven is everybody's God
349
00:19:24,185 --> 00:19:26,685
But I tell you, John, with pride
350
00:19:26,771 --> 00:19:29,861
God leans a little
on the side of the Lees
351
00:19:29,941 --> 00:19:32,531
The Lees of old Virginia
352
00:19:32,610 --> 00:19:34,950
You see,
it's here a Lee, there a Lee
353
00:19:35,029 --> 00:19:37,319
And everywhere a Lee, a Lee
354
00:19:37,407 --> 00:19:39,157
Here a Lee, there a Lee
355
00:19:39,242 --> 00:19:40,702
And everywhere a Lee
356
00:19:40,785 --> 00:19:43,655
Look out! There's
Arthur Lee, Bobby Lee
357
00:19:43,746 --> 00:19:45,786
General Light-horse
Harry Lee
358
00:19:45,873 --> 00:19:47,543
Willie Lee, Jesse Lee
359
00:19:47,625 --> 00:19:49,455
And Richard H That's me!
360
00:19:49,961 --> 00:19:53,301
And may my blood
stop running blue
361
00:19:53,381 --> 00:19:55,131
If I can't deliver up to you
362
00:19:55,216 --> 00:19:58,716
The resolution on independency
363
00:19:58,803 --> 00:20:02,013
Yes, sir, my God,
it's here a Lee, there a Lee
364
00:20:02,140 --> 00:20:04,060
Come on, boys, join in with me!
365
00:20:04,142 --> 00:20:05,953
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Here a Lee, there a Lee
366
00:20:05,977 --> 00:20:06,977
When do you leave?
367
00:20:07,061 --> 00:20:08,101
Immediate-Lee!
368
00:20:08,187 --> 00:20:10,057
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Here a Lee, there a Lee
369
00:20:10,148 --> 00:20:11,228
When will you return?
370
00:20:11,315 --> 00:20:12,355
Short-Lee!
371
00:20:12,442 --> 00:20:14,253
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Here a Lee, there a Lee
372
00:20:14,277 --> 00:20:16,277
And I'll come back
triumphant-Lee!
373
00:20:16,362 --> 00:20:18,572
Here a Lee, there a Lee
374
00:20:18,656 --> 00:20:20,486
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee
375
00:20:20,575 --> 00:20:22,405
Forward
376
00:20:22,493 --> 00:20:28,333
Ho
377
00:20:33,713 --> 00:20:37,343
That was the most revolting
display I have ever witnessed.
378
00:20:37,425 --> 00:20:39,085
They're a warm-blooded
people, Virginians.
379
00:20:39,177 --> 00:20:41,177
Oh, not him, Franklin. You.
380
00:20:41,512 --> 00:20:44,102
You and your infernal
obsession for deviousness.
381
00:20:44,182 --> 00:20:45,826
If you'd come straight
out and asked the man,
382
00:20:45,850 --> 00:20:47,310
he'd have been gone
a half hour ago.
383
00:20:47,477 --> 00:20:49,637
Yes, and he'd have been
doing us a favor.
384
00:20:49,729 --> 00:20:51,229
Cheer up, John.
At this very moment,
385
00:20:52,815 --> 00:20:55,855
Sitting straight in the saddle
and in full gallop for Virginia.
386
00:20:56,194 --> 00:21:00,204
And our women are serene
387
00:21:00,281 --> 00:21:01,491
Oh, good God.
388
00:21:01,574 --> 00:21:06,374
Full-bosomed
389
00:21:07,038 --> 00:21:11,878
Full-bosomed, Benjy
Everyone a queen
390
00:21:12,251 --> 00:21:15,751
Why they are Lees, damn it
Lees of old Virginia!
391
00:21:15,838 --> 00:21:19,168
Yes, sir, by God,
it's here a Lee, there a Lee!
392
00:21:19,258 --> 00:21:21,128
C'mon, John, step lively
393
00:21:21,219 --> 00:21:23,299
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Here a Lee, there a Lee
394
00:21:23,387 --> 00:21:25,157
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee
395
00:21:25,181 --> 00:21:27,101
Here a Lee, there a Lee
Here a Lee, there a Lee
396
00:21:27,183 --> 00:21:29,036
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee!
Everywhere a Lee, a Lee!
397
00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:33,650
Forward, ho
398
00:22:04,090 --> 00:22:05,470
Uh, excuse me.
399
00:22:05,550 --> 00:22:06,760
Yes?
400
00:22:06,843 --> 00:22:10,603
I'm Dr. Lyman Hall, the new
delegate from Georgia.
401
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,060
I'm Andrew McNair,
congressional custodian.
402
00:22:14,142 --> 00:22:17,022
If you'll be wanting anything at
all, just holler out "McNair"
403
00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:20,693
as all the others do and there
won't be too long to wait.
404
00:22:21,858 --> 00:22:23,938
Where does the Georgia
delegation belong?
405
00:22:24,026 --> 00:22:28,106
Oh, they mill about over there in
that corner, near the two Carolinas.
406
00:22:33,870 --> 00:22:36,040
It's after 10:00.
407
00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:38,172
I was told Congress
convenes at 10:00.
408
00:22:38,249 --> 00:22:41,039
Well, they'll be wandering
in any time now, sir,
409
00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:42,377
with Old Grape and Guts
410
00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:44,301
leading the pack.
Old who?
411
00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:45,760
McNair!
412
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,130
Grape and Guts.
413
00:22:47,717 --> 00:22:48,877
'Nair!
414
00:22:50,011 --> 00:22:51,511
Fetch me a rum.
415
00:22:51,596 --> 00:22:55,676
Mr. Hopkins, you'll be pleased to meet Dr.
Lyman Hall.
416
00:22:57,059 --> 00:22:58,939
I don't need a doctor, damn it.
417
00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:01,270
New delegate from Georgia.
418
00:23:01,355 --> 00:23:03,475
Well, why didn't you say so?
419
00:23:04,233 --> 00:23:08,153
I'm Stephen Hopkins, old
delegate from Rhode Island.
420
00:23:08,237 --> 00:23:09,777
McNair, fetch two rums.
421
00:23:09,864 --> 00:23:12,494
Oh, I fear it's
a little early in the day.
422
00:23:14,619 --> 00:23:16,199
Nonsense.
423
00:23:16,287 --> 00:23:19,407
It's a medicinal fact that rum
gets a man's heart started
424
00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:20,748
in the morning.
425
00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:24,538
I'm surprised
you didn't know that.
426
00:23:24,629 --> 00:23:27,089
Speaking as the oldest man in
the Congress, I can tell you...
427
00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:30,183
Uh-uh. Ben Franklin is
older by almost a year.
428
00:23:30,259 --> 00:23:31,469
Rum!
429
00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:38,523
Tell me, Doctor.
430
00:23:38,601 --> 00:23:41,811
Where does Georgia stand on
the question of independence?
431
00:23:41,896 --> 00:23:44,186
With South Carolina, of course.
432
00:23:44,273 --> 00:23:46,983
Neddy, good morning.
433
00:23:47,068 --> 00:23:50,238
Neddy, come over here and shake the
hand of Dr. Lyman Hall of Georgia.
434
00:23:50,321 --> 00:23:53,281
Dr. Hall, this here is
Edward Rutledge from...
435
00:23:53,366 --> 00:23:55,366
Whichever Carolina
he says he's from.
436
00:23:55,451 --> 00:23:56,887
God knows I can't
keep them straight.
437
00:23:56,911 --> 00:23:58,081
It's a pleasure,
Dr. Hall.
438
00:23:58,162 --> 00:23:59,292
Your servant,
Mr. Rutledge.
439
00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:02,212
You've met the long and the
short of it now, Doctor.
440
00:24:02,291 --> 00:24:05,001
Neddy here is just a lad.
He's the youngest of us.
441
00:24:05,086 --> 00:24:06,706
Except for Ben Franklin.
442
00:24:06,796 --> 00:24:07,876
McNair!
443
00:24:07,964 --> 00:24:09,094
Your rum!
444
00:24:09,966 --> 00:24:12,586
Well, where did you go
for it, man? Jamaica?
445
00:24:13,469 --> 00:24:15,389
Well, now,
come along, Dr. Hall.
446
00:24:15,471 --> 00:24:19,521
I know you must be anxious to meet
your colleagues from the South.
447
00:24:21,185 --> 00:24:23,305
Doctor, may I present
to you Joseph Hewes.
448
00:24:23,396 --> 00:24:26,056
This is Dr. Lyman Hall, the
new delegate from Georgia.
449
00:24:26,148 --> 00:24:27,518
An honor and a pleasure,
gentlemen.
450
00:24:27,608 --> 00:24:29,528
Uh, where do you stand on
independence, Dr. Hall?
451
00:24:29,986 --> 00:24:32,146
I'm here without
instructions, Mr. Hewes,
452
00:24:32,238 --> 00:24:35,028
able to vote my own
personal convictions.
453
00:24:35,825 --> 00:24:37,275
And they are?
454
00:24:41,372 --> 00:24:42,622
Personal.
455
00:24:44,041 --> 00:24:45,671
Now, Dr. Hall,
456
00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:48,800
the Deep South speaks
with one voice.
457
00:24:48,879 --> 00:24:50,259
It's traditional.
458
00:24:50,339 --> 00:24:53,509
Even more, it is historical.
459
00:24:54,427 --> 00:24:56,087
Enter Delaware.
460
00:24:58,264 --> 00:24:59,474
Speak plain, Rutledge.
461
00:24:59,557 --> 00:25:02,427
You know I can't follow
a word of your damn French.
462
00:25:02,518 --> 00:25:04,188
It's Latin, Colonel McKean,
463
00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:08,020
a tribute to the eternal peace and
harmony of the Delaware delegation.
464
00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:10,937
What are you saying, man?
You know perfectly well
465
00:25:11,027 --> 00:25:14,197
that neither Rodney nor I can
stand the sight of this louse.
466
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,320
Now, Thomas...
467
00:25:15,406 --> 00:25:16,526
Gentlemen, please.
468
00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:19,735
This is Dr. Lyman Hall
of Georgia.
469
00:25:20,703 --> 00:25:21,793
Caesar Rodney.
470
00:25:21,871 --> 00:25:22,911
An honor, sir.
Sir.
471
00:25:22,997 --> 00:25:26,537
George Read and
Colonel Thomas McKean.
472
00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:27,978
Dr. Hall...
Your servant.
473
00:25:28,002 --> 00:25:31,132
I wonder if I might speak to
you for a moment in private.
474
00:25:31,213 --> 00:25:32,383
By all means.
475
00:25:35,676 --> 00:25:36,676
McNair!
476
00:25:36,761 --> 00:25:38,301
I'm coming! I'm coming!
477
00:25:38,387 --> 00:25:40,717
Help me. I'm stuck.
478
00:25:43,768 --> 00:25:45,228
Tell me, sir,
479
00:25:45,770 --> 00:25:50,070
would you be a doctor
of medicine or theology?
480
00:25:50,775 --> 00:25:53,315
Both, Mr. Rodney.
Which one can be of service?
481
00:25:53,402 --> 00:25:55,992
By all means,
the physician first.
482
00:25:56,072 --> 00:25:58,202
Then we shall see
about the other.
483
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:01,908
I shall call at
your convenience, sir.
484
00:26:11,128 --> 00:26:13,128
I trust, Caesar,
when you're through
485
00:26:13,214 --> 00:26:15,724
converting the poor fellow
to independency
486
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,090
that you'll give the opposition
a fair crack at him.
487
00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:22,428
You're too late, John.
488
00:26:22,515 --> 00:26:24,965
Once I get them, they're got.
489
00:26:25,059 --> 00:26:30,019
Dr. Lyman Hall of Georgia, Mr.
John Dickinson of Pennsylvania.
490
00:26:30,106 --> 00:26:32,686
An honor, sir.
Your servant, sir.
491
00:26:32,775 --> 00:26:34,935
Tell me, Doctor.
492
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,817
Where do you stand
on the question of...
493
00:26:37,113 --> 00:26:38,283
Independence?
494
00:26:38,781 --> 00:26:39,781
Treason.
495
00:26:42,743 --> 00:26:43,953
I've no stomach for it.
496
00:26:44,495 --> 00:26:47,075
Ah! Then be careful
not to dine with John Adams.
497
00:26:47,164 --> 00:26:48,714
Between the fish
and the souffle,
498
00:26:48,791 --> 00:26:51,501
you'll find yourself
hanging from an English rope.
499
00:26:51,585 --> 00:26:52,785
Your servant, sir.
500
00:26:56,298 --> 00:27:00,588
Oh, Judge Wilson, forgive me,
but how can anyone see you
501
00:27:00,678 --> 00:27:04,638
if you insist on standing
in Mr. Dickinson's shadow?
502
00:27:05,850 --> 00:27:09,810
James Wilson,
also of Pennsylvania.
503
00:27:09,895 --> 00:27:10,975
Sir.
504
00:27:12,356 --> 00:27:13,856
An honor, sir.
505
00:27:14,692 --> 00:27:16,822
Good morning.
Good morning.
506
00:27:19,572 --> 00:27:21,702
Good morning, ladies.
Good morning.
507
00:27:21,782 --> 00:27:23,322
Steady, steady.
508
00:27:24,952 --> 00:27:27,662
Make gangway, sir.
Make gangway!
509
00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:29,996
Good morning,
Mr. Wilson. Good morning.
510
00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:33,082
Watch where you're going, damn it.
Over there.
511
00:27:33,461 --> 00:27:36,421
McNair, get me
out of this thing.
512
00:27:36,505 --> 00:27:38,625
Watch out for my foot.
513
00:27:38,716 --> 00:27:39,836
Good morning, all.
514
00:27:39,925 --> 00:27:41,885
- Morning, Ben.
- Morning, Ben.
515
00:27:42,219 --> 00:27:43,679
Here you are.
Two coppers apiece.
516
00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:45,562
Now, straight back
to jail with you.
517
00:27:45,639 --> 00:27:47,769
Good morning, Stephen.
All right, Benjamin.
518
00:27:49,310 --> 00:27:50,560
Dear God.
519
00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:54,652
What are you staring at?
520
00:27:54,732 --> 00:27:56,942
Haven't you ever seen
a great man before?
521
00:27:57,026 --> 00:27:59,316
Good Lord, sir. Do you have
the honor to be Dr. Franklin?
522
00:27:59,403 --> 00:28:00,453
Yes, I have that honor.
523
00:28:00,529 --> 00:28:03,359
Unfortunately, the gout
accompanies the honor.
524
00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:04,949
Been living
too high again, eh, pappy?
525
00:28:05,034 --> 00:28:08,704
Oh, Stephen, I only wish King George
felt like my big toe all over.
526
00:28:10,748 --> 00:28:14,498
McNair! Fetch a pillow
and two more rums.
527
00:28:14,585 --> 00:28:16,021
Well, Franklin,
where's that idiot Lee?
528
00:28:16,045 --> 00:28:17,665
Is he back yet?
I don't see him.
529
00:28:17,755 --> 00:28:20,505
Softly, John. Your voice
is hurting my foot.
530
00:28:20,591 --> 00:28:22,110
One more day, Franklin.
That's how long
531
00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:24,184
I'll remain silent,
not a minute longer.
532
00:28:24,261 --> 00:28:26,801
That strutting popinjay
was so damn sure of himself.
533
00:28:26,889 --> 00:28:29,099
He's had time to bring back
a dozen proposals by now.
534
00:28:29,183 --> 00:28:30,233
Tell me, James.
535
00:28:30,309 --> 00:28:33,649
How do you explain the
strange, monumental quietude
536
00:28:33,729 --> 00:28:36,229
that Congress has been treated
to these past 30 days?
537
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:39,935
Has the ill wind of independence
finally blown itself out?
538
00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,649
Well, if you ask me...
539
00:28:42,738 --> 00:28:46,408
For myself, I must confess that a
month free from New England noise
540
00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:48,452
is more therapeutic
than a month in the country.
541
00:28:48,536 --> 00:28:50,156
Don't you agree, James?
542
00:28:50,246 --> 00:28:51,366
Well, I feel...
543
00:28:51,455 --> 00:28:53,495
Mr. Adams, pray look
for your voice, sir.
544
00:28:53,582 --> 00:28:56,212
It cannot be far,
and God knows we need
545
00:28:56,293 --> 00:28:58,213
the entertainment in Congress.
546
00:29:02,466 --> 00:29:03,676
Congratulations, John.
547
00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:05,779
You just made your greatest
contribution to independence.
548
00:29:05,803 --> 00:29:07,103
You kept your flap shut.
549
00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:08,599
One more day, Franklin.
550
00:29:08,681 --> 00:29:10,931
Then I shall do the proposing.
551
00:29:12,268 --> 00:29:15,978
Gentlemen, the usual morning
festivities concluded,
552
00:29:16,063 --> 00:29:18,483
I will now call
Congress to order.
553
00:29:18,899 --> 00:29:20,399
Mr. Thomson.
554
00:29:23,988 --> 00:29:25,340
The Second Continental
Congress meeting
555
00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:27,624
in the city of Philadelphia
is now in session.
556
00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:31,240
7 June, 1776, the 380th meeting.
557
00:29:31,328 --> 00:29:32,948
Sweet Jesus!
558
00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:38,130
The Honorable John Hancock of
Massachusetts Bay, president.
559
00:29:40,170 --> 00:29:43,050
Thank you, Mr. Thomson.
Mr. McNair.
560
00:29:43,132 --> 00:29:46,472
The stores of rum and other
drinking spirits are hereby closed
561
00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:50,052
to the colony of Rhode Island
for a period of three days.
562
00:29:50,139 --> 00:29:51,509
Yes, sir.
563
00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:53,451
Johnny, you can't do that.
564
00:29:53,475 --> 00:29:56,765
Sit down, Mr. Hopkins.
You've abused the privilege.
565
00:29:59,273 --> 00:30:01,153
The chair would like
to take this opportunity
566
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:04,193
to welcome Dr. Lyman Hall of
Georgia to this Congress,
567
00:30:04,278 --> 00:30:06,278
and hopes he will make
the best of it.
568
00:30:09,491 --> 00:30:11,371
My God, it's hot.
569
00:30:12,369 --> 00:30:14,579
The secretary
will read the roll.
570
00:30:14,663 --> 00:30:16,913
All members present with
the following exceptions.
571
00:30:17,458 --> 00:30:20,248
"Mr. Paine, Mr. Gerry, Mr.
Samuel Adams of Massachusetts,
572
00:30:20,336 --> 00:30:21,996
"Mr. Morton of Pennsylvania,
573
00:30:22,129 --> 00:30:24,339
"Mr. Wythe and Mr. Richard
Henry Lee of Virginia."
574
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,590
And the entire delegation
of New Jersey.
575
00:30:28,010 --> 00:30:29,840
I'm concerned over
the continual absence
576
00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:33,058
of one-thirteenth of this Congress.
Where is New Jersey?
577
00:30:33,474 --> 00:30:36,354
Somewhere between
New York and Pennsylvania.
578
00:30:39,855 --> 00:30:41,605
Thank you very much.
579
00:30:42,358 --> 00:30:46,148
Dr. Franklin, have you heard anything?
Your son resides there.
580
00:30:46,236 --> 00:30:47,486
Son, sir? What son?
581
00:30:48,447 --> 00:30:51,067
The royal governor
of New Jersey, sir.
582
00:30:51,784 --> 00:30:53,794
As that title
might suggest, sir,
583
00:30:53,869 --> 00:30:56,199
we are not in touch
at the present time.
584
00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:58,462
Yes. Well...
585
00:30:59,041 --> 00:31:00,961
Now for the weather report,
586
00:31:01,043 --> 00:31:03,043
Mr. Jefferson of Virginia.
587
00:31:05,339 --> 00:31:06,339
Mr. Jefferson!
588
00:31:07,424 --> 00:31:08,554
Present, sir.
589
00:31:09,093 --> 00:31:10,723
May we hear about the weather?
590
00:31:11,011 --> 00:31:13,601
As if it weren't
speaking for itself.
591
00:31:15,224 --> 00:31:17,814
Eighty-seven degrees
of temperature,
592
00:31:17,893 --> 00:31:20,903
thirty-point-aught-six
inches of mercury.
593
00:31:21,522 --> 00:31:22,732
Wind...
594
00:31:23,774 --> 00:31:26,114
From the southwest
for the rest of the day.
595
00:31:26,193 --> 00:31:27,653
And tonight...
596
00:31:27,736 --> 00:31:29,986
Tonight I'm leaving for home.
597
00:31:30,072 --> 00:31:31,532
On business?
598
00:31:31,615 --> 00:31:32,695
Family business.
599
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:35,540
Give her a flourish for me,
young feller.
600
00:31:40,165 --> 00:31:41,325
Whoa!
601
00:32:03,272 --> 00:32:05,902
"From the Commander, army of the
United Colonies to New York,
602
00:32:05,983 --> 00:32:08,363
"dispatch number 1, 137."
603
00:32:08,444 --> 00:32:10,614
Ah, sweet Jesus!
604
00:32:11,113 --> 00:32:12,757
"To the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
605
00:32:12,781 --> 00:32:16,531
"Dear sir, it is with grave apprehension
that I have learned this day
606
00:32:16,618 --> 00:32:18,748
"of the sailing from Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
607
00:32:18,829 --> 00:32:20,659
"of a considerable force
of British troops
608
00:32:20,748 --> 00:32:22,248
"in the company of
foreign mercenaries
609
00:32:22,332 --> 00:32:24,922
"and under the command
of General Sir William Howe."
610
00:32:25,002 --> 00:32:27,462
"There can be no doubt that
their destination is New York,
611
00:32:27,546 --> 00:32:30,716
"for to take and hold this city
and the Hudson Valley beyond
612
00:32:30,799 --> 00:32:33,629
"would serve to separate New England
from the rest of the colonies,
613
00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:36,759
"permitting both sections
to be crushed in turn.
614
00:32:36,847 --> 00:32:39,427
"Sadly, I see no way of stopping
them at the present time,
615
00:32:39,516 --> 00:32:41,886
"as my army is
absolutely falling apart.
616
00:32:41,977 --> 00:32:43,977
"My military chest
is totally exhausted.
617
00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:47,322
"My commissary general has
strained his credit to the last.
618
00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:50,989
"My quartermaster has no food,
no arms, no ammunition,
619
00:32:51,111 --> 00:32:54,031
"and my troops are in
a state of near mutiny.
620
00:32:54,114 --> 00:32:55,994
"I pray God some relief arrives
621
00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,994
"before the armada,
but fear it will not.
622
00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:00,617
"Your obedient,
623
00:33:01,997 --> 00:33:03,407
"G. Washington."
624
00:33:04,208 --> 00:33:05,748
Mr. President!
625
00:33:05,834 --> 00:33:06,834
Colonel McKean.
626
00:33:06,919 --> 00:33:09,499
Surely we have
managed to promote
627
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:13,718
the gloomiest man on this continent
to the head of our troops.
628
00:33:13,801 --> 00:33:18,101
Those dispatches are the
most depressing accumulation
629
00:33:18,180 --> 00:33:23,480
of disaster, doom and despair in the
entire annals of military history.
630
00:33:24,186 --> 00:33:26,266
Colonel McKean, please!
631
00:33:26,355 --> 00:33:27,355
What?
632
00:33:28,357 --> 00:33:29,857
It's too hot.
633
00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:32,818
Well, I suppose so.
634
00:33:33,695 --> 00:33:37,905
General Washington will continue
wording his dispatches as he sees fit.
635
00:33:37,991 --> 00:33:39,951
And I'm sure we all pray
636
00:33:40,035 --> 00:33:43,955
he finds happier thoughts
to convey in the near future.
637
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:47,120
Mr. Thomson,
are there any resolutions?
638
00:33:47,543 --> 00:33:49,713
Dr. Josiah Bartlett
of New Hampshire.
639
00:33:51,004 --> 00:33:54,174
"Resolved, that for the duration
of the present hostilities,
640
00:33:54,258 --> 00:33:57,638
"the Congress discourage every type
of extravagance and dissipation,
641
00:33:57,719 --> 00:34:00,349
"elaborate funerals and
other expensive diversions,
642
00:34:00,430 --> 00:34:03,350
"especially all
horse racing, gambling,
643
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:06,103
"and other forms of
sinful activity, which..."
644
00:34:06,186 --> 00:34:07,646
Fire wagon!
645
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:26,410
Where's the fire?
Can anybody tell?
646
00:34:26,498 --> 00:34:27,788
Looks like the Pemberton House.
647
00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:29,125
It couldn't be.
It's brand new.
648
00:34:29,209 --> 00:34:30,839
It might be the city tavern.
649
00:34:30,919 --> 00:34:32,589
Bite your tongue, man.
650
00:34:35,465 --> 00:34:38,835
Whoo-hoo!
651
00:34:41,930 --> 00:34:43,310
Benjy, I'm back!
652
00:34:43,932 --> 00:34:45,272
I'm back, Johnny!
653
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:47,020
Richard, lad, welcome back.
654
00:34:50,898 --> 00:34:51,898
Lee, is it done?
655
00:34:51,982 --> 00:34:53,772
First things first. Tom!
656
00:34:53,859 --> 00:34:58,239
Tom! Tom, your little bride wants
to know, "When's he coming home?"
657
00:34:58,322 --> 00:34:59,412
I leave tonight.
658
00:34:59,489 --> 00:35:01,029
Never mind that, man.
Is it done?
659
00:35:01,116 --> 00:35:03,276
Done? Why, certain-Lee.
660
00:35:04,119 --> 00:35:07,869
Mr. President, I have returned from
Virginia with the following resolution,
661
00:35:07,956 --> 00:35:11,496
"Resolved, that these united colonies
are, and of a right ought to be,
662
00:35:11,585 --> 00:35:13,035
"free and independent states,
663
00:35:13,128 --> 00:35:15,838
"that they are absolved from
allegiance to the British Crown,
664
00:35:15,923 --> 00:35:17,609
"and that all political
connection between them
665
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,303
"and the state of
Great Britain is,
666
00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:22,054
"and ought to be,
totally dissolved."
667
00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:23,297
Hear, hear!
668
00:35:23,388 --> 00:35:26,178
Mr. President,
I second the proposal.
669
00:35:26,266 --> 00:35:28,136
The resolution has been
proposed and seconded.
670
00:35:28,226 --> 00:35:30,766
The chair will now
entertain debate.
671
00:35:31,688 --> 00:35:33,308
Mr. Dickinson.
Mr. President.
672
00:35:33,607 --> 00:35:35,727
Pennsylvania moves, as always,
673
00:35:35,817 --> 00:35:39,947
that the question of independence
be postponed indefinitely.
674
00:35:40,030 --> 00:35:41,820
I second the motion.
675
00:35:42,282 --> 00:35:43,742
Judge Wilson,
676
00:35:44,326 --> 00:35:47,076
in your eagerness to be loved,
you seem to have forgotten
677
00:35:47,162 --> 00:35:50,122
that Pennsylvania
cannot second its own motion.
678
00:35:51,541 --> 00:35:53,251
Delaware seconds.
679
00:35:53,335 --> 00:35:55,625
You would, you lousy wart.
680
00:35:56,171 --> 00:35:59,341
The motion to postpone
has been moved and seconded.
681
00:35:59,424 --> 00:36:00,844
Mr. Thomson.
682
00:36:02,344 --> 00:36:04,144
On the motion to
postpone indefinitely
683
00:36:04,221 --> 00:36:07,061
the resolution on independency
or proceed with the debate,
684
00:36:07,140 --> 00:36:08,810
all those in favor
of debate say "yea,"
685
00:36:08,892 --> 00:36:10,432
all those for
postponement say "nay."
686
00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:11,599
New Hampshire?
687
00:36:12,521 --> 00:36:14,731
New Hampshire favors debate,
and says yea.
688
00:36:17,025 --> 00:36:19,395
New Hampshire says yea.
Massachusetts?
689
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:24,278
Massachusetts, having borne the
brunt of the King's tyranny...
690
00:36:24,366 --> 00:36:26,366
Yes, I said tyranny!
691
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:30,119
Massachusetts now,
and for all time, says yea.
692
00:36:31,707 --> 00:36:33,537
Massachusetts says yea.
693
00:36:33,875 --> 00:36:35,375
Rhode Island?
694
00:36:36,378 --> 00:36:37,798
Mr. Hopkins?
695
00:36:38,547 --> 00:36:39,917
Where's Rhode Island?
696
00:36:40,007 --> 00:36:42,967
Rhode Island is out
visiting the necessary.
697
00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:46,600
After what Rhode Island's consumed,
I can't say I'm surprised.
698
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,600
We'll come back to him,
Mr. Thomson.
699
00:36:48,682 --> 00:36:50,432
Rhode Island passes.
700
00:36:55,188 --> 00:36:56,308
Connecticut?
701
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,990
While Connecticut has, till now,
702
00:37:01,069 --> 00:37:03,319
been against this proposal,
703
00:37:03,905 --> 00:37:06,365
our legislature has instructed
me that in the event
704
00:37:06,450 --> 00:37:09,660
it is introduced by any colony
outside of New England,
705
00:37:09,745 --> 00:37:13,115
we could not any longer withhold
our support. Connecticut says yea.
706
00:37:13,206 --> 00:37:14,326
Hear! Hear!
707
00:37:14,416 --> 00:37:16,746
Connecticut says yea.
New York?
708
00:37:18,253 --> 00:37:20,673
New York abstains courteously.
709
00:37:20,922 --> 00:37:22,422
New York abstains.
710
00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:23,547
Courteously.
711
00:37:25,761 --> 00:37:26,841
New Jersey?
712
00:37:26,928 --> 00:37:28,348
Absent, Mr. Secretary.
713
00:37:30,432 --> 00:37:32,312
New Jersey's absent.
Pennsylvania?
714
00:37:33,101 --> 00:37:36,651
Pennsylvania,
for the 24th time, says nay.
715
00:37:36,730 --> 00:37:38,900
Pennsylvania says nay.
Delaware?
716
00:37:39,941 --> 00:37:44,701
Delaware, as ever
for independence, says yea.
717
00:37:44,780 --> 00:37:47,200
Delaware says yea.
Maryland?
718
00:37:48,116 --> 00:37:51,486
Maryland would welcome
independence if it were given,
719
00:37:51,578 --> 00:37:54,788
but is highly skeptical
that it can be taken.
720
00:37:54,873 --> 00:37:56,543
Maryland says nay.
721
00:37:58,335 --> 00:38:00,535
Maryland says nay.
Virginia?
722
00:38:00,629 --> 00:38:03,379
Virginia, the first colony,
says yea!
723
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:09,048
Virginia says yea.
North Carolina?
724
00:38:09,137 --> 00:38:13,427
North Carolina respectfully
yields to South Carolina.
725
00:38:13,517 --> 00:38:14,557
South Carolina?
726
00:38:14,643 --> 00:38:16,143
Mr. President,
727
00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:20,268
although we of South Carolina
have never seriously considered
728
00:38:20,357 --> 00:38:22,567
the question of independence,
729
00:38:22,651 --> 00:38:26,491
when a gentleman proposes it,
attention must be paid.
730
00:38:28,115 --> 00:38:31,695
However, we in the Deep South,
731
00:38:31,785 --> 00:38:33,735
unlike our friends
in New England,
732
00:38:33,829 --> 00:38:37,459
have no cause for impatience
at the present time.
733
00:38:38,583 --> 00:38:41,923
If at some future date it becomes the
wish of all our sister colonies,
734
00:38:42,003 --> 00:38:45,923
to effect a separation,
we will not stand in the way.
735
00:38:46,007 --> 00:38:47,837
But for the time being,
736
00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:51,136
South Carolina
will wait and watch.
737
00:38:52,139 --> 00:38:53,719
The vote is nay.
738
00:38:56,017 --> 00:38:57,057
North Carolina...
739
00:38:57,144 --> 00:38:59,484
Says nay.
Yes, Mr. Hewes. I know.
740
00:39:02,107 --> 00:39:07,817
Georgia.
741
00:39:09,406 --> 00:39:12,026
Mr. President,
Georgia seems to be split
742
00:39:12,117 --> 00:39:14,287
right down the middle
on this issue.
743
00:39:14,369 --> 00:39:17,199
The people are against it,
and I'm for it.
744
00:39:19,666 --> 00:39:22,916
However, I'm afraid
I'm not quite certain
745
00:39:23,003 --> 00:39:24,355
whether representing
the people means
746
00:39:24,379 --> 00:39:27,129
relying on their judgment
or on my own.
747
00:39:27,215 --> 00:39:29,425
In all fairness,
until I can figure that out,
748
00:39:29,509 --> 00:39:31,929
I'd better lean
a little on their side.
749
00:39:32,012 --> 00:39:39,982
Georgia says nay.
750
00:39:40,061 --> 00:39:41,601
Rhode Island?
751
00:39:43,523 --> 00:39:45,943
Second call, Rhode Island!
752
00:39:46,568 --> 00:39:48,278
Rhode Island!
753
00:39:48,528 --> 00:39:50,988
I'm coming!
I'm coming!
754
00:39:51,232 --> 00:39:53,282
Hold your damn horses.
755
00:39:53,359 --> 00:39:54,739
We're waiting on you,
Mr. Hopkins.
756
00:39:54,819 --> 00:39:56,899
Well, it won't kill you.
757
00:39:56,988 --> 00:40:00,408
You'd think the Congress
would have its own privy.
758
00:40:00,492 --> 00:40:02,412
All right, where does she stand?
759
00:40:02,494 --> 00:40:04,954
Five for debate,
five for postponement,
760
00:40:05,038 --> 00:40:06,408
one abstention and one absence.
761
00:40:06,498 --> 00:40:08,168
So it's up to me, huh?
762
00:40:08,249 --> 00:40:09,749
Well, I'll tell you.
763
00:40:09,834 --> 00:40:14,884
In all my years, I never seen,
heard nor smelled an issue
764
00:40:14,964 --> 00:40:18,384
that was so dangerous
it couldn't be talked about.
765
00:40:18,468 --> 00:40:21,468
Hell, yes! I'm for debating anything.
Rhode Island says yea.
766
00:40:24,349 --> 00:40:27,599
McNair, get Mr. Hopkins a rum.
McNAIR: But you said...
767
00:40:27,685 --> 00:40:30,515
Get him the whole
damn barrel if he wants.
768
00:40:31,667 --> 00:40:34,087
The chair now declares this
Congress a committee of the whole
769
00:40:34,170 --> 00:40:37,590
for the purpose of debating Virginia's
resolution on independence.
770
00:40:37,673 --> 00:40:39,173
Mr. Dickinson.
771
00:40:41,052 --> 00:40:46,012
Well, now, you've got your
way at last, Mr. Adams.
772
00:40:46,390 --> 00:40:48,730
The matter may now be discussed.
773
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,020
I confess I'm almost relieved.
774
00:40:52,688 --> 00:40:56,188
There's a question I've been
fairly itching to ask you.
775
00:40:58,569 --> 00:40:59,649
Why?
776
00:40:59,737 --> 00:41:01,947
Why what, Mr. Dickinson?
777
00:41:02,031 --> 00:41:04,701
Well, why independence,
Mr. Adams?
778
00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:08,121
Well, for the obvious reason
that our continued association
779
00:41:08,204 --> 00:41:11,084
with Great Britain
has grown intolerable.
780
00:41:11,165 --> 00:41:13,705
Well, to whom,
Mr. Adams? To you?
781
00:41:14,668 --> 00:41:17,628
Well, then I suggest you
sever your ties immediately.
782
00:41:17,713 --> 00:41:22,933
But please be kind enough to leave
the rest of us where we are.
783
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,719
For myself,
I have no objection at all
784
00:41:25,805 --> 00:41:28,515
to being part of the
greatest empire on Earth,
785
00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:31,559
to enjoying its protection
and sharing its benefits.
786
00:41:31,644 --> 00:41:32,894
Benefits?
787
00:41:34,105 --> 00:41:35,555
What benefits?
788
00:41:36,232 --> 00:41:39,442
Crippling taxes?
Cruel repressions?
789
00:41:39,527 --> 00:41:41,147
Abolished rights?
790
00:41:42,905 --> 00:41:46,825
Is that all England
means to you, sir?
791
00:41:48,953 --> 00:41:52,163
Is that all the pride and
affection you can muster
792
00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:54,668
for the nation that bore you?
793
00:41:54,750 --> 00:41:58,500
For the noblest, most civilized
nation on the face of this planet?
794
00:41:58,587 --> 00:42:02,217
Well, would you have us forsake
Hastings and Magna Carta,
795
00:42:02,299 --> 00:42:05,889
Strongbow and Lionheart,
Drake and Marlborough,
796
00:42:05,970 --> 00:42:07,970
Tudors, Stuarts
and Plantagenets?
797
00:42:08,055 --> 00:42:09,675
For what, sir?
798
00:42:09,765 --> 00:42:11,765
Well, tell me. For what?
799
00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:16,270
For you?
800
00:42:19,775 --> 00:42:23,895
Some men are patriots,
like General Washington,
801
00:42:23,988 --> 00:42:26,198
and some are anarchists,
like Mr. Paine.
802
00:42:26,282 --> 00:42:29,032
Some even are internationalists,
like Dr. Franklin.
803
00:42:29,118 --> 00:42:31,658
But you, sir...
804
00:42:33,289 --> 00:42:36,039
You are merely an agitator,
805
00:42:36,125 --> 00:42:37,535
disturbing the peace,
806
00:42:37,626 --> 00:42:40,086
creating disorder, endangering
the public welfare.
807
00:42:40,171 --> 00:42:41,551
And for what?
808
00:42:41,630 --> 00:42:43,920
Your petty little
personal complaints.
809
00:42:44,008 --> 00:42:46,048
Your taxes are too high.
810
00:42:47,678 --> 00:42:51,428
Well, sir, so are mine.
811
00:42:54,268 --> 00:42:56,478
Come, come, Mr. Adams.
812
00:42:57,104 --> 00:43:00,484
If you have grievances,
and I'm sure you have,
813
00:43:00,566 --> 00:43:02,316
our present system must provide
814
00:43:02,401 --> 00:43:04,071
a gentler means
of redressing them
815
00:43:04,153 --> 00:43:06,153
short of revolution.
816
00:43:07,072 --> 00:43:09,242
Yes, that's what he wants.
817
00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:11,235
Nothing less will satisfy him.
818
00:43:11,327 --> 00:43:14,117
Violence, rebellion, treason.
819
00:43:16,624 --> 00:43:18,674
Now, Mr. Adams,
820
00:43:19,835 --> 00:43:22,995
are these
the acts of Englishmen?
821
00:43:23,088 --> 00:43:25,628
Not Englishmen, Dickinson.
Americans.
822
00:43:25,716 --> 00:43:27,676
No, sir. Englishmen!
823
00:43:28,469 --> 00:43:30,429
Please, Mr. Dickinson,
must you start banging?
824
00:43:30,513 --> 00:43:31,763
How is a man to sleep?
825
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:36,809
Forgive me, Dr. Franklin,
but must you start speaking?
826
00:43:36,894 --> 00:43:38,984
How is a man to stay awake?
827
00:43:40,523 --> 00:43:42,613
We'll promise to be quiet, sir.
828
00:43:42,691 --> 00:43:45,901
I'm sure everyone prefers
that you remain asleep.
829
00:43:46,237 --> 00:43:48,317
If I'm to hear myself
called an Englishman, sir,
830
00:43:48,405 --> 00:43:50,405
I assure you I prefer
I'd remained asleep.
831
00:43:50,866 --> 00:43:54,286
Oh, now, what's so terrible about
being called an Englishman?
832
00:43:54,370 --> 00:43:55,910
The English don't seem to mind.
833
00:43:56,247 --> 00:43:59,617
Nor would I, were I given the
full rights of an Englishman.
834
00:43:59,708 --> 00:44:03,668
But to call me one without those
rights is like calling an ox a bull.
835
00:44:03,754 --> 00:44:04,856
He's thankful for the honor,
836
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,300
but he'd much rather have
restored what's rightfully his.
837
00:44:13,931 --> 00:44:16,721
When did you first notice
they were missing, sir?
838
00:44:22,398 --> 00:44:25,228
Fortunately,
the people of these colonies
839
00:44:25,317 --> 00:44:27,937
maintain a higher regard
for their mother country.
840
00:44:28,904 --> 00:44:31,824
Higher, certainly,
than she feels for them.
841
00:44:31,907 --> 00:44:33,657
Never was such
a valuable possession
842
00:44:33,742 --> 00:44:36,122
so stupidly
and so recklessly managed
843
00:44:36,203 --> 00:44:39,123
than this entire continent
by the British Crown.
844
00:44:39,206 --> 00:44:42,376
Our industry discouraged,
our resources pillaged.
845
00:44:43,627 --> 00:44:46,417
Worst of all,
our very character stifled.
846
00:44:47,089 --> 00:44:49,339
We've spawned a new race here, Mr.
Dickinson.
847
00:44:49,425 --> 00:44:50,755
Rougher, simpler,
848
00:44:50,843 --> 00:44:53,473
more violent, more enterprising,
849
00:44:53,554 --> 00:44:55,014
less refined.
850
00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:57,389
We're a new nationality.
851
00:44:57,474 --> 00:44:59,604
We require a new nation.
852
00:45:02,896 --> 00:45:03,976
Well,
853
00:45:04,773 --> 00:45:07,233
that may be your opinion,
Dr. Franklin,
854
00:45:07,318 --> 00:45:12,778
but, as I said, the people
feel quite differently.
855
00:45:12,865 --> 00:45:16,235
Now, what do you know
about the people, Dickinson?
856
00:45:16,327 --> 00:45:19,907
You don't speak for the people.
You represent only yourself.
857
00:45:19,997 --> 00:45:22,077
And that precious status quot
858
00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:25,536
you keep imploring the people
to preserve for their own good
859
00:45:25,628 --> 00:45:29,758
is nothing more than the eternal
preservation of your own property.
860
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:34,050
Mr. Adams,
you have an annoying talent
861
00:45:34,136 --> 00:45:36,216
for making such delightful words
862
00:45:36,305 --> 00:45:39,515
as "property" sound
quite distasteful.
863
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,520
In heaven's name,
what's wrong with property?
864
00:45:43,228 --> 00:45:46,358
Perhaps you've forgotten that many
of us first came to these shores
865
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,070
in order to secure
rights to property,
866
00:45:49,151 --> 00:45:53,401
and that we hold these rights no less
dear than the rights you speak of.
867
00:45:53,489 --> 00:45:56,279
Yes. So safe, so fat,
868
00:45:56,367 --> 00:45:57,947
so comfortable in Pennsylvania.
869
00:45:58,035 --> 00:46:00,405
And what is this
independence of yours
870
00:46:00,496 --> 00:46:03,206
except the private grievance
of Massachusetts?
871
00:46:03,290 --> 00:46:06,000
Why is it always Boston
that breaks the King's peace?
872
00:46:06,085 --> 00:46:10,455
My dear Congress, you must
not adopt this evil measure.
873
00:46:10,547 --> 00:46:12,757
It is the work of the devil.
874
00:46:12,841 --> 00:46:15,181
Leave it where it belongs.
875
00:46:16,011 --> 00:46:17,431
In New England.
876
00:46:17,513 --> 00:46:19,353
Brother Dickinson,
New England has been
877
00:46:19,431 --> 00:46:21,181
fighting the devil
for more than 100 years.
878
00:46:21,725 --> 00:46:23,555
And as of now, Brother Sherman,
879
00:46:23,644 --> 00:46:26,444
the devil has been
winning hands down.
880
00:46:27,106 --> 00:46:30,436
Why, at this very moment, he's
sitting right here in this Congress.
881
00:46:30,526 --> 00:46:34,356
Don't let him deceive you. This
proposal is entirely his doing.
882
00:46:34,446 --> 00:46:36,106
It may bear Virginia's name,
883
00:46:36,198 --> 00:46:40,118
but it reeks of Adams,
Adams and more Adams.
884
00:46:40,202 --> 00:46:42,792
Look at him.
Ready to lead this continent
885
00:46:42,871 --> 00:46:45,501
down the fiery path
of total destruction.
886
00:46:45,582 --> 00:46:49,712
Oh, good God! Why can't you
acknowledge what already exists?
887
00:46:49,795 --> 00:46:53,295
It has been more than a year
since Concord and Lexington.
888
00:46:53,382 --> 00:46:55,682
Damn it, man,
we're at war, right now!
889
00:46:55,759 --> 00:46:59,009
You may be at war.
You, Boston and John Adams.
890
00:46:59,096 --> 00:47:01,716
But you will never
speak for Pennsylvania.
891
00:47:01,807 --> 00:47:02,847
Nor for Delaware.
892
00:47:02,933 --> 00:47:07,313
Mr. Read, you represent
only one-third of Delaware.
893
00:47:07,396 --> 00:47:09,476
The sensible third,
Mr. Rodney.
894
00:47:09,565 --> 00:47:12,725
Sit down, you scurvy dog,
or I'll knock you down.
895
00:47:13,569 --> 00:47:15,046
Sit down, all three of you!
896
00:47:15,070 --> 00:47:17,070
McNair, do something
about that damn dog!
897
00:47:17,156 --> 00:47:18,656
And here, fetch me a rum.
898
00:47:18,741 --> 00:47:20,831
Get that dog first!
Rum, rum!
899
00:47:20,909 --> 00:47:22,699
I only got two hands.
900
00:47:27,541 --> 00:47:29,251
Christ, it's hot!
901
00:47:41,638 --> 00:47:43,678
Please do go on, gentlemen.
902
00:47:43,766 --> 00:47:46,056
You're making the only breeze
in Philadelphia.
903
00:47:47,811 --> 00:47:49,151
Mr. Adams,
904
00:47:49,813 --> 00:47:52,733
perhaps you could
clear up something for me?
905
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,530
After we have
achieved independence,
906
00:47:55,611 --> 00:47:58,281
who do you propose would
govern in South Carolina?
907
00:48:00,073 --> 00:48:01,623
The people, of course.
908
00:48:02,159 --> 00:48:04,989
Which people, sir?
The people of South Carolina
909
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,410
or the people of Massachusetts?
910
00:48:07,748 --> 00:48:09,248
Why don't you admit it, Neddy?
911
00:48:09,333 --> 00:48:12,253
You're against independence
now and you always will be.
912
00:48:12,336 --> 00:48:13,626
Aye.
913
00:48:15,756 --> 00:48:19,336
Gentlemen,
you refuse to understand us.
914
00:48:19,426 --> 00:48:22,176
We desire independence. Yes.
915
00:48:23,138 --> 00:48:25,848
For South Carolina.
That is our country.
916
00:48:27,142 --> 00:48:30,232
And as such, we don't
wish to belong to anyone.
917
00:48:30,312 --> 00:48:32,982
Not to England and not to you.
918
00:48:34,149 --> 00:48:36,779
We intend to have
one nation, Rutledge.
919
00:48:36,860 --> 00:48:40,070
A nation of
sovereign states, Mr. Adams.
920
00:48:40,155 --> 00:48:42,235
United for our
mutual protection,
921
00:48:42,324 --> 00:48:45,744
but separate for
our individual pursuits.
922
00:48:45,828 --> 00:48:48,788
Now, that is what
we have understood it to be,
923
00:48:48,872 --> 00:48:51,672
and that is what
we will support.
924
00:48:53,168 --> 00:48:55,668
As soon as everyone supports it.
925
00:48:59,675 --> 00:49:02,005
Well, there you are,
Mr. Adams.
926
00:49:02,803 --> 00:49:05,103
You must see that we need time.
927
00:49:05,597 --> 00:49:07,807
Time to make certain who we are
928
00:49:07,891 --> 00:49:10,641
and where we stand
in regard to one another.
929
00:49:10,727 --> 00:49:14,687
For if we do not determine the nature
of the beast before we set it free,
930
00:49:14,773 --> 00:49:17,443
it will end by consuming us all.
931
00:49:17,526 --> 00:49:19,736
For once in your life, Wilson,
932
00:49:20,696 --> 00:49:22,196
take a chance.
933
00:49:23,824 --> 00:49:25,704
I say the time is now.
934
00:49:26,869 --> 00:49:28,829
It may never come again.
935
00:49:29,580 --> 00:49:31,160
Your clock is fast,
Mr. Adams.
936
00:49:31,248 --> 00:49:33,328
I say we're not yet ripe
for independence.
937
00:49:33,542 --> 00:49:36,752
Not ripe? Hell, we're
rotting for want of it.
938
00:49:37,337 --> 00:49:41,217
Gentlemen, please, what in God's
name is the infernal hurry?
939
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:43,300
Why must this question
be settled now?
940
00:49:43,385 --> 00:49:45,635
What's wrong with now,
Mr. Chase?
941
00:49:45,888 --> 00:49:48,098
General Washington
is in the field.
942
00:49:48,181 --> 00:49:50,141
If he's defeated,
as it now appears,
943
00:49:50,225 --> 00:49:52,305
we'll be inviting the hangman.
944
00:49:52,394 --> 00:49:56,484
But if, by some miracle,
he should actually win,
945
00:49:56,565 --> 00:49:59,275
we can then declare
anything we damn please.
946
00:49:59,359 --> 00:50:02,189
The sentiments of
North Carolina precisely.
947
00:50:02,905 --> 00:50:05,025
Has it ever
occurred to either of you
948
00:50:05,115 --> 00:50:09,575
that an army needs something
to fight for in order to win?
949
00:50:09,745 --> 00:50:13,155
A purpose? A goal?
A flag of its own?
950
00:50:13,624 --> 00:50:14,964
Mr. Adams,
951
00:50:15,876 --> 00:50:18,746
how can a nation of
only 2 million souls
952
00:50:18,837 --> 00:50:21,207
stand up to an empire
of 10 million?
953
00:50:21,298 --> 00:50:22,718
Think of it. 10 million.
954
00:50:22,799 --> 00:50:25,129
How do we compensate
for that shortage?
955
00:50:25,218 --> 00:50:27,928
It's simple, Mr. Chase.
Increase and multiply.
956
00:50:28,013 --> 00:50:30,143
How's that?
957
00:50:30,724 --> 00:50:33,524
We will more than
compensate with spirit.
958
00:50:33,894 --> 00:50:36,694
I tell you, there is a spirit
out there among the people
959
00:50:36,772 --> 00:50:38,862
that is sadly lacking
in this Congress.
960
00:50:38,941 --> 00:50:41,981
Yes, of course.
Now it's spirit.
961
00:50:42,069 --> 00:50:44,069
Well, why didn't
I think of that?
962
00:50:44,154 --> 00:50:48,284
No army, no navy,
no arms, no ammunition,
963
00:50:48,367 --> 00:50:52,657
no treasury, no friends,
964
00:50:52,746 --> 00:50:55,826
but, bless our soul, spirit.
965
00:50:56,833 --> 00:50:59,253
Mr. Lee, Mr. Hopkins,
966
00:50:59,336 --> 00:51:01,746
Mr. Rodney, Colonel McKean,
967
00:51:01,838 --> 00:51:03,338
Dr. Franklin.
968
00:51:04,633 --> 00:51:08,933
Why have you joined
this incendiary little man,
969
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:11,760
this Boston radical,
970
00:51:13,058 --> 00:51:14,558
this agitator,
971
00:51:15,936 --> 00:51:17,476
this demagogue,
972
00:51:17,980 --> 00:51:19,650
this madman?
973
00:51:19,731 --> 00:51:22,231
Are you calling me
a madman, you...
974
00:51:23,485 --> 00:51:24,895
You fribble!
975
00:51:27,072 --> 00:51:29,992
You and your
Pennsylvania proprietors,
976
00:51:30,075 --> 00:51:33,035
oh, you cool, considerate men,
977
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,290
you hang to the rear
on every issue,
978
00:51:35,372 --> 00:51:38,752
so that if we should go under,
you'll still remain afloat.
979
00:51:38,834 --> 00:51:40,674
Are you calling me a coward?
980
00:51:41,336 --> 00:51:42,996
Yes. Coward!
981
00:51:43,714 --> 00:51:44,764
Madman!
982
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:45,920
Landlord!
983
00:51:46,008 --> 00:51:47,258
Lawyer!
984
00:51:53,724 --> 00:51:55,684
Stop it! Stop it!
985
00:51:57,477 --> 00:52:00,767
This is the Congress.
Stop it, I say!
986
00:52:00,856 --> 00:52:02,106
The enemy's out there.
987
00:52:02,190 --> 00:52:03,860
No, Mr. Rodney,
the enemy is here.
988
00:52:03,942 --> 00:52:06,782
No. I say he's out there.
989
00:52:06,862 --> 00:52:08,492
England.
990
00:52:08,572 --> 00:52:12,072
England closing in,
cutting off our air.
991
00:52:12,159 --> 00:52:13,739
There's no time!
992
00:52:17,330 --> 00:52:18,540
No air.
993
00:52:19,875 --> 00:52:21,165
Dr. Hall.
994
00:52:25,255 --> 00:52:26,755
Colonel McKean.
995
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,630
Aye. It's the cancer.
996
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,640
But he should go home.
997
00:52:32,637 --> 00:52:35,847
A man should die in his own bed.
998
00:52:37,517 --> 00:52:39,727
John. John Adams.
999
00:52:39,811 --> 00:52:41,441
I'm here, Caesar.
1000
00:52:44,232 --> 00:52:46,322
I leave you
1001
00:52:46,401 --> 00:52:48,691
a divided Delaware.
1002
00:52:49,946 --> 00:52:51,316
Forgive me.
1003
00:52:52,032 --> 00:52:54,122
I'll take you home, Caesar.
1004
00:53:18,934 --> 00:53:21,144
I'll be back within the week.
1005
00:53:28,735 --> 00:53:32,145
Mr. President, South
Carolina calls the question.
1006
00:53:34,199 --> 00:53:35,409
What's that, Mr. Rutledge?
1007
00:53:36,618 --> 00:53:38,658
I said, Mr. President,
1008
00:53:38,745 --> 00:53:42,155
South Carolina desires
to end the debate
1009
00:53:43,792 --> 00:53:46,212
and calls the question
of independence.
1010
00:53:46,294 --> 00:53:47,384
Delaware seconds.
1011
00:53:47,462 --> 00:53:48,882
Thank you.
1012
00:53:48,964 --> 00:53:53,014
Gentlemen, please!
1013
00:53:53,093 --> 00:53:55,933
The question has been
called and seconded.
1014
00:53:57,013 --> 00:53:59,063
The secretary
will record the vote.
1015
00:53:59,141 --> 00:54:01,481
Franklin, do something.
Think.
1016
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:03,560
I'm thinking,
but nothing's coming.
1017
00:54:03,645 --> 00:54:05,765
All those in favor of the
resolution on independence
1018
00:54:05,856 --> 00:54:08,396
as proposed by the colony of
Virginia, signify by saying...
1019
00:54:08,483 --> 00:54:09,983
Mr. Secretary.
1020
00:54:10,777 --> 00:54:12,737
Will you please read
the resolution again?
1021
00:54:12,821 --> 00:54:13,951
What?
1022
00:54:15,157 --> 00:54:16,317
I've forgotten it.
1023
00:54:16,408 --> 00:54:17,988
Now, Benjamin...
1024
00:54:20,495 --> 00:54:23,205
"Resolved, that these
united colonies are,
1025
00:54:23,290 --> 00:54:25,920
"and of a right ought to be,
free and independent..."
1026
00:54:32,299 --> 00:54:35,889
Excuse me. Is this
the Continental Congress?
1027
00:54:35,969 --> 00:54:38,549
Yes, I can see that it must be.
1028
00:54:39,764 --> 00:54:41,894
It's all right.
We found it.
1029
00:54:42,392 --> 00:54:44,772
We've been looking for
you everywhere, you see.
1030
00:54:44,853 --> 00:54:47,483
Someone told us that you
might be at Carpenters' Hall
1031
00:54:47,564 --> 00:54:50,194
and someone else suggested
Library Hall, and...
1032
00:54:50,275 --> 00:54:51,935
So, finally,
we asked a constable...
1033
00:54:52,027 --> 00:54:53,107
Excuse me, sir,
1034
00:54:53,195 --> 00:54:56,275
but, if you don't mind, the
Congress is about to decide
1035
00:54:56,364 --> 00:54:58,374
the question of
American independence.
1036
00:54:59,492 --> 00:55:01,872
Oh, how splendid. That
means we're not too late.
1037
00:55:01,953 --> 00:55:04,213
These gentlemen are
Mr. Francis Hopkinson,
1038
00:55:04,289 --> 00:55:08,039
Mr. Richard Stockton, and I'm
the Reverend John Witherspoon.
1039
00:55:11,421 --> 00:55:13,711
We're the new delegates
from New Jersey.
1040
00:55:13,965 --> 00:55:15,335
New Jersey?
1041
00:55:19,554 --> 00:55:21,014
Dr. Franklin,
1042
00:55:21,473 --> 00:55:25,103
I regret that I must be the
bearer of unhappy tidings, sir,
1043
00:55:25,185 --> 00:55:27,975
but your son, the royal
governor of New Jersey,
1044
00:55:28,063 --> 00:55:29,983
has been taken prisoner
1045
00:55:30,065 --> 00:55:34,065
and has been moved under guard to the
colony of Connecticut for safekeeping.
1046
00:55:34,152 --> 00:55:35,492
Is he unharmed, sir?
1047
00:55:35,570 --> 00:55:37,360
When last I heard,
he was. Yes, sir.
1048
00:55:37,447 --> 00:55:38,507
Well, then why the long face?
1049
00:55:38,531 --> 00:55:41,161
I hear Connecticut
is an excellent location.
1050
00:55:41,243 --> 00:55:44,333
Tell me. Why did they
arrest the little bastard?
1051
00:55:46,581 --> 00:55:47,711
Our, uh...
1052
00:55:48,291 --> 00:55:51,881
New Jersey legislature has recalled
the old delegation to this Congress
1053
00:55:51,962 --> 00:55:54,632
and has sent a new one.
1054
00:55:55,590 --> 00:55:57,840
Quickly, man, where do you
stand on independence?
1055
00:55:57,926 --> 00:55:59,636
Well, haven't I made that clear?
No.
1056
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:01,049
Well, I suppose I haven't.
1057
00:56:01,137 --> 00:56:02,967
But that's the reason
for the change.
1058
00:56:03,056 --> 00:56:05,426
See, we've been instructed
to vote for independence.
1059
00:56:05,517 --> 00:56:06,847
Mr. President!
1060
00:56:06,935 --> 00:56:11,355
Massachusetts is now ready
for the vote on independence,
1061
00:56:11,439 --> 00:56:13,189
and reminds the chair
of its privilege
1062
00:56:13,275 --> 00:56:15,855
to decide all votes
that are deadlocked.
1063
00:56:15,944 --> 00:56:17,954
I won't forget, Mr. Adams.
1064
00:56:19,406 --> 00:56:21,526
The chair takes this opportunity
1065
00:56:21,616 --> 00:56:23,366
to welcome
the New Jersey delegation
1066
00:56:23,451 --> 00:56:26,791
and appoints the Reverend
Witherspoon congressional chaplain
1067
00:56:26,871 --> 00:56:28,371
if he will accept the post.
1068
00:56:28,456 --> 00:56:30,416
With much pleasure, sir.
1069
00:56:32,377 --> 00:56:33,707
Very well.
Mr. Thomson,
1070
00:56:33,795 --> 00:56:37,545
you may now proceed with
the vote on independence.
1071
00:56:38,508 --> 00:56:40,718
All in favor of the
resolution on independence
1072
00:56:40,802 --> 00:56:43,072
as proposed by the colony of
Virginia, signify by saying...
1073
00:56:43,096 --> 00:56:44,136
Mr. President.
1074
00:56:45,890 --> 00:56:50,020
Pennsylvania moves that any
vote in favor of independence
1075
00:56:51,438 --> 00:56:53,228
must be unanimous.
1076
00:56:53,898 --> 00:56:54,938
What?
1077
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:56,730
I second the motion.
1078
00:56:56,818 --> 00:56:58,238
Judge Wilson!
1079
00:56:58,653 --> 00:56:59,993
Oh, my God.
1080
00:57:00,613 --> 00:57:02,283
Delaware seconds,
Mr. President.
1081
00:57:02,365 --> 00:57:05,025
No vote has ever had to be unanimous,
Dickinson, and you know it.
1082
00:57:05,118 --> 00:57:06,448
Yes, but this one must be.
1083
00:57:06,536 --> 00:57:07,576
On what grounds?
1084
00:57:07,662 --> 00:57:11,372
That no colony be torn from its mother
country without its own consent.
1085
00:57:11,458 --> 00:57:12,828
Hear! Hear!
1086
00:57:13,251 --> 00:57:16,131
But it will never be
unanimous, damn it.
1087
00:57:17,130 --> 00:57:19,340
If you say so, Mr. Adams.
1088
00:57:21,217 --> 00:57:24,387
It has been moved and seconded
that the vote on independence
1089
00:57:24,471 --> 00:57:26,761
must be unanimous
in order to carry.
1090
00:57:26,848 --> 00:57:29,348
All those in favor,
signify by saying yea.
1091
00:57:29,434 --> 00:57:30,434
Yea!
1092
00:57:30,518 --> 00:57:35,018
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
1093
00:57:35,106 --> 00:57:37,396
Six colonies say yea.
Against?
1094
00:57:37,484 --> 00:57:38,574
Nay!
1095
00:57:38,651 --> 00:57:43,031
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
1096
00:57:43,281 --> 00:57:45,071
Six colonies say nay.
1097
00:57:46,117 --> 00:57:50,787
Mr. Secretary, New York
abstains courteously.
1098
00:57:50,872 --> 00:57:55,292
Mr. Morris, why does New
York constantly abstain?
1099
00:57:55,377 --> 00:57:58,297
Why doesn't New York
simply stay in New York?
1100
00:57:59,714 --> 00:58:01,844
Very well.
The vote is tied.
1101
00:58:03,093 --> 00:58:04,763
The principles of independence
1102
00:58:04,844 --> 00:58:06,514
have no greater
advocate in Congress
1103
00:58:06,596 --> 00:58:08,346
than its president.
1104
00:58:08,890 --> 00:58:12,230
That is why I must join those
who vote for unanimity.
1105
00:58:12,977 --> 00:58:15,437
Good God, John! What are you doing?
You've sunk us.
1106
00:58:15,522 --> 00:58:17,232
Now, hear me out.
1107
00:58:17,315 --> 00:58:19,815
Don't you see that any colony
who opposes independence
1108
00:58:19,901 --> 00:58:21,712
will be forced to fight
on the side of England?
1109
00:58:21,736 --> 00:58:24,486
That we'll be setting
brother against brother,
1110
00:58:24,572 --> 00:58:28,412
that our new nation will carry
as its emblem the mark of Cain.
1111
00:58:29,244 --> 00:58:30,874
I can see no other way.
1112
00:58:30,954 --> 00:58:35,084
Either we all walk together, or
together we must stay where we are.
1113
00:58:37,127 --> 00:58:38,837
The man's from Massachusetts.
1114
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:41,130
Very well.
Proceed, Mr. Thomson.
1115
00:58:41,214 --> 00:58:43,804
A unanimous vote
being necessary to carry,
1116
00:58:43,883 --> 00:58:46,393
if any be opposed to the
resolution on independence
1117
00:58:46,469 --> 00:58:48,599
as proposed by the colony
of Virginia, signify by...
1118
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:49,680
Mr. President.
1119
00:58:49,764 --> 00:58:52,394
Oh, for heaven's sake,
let me get through it once.
1120
00:58:52,475 --> 00:58:53,975
Mr. President.
1121
00:58:55,270 --> 00:58:56,770
I move for a postponement.
1122
00:58:56,855 --> 00:58:58,015
Postponement?
1123
00:58:58,106 --> 00:58:59,976
I wish you the same
luck I had with it.
1124
00:59:00,066 --> 00:59:02,026
Mr. Adams is right.
We need a postponement.
1125
00:59:02,110 --> 00:59:05,110
On what grounds?
1126
00:59:05,655 --> 00:59:09,945
Mr. President, how can this
Congress vote on independence
1127
00:59:10,034 --> 00:59:14,914
without a written declaration
of some sort defining it?
1128
00:59:16,624 --> 00:59:18,544
What sort of declaration?
1129
00:59:20,128 --> 00:59:24,208
Ah, well, you know, listing the
reasons for the separation,
1130
00:59:24,299 --> 00:59:27,299
our purposes, goals,
so forth, so on.
1131
00:59:27,385 --> 00:59:28,385
Ditto, Ditto.
1132
00:59:28,470 --> 00:59:29,822
Ditto, ditto,
et cetera, et cetera.
1133
00:59:29,846 --> 00:59:31,346
We know those, don't we?
1134
00:59:33,683 --> 00:59:35,813
Oh, yes, good God, we know them,
1135
00:59:36,811 --> 00:59:39,061
but what about
the rest of the world?
1136
00:59:39,147 --> 00:59:41,567
Certainly we require
the assistance
1137
00:59:41,649 --> 00:59:45,239
of a powerful nation
such as France or Spain.
1138
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:46,900
And such a written declaration
1139
00:59:46,988 --> 00:59:49,818
would be consistent
with European delicacy.
1140
00:59:51,326 --> 00:59:54,576
Come now, Mr. Adams. You'll
have to do better than that.
1141
00:59:54,662 --> 00:59:57,582
Answer straight.
What would be its purpose?
1142
00:59:58,541 --> 01:00:00,581
Yes. Well...
1143
01:00:03,421 --> 01:00:07,551
To place before mankind the
common sense of the subject
1144
01:00:08,468 --> 01:00:11,178
in terms so plain and firm
1145
01:00:11,804 --> 01:00:13,894
as to command their assent.
1146
01:00:21,606 --> 01:00:24,776
Mr. Jefferson,
are you seriously suggesting
1147
01:00:24,859 --> 01:00:27,819
that we publish a paper
declaring to all the world
1148
01:00:27,904 --> 01:00:32,204
that an illegal rebellion
is, in reality, a legal one?
1149
01:00:32,283 --> 01:00:35,123
Mr. Dickinson,
I'm surprised at you.
1150
01:00:35,203 --> 01:00:37,963
You should know that rebellion is
always legal in the first person,
1151
01:00:38,039 --> 01:00:39,749
such as "our rebellion."
1152
01:00:39,832 --> 01:00:41,018
It's only in the third person,
1153
01:00:41,042 --> 01:00:42,792
"their rebellion,"
that it is illegal.
1154
01:00:45,088 --> 01:00:47,298
Mr. President,
I second the motion
1155
01:00:47,382 --> 01:00:49,132
to postpone the vote
on independence
1156
01:00:49,217 --> 01:00:53,047
for a period of time sufficient
for the writing of a declaration.
1157
01:00:53,388 --> 01:00:55,388
It has been moved and seconded.
Mr. Thomson.
1158
01:00:55,473 --> 01:00:58,983
All those in favor of the motion to
postpone, signify by saying yea.
1159
01:00:59,060 --> 01:01:00,560
Yea!
1160
01:01:00,645 --> 01:01:04,895
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
1161
01:01:04,983 --> 01:01:06,943
Six colonies say yea.
Against?
1162
01:01:07,026 --> 01:01:08,026
Nay!
1163
01:01:08,111 --> 01:01:12,361
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
1164
01:01:12,782 --> 01:01:14,582
Six colonies say nay.
1165
01:01:16,995 --> 01:01:20,785
Mr. Secretary, New York
abstains courteously.
1166
01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:28,880
Mr. Morris, what in hell
goes on in New York?
1167
01:01:29,882 --> 01:01:33,432
I'm sorry, Mr. President,
but the simple fact is that
1168
01:01:33,511 --> 01:01:37,931
our legislature has never sent us
explicit instructions on anything.
1169
01:01:38,975 --> 01:01:40,135
Never?
1170
01:01:41,477 --> 01:01:43,147
That's impossible.
1171
01:01:44,814 --> 01:01:47,114
Mr. President,
have you ever been present
1172
01:01:47,191 --> 01:01:49,821
at a meeting of
the New York legislature?
1173
01:01:50,403 --> 01:01:52,653
They speak very fast
and very loud,
1174
01:01:52,739 --> 01:01:55,279
and nobody listens
to anybody else
1175
01:01:55,366 --> 01:01:58,286
with the result that
nothing ever gets done.
1176
01:02:00,872 --> 01:02:02,962
I beg the Congress' pardon.
1177
01:02:05,251 --> 01:02:07,291
My sympathies, Mr. Morris.
1178
01:02:07,962 --> 01:02:11,722
The vote again being tied, the chair
decides in favor of postponement.
1179
01:02:11,799 --> 01:02:13,549
So ruled.
1180
01:02:13,635 --> 01:02:15,779
A committee will now be formed
to manage the declaration.
1181
01:02:15,803 --> 01:02:18,763
Said document to be written, debated,
approved by the beginning of July,
1182
01:02:18,848 --> 01:02:20,598
some three weeks hence.
1183
01:02:20,683 --> 01:02:23,023
At which time,
Virginia's resolution
1184
01:02:23,102 --> 01:02:25,562
on independence
will finally be voted.
1185
01:02:25,647 --> 01:02:27,147
Is that clear?
1186
01:02:27,982 --> 01:02:29,612
Very well. Will
the following gentlemen
1187
01:02:29,692 --> 01:02:31,232
serve on
the Declaration Committee,
1188
01:02:31,319 --> 01:02:33,069
Dr. Franklin?
Gladly.
1189
01:02:33,446 --> 01:02:35,316
Mr. John Adams?
Yes.
1190
01:02:35,448 --> 01:02:36,528
Mr. Sherman?
1191
01:02:37,533 --> 01:02:39,333
Mr. Livingston?
Right.
1192
01:02:39,410 --> 01:02:41,290
And, of course, Mr. Lee.
1193
01:02:41,829 --> 01:02:43,909
Oh, excuse me,
but I must be returning
1194
01:02:43,998 --> 01:02:45,618
to the sovereign
colony of Virginia
1195
01:02:45,708 --> 01:02:48,128
as I have been asked
to serve as governor.
1196
01:02:48,211 --> 01:02:51,841
And therefore I must
decline respectful-Lee.
1197
01:02:56,678 --> 01:02:58,798
Very well, Mr. Lee,
you're excused then.
1198
01:02:58,888 --> 01:03:01,388
I suppose we could leave it
a four-man committee.
1199
01:03:01,474 --> 01:03:03,774
Just a moment. This
business needs a Virginian.
1200
01:03:03,851 --> 01:03:05,481
Therefore I propose
a replacement.
1201
01:03:05,561 --> 01:03:07,351
Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
No. Mr. Adams...
1202
01:03:07,438 --> 01:03:09,608
Very well, Mr. Adams.
Mr. Jefferson will serve.
1203
01:03:09,691 --> 01:03:11,271
I'm going home, too, to my wife.
1204
01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:12,359
Move to adjourn!
1205
01:03:12,443 --> 01:03:13,533
Wait.
I second.
1206
01:03:13,611 --> 01:03:17,281
Mr. Hancock, I haven't
seen her for six months.
1207
01:03:17,365 --> 01:03:19,235
Moved and seconded.
Any objections?
1208
01:03:19,325 --> 01:03:21,405
I have objections.
I have lots of objections.
1209
01:03:21,494 --> 01:03:23,704
So ruled!
Congress stands adjourned!
1210
01:03:23,788 --> 01:03:26,118
John, I need to see my wife.
1211
01:03:26,207 --> 01:03:27,827
It's all right.
Come along, come along.
1212
01:03:27,917 --> 01:03:29,877
No. I'm going
home tonight.
1213
01:03:29,961 --> 01:03:31,551
Of course you are.
Of course.
1214
01:03:31,629 --> 01:03:34,509
McNair, some rum
up to my office.
1215
01:03:35,466 --> 01:03:38,046
Oh, don't worry, Tom.
1216
01:03:38,136 --> 01:03:39,796
Let me handle it.
1217
01:03:39,887 --> 01:03:41,717
I'll get Adams to write it.
1218
01:03:41,806 --> 01:03:44,176
I don't know. He had a
funny look on his face.
1219
01:03:44,267 --> 01:03:45,387
He always does.
1220
01:03:45,476 --> 01:03:46,766
All right, gentlemen,
1221
01:03:46,853 --> 01:03:48,443
let's get on with it.
1222
01:03:48,521 --> 01:03:51,521
Which of us will write our
Declaration of Independence?
1223
01:03:53,192 --> 01:03:56,192
Mr. Adams,
I say you should write it
1224
01:03:57,071 --> 01:03:59,701
To your legal mind
and brilliance we defer
1225
01:03:59,782 --> 01:04:03,032
Is that so?
Well, if I'm the one to do it
1226
01:04:03,119 --> 01:04:04,999
They'll run their
quill pens through it
1227
01:04:05,079 --> 01:04:07,579
I'm obnoxious and disliked
You know that, sir
1228
01:04:07,665 --> 01:04:08,665
Yes, I know
1229
01:04:08,750 --> 01:04:11,460
But I say you should
write it, Franklin, yes you
1230
01:04:11,544 --> 01:04:12,634
Hell no!
1231
01:04:12,712 --> 01:04:15,302
Yes, you, Dr. Franklin, you
1232
01:04:15,381 --> 01:04:17,511
But...
You!
1233
01:04:17,592 --> 01:04:19,132
But...
1234
01:04:21,262 --> 01:04:24,472
Mr. Adams, but, Mr. Adams
1235
01:04:24,932 --> 01:04:28,192
The things I write
are only light extemporanea
1236
01:04:28,269 --> 01:04:32,149
I won't put politics
on paper, it's a mania
1237
01:04:32,231 --> 01:04:36,071
So I refuse to use the pen
in Pennsylvania
1238
01:04:36,152 --> 01:04:40,032
Pennsylvania
1239
01:04:40,114 --> 01:04:43,454
Refuse to use the pen
1240
01:04:54,712 --> 01:04:58,092
Mr. Sherman,
I say you should write it
1241
01:04:58,174 --> 01:05:00,884
You are never
controversial as it were
1242
01:05:00,968 --> 01:05:02,008
That is true
1243
01:05:02,094 --> 01:05:04,144
Whereas if I'm the one to do it
1244
01:05:04,222 --> 01:05:05,932
They'll run their
quill pens through it
1245
01:05:06,015 --> 01:05:08,385
I'm obnoxious and disliked
You know that, sir
1246
01:05:08,476 --> 01:05:09,476
Yes, I do
1247
01:05:09,560 --> 01:05:12,060
So I say you should
write it, Roger, yes, you
1248
01:05:12,146 --> 01:05:13,396
Good heavens, no
1249
01:05:13,481 --> 01:05:15,521
Yes, you, Roger Sherman
1250
01:05:15,608 --> 01:05:20,198
You!
But...
1251
01:05:21,739 --> 01:05:25,159
Mr. Adams, but, Mr. Adams
1252
01:05:25,243 --> 01:05:29,043
I cannot write with any
style or proper etiquette
1253
01:05:29,121 --> 01:05:32,581
I don't know
a participle from a predicate
1254
01:05:32,667 --> 01:05:35,667
I am just a simple cobbler
from Connecticut
1255
01:05:36,546 --> 01:05:40,086
Connecticut
1256
01:05:40,174 --> 01:05:43,934
A simple cobbler, he
1257
01:05:52,228 --> 01:05:53,398
Ah.
1258
01:05:54,647 --> 01:05:58,017
Mr. Livingston,
maybe you should write it
1259
01:05:58,109 --> 01:06:00,739
You have many friends
and you're a diplomat
1260
01:06:00,820 --> 01:06:01,820
Oh, that word
1261
01:06:01,904 --> 01:06:03,824
Whereas if I'm the one to do it
1262
01:06:03,906 --> 01:06:05,486
They'll run their
quill pens through it
1263
01:06:05,575 --> 01:06:07,985
He's obnoxious and disliked
Did you know that?
1264
01:06:08,077 --> 01:06:09,117
I hadn't heard
1265
01:06:09,203 --> 01:06:11,753
So I say you should
write it, Robert, yes, you
1266
01:06:11,873 --> 01:06:12,913
Not me, Johnny
1267
01:06:12,999 --> 01:06:15,129
Yes, you, Robert Livingston
1268
01:06:15,209 --> 01:06:20,839
You!
But...
1269
01:06:22,008 --> 01:06:25,298
Mr. Adams, dear Mr. Adams
1270
01:06:25,386 --> 01:06:28,966
I've been presented with a
new son by the noble stork
1271
01:06:29,056 --> 01:06:32,516
So I am going home
to celebrate and pop the cork
1272
01:06:32,602 --> 01:06:36,522
With all the Livingstons
together back in old New York
1273
01:06:36,606 --> 01:06:40,356
New York
1274
01:06:40,443 --> 01:06:46,283
Livingston's going to pop a cork
1275
01:06:56,584 --> 01:06:58,964
Mr. Adams
1276
01:06:59,045 --> 01:07:02,455
Leave me alone
1277
01:07:04,467 --> 01:07:06,677
Mr. Jefferson...
Mr. Adams, I beg of you.
1278
01:07:06,761 --> 01:07:10,221
I've not seen my wife
these past six months.
1279
01:07:10,306 --> 01:07:13,806
"And we solemnly declare that
we will preserve our liberties,
1280
01:07:13,893 --> 01:07:18,733
"being with one mind resolved to die
free men rather than to live slaves."
1281
01:07:18,814 --> 01:07:23,784
Thomas Jefferson, "On the Necessity
of Taking Up Arms," 1775.
1282
01:07:23,861 --> 01:07:25,031
Magnificent.
1283
01:07:25,780 --> 01:07:28,870
You write 10 times better
than any man in Congress,
1284
01:07:28,950 --> 01:07:30,660
including me.
1285
01:07:30,743 --> 01:07:32,833
For a man of only 33 years,
1286
01:07:32,912 --> 01:07:36,502
you possess a happy talent
for composition
1287
01:07:36,582 --> 01:07:39,462
and a remarkable felicity
of expression.
1288
01:07:40,252 --> 01:07:43,382
Now, then, sir.
Will you be a patriot
1289
01:07:43,464 --> 01:07:44,804
or a lover?
1290
01:07:46,509 --> 01:07:47,759
A lover.
1291
01:07:48,552 --> 01:07:50,052
No.
1292
01:07:50,137 --> 01:07:52,177
But I burn, Mr. A.
1293
01:07:52,264 --> 01:07:54,434
So do I, Mr. J.
1294
01:07:55,267 --> 01:07:56,937
You?
You do?
1295
01:07:57,019 --> 01:07:58,519
John.
Who'd have thought it?
1296
01:08:00,523 --> 01:08:02,573
Mr. Jefferson
1297
01:08:02,650 --> 01:08:04,990
Dear Mr. Jefferson
1298
01:08:05,736 --> 01:08:10,736
I'm only 41,
I still have my virility
1299
01:08:11,492 --> 01:08:16,162
And I can romp through Cupid's
grove with great agility
1300
01:08:17,498 --> 01:08:22,748
But life is more than
sexual combustibility
1301
01:08:22,837 --> 01:08:23,957
Jefferson, stop right there.
1302
01:08:24,005 --> 01:08:27,255
'Bustability
1303
01:08:27,341 --> 01:08:28,761
Combustibili...
1304
01:08:28,843 --> 01:08:30,183
Quiet!
1305
01:08:34,515 --> 01:08:36,635
Now, you'll write it, Mr. J.
1306
01:08:37,184 --> 01:08:39,194
Who will make me, Mr. A.?
1307
01:08:40,104 --> 01:08:41,104
I.
1308
01:08:42,023 --> 01:08:43,113
You?
1309
01:08:43,691 --> 01:08:44,861
Yes.
1310
01:08:48,988 --> 01:08:50,028
How?
1311
01:08:51,824 --> 01:08:54,704
By physical force, if necessary.
1312
01:08:55,703 --> 01:08:58,373
It's your duty, damn it.
Your duty!
1313
01:09:00,624 --> 01:09:02,924
Mr. Adams
1314
01:09:03,002 --> 01:09:05,252
Damn you, Mr. Adams
1315
01:09:06,464 --> 01:09:09,224
You're obnoxious and disliked
1316
01:09:09,300 --> 01:09:11,630
That cannot be denied
1317
01:09:12,344 --> 01:09:18,314
Once again you stand between
me and my lovely bride
1318
01:09:18,392 --> 01:09:21,902
Lovely bride
1319
01:09:23,647 --> 01:09:28,987
Oh, Mr. Adams, you are
driving me to homicide
1320
01:09:29,070 --> 01:09:30,190
Jefferson, stop right there!
1321
01:09:30,237 --> 01:09:31,237
Homicide
1322
01:09:31,322 --> 01:09:32,322
Homicide
1323
01:09:32,406 --> 01:09:33,866
Quiet!
1324
01:09:39,288 --> 01:09:41,248
The decision is yours,
Mr. Jefferson.
1325
01:09:41,332 --> 01:09:43,252
Do as you like with it.
1326
01:09:47,254 --> 01:09:53,894
We may see murder yet
1327
01:10:02,895 --> 01:10:04,345
Damn the man.
1328
01:10:07,316 --> 01:10:08,936
God damn the man.
1329
01:10:56,866 --> 01:10:58,026
Sorry.
1330
01:11:00,870 --> 01:11:03,620
Pardon me, sir.
Step aside. Step aside.
1331
01:11:04,456 --> 01:11:06,326
How are you?
Franklin.
1332
01:11:12,965 --> 01:11:18,845
Jefferson!
1333
01:11:21,307 --> 01:11:22,597
What is that racket?
1334
01:11:22,683 --> 01:11:24,773
Latest thing from Europe, John.
It's called music.
1335
01:11:24,852 --> 01:11:28,312
I came here hoping to hear a
pen scratching, not a bow.
1336
01:11:30,691 --> 01:11:33,111
Jefferson!
I know you're in there!
1337
01:11:34,820 --> 01:11:37,410
Ah! Jefferson,
are you finished?
1338
01:11:39,366 --> 01:11:41,366
Well, is it written yet?
1339
01:11:44,246 --> 01:11:46,786
Well, you've had
a whole week, man.
1340
01:11:46,874 --> 01:11:48,254
Is it done?
1341
01:11:50,002 --> 01:11:51,462
Can I see it?
1342
01:11:59,053 --> 01:12:01,573
"There comes a time in the lives
of men when it becomes necessary
1343
01:12:01,597 --> 01:12:03,307
"to advance from
that subordination
1344
01:12:03,390 --> 01:12:04,810
"in which they
have hitherto..."
1345
01:12:04,892 --> 01:12:06,562
This is terrible.
1346
01:12:07,228 --> 01:12:08,228
Where's the rest of it?
1347
01:12:14,526 --> 01:12:17,896
Do you mean to say
that it is not yet finished?
1348
01:12:18,822 --> 01:12:19,992
No, sir.
1349
01:12:20,074 --> 01:12:22,704
I mean to say that
it's not yet begun.
1350
01:12:23,410 --> 01:12:24,950
Good God!
1351
01:12:26,288 --> 01:12:27,748
A whole week.
1352
01:12:28,874 --> 01:12:31,924
The entire Earth
was created in a week.
1353
01:12:35,589 --> 01:12:39,129
Someday you must tell me
how you did it.
1354
01:12:42,179 --> 01:12:43,929
Disgusting.
1355
01:12:44,848 --> 01:12:46,428
Look at him, Franklin.
1356
01:12:46,517 --> 01:12:48,727
Virginia's most famous lover.
1357
01:12:49,645 --> 01:12:51,305
Virginia abstains.
1358
01:12:55,317 --> 01:12:57,147
Well, cheer up, Jefferson.
1359
01:12:57,236 --> 01:12:59,214
Get out of the dumps. It'll come
out all right, I assure you.
1360
01:12:59,238 --> 01:13:01,608
Now, get back to work.
1361
01:13:02,366 --> 01:13:04,986
Franklin, tell him to
get back to work.
1362
01:13:05,077 --> 01:13:06,827
I think he's asleep.
1363
01:13:09,915 --> 01:13:11,575
Wake up, Franklin!
1364
01:13:15,921 --> 01:13:19,131
Hello! And whose
little girl are you?
1365
01:13:22,928 --> 01:13:24,718
John, who is she?
1366
01:13:24,805 --> 01:13:26,215
His wife.
1367
01:13:27,308 --> 01:13:28,468
I hope.
1368
01:13:30,019 --> 01:13:31,689
What makes you think so?
1369
01:13:31,770 --> 01:13:33,650
Because I sent for her.
1370
01:13:34,773 --> 01:13:35,823
You what?
1371
01:13:35,899 --> 01:13:37,127
Well, it simply
occurred to me that
1372
01:13:37,151 --> 01:13:38,471
the sooner his problem
was solved,
1373
01:13:38,527 --> 01:13:40,567
the sooner our problem
is solved.
1374
01:13:40,654 --> 01:13:43,414
That's good thinking, John.
Good thinking.
1375
01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:46,490
Madam, may I present myself?
John Adams.
1376
01:13:49,538 --> 01:13:50,658
Adams.
1377
01:13:52,333 --> 01:13:53,713
John Adams.
1378
01:13:55,002 --> 01:13:57,172
Oh, and Dr. Franklin.
1379
01:13:59,465 --> 01:14:01,585
The inventor of the stove.
1380
01:14:06,180 --> 01:14:09,020
Jefferson, kindly
present me to your wife.
1381
01:14:11,894 --> 01:14:13,904
She is your wife, isn't she?
1382
01:14:13,979 --> 01:14:15,899
Well, of course she is.
Look at the way they fit.
1383
01:14:19,026 --> 01:14:20,356
Come along, John, come along.
1384
01:14:20,444 --> 01:14:21,944
Franklin, where are you going?
1385
01:14:22,029 --> 01:14:23,109
Come along, John.
1386
01:14:23,697 --> 01:14:25,527
Come along where?
There's work to be done.
1387
01:14:25,616 --> 01:14:26,946
Obviously.
1388
01:14:27,659 --> 01:14:30,749
Good God. You don't
mean to say that...
1389
01:14:31,997 --> 01:14:34,287
I mean, they're not going to...
1390
01:14:35,084 --> 01:14:37,714
In the middle of the afternoon?
1391
01:14:37,795 --> 01:14:40,205
Not everybody's
from Boston, John.
1392
01:14:41,382 --> 01:14:43,132
Incredible.
1393
01:14:43,217 --> 01:14:45,797
Well, goodbye, John.
Uh... Uh...
1394
01:14:45,886 --> 01:14:47,386
Franklin?
1395
01:14:48,514 --> 01:14:50,314
Have you eaten?
Not yet, but...
1396
01:14:50,391 --> 01:14:52,391
I understand the turkey's
fresh at Bunch of Grapes.
1397
01:14:52,559 --> 01:14:55,479
Well, the fact is
I have a rendezvous, John.
1398
01:14:55,562 --> 01:14:58,732
I'd ask you along, but
talking makes her nervous.
1399
01:15:01,443 --> 01:15:02,993
Yes, of course.
1400
01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:24,260
Incredible.
1401
01:15:32,266 --> 01:15:33,516
Abigail?
1402
01:15:34,852 --> 01:15:36,852
I'm very lonely, Abigail.
1403
01:15:37,604 --> 01:15:38,984
Are you, John?
1404
01:15:39,064 --> 01:15:40,774
As long as you were
sending for wives,
1405
01:15:40,858 --> 01:15:42,528
why didn't you
send for your own?
1406
01:15:42,609 --> 01:15:45,529
Oh, now, don't be
unreasonable, Abigail.
1407
01:15:45,612 --> 01:15:47,452
Now I'm unreasonable.
1408
01:15:47,781 --> 01:15:50,121
You must add that to your list.
1409
01:15:51,285 --> 01:15:52,695
List?
1410
01:15:52,786 --> 01:15:55,956
The catalog of my faults you
included in your last letter.
1411
01:15:57,583 --> 01:16:01,173
Oh, they were fondly
intended, madam.
1412
01:16:01,253 --> 01:16:02,883
That I play at cards badly?
1413
01:16:02,963 --> 01:16:04,383
A compliment.
1414
01:16:04,465 --> 01:16:06,255
That my posture is crooked?
1415
01:16:06,884 --> 01:16:08,894
An endearment.
1416
01:16:08,969 --> 01:16:10,849
That I read,
write and think too much?
1417
01:16:10,929 --> 01:16:12,969
An irony.
1418
01:16:13,056 --> 01:16:14,426
That I'm pigeon-toed?
1419
01:16:17,102 --> 01:16:19,522
Well, now
there you have me, Abby.
1420
01:16:21,148 --> 01:16:23,018
I'm afraid you are
pigeon-toed.
1421
01:16:25,444 --> 01:16:29,364
Please. Come to Philadelphia.
Please come.
1422
01:16:29,907 --> 01:16:32,027
Oh, thank you, John.
1423
01:16:32,117 --> 01:16:34,577
I do want to, but you know
now it's not possible.
1424
01:16:34,661 --> 01:16:35,861
The children have the measles.
1425
01:16:36,622 --> 01:16:38,082
So you wrote.
1426
01:16:39,833 --> 01:16:41,253
Tom and little Abby.
1427
01:16:41,793 --> 01:16:44,173
Only now it's
Quincy and Charles.
1428
01:16:46,590 --> 01:16:49,840
And it appears the farm here
in Braintree is failing, John.
1429
01:16:51,220 --> 01:16:53,970
The chickens and the geese
have all died.
1430
01:16:54,431 --> 01:16:57,481
The apples never survived
the late frost.
1431
01:16:59,228 --> 01:17:02,058
How do you suppose
she managed to get away?
1432
01:17:03,106 --> 01:17:05,896
Well, the winters
are softer in Virginia.
1433
01:17:06,485 --> 01:17:08,355
And their women, John?
1434
01:17:09,530 --> 01:17:10,860
Fit for Virginians, madam,
1435
01:17:10,948 --> 01:17:14,278
but pale, puny things
beside New England girls.
1436
01:17:14,910 --> 01:17:16,080
John.
1437
01:17:17,871 --> 01:17:19,661
I thank you for that.
1438
01:17:23,627 --> 01:17:26,207
Abigail, how goes it with you?
1439
01:17:26,797 --> 01:17:29,007
Not well, John.
Not at all well.
1440
01:17:30,342 --> 01:17:33,932
I live like a nun in a cloister
1441
01:17:34,012 --> 01:17:38,142
Solitary, celibate I hate it
1442
01:17:38,225 --> 01:17:39,975
And you, John?
Ugh!
1443
01:17:40,060 --> 01:17:44,190
I live like a monk in an abbey
1444
01:17:44,273 --> 01:17:46,693
Ditto, ditto I hate it
1445
01:17:48,110 --> 01:17:55,030
Write to me
with sentimental effusion
1446
01:17:56,076 --> 01:18:02,746
Let me revel
in romantic illusion
1447
01:18:04,751 --> 01:18:11,471
Do you still smell of
vanilla and spring air?
1448
01:18:13,260 --> 01:18:16,970
And is my
favorite lover's pillow
1449
01:18:17,055 --> 01:18:20,425
Still firm and fair?
1450
01:18:21,643 --> 01:18:27,023
What was there, John
1451
01:18:27,107 --> 01:18:33,737
Still is there, John
1452
01:18:34,906 --> 01:18:39,036
Come soon as you can
to my cloister
1453
01:18:39,119 --> 01:18:43,499
I've forgotten
the feel of your hand
1454
01:18:43,957 --> 01:18:48,667
Soon, madam, we shall walk
in Cupid's grove together
1455
01:18:48,754 --> 01:18:55,094
And we'll fondly survey
And we'll fondly survey
1456
01:18:55,177 --> 01:19:01,557
That promised land
That promised land
1457
01:19:02,559 --> 01:19:06,979
Till then, till then
Till then, till then
1458
01:19:07,064 --> 01:19:12,654
I am as I ever was
I am as I ever was
1459
01:19:12,736 --> 01:19:17,236
And ever shall be
And ever shall be
1460
01:19:17,324 --> 01:19:25,324
Yours Yours
1461
01:19:31,838 --> 01:19:34,008
Saltpeter
1462
01:19:35,175 --> 01:19:38,215
John
1463
01:19:48,021 --> 01:19:49,691
John?
1464
01:19:49,773 --> 01:19:50,773
John!
Hmm?
1465
01:19:50,857 --> 01:19:51,937
What?
1466
01:19:52,025 --> 01:19:53,044
What are you doing down here?
1467
01:19:53,068 --> 01:19:55,028
I thought you'd be up there,
cracking the whip.
1468
01:19:55,112 --> 01:19:58,412
Oh, well, the shutters
are still closed.
1469
01:19:59,700 --> 01:20:01,530
My word! So they are.
1470
01:20:03,912 --> 01:20:05,042
Well, as the French say...
1471
01:20:05,122 --> 01:20:07,162
Oh, please, Franklin!
1472
01:20:07,249 --> 01:20:10,579
Spare me your bawdy mind
first thing in the morning.
1473
01:20:11,795 --> 01:20:12,875
Dare we call?
1474
01:20:13,088 --> 01:20:15,298
A congressman dares anything.
1475
01:20:15,382 --> 01:20:17,222
Go ahead.
Me?
1476
01:20:17,300 --> 01:20:19,430
Your voice is more piercing.
1477
01:20:21,847 --> 01:20:24,387
Oh, John, look at her.
Just look at her.
1478
01:20:24,474 --> 01:20:25,684
I am.
1479
01:20:25,767 --> 01:20:28,687
She's even more magnificent
than I remember.
1480
01:20:30,188 --> 01:20:32,308
Of course, we didn't see
much of her front last night.
1481
01:20:32,983 --> 01:20:34,233
Good morrow, madam.
1482
01:20:34,317 --> 01:20:35,737
Good morrow.
1483
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:40,450
Is it the habit in
Philadelphia for strangers
1484
01:20:40,532 --> 01:20:42,202
to shout at ladies
from the street?
1485
01:20:42,284 --> 01:20:43,494
Not really, but...
1486
01:20:43,577 --> 01:20:48,037
And for men of your age it is not
only unseemly, it is unsightly.
1487
01:20:49,249 --> 01:20:52,459
Uh, excuse me, madam,
but we met last evening.
1488
01:20:53,587 --> 01:20:55,247
I spoke to no one last evening.
1489
01:20:55,338 --> 01:20:56,588
Indeed, you did not.
1490
01:20:56,673 --> 01:20:59,343
Nonetheless,
we did present ourselves.
1491
01:20:59,426 --> 01:21:02,386
This is Mr. John Adams.
I'm Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
1492
01:21:03,805 --> 01:21:05,215
The inventor of the stove.
1493
01:21:07,267 --> 01:21:10,597
Please! I know your names
very well, but...
1494
01:21:10,687 --> 01:21:13,107
Well, you said you presented
yourselves last night?
1495
01:21:13,190 --> 01:21:15,940
It's of no matter. Your thoughts
were well-taken elsewhere.
1496
01:21:16,860 --> 01:21:17,900
Oh.
1497
01:21:19,029 --> 01:21:20,949
My husband is not yet up.
1498
01:21:21,031 --> 01:21:23,451
Well, then shall we start over again?
Won't you join us?
1499
01:21:24,284 --> 01:21:26,044
Yes, of course.
1500
01:21:28,288 --> 01:21:29,807
Well, no wonder
the man couldn't write.
1501
01:21:29,831 --> 01:21:31,791
Who would think of
independence married to her?
1502
01:21:31,875 --> 01:21:32,995
I feel an absolute fool.
1503
01:21:33,084 --> 01:21:34,134
That's good for you, John.
1504
01:21:34,211 --> 01:21:36,131
I tell you, Franklin,
it's positively indecent.
1505
01:21:36,213 --> 01:21:37,773
John, they're young
and they're in love.
1506
01:21:37,798 --> 01:21:39,878
Not them, Franklin. Us.
1507
01:21:39,966 --> 01:21:43,136
Standing down here,
waiting for them to, uh...
1508
01:21:44,304 --> 01:21:46,184
Well, what will people think?
1509
01:21:46,264 --> 01:21:49,564
Don't worry, John. The history
books will clean it up.
1510
01:21:49,643 --> 01:21:50,813
Well, it doesn't matter.
1511
01:21:51,144 --> 01:21:54,564
I'll not appear in the history
books anyway. Only you.
1512
01:21:54,648 --> 01:21:57,068
Franklin did this
and Franklin did that,
1513
01:21:57,150 --> 01:21:59,490
and Franklin did
some other damned thing.
1514
01:21:59,611 --> 01:22:02,741
Franklin smote the ground
and out sprang
1515
01:22:02,823 --> 01:22:04,533
George Washington,
1516
01:22:04,616 --> 01:22:06,946
fully grown and on his horse.
1517
01:22:07,035 --> 01:22:10,445
Franklin then electrified him
with his miraculous lightning rod
1518
01:22:10,539 --> 01:22:14,169
then the three of them, Franklin,
Washington and the horse,
1519
01:22:14,251 --> 01:22:17,461
conducted the entire
revolution all by themselves.
1520
01:22:20,882 --> 01:22:21,922
I like it.
1521
01:22:24,010 --> 01:22:26,180
I beg your pardon, gentlemen.
1522
01:22:27,305 --> 01:22:31,345
It is indeed an honor to meet the
two greatest men in America.
1523
01:22:31,434 --> 01:22:33,734
Certainly the greatest
within earshot anyway.
1524
01:22:33,812 --> 01:22:35,692
I'm not an idle flatterer,
Dr. Franklin.
1525
01:22:35,772 --> 01:22:37,982
My husband
admires you both greatly.
1526
01:22:38,191 --> 01:22:39,691
Then we are doubly flattered,
1527
01:22:39,776 --> 01:22:43,146
for we admire very much that
what your husband admires.
1528
01:22:48,285 --> 01:22:49,865
Uh, did you sleep well, madam?
1529
01:22:49,953 --> 01:22:50,953
Hmm?
Huh!
1530
01:22:51,037 --> 01:22:52,197
Oh. Uh...
1531
01:22:52,706 --> 01:22:54,616
Well, I mean, did you lie...
1532
01:22:57,168 --> 01:22:58,271
Damn it, you know what I mean.
1533
01:22:58,295 --> 01:22:59,575
Yes, John, we know
what you mean.
1534
01:22:59,629 --> 01:23:02,259
Tell us about yourself.
We've heard precious little.
1535
01:23:02,382 --> 01:23:04,382
What's your first name? Martha.
1536
01:23:04,634 --> 01:23:05,684
Martha!
1537
01:23:06,595 --> 01:23:08,715
He might at least
have told us that.
1538
01:23:08,805 --> 01:23:10,345
Your husband
doesn't say very much.
1539
01:23:10,432 --> 01:23:11,932
Most silent man in Congress.
1540
01:23:12,017 --> 01:23:13,953
I have never heard him utter
three sentences together.
1541
01:23:13,977 --> 01:23:15,557
Not every man's a talker, John.
1542
01:23:16,062 --> 01:23:19,862
Yes, it's true, you know.
Tom is not a talker.
1543
01:23:22,569 --> 01:23:26,199
Oh, he never speaks his passions
1544
01:23:26,281 --> 01:23:29,331
He never speaks his views
1545
01:23:29,492 --> 01:23:32,912
Whereas other men speak volumes
1546
01:23:32,996 --> 01:23:37,496
The man I love is mute
1547
01:23:37,584 --> 01:23:40,174
In truth I can't recall
1548
01:23:40,253 --> 01:23:43,463
Being wooed with words
1549
01:23:43,548 --> 01:23:45,838
At all
1550
01:23:45,926 --> 01:23:49,756
Even now
1551
01:23:49,846 --> 01:23:51,346
Oh, don't stop, madam.
1552
01:23:51,431 --> 01:23:53,141
No. Tell us,
how did he win you?
1553
01:23:53,224 --> 01:23:56,394
And how does he hold on
to a bounty such as you?
1554
01:23:56,478 --> 01:23:59,308
Well, surely you've noticed that Tom
is a man of many accomplishments.
1555
01:23:59,397 --> 01:24:00,397
Of course.
1556
01:24:00,482 --> 01:24:03,652
Author, lawyer, statesman,
architect, farmer.
1557
01:24:04,903 --> 01:24:09,033
And still one more that
I hesitate to mention.
1558
01:24:09,115 --> 01:24:11,325
Don't hesitate, madam.
Don't hesitate.
1559
01:24:11,409 --> 01:24:14,869
No, tell us. What else can
that redheaded tombstone do?
1560
01:24:17,248 --> 01:24:22,248
He plays the violin
1561
01:24:22,337 --> 01:24:26,587
He tucks it right under his chin
1562
01:24:26,675 --> 01:24:28,795
And he bows
1563
01:24:28,927 --> 01:24:31,007
Oh, he bows
1564
01:24:31,096 --> 01:24:35,016
For he knows Yes, he knows
1565
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:39,230
That it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
1566
01:24:39,312 --> 01:24:42,902
'Twixt my heart,
Tom and his fiddle
1567
01:24:42,983 --> 01:24:46,993
My strings are unstrung
1568
01:24:47,070 --> 01:24:49,700
Hi-hi-hi
1569
01:24:49,781 --> 01:24:53,121
Hi
1570
01:24:53,201 --> 01:24:56,251
I am undone
1571
01:24:56,329 --> 01:24:57,619
The violin, madam?
1572
01:24:57,706 --> 01:25:01,246
I hear his violin
1573
01:25:01,334 --> 01:25:04,884
And I get that feeling within
1574
01:25:04,963 --> 01:25:08,513
And I sigh Oh, I sigh
1575
01:25:08,591 --> 01:25:12,091
He draws near, very near
1576
01:25:12,178 --> 01:25:16,308
And it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
1577
01:25:16,391 --> 01:25:19,981
And goodbye to the fiddle
1578
01:25:20,061 --> 01:25:24,061
My strings are unstrung
1579
01:25:24,149 --> 01:25:26,779
Hi-hi-hi
1580
01:25:26,860 --> 01:25:30,110
Hi
1581
01:25:30,196 --> 01:25:32,316
I'm always undone
1582
01:25:32,407 --> 01:25:34,367
That settles it, John.
We're taking up the violin.
1583
01:25:34,784 --> 01:25:37,464
Very well, madam. You have us playing
the violin. What happens next?
1584
01:25:37,537 --> 01:25:38,617
Next, Mr. Adams?
1585
01:25:38,705 --> 01:25:40,155
Yes. What does
Tom do now?
1586
01:25:40,498 --> 01:25:41,828
Why, just what you'd expect.
1587
01:25:44,669 --> 01:25:45,709
We dance.
1588
01:25:46,504 --> 01:25:47,504
Dance?
1589
01:25:47,589 --> 01:25:49,799
Dance? Incredible!
1590
01:25:50,550 --> 01:25:52,930
One, two, three.
One, two, three!
1591
01:25:57,515 --> 01:25:59,425
Who's playing the violin?
1592
01:25:59,517 --> 01:26:01,137
John, really?
1593
01:26:37,722 --> 01:26:39,602
John, you can dance.
1594
01:26:39,682 --> 01:26:42,682
We still do a few
things in Boston, Franklin.
1595
01:26:57,117 --> 01:26:59,827
Hi-hi-hi
1596
01:26:59,911 --> 01:27:04,461
Hi
1597
01:27:04,541 --> 01:27:08,541
When heaven calls to me
1598
01:27:08,628 --> 01:27:11,798
Sing me no sad elegy
1599
01:27:11,881 --> 01:27:13,421
Say I died
1600
01:27:13,842 --> 01:27:15,552
Loving bride
1601
01:27:15,635 --> 01:27:18,795
Loving wife, loving life
1602
01:27:18,888 --> 01:27:22,888
For it was
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
1603
01:27:22,976 --> 01:27:26,726
'Twixt my heart,
Tom and his fiddle
1604
01:27:26,813 --> 01:27:31,283
And ever 'twill be
1605
01:27:35,405 --> 01:27:38,115
Hi-hi-hi
1606
01:27:38,199 --> 01:27:41,449
Hi
1607
01:27:41,536 --> 01:27:43,246
Through eternity
1608
01:27:43,329 --> 01:27:49,999
He plays the violin
1609
01:27:50,086 --> 01:27:54,966
He plays the violin
1610
01:28:02,682 --> 01:28:06,102
Look! Look, Franklin,
he's done it. He's written it.
1611
01:28:08,354 --> 01:28:10,864
"Dear Mr. Adams, I am
taking my wife back to bed.
1612
01:28:10,940 --> 01:28:13,940
"Kindly go away. Your obedient, T.
Jefferson."
1613
01:28:15,028 --> 01:28:16,738
Incredible!
1614
01:28:18,364 --> 01:28:19,842
You know, perhaps
I should have written
1615
01:28:19,866 --> 01:28:21,026
the declaration after all.
1616
01:28:21,117 --> 01:28:22,737
At my age, there's little doubt
1617
01:28:22,827 --> 01:28:25,247
the pen is mightier
than the sword.
1618
01:28:27,540 --> 01:28:32,210
For it's
hi-hi-hi-diddle diddle
1619
01:28:32,295 --> 01:28:36,375
And God bless
a man who can fiddle
1620
01:28:36,466 --> 01:28:40,426
And independency
1621
01:28:40,511 --> 01:28:43,311
Hi-hi-hi
Hi-hi-hi
1622
01:28:43,389 --> 01:28:45,469
Hi Hi
1623
01:28:45,558 --> 01:28:50,188
Ya-da-da-da-da
Ya-da-da-da-da
1624
01:28:50,855 --> 01:28:53,895
Through eternity
Through eternity
1625
01:28:54,025 --> 01:28:58,525
He plays the violin
He plays the violin
1626
01:28:58,821 --> 01:29:02,491
Violin Violin
1627
01:29:02,575 --> 01:29:08,785
Violin Violin
1628
01:29:15,088 --> 01:29:19,418
Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia's absent,
1629
01:29:19,509 --> 01:29:23,759
and North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
1630
01:29:24,013 --> 01:29:27,063
And what follows is a
complete and up-to-date list
1631
01:29:27,141 --> 01:29:29,431
of all the committees
of this Congress,
1632
01:29:29,519 --> 01:29:33,439
now sitting, about to
sit or just having sat.
1633
01:29:34,274 --> 01:29:37,194
"A committee formed to investigate
a complaint made against
1634
01:29:37,277 --> 01:29:40,737
"the quality of yeast manufactured by Mr.
Henry Pendleton's mill
1635
01:29:40,822 --> 01:29:43,372
"designated as
the Yeast Committee."
1636
01:29:43,449 --> 01:29:46,119
"A committee formed to consider
the most effective method
1637
01:29:46,202 --> 01:29:47,622
"of dealing with spies
1638
01:29:47,704 --> 01:29:50,254
"designated as
the Spies Committee."
1639
01:29:51,791 --> 01:29:54,791
"A committee formed to
think, perhaps to do,
1640
01:29:54,877 --> 01:29:58,167
"but in any case, to gather,
to meet, to confer, to talk,
1641
01:29:58,256 --> 01:30:01,716
"and perhaps even to resolve
that each rifle regiment
1642
01:30:01,801 --> 01:30:05,721
"be allowed at least one drum and
one fire attached to each company,
1643
01:30:05,805 --> 01:30:08,515
"designated as the
Drum and Fife Committee."
1644
01:30:08,599 --> 01:30:11,059
"A committee formed to..."
1645
01:30:11,144 --> 01:30:12,814
Where is that committee?
1646
01:30:12,895 --> 01:30:15,805
What do you think of it,
Doctor? Democracy?
1647
01:30:16,482 --> 01:30:17,862
What Plato called
1648
01:30:17,942 --> 01:30:19,992
"a charming form of government
1649
01:30:20,069 --> 01:30:22,359
"full of variety
and disorder."
1650
01:30:22,989 --> 01:30:26,069
I never knew Plato had been
to Philadelphia.
1651
01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:28,159
Ben, I want you
to see some cards
1652
01:30:28,244 --> 01:30:29,624
I've gone and had printed up.
1653
01:30:29,704 --> 01:30:31,874
Ought to save everybody here
a lot of time and effort,
1654
01:30:31,956 --> 01:30:34,036
considering the epidemic
of bad disposition
1655
01:30:34,125 --> 01:30:36,915
that's been going
on around here lately
1656
01:30:37,003 --> 01:30:40,093
"Dear sir, you are, without
any doubt, a rogue, a rascal,
1657
01:30:40,173 --> 01:30:42,673
"a villain, a thief, a
scoundrel and a mean, dirty,
1658
01:30:42,759 --> 01:30:45,049
"stinking, sniveling, sneaking,
pimping, pocket-picking,
1659
01:30:45,136 --> 01:30:47,046
"thrice double-damned
no-good son-of-a-bitch."
1660
01:30:47,180 --> 01:30:48,850
And you sign your name.
What do you think?
1661
01:30:48,931 --> 01:30:50,771
I'll take a dozen right now.
1662
01:30:50,850 --> 01:30:52,520
A-ha! Here it is.
1663
01:30:52,602 --> 01:30:55,602
"A committee formed to answer all
congressional correspondence,
1664
01:30:55,688 --> 01:30:59,358
"designated as the Congressional
Correspondence Committee."
1665
01:31:01,027 --> 01:31:03,607
All right, Franklin, enough socializing.
There's work to be done.
1666
01:31:03,696 --> 01:31:05,276
Good morning, John.
What?
1667
01:31:05,365 --> 01:31:06,365
Good morning.
1668
01:31:06,449 --> 01:31:07,699
Oh. Good morning,
good morning.
1669
01:31:07,825 --> 01:31:09,785
Now then, let's get to it.
Get to what?
1670
01:31:09,869 --> 01:31:11,869
Unanimity, of course.
Look at that board.
1671
01:31:11,954 --> 01:31:14,214
Six nays to win over
in little more than a week.
1672
01:31:14,290 --> 01:31:17,130
"A committee formed to consider
the problem of counterfeit money
1673
01:31:17,210 --> 01:31:19,130
"designated as the Counterfeit
Money Committee."
1674
01:31:19,212 --> 01:31:20,462
Oh, God! What...
1675
01:31:20,546 --> 01:31:21,666
All right, John, all right.
1676
01:31:21,756 --> 01:31:22,796
Where shall we start?
1677
01:31:22,882 --> 01:31:24,132
Well, what about Delaware?
1678
01:31:24,217 --> 01:31:27,337
Sad thing to see them on the
wrong side after all this time.
1679
01:31:27,428 --> 01:31:29,298
Any news of Rodney?
Yes. McKean's back.
1680
01:31:29,389 --> 01:31:30,389
Thomas!
1681
01:31:30,473 --> 01:31:32,353
"A committee formed
to study the causes
1682
01:31:32,433 --> 01:31:34,433
"of our military
defeat in Canada."
1683
01:31:34,519 --> 01:31:36,139
Thomas,
1684
01:31:36,229 --> 01:31:38,649
how did you leave Caesar?
Is he still alive?
1685
01:31:38,731 --> 01:31:40,861
Aye, but the journey to Dover
1686
01:31:40,942 --> 01:31:42,732
was fearful hard on him.
1687
01:31:42,819 --> 01:31:44,569
He never complained,
but I could see
1688
01:31:44,654 --> 01:31:46,454
the poor man was
suffering terrible.
1689
01:31:46,531 --> 01:31:48,491
But you got him safely home.
1690
01:31:48,574 --> 01:31:49,834
I did,
1691
01:31:49,909 --> 01:31:52,289
but I doubt he'll ever
set foot out of it again.
1692
01:31:52,370 --> 01:31:54,890
That leaves you and Read split down
the middle. Will he come over?
1693
01:31:54,914 --> 01:31:57,714
I don't know. He's a
stubborn ignoramus.
1694
01:31:57,792 --> 01:31:59,792
Work on him. Keep after him
till you wear him down.
1695
01:31:59,836 --> 01:32:01,376
Look, John,
face facts, will you?
1696
01:32:01,462 --> 01:32:03,422
If it were just Read
standing in our way,
1697
01:32:03,506 --> 01:32:04,546
it wouldn't be so bad,
1698
01:32:04,632 --> 01:32:05,972
but look for yourself, man.
1699
01:32:06,050 --> 01:32:10,010
Maryland, Pennsylvania and the
entire South. It's impossible!
1700
01:32:10,096 --> 01:32:13,266
Well, it's impossible if we all
stand around complaining about it.
1701
01:32:13,349 --> 01:32:16,179
To work, McKean! One foot
in front of the other!
1702
01:32:16,269 --> 01:32:17,549
I believe I put it a better way.
1703
01:32:17,603 --> 01:32:18,943
Never leave off
until tomorrow...
1704
01:32:19,021 --> 01:32:20,691
Shut up, Franklin.
1705
01:32:20,773 --> 01:32:23,193
But what good will it do?
1706
01:32:23,276 --> 01:32:26,276
You know Dickinson.
He'll never give in.
1707
01:32:26,779 --> 01:32:28,739
And you haven't heard the
last of Rutledge either.
1708
01:32:28,781 --> 01:32:30,951
Never mind about them.
Your job is George Read.
1709
01:32:31,033 --> 01:32:32,177
Talk him deaf if you have to,
1710
01:32:32,201 --> 01:32:33,791
but bring us back Delaware.
1711
01:32:33,870 --> 01:32:34,870
There's a simpler way.
1712
01:32:34,954 --> 01:32:36,084
What?
1713
01:32:36,664 --> 01:32:38,124
This'll break the tie.
1714
01:32:38,207 --> 01:32:40,167
All right, John, who's next?
1715
01:32:40,251 --> 01:32:42,211
"A committee
formed to keep secrets
1716
01:32:42,295 --> 01:32:44,705
"designated as
the Secrets Committee."
1717
01:32:44,797 --> 01:32:46,297
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
1718
01:32:46,382 --> 01:32:48,722
Now, I suggest you try to get
your own house into order
1719
01:32:48,801 --> 01:32:51,091
and I'll take a crack
at old vacant-face.
1720
01:32:51,179 --> 01:32:53,259
Lord, look at him stuff himself.
1721
01:32:53,973 --> 01:32:55,973
Ah, Mr. Chase!
1722
01:32:56,100 --> 01:32:59,350
How about it, Chase? When are
you coming to your senses, man?
1723
01:32:59,437 --> 01:33:02,517
Please, Mr. Adams,
not while I'm eating.
1724
01:33:02,607 --> 01:33:04,187
Mr. Wilson, sir?
1725
01:33:05,109 --> 01:33:07,029
It's time to assert yourself.
1726
01:33:07,111 --> 01:33:09,071
Tell me something.
When you were a judge,
1727
01:33:09,155 --> 01:33:12,025
how in hell did you
ever make a decision?
1728
01:33:12,116 --> 01:33:16,826
The decisions I made were all
based on legality and precedence.
1729
01:33:16,913 --> 01:33:19,083
But there is no legality here
1730
01:33:19,165 --> 01:33:20,995
and certainly no precedent.
1731
01:33:21,083 --> 01:33:25,803
Because it's a
new idea, you clot!
1732
01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:28,420
We'll be setting
our own precedent!
1733
01:33:28,508 --> 01:33:32,468
No, Mr. McKean.
No, no, no!
1734
01:33:32,553 --> 01:33:34,103
Damn your eyes, Read!
1735
01:33:34,180 --> 01:33:36,060
You come into this
world screaming "no,"
1736
01:33:36,140 --> 01:33:40,140
and you're determined to leave
it the same way, you slimy worm!
1737
01:33:41,771 --> 01:33:44,561
The Congress is
waiting on you, Chase!
1738
01:33:44,649 --> 01:33:48,359
America is waiting!
The whole world is waiting!
1739
01:33:48,444 --> 01:33:50,404
What's that? Kidney?
1740
01:33:50,488 --> 01:33:53,068
Leave me alone,
Mr. Adams!
1741
01:33:53,157 --> 01:33:54,697
You're wasting your time.
1742
01:33:54,784 --> 01:33:56,584
If I thought we
could win this war,
1743
01:33:56,661 --> 01:33:58,201
I'd be at the front
of your ranks.
1744
01:33:58,287 --> 01:34:01,157
But you must know
it's impossible.
1745
01:34:01,249 --> 01:34:03,459
You've heard General
Washington's dispatches.
1746
01:34:03,543 --> 01:34:05,593
His army has fallen to pieces.
1747
01:34:05,670 --> 01:34:08,420
Washington is exaggerating
the situation
1748
01:34:08,506 --> 01:34:11,046
in order to arouse this
torpid Congress into action.
1749
01:34:11,133 --> 01:34:12,683
Why, as chairman of
the War Committee,
1750
01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:14,140
I can state for a fact
1751
01:34:14,220 --> 01:34:16,560
that the army has never
been in better shape.
1752
01:34:16,639 --> 01:34:19,309
Never have troops
been more cheerful.
1753
01:34:19,392 --> 01:34:21,562
Never have soldiers
been more resolute.
1754
01:34:21,644 --> 01:34:25,364
Never have training and
discipline been more spirited.
1755
01:34:25,439 --> 01:34:27,229
Oh, good God.
1756
01:34:36,450 --> 01:34:37,886
May we have
your ears, gentlemen?
1757
01:34:37,910 --> 01:34:39,830
Mr. Thomson
has a dispatch.
1758
01:34:39,912 --> 01:34:42,712
"From the Commander, army of the
United Colonies in New York,
1759
01:34:42,790 --> 01:34:45,000
"dispatch number 1, 157,
1760
01:34:45,084 --> 01:34:46,603
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
1761
01:34:46,627 --> 01:34:50,587
"Dear sir, it is with the utmost
despair that I must report to you
1762
01:34:50,673 --> 01:34:52,013
"the disorder and confusion
1763
01:34:52,091 --> 01:34:53,471
"that reign in
every department."
1764
01:34:53,551 --> 01:34:56,011
Oh, sweet Jesus!
1765
01:34:58,055 --> 01:35:00,925
"The Continental soldier
is as nothing ever seen
1766
01:35:01,017 --> 01:35:02,807
"in this or any other century.
1767
01:35:02,893 --> 01:35:05,103
"He is a misfit,
ignorant of hygiene,
1768
01:35:05,229 --> 01:35:06,519
"destructive, disorderly
1769
01:35:06,606 --> 01:35:08,396
"and totally
disrespectful of rank.
1770
01:35:08,899 --> 01:35:10,569
"Only this last
is understandable,
1771
01:35:10,651 --> 01:35:15,071
"as there is an incredible reek of
stupidity amongst the officers.
1772
01:35:15,489 --> 01:35:17,119
"The situation is most desperate
1773
01:35:17,199 --> 01:35:19,739
"at the New Jersey training
ground in New Brunswick
1774
01:35:19,827 --> 01:35:22,287
"where every able-bodied
whore in the..."
1775
01:35:22,830 --> 01:35:23,830
Whore?
1776
01:35:25,333 --> 01:35:27,463
"In the colonies has assembled.
1777
01:35:27,543 --> 01:35:29,463
"There are constant
reports of drunkenness,
1778
01:35:29,545 --> 01:35:31,705
"desertion, foul language,
1779
01:35:31,797 --> 01:35:34,297
"naked bathing in
the Raritan River,
1780
01:35:34,383 --> 01:35:36,433
"and an epidemic
1781
01:35:36,510 --> 01:35:38,800
"of the French disease."
1782
01:35:40,264 --> 01:35:43,934
"I have placed this town off-limits
to all military personnel
1783
01:35:44,018 --> 01:35:46,188
"with the exception of officers.
1784
01:35:46,270 --> 01:35:49,860
"I beseech the Congress to dispatch
the War Committee to this place
1785
01:35:49,940 --> 01:35:51,020
"in the hope of restoring
1786
01:35:51,108 --> 01:35:54,608
"some of the order and
discipline we need to survive.
1787
01:35:54,695 --> 01:35:56,235
"Your obedient,
1788
01:35:57,406 --> 01:35:58,986
"G. Washington."
1789
01:36:01,494 --> 01:36:03,954
That man would depress a hyena.
1790
01:36:05,956 --> 01:36:08,996
Well, Mr. Adams, you're
chairman of the War Committee.
1791
01:36:09,085 --> 01:36:10,835
Do you feel up to whoring,
1792
01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:13,340
drinking, deserting
and New Brunswick?
1793
01:36:13,547 --> 01:36:15,257
There must be some mistake.
1794
01:36:15,341 --> 01:36:17,971
I have an aunt who lives
in New Brunswick.
1795
01:36:20,012 --> 01:36:22,892
You must tell her to
keep up the good work.
1796
01:36:25,685 --> 01:36:27,765
Come, come, Mr. Adams.
1797
01:36:27,853 --> 01:36:30,113
You must see that it's hopeless.
1798
01:36:30,189 --> 01:36:32,069
Let us recall General Washington
1799
01:36:32,149 --> 01:36:33,779
and disband the Continental Army
1800
01:36:33,859 --> 01:36:36,029
before we're overwhelmed.
1801
01:36:36,570 --> 01:36:39,280
Yes, indeed. The English would
like that, now, wouldn't they?
1802
01:36:39,365 --> 01:36:40,775
Why not ask them yourself?
1803
01:36:40,866 --> 01:36:43,076
They ought to be
here any minute.
1804
01:36:43,744 --> 01:36:46,204
And when they
hang you, Mr. Adams,
1805
01:36:46,288 --> 01:36:49,248
I hope you will put in a good
word for the rest of us.
1806
01:36:58,134 --> 01:37:00,014
Face facts,
Mr. Adams.
1807
01:37:00,928 --> 01:37:03,218
A handful of drunk
and disorderly recruits
1808
01:37:03,305 --> 01:37:05,515
against the entire British Army,
1809
01:37:06,225 --> 01:37:08,975
the finest musket men on Earth.
1810
01:37:09,061 --> 01:37:10,811
How can we win?
1811
01:37:10,896 --> 01:37:13,436
How can we even hope to survive?
1812
01:37:13,524 --> 01:37:15,154
Answer me straight, Chase.
1813
01:37:15,735 --> 01:37:18,815
If you thought we
could beat the Redcoats,
1814
01:37:18,904 --> 01:37:21,324
would Maryland say
yea to independence?
1815
01:37:21,407 --> 01:37:23,277
Well, I suppose...
1816
01:37:23,367 --> 01:37:24,527
No supposing.
1817
01:37:25,035 --> 01:37:27,075
Would you or wouldn't you?
1818
01:37:29,582 --> 01:37:31,372
Very well,
Mr. Adams.
1819
01:37:32,209 --> 01:37:34,499
Yes, we would.
1820
01:37:34,587 --> 01:37:36,417
Then come with me
to New Brunswick
1821
01:37:36,505 --> 01:37:37,665
and see for yourself.
1822
01:37:37,757 --> 01:37:38,797
John, are you mad?
1823
01:37:38,841 --> 01:37:40,444
You heard what Washington said.
It's a shambles.
1824
01:37:40,468 --> 01:37:42,112
They're pushing
you into it, Johnny!
1825
01:37:42,136 --> 01:37:43,216
What do you say, Chase?
1826
01:37:43,304 --> 01:37:46,014
Go ahead, Sam. It sounds
lively as hell up there.
1827
01:37:46,098 --> 01:37:48,098
All right.
Why not?
1828
01:37:48,184 --> 01:37:50,024
And maybe it'll be John Adams
1829
01:37:50,102 --> 01:37:51,192
who comes to his senses.
1830
01:37:51,270 --> 01:37:52,650
Mr. President,
the War Committee
1831
01:37:52,730 --> 01:37:54,400
will heed General
Washington's request.
1832
01:37:54,482 --> 01:37:56,126
A party consisting of
Mr. Chase, Dr. Franklin
1833
01:37:56,150 --> 01:37:57,860
and myself will
leave immediately.
1834
01:37:57,943 --> 01:37:59,283
Is that...
1835
01:37:59,987 --> 01:38:03,027
Is that satisfactory
with you, Dr. Franklin?
1836
01:38:03,115 --> 01:38:05,775
Wake up, Franklin! You're
going to New Brunswick.
1837
01:38:05,868 --> 01:38:07,328
Like hell I am.
What for?
1838
01:38:07,411 --> 01:38:09,621
The whoring and the drinking.
1839
01:38:11,248 --> 01:38:14,078
All right, Chase! Move all that lard.
Not a moment to lose.
1840
01:38:14,168 --> 01:38:17,798
Left, right, left, right.
Left, right, left, right.
1841
01:38:17,880 --> 01:38:19,550
Left, right, left!
1842
01:38:30,643 --> 01:38:34,523
Mr. McNair, all this
talk of independence
1843
01:38:34,605 --> 01:38:37,315
has left a certain
foulness in the air.
1844
01:38:37,399 --> 01:38:38,979
My friends and I
would appreciate it
1845
01:38:39,068 --> 01:38:41,318
if you could open some windows.
1846
01:38:41,403 --> 01:38:43,573
Well, what about the flies?
1847
01:38:43,656 --> 01:38:45,656
The windows,
Mr. McNair.
1848
01:38:47,868 --> 01:38:50,908
Open the windows,
close the windows.
1849
01:38:50,996 --> 01:38:52,996
Sweet Jesus!
1850
01:39:02,049 --> 01:39:06,179
Oh, say, do you see what I see?
1851
01:39:06,679 --> 01:39:10,059
Congress sitting
here in sweet serenity
1852
01:39:10,140 --> 01:39:13,430
I could cheer,
the reason's clear
1853
01:39:13,519 --> 01:39:15,689
For the first time in a year
1854
01:39:15,771 --> 01:39:17,771
Adams isn't here
1855
01:39:17,857 --> 01:39:21,397
And look, the sun is in the sky
1856
01:39:21,485 --> 01:39:23,485
A breeze is blowing by
1857
01:39:23,571 --> 01:39:27,451
And there's not a single fly
1858
01:39:27,533 --> 01:39:29,533
I sing hosanna
1859
01:39:29,618 --> 01:39:32,118
Hosanna
1860
01:39:32,204 --> 01:39:36,084
Hosanna, hosanna
1861
01:39:36,166 --> 01:39:37,786
And it's cool
1862
01:39:40,045 --> 01:39:44,255
Come, ye cool,
cool, conservative men
1863
01:39:44,341 --> 01:39:48,141
Our like may never
ever be seen again
1864
01:39:48,220 --> 01:39:51,600
We have land, cash in hand
1865
01:39:51,682 --> 01:39:55,732
Self-command,
future planned
1866
01:39:55,811 --> 01:39:59,561
Fortune thrives,
society survives
1867
01:39:59,648 --> 01:40:01,568
In neatly ordered lives
1868
01:40:01,650 --> 01:40:05,530
With well-endowered wives
1869
01:40:05,613 --> 01:40:07,993
Come sing hosanna
1870
01:40:08,073 --> 01:40:10,333
Hosanna
1871
01:40:10,409 --> 01:40:14,249
In our breeding and our manner
1872
01:40:14,330 --> 01:40:17,830
We are cool
1873
01:40:17,917 --> 01:40:22,337
Come, ye cool,
cool, considerate set
1874
01:40:22,421 --> 01:40:25,971
We'll dance together
to the same minuet
1875
01:40:26,050 --> 01:40:29,890
To the right, ever to the right
1876
01:40:29,970 --> 01:40:33,850
Never to the left,
forever to the right
1877
01:40:33,933 --> 01:40:37,603
Let our creed be never to exceed
1878
01:40:37,686 --> 01:40:39,556
Regulated speed
1879
01:40:39,647 --> 01:40:42,937
No matter what the need
1880
01:40:43,734 --> 01:40:45,904
Come sing hosanna
1881
01:40:45,986 --> 01:40:47,896
Hosanna
1882
01:40:48,238 --> 01:40:52,028
Emblazoned on our banner
1883
01:40:52,117 --> 01:40:56,037
ls keep cool
1884
01:41:04,088 --> 01:41:07,298
To the right, ever to the right
1885
01:41:07,925 --> 01:41:11,835
Never to the left,
forever to the right
1886
01:41:11,929 --> 01:41:15,929
Hands attach, tightly latch
1887
01:41:16,016 --> 01:41:17,426
Everybody match
1888
01:41:17,518 --> 01:41:20,098
I have a new dispatch
1889
01:41:23,732 --> 01:41:26,192
"From the Commander, army of the
United Colonies in New York,
1890
01:41:26,276 --> 01:41:28,236
"dispatch number 1, 158,
1891
01:41:28,320 --> 01:41:29,965
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
1892
01:41:29,989 --> 01:41:33,699
"Dear sir, I awoke this morning
to find that General Howe
1893
01:41:33,784 --> 01:41:36,794
"has landed 25,000 British
regulars and Hessian mercenaries
1894
01:41:36,870 --> 01:41:38,410
"on Staten Island,
1895
01:41:38,497 --> 01:41:40,327
"and that the fleet,
under the command
1896
01:41:40,457 --> 01:41:42,287
"of his brother,
Admiral Lord Howe,
1897
01:41:42,376 --> 01:41:44,746
"controls not only the
Hudson and the east rivers,
1898
01:41:44,837 --> 01:41:46,127
"but New York Harbor,
1899
01:41:46,213 --> 01:41:49,173
"which now looks like
all of London afloat.
1900
01:41:49,675 --> 01:41:51,295
"I can no longer,
in good conscience,
1901
01:41:51,427 --> 01:41:53,257
"withhold from the
Congress my certainty
1902
01:41:53,345 --> 01:41:54,755
"that the British
military object
1903
01:41:54,847 --> 01:41:57,347
"at this time is Philadelphia.
1904
01:41:57,433 --> 01:42:00,273
"Happy should I be if I could see
the means of preventing them,
1905
01:42:00,352 --> 01:42:03,022
"but, at present,
I confess I do not.
1906
01:42:03,605 --> 01:42:07,395
"How I wish I had never
seen the Continental Army.
1907
01:42:07,526 --> 01:42:10,106
"I would have done better to
retire to the back country,
1908
01:42:10,195 --> 01:42:12,945
"and to live in a wigwam.
1909
01:42:13,032 --> 01:42:14,532
"Your obedient,
1910
01:42:15,951 --> 01:42:17,541
"G. Washington."
1911
01:42:18,495 --> 01:42:22,035
What we do, we do rationally
1912
01:42:22,541 --> 01:42:25,881
We never, ever go
off half-cocked, not we
1913
01:42:25,961 --> 01:42:29,381
Why begin till we
know that we can win
1914
01:42:29,465 --> 01:42:33,255
And if we cannot win,
why bother to begin?
1915
01:42:33,343 --> 01:42:37,013
We say this game's
not of our choosing
1916
01:42:37,806 --> 01:42:41,136
Why should we risk losing?
1917
01:42:41,268 --> 01:42:45,098
We're cool, cool men
1918
01:42:47,107 --> 01:42:48,647
Mr. Hancock,
1919
01:42:48,734 --> 01:42:51,404
you're a man of
property, one of us.
1920
01:42:52,071 --> 01:42:54,411
Why don't you join
us in our minuet?
1921
01:42:54,490 --> 01:42:57,160
Why do you persist in
dancing with John Adams?
1922
01:42:57,242 --> 01:42:59,202
Good Lord, sir, you
don't even like him.
1923
01:42:59,745 --> 01:43:03,035
That is true.
He annoys me quite a lot
1924
01:43:03,123 --> 01:43:06,463
But still I'd rather trot
to Mr. Adams' new gavotte
1925
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:10,250
Why? For personal glory?
For a place in history?
1926
01:43:10,380 --> 01:43:13,880
Be careful, sir. History will brand
him and his followers as traitors.
1927
01:43:14,176 --> 01:43:16,836
Traitors, Mr. Dickinson?
To what?
1928
01:43:16,929 --> 01:43:20,429
The British Crown or
the British half crown?
1929
01:43:20,516 --> 01:43:22,516
Fortunately, there are
not enough men of property
1930
01:43:22,601 --> 01:43:24,351
in America to dictate policy.
1931
01:43:24,436 --> 01:43:28,016
Perhaps not, but don't forget
that most men with nothing
1932
01:43:28,107 --> 01:43:31,357
would rather protect the
possibility of becoming rich
1933
01:43:31,443 --> 01:43:33,993
than face the reality
of being poor.
1934
01:43:36,406 --> 01:43:38,776
And that is why
they will follow us...
1935
01:43:38,867 --> 01:43:42,697
To the right, ever to the right
1936
01:43:42,788 --> 01:43:46,458
Never to left,
forever to the right
1937
01:43:46,542 --> 01:43:49,962
Where there's gold,
a market to behold
1938
01:43:50,045 --> 01:43:51,705
Tradition that is old
1939
01:43:51,797 --> 01:43:53,837
Reluctant to be bold
1940
01:43:53,924 --> 01:43:55,884
I sing hosanna
1941
01:43:55,968 --> 01:43:57,968
Hosanna
1942
01:43:58,053 --> 01:44:01,263
In a sane and lucid manner
1943
01:44:01,348 --> 01:44:02,468
We are cool!
1944
01:44:03,642 --> 01:44:07,812
We're the cool,
cool, considerate men
1945
01:44:07,896 --> 01:44:11,566
Whose like may never,
ever be seen again
1946
01:44:11,650 --> 01:44:15,440
We've got land, cash in hand
1947
01:44:15,529 --> 01:44:19,409
Self-command, future planned
1948
01:44:19,491 --> 01:44:23,161
And we'll hold to our gold
1949
01:44:23,287 --> 01:44:25,247
Tradition that is old
1950
01:44:25,330 --> 01:44:27,330
Reluctant to be bold
1951
01:44:27,416 --> 01:44:31,496
We say this game's
not of our choosing
1952
01:44:32,254 --> 01:44:35,804
Why should we risk losing?
1953
01:44:36,008 --> 01:44:40,428
We're cool
1954
01:44:40,512 --> 01:44:44,272
Cool
1955
01:44:44,349 --> 01:44:51,189
Cool, cool men
1956
01:45:10,375 --> 01:45:11,825
How'd you like to try and borrow
1957
01:45:11,919 --> 01:45:14,089
a dollar from one of them?
1958
01:45:15,172 --> 01:45:17,302
You want some more rum, General?
1959
01:45:17,382 --> 01:45:18,632
General?
1960
01:45:19,509 --> 01:45:21,589
Lord, I ain't even a corporal.
1961
01:45:21,678 --> 01:45:24,058
Yeah, well, what's
the army know?
1962
01:45:27,059 --> 01:45:29,059
Here, son.
There you go.
1963
01:45:33,649 --> 01:45:37,899
Sit down, gentlemen. The chair
rules it's too damn hot to work.
1964
01:45:48,121 --> 01:45:50,871
Well, General, what's
it like out there?
1965
01:45:51,416 --> 01:45:53,376
You probably know more than me.
1966
01:45:53,669 --> 01:45:54,749
Sitting here?
1967
01:45:54,836 --> 01:45:57,086
Sweet Jesus, this
is the last place
1968
01:45:57,172 --> 01:45:58,802
to find out what's going on.
1969
01:45:59,841 --> 01:46:01,341
I'm aiming to join up.
1970
01:46:01,426 --> 01:46:03,046
What are you talking about?
1971
01:46:03,136 --> 01:46:04,506
You don't have to join up.
1972
01:46:04,596 --> 01:46:05,636
You're in Congress.
1973
01:46:05,722 --> 01:46:07,012
What's that got to do with it?
1974
01:46:07,099 --> 01:46:10,229
Well, you don't see them rushing
off to get killed, do you?
1975
01:46:10,310 --> 01:46:13,190
They sure are great ones for sending
others, I can tell you that.
1976
01:46:13,939 --> 01:46:15,559
Hey, who sits here?
1977
01:46:16,066 --> 01:46:18,106
Caesar Rodney of Delaware.
1978
01:46:18,610 --> 01:46:19,900
Where are you from, General?
1979
01:46:20,195 --> 01:46:21,855
Watertown.
1980
01:46:21,947 --> 01:46:23,857
Now where's that?
1981
01:46:23,949 --> 01:46:25,119
Massachusetts.
1982
01:46:25,450 --> 01:46:27,410
Well, then you
belong over there.
1983
01:46:33,458 --> 01:46:34,748
But be careful.
1984
01:46:35,127 --> 01:46:36,537
There's something
about that chair
1985
01:46:36,628 --> 01:46:38,588
that makes a man awful noisy.
1986
01:46:42,968 --> 01:46:44,798
You seen any fighting?
1987
01:46:46,138 --> 01:46:47,388
Sure did.
1988
01:46:48,515 --> 01:46:52,435
I see's my two best friends get
shot dead on the very same day.
1989
01:46:53,353 --> 01:46:55,773
And at Lexington it was, too.
1990
01:46:55,856 --> 01:46:57,976
Right on the village green.
1991
01:46:58,692 --> 01:46:59,961
When they didn't
come home for supper,
1992
01:46:59,985 --> 01:47:02,985
their mamas went down the
hill looking for them.
1993
01:47:03,071 --> 01:47:05,361
Mrs. Lowell,
she found Timothy.
1994
01:47:07,659 --> 01:47:08,989
Right off.
1995
01:47:12,247 --> 01:47:13,997
But Mrs. Pickett...
1996
01:47:16,835 --> 01:47:19,705
She looked near half
the night for William.
1997
01:47:20,881 --> 01:47:23,301
He went and crawled
off the green
1998
01:47:24,426 --> 01:47:25,966
before he died.
1999
01:47:34,519 --> 01:47:38,229
Mama, hey, Mama
2000
01:47:38,315 --> 01:47:43,355
Come looking for me
2001
01:47:43,445 --> 01:47:47,945
I'm here in the meadow
2002
01:47:48,033 --> 01:47:52,413
By the red maple tree
2003
01:47:53,330 --> 01:47:57,460
Mama, hey, Mama
2004
01:47:57,542 --> 01:47:59,712
Look sharp
2005
01:47:59,795 --> 01:48:03,005
Here I be
2006
01:48:03,090 --> 01:48:07,720
Hey, hey
2007
01:48:07,803 --> 01:48:12,893
Mama, look sharp
2008
01:48:15,310 --> 01:48:18,980
Them soldiers, they fired
2009
01:48:19,439 --> 01:48:23,189
Oh, Ma, did we run
2010
01:48:24,069 --> 01:48:27,989
But then we turned round
2011
01:48:28,073 --> 01:48:32,413
And the battle begun
2012
01:48:33,578 --> 01:48:37,208
Then I went under
2013
01:48:37,290 --> 01:48:41,420
Oh, Ma, am I done?
2014
01:48:42,838 --> 01:48:46,378
Hey, hey
2015
01:48:47,175 --> 01:48:52,255
Mama, look sharp
2016
01:48:54,808 --> 01:48:58,938
My eyes are wide open
2017
01:48:59,020 --> 01:49:03,020
My face to the sky
2018
01:49:03,859 --> 01:49:07,649
Is that you I'm hearing
2019
01:49:07,737 --> 01:49:11,657
In the tall grass nearby
2020
01:49:12,534 --> 01:49:16,044
Mama, come find me
2021
01:49:16,121 --> 01:49:19,831
Before I do die
2022
01:49:20,459 --> 01:49:24,129
Hey, hey
2023
01:49:24,546 --> 01:49:26,706
Mama
2024
01:49:26,798 --> 01:49:30,378
Look sharp
2025
01:49:33,013 --> 01:49:36,603
I'll close your eyes
2026
01:49:37,267 --> 01:49:40,307
My Billy
2027
01:49:40,395 --> 01:49:45,725
Them eyes that cannot see
2028
01:49:46,443 --> 01:49:49,653
And I'll bury you
2029
01:49:49,738 --> 01:49:52,618
My Billy
2030
01:49:52,699 --> 01:49:59,579
Beneath the maple tree
2031
01:50:00,040 --> 01:50:01,790
And
2032
01:50:02,834 --> 01:50:07,054
Never again
2033
01:50:07,130 --> 01:50:12,470
Will you whisper to me
2034
01:50:13,428 --> 01:50:18,768
Hey
2035
01:50:18,850 --> 01:50:21,770
Oh, Mama
2036
01:50:21,853 --> 01:50:28,733
Look sharp
2037
01:50:45,585 --> 01:50:47,355
The secretary
will now read the report
2038
01:50:47,379 --> 01:50:49,299
of the Declaration Committee.
2039
01:50:49,381 --> 01:50:50,881
Mr. Thomson.
2040
01:50:50,966 --> 01:50:52,796
"A declaration by
the representatives
2041
01:50:52,884 --> 01:50:54,514
"of the United
States of America,
2042
01:50:54,594 --> 01:50:56,854
"in general Congress assembled.
2043
01:50:57,722 --> 01:50:59,182
"When in the course
of human events
2044
01:50:59,266 --> 01:51:00,886
"it becomes necessary
for one people
2045
01:51:00,976 --> 01:51:02,516
"to dissolve the political bands
2046
01:51:02,602 --> 01:51:04,482
"which have connected
them with another
2047
01:51:04,563 --> 01:51:07,023
"and to assume among
the powers of the Earth
2048
01:51:07,107 --> 01:51:08,477
"the separate and equal station
2049
01:51:08,567 --> 01:51:09,817
"to which the laws of nature
2050
01:51:09,901 --> 01:51:12,321
"and of nature's
god entitle them,
2051
01:51:12,404 --> 01:51:15,034
"a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind
2052
01:51:15,115 --> 01:51:17,155
"requires that they
should declare the causes
2053
01:51:17,242 --> 01:51:19,372
"which impel them
to the separation.
2054
01:51:19,869 --> 01:51:22,829
"We hold these
truths to be self-evident,
2055
01:51:22,914 --> 01:51:25,584
"that all men are created equal.
2056
01:51:25,667 --> 01:51:27,247
"They're endowed
by their creator
2057
01:51:27,335 --> 01:51:29,245
"with certain
inalienable rights,
2058
01:51:29,504 --> 01:51:32,974
"that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness,
2059
01:51:33,049 --> 01:51:35,009
"that to secure
these rights..."
2060
01:51:35,093 --> 01:51:39,183
Jefferson! We're back,
and we've got Maryland.
2061
01:51:39,264 --> 01:51:40,684
That is, we will,
as soon as Chase
2062
01:51:40,765 --> 01:51:42,118
gets through telling
the Maryland assembly
2063
01:51:42,142 --> 01:51:44,102
what we saw in New Brunswick.
2064
01:51:44,185 --> 01:51:45,765
He's in Annapolis right now,
2065
01:51:45,854 --> 01:51:47,734
describing a ragtag collection
2066
01:51:47,814 --> 01:51:49,524
of provincial militiamen
2067
01:51:49,608 --> 01:51:51,398
who couldn't drill
together, train together
2068
01:51:51,484 --> 01:51:52,614
or march together.
2069
01:51:52,694 --> 01:51:54,654
But when a flock
of ducks flew over
2070
01:51:54,738 --> 01:51:57,778
and they saw their first
meal in three full days,
2071
01:51:57,866 --> 01:51:59,866
sweet Jesus, could
they shoot together!
2072
01:51:59,951 --> 01:52:00,991
It was a slaughter.
2073
01:52:01,077 --> 01:52:02,537
A slaughter.
2074
01:52:02,621 --> 01:52:04,251
They're reading the declaration.
2075
01:52:04,331 --> 01:52:06,791
Good God! How far
have they gotten?
2076
01:52:07,125 --> 01:52:08,745
"To render the military
independent of
2077
01:52:08,835 --> 01:52:10,625
"and superior to
the civil power."
2078
01:52:11,129 --> 01:52:13,759
"independent of
and superior to..."
2079
01:52:19,638 --> 01:52:21,008
Nothing to fear.
2080
01:52:21,097 --> 01:52:22,257
It's a masterpiece.
2081
01:52:22,932 --> 01:52:24,892
I'm to be congratulated.
2082
01:52:25,477 --> 01:52:26,557
You?
2083
01:52:27,771 --> 01:52:29,361
For making him write it.
2084
01:52:29,439 --> 01:52:30,649
Oh, of course.
2085
01:52:32,233 --> 01:52:34,993
It's a masterpiece, I say
2086
01:52:35,070 --> 01:52:39,070
They will cheer
every word, every letter
2087
01:52:39,157 --> 01:52:42,237
I wish I felt that way
2088
01:52:42,327 --> 01:52:45,657
I believe I can put it better
2089
01:52:45,747 --> 01:52:48,327
Now then attend
as friend to friend
2090
01:52:48,416 --> 01:52:50,916
Our Declaration Committee
2091
01:52:51,002 --> 01:52:54,762
For us I see immortality
2092
01:52:54,839 --> 01:52:59,929
In Philadelphia City
2093
01:53:00,011 --> 01:53:03,221
A farmer, a lawyer
2094
01:53:03,306 --> 01:53:04,926
And a sage
2095
01:53:06,393 --> 01:53:08,273
A bit gouty in the leg
2096
01:53:09,479 --> 01:53:11,109
You know, it's quite bizarre
2097
01:53:11,189 --> 01:53:13,109
To think that here we are
2098
01:53:13,191 --> 01:53:16,571
Playing midwives to an egg
2099
01:53:17,821 --> 01:53:19,031
Egg? What egg?
2100
01:53:19,114 --> 01:53:21,164
America. The birth
of a new nation.
2101
01:53:21,241 --> 01:53:22,281
If only we could be sure
2102
01:53:22,367 --> 01:53:24,487
of what kind of
a bird it's going to be.
2103
01:53:24,577 --> 01:53:27,117
Tom has a point. What sort
of bird shall we choose
2104
01:53:27,205 --> 01:53:29,325
as the symbol of
our new America?
2105
01:53:29,416 --> 01:53:31,376
The eagle.
2106
01:53:31,459 --> 01:53:32,879
The dove.
2107
01:53:32,961 --> 01:53:34,341
The turkey.
2108
01:53:35,714 --> 01:53:37,054
The eagle.
2109
01:53:38,007 --> 01:53:40,257
The dove.
The eagle!
2110
01:53:41,678 --> 01:53:43,548
The eagle.
The turkey.
2111
01:53:44,889 --> 01:53:46,929
The eagle is a majestic bird.
2112
01:53:47,016 --> 01:53:48,016
The eagle is a scavenger,
2113
01:53:48,059 --> 01:53:49,769
a thief and a coward.
2114
01:53:49,853 --> 01:53:51,193
A symbol of over 10 centuries
2115
01:53:51,271 --> 01:53:53,441
of European mischief.
2116
01:53:53,523 --> 01:53:54,823
A turkey?
2117
01:53:54,899 --> 01:53:57,069
The turkey is
a truly noble bird.
2118
01:53:57,152 --> 01:54:00,242
Native American. Source of
sustenance of our original settlers.
2119
01:54:00,321 --> 01:54:02,531
An incredibly brave
fellow who will not flinch
2120
01:54:02,615 --> 01:54:04,155
at attacking a regiment
of Englishmen
2121
01:54:04,242 --> 01:54:05,662
single-handedly!
2122
01:54:05,744 --> 01:54:08,414
Therefore, the national bird
of America is going to be...
2123
01:54:08,496 --> 01:54:11,076
The eagle!
2124
01:54:11,583 --> 01:54:14,713
We're waiting for
the chirp, chirp, chirp
2125
01:54:15,503 --> 01:54:18,213
Of an eaglet being born
2126
01:54:18,298 --> 01:54:21,378
Waiting for the chirp,
chirp, chirp
2127
01:54:21,468 --> 01:54:24,548
On this humid Monday morning
2128
01:54:24,637 --> 01:54:28,927
In this congressional incubator
2129
01:54:29,017 --> 01:54:31,887
God knows the
temperature's hot enough
2130
01:54:31,978 --> 01:54:35,518
To hatch a stone,
let alone an egg
2131
01:54:36,941 --> 01:54:40,441
We're waiting for the
scratch, scratch, scratch
2132
01:54:40,528 --> 01:54:43,658
Of that tiny little fellow
2133
01:54:43,740 --> 01:54:46,740
Waiting for the egg to hatch
2134
01:54:46,826 --> 01:54:49,996
On this humid Monday morning
2135
01:54:50,079 --> 01:54:54,209
In this congressional incubator
2136
01:54:54,292 --> 01:54:57,132
God knows the
temperature's hot enough
2137
01:54:57,212 --> 01:54:58,752
To hatch a stone
2138
01:54:58,838 --> 01:55:00,958
But will it hatch an egg?
2139
01:55:02,634 --> 01:55:06,724
The declaration will be a triumph.
I tell you, a triumph.
2140
01:55:06,805 --> 01:55:08,925
If I was ever sure of
anything, I'm sure of that.
2141
01:55:09,015 --> 01:55:10,345
A triumph.
2142
01:55:11,476 --> 01:55:12,806
And if it isn't,
2143
01:55:12,894 --> 01:55:13,954
we've still got four days left
2144
01:55:13,978 --> 01:55:16,058
to think of something else.
2145
01:55:16,147 --> 01:55:19,687
The eagle's going
to crack the shell
2146
01:55:19,776 --> 01:55:22,486
Of the egg that England laid
2147
01:55:22,612 --> 01:55:25,572
Yes, sir, we can
tell, tell, tell
2148
01:55:25,657 --> 01:55:28,657
On this humid Monday morning
2149
01:55:28,743 --> 01:55:33,003
In this congressional incubator
2150
01:55:33,081 --> 01:55:36,331
And just as Tom here has written
2151
01:55:36,417 --> 01:55:38,917
Though the shell may
belong to Great Britain
2152
01:55:39,003 --> 01:55:42,763
The eagle inside belongs to us
2153
01:55:42,841 --> 01:55:45,931
And just as Tom here has written
2154
01:55:46,010 --> 01:55:48,430
We say, "To hell
with Great Britain"
2155
01:55:48,513 --> 01:55:53,853
The eagle inside belongs to us
2156
01:56:05,113 --> 01:56:06,674
"and to do all
other acts and things
2157
01:56:06,698 --> 01:56:09,028
"which independent
states may of right do.
2158
01:56:09,367 --> 01:56:11,487
"And for the support
of this declaration,
2159
01:56:11,578 --> 01:56:14,158
"we mutually pledge to
each other our lives,
2160
01:56:14,247 --> 01:56:16,787
"our fortunes and
our sacred honor."
2161
01:56:19,419 --> 01:56:21,339
Thank you, Mr. Thomson.
2162
01:56:22,088 --> 01:56:23,918
The Congress has
heard the report
2163
01:56:24,007 --> 01:56:26,007
of the Declaration Committee.
2164
01:56:26,467 --> 01:56:28,757
Are there any here who
wish to offer alterations,
2165
01:56:28,845 --> 01:56:31,675
deletions, amendments
to this declaration?
2166
01:56:32,640 --> 01:56:34,680
Mr. President!
2167
01:56:34,767 --> 01:56:36,517
Gentlemen!
2168
01:56:36,603 --> 01:56:39,233
Gentlemen, please!
2169
01:56:40,565 --> 01:56:42,855
Colonel McKean,
I saw your hand first.
2170
01:56:42,942 --> 01:56:44,482
Mr. Jefferson,
2171
01:56:44,569 --> 01:56:47,949
it's a funny paper you've written,
Tom, but somewhere in it,
2172
01:56:48,031 --> 01:56:51,991
you mention Scottish and foreign
mercenaries sent to destroy us.
2173
01:56:52,785 --> 01:56:54,285
Scottish, Tom?
2174
01:56:54,746 --> 01:56:56,616
That is in reference
to a Highland regiment
2175
01:56:56,706 --> 01:56:58,076
which stood against
us at Boston.
2176
01:56:59,751 --> 01:57:01,961
It's more likely
Germans wearing kilts
2177
01:57:02,045 --> 01:57:04,245
to disguise their being there.
2178
01:57:04,380 --> 01:57:06,670
I ask you to remove the word
2179
01:57:06,758 --> 01:57:09,298
and avoid giving offense
to a good people.
2180
01:57:09,385 --> 01:57:10,885
Mr. Jefferson?
2181
01:57:12,430 --> 01:57:13,890
The Reverend...
2182
01:57:14,265 --> 01:57:15,305
Witherspoon.
2183
01:57:15,391 --> 01:57:17,641
Mr. Jefferson,
nowhere do you mention
2184
01:57:17,727 --> 01:57:19,727
the Supreme Being.
2185
01:57:19,812 --> 01:57:21,402
Now, surely this
was an oversight,
2186
01:57:21,481 --> 01:57:25,981
for how could we hope to achieve
a victory without His help?
2187
01:57:26,069 --> 01:57:28,529
Therefore, I most humbly
suggest the following addition
2188
01:57:28,613 --> 01:57:30,363
to your final sentence.
2189
01:57:30,448 --> 01:57:34,278
"With a firm reliance on the
protection of Divine Providence."
2190
01:57:34,619 --> 01:57:35,659
Mr. Jefferson?
2191
01:57:38,790 --> 01:57:39,870
Mr. Read.
2192
01:57:41,584 --> 01:57:44,634
Among your charges against the king, Mr.
Jefferson,
2193
01:57:44,712 --> 01:57:46,212
you accuse him of depriving us
2194
01:57:46,297 --> 01:57:48,837
of the benefits
of trial by jury.
2195
01:57:48,925 --> 01:57:50,295
This is untrue, sir.
2196
01:57:50,385 --> 01:57:53,295
In Delaware, we've
always had trial by jury.
2197
01:57:54,222 --> 01:57:56,062
In Massachusetts, we have not.
2198
01:57:56,808 --> 01:57:58,558
Well, then I suggest
that the words
2199
01:57:58,643 --> 01:58:00,483
"in many cases" be added.
2200
01:58:01,479 --> 01:58:02,979
Mr. Jefferson?
2201
01:58:03,481 --> 01:58:06,691
"In many cases"?
Brilliant!
2202
01:58:06,776 --> 01:58:09,316
I suppose every time
you see those three words,
2203
01:58:09,404 --> 01:58:11,574
your puny chest
will swell with pride
2204
01:58:11,656 --> 01:58:14,316
over your great
historical contribution.
2205
01:58:14,409 --> 01:58:15,529
It's more memorable
2206
01:58:15,618 --> 01:58:17,738
than your unprincipled whitewash
2207
01:58:17,829 --> 01:58:19,829
of that race of barbarians!
2208
01:58:19,914 --> 01:58:22,374
Race of barbarians?
2209
01:58:22,458 --> 01:58:23,748
Why, I'll have you...
2210
01:58:24,377 --> 01:58:26,747
Colonel McKean,
Mr. Read, that's enough!
2211
01:58:29,340 --> 01:58:30,970
Mr. Hopkins. I've no
objections, Johnny.
2212
01:58:31,050 --> 01:58:32,760
I'm just trying to get a drink.
2213
01:58:32,844 --> 01:58:35,644
I should've known.
McNair, get him a rum.
2214
01:58:40,977 --> 01:58:42,347
Mr. Bartlett.
2215
01:58:43,146 --> 01:58:44,306
Mr. Jefferson.
2216
01:58:44,731 --> 01:58:47,521
I beg you to remember that we
still have friends in England.
2217
01:58:47,608 --> 01:58:51,528
I see no purpose in antagonizing
them with such phrases as...
2218
01:58:52,488 --> 01:58:55,238
"Unfeeling brethren"
and "enemies at war."
2219
01:58:55,324 --> 01:58:58,664
Our quarrel is with the British
king, not the British people.
2220
01:58:58,745 --> 01:59:00,785
Be sensible, Bartlett.
2221
01:59:00,872 --> 01:59:01,872
Remove those phrases,
2222
01:59:01,956 --> 01:59:04,786
and the entire paragraph
becomes meaningless.
2223
01:59:04,876 --> 01:59:08,086
And it so happens that it's one
of the most stirring and poetic
2224
01:59:08,171 --> 01:59:11,511
of any passage in the
entire document. Now...
2225
01:59:11,591 --> 01:59:15,141
We're a Congress, Mr. Adams,
not a literary society.
2226
01:59:15,219 --> 01:59:17,969
I ask that the entire
paragraph be stricken.
2227
01:59:18,056 --> 01:59:19,056
Mr. Jefferson?
2228
01:59:21,726 --> 01:59:22,806
Good God.
2229
01:59:22,894 --> 01:59:25,854
Jefferson, when are you going
to speak up for your own work?
2230
01:59:25,938 --> 01:59:28,978
I had hoped that the work
would speak for itself.
2231
01:59:29,567 --> 01:59:30,937
Mr. Hancock?
2232
01:59:31,569 --> 01:59:32,939
What is it,
Mr. McNair?
2233
01:59:33,029 --> 01:59:34,569
I can't say I'm very fond of
2234
01:59:34,655 --> 01:59:36,485
"The United States of America"
2235
01:59:36,574 --> 01:59:38,084
as a name for a new country.
2236
01:59:40,078 --> 01:59:42,828
I don't care what you're fond of, Mr.
McNair.
2237
01:59:42,914 --> 01:59:45,504
You're not a member
of this Congress!
2238
01:59:48,711 --> 01:59:50,091
Mr. Sherman.
2239
01:59:50,630 --> 01:59:53,590
Brother Jefferson,
I noted at least
2240
01:59:53,674 --> 01:59:55,804
two distinct and
direct references
2241
01:59:55,885 --> 01:59:58,425
to the British Parliament
in your declaration.
2242
01:59:58,513 --> 02:00:01,143
Do you think it's wise to
alienate that august body
2243
02:00:01,224 --> 02:00:02,394
in light of our contention
2244
02:00:02,475 --> 02:00:05,095
that they've never had any
authority over us anyway?
2245
02:00:05,186 --> 02:00:07,596
This is a revolution, damn it!
2246
02:00:07,688 --> 02:00:09,768
We're going to have
to offend somebody.
2247
02:00:09,857 --> 02:00:11,437
Brother Hancock!
2248
02:00:15,863 --> 02:00:17,863
John. John.
2249
02:00:17,949 --> 02:00:20,469
You'll give yourself an attack of
apoplexy if you're not careful.
2250
02:00:20,493 --> 02:00:21,595
Have you heard what
they're doing to it?
2251
02:00:21,619 --> 02:00:22,739
Have you heard?
I heard.
2252
02:00:22,829 --> 02:00:24,098
And, so far, that's
just our friends.
2253
02:00:24,122 --> 02:00:26,292
Can you imagine what
our enemies will do?
2254
02:00:26,374 --> 02:00:29,134
The word "parliament" will
be removed wherever it occurs.
2255
02:00:29,210 --> 02:00:30,604
They won't be satisfied
till they remove
2256
02:00:30,628 --> 02:00:32,418
one of the "F's"
from Jefferson's name.
2257
02:00:32,505 --> 02:00:35,295
Courage, John. It won't
last much longer.
2258
02:00:38,553 --> 02:00:40,053
Mr. Dickinson.
2259
02:00:40,555 --> 02:00:42,595
Mr. Jefferson,
2260
02:00:42,682 --> 02:00:44,562
I have very little
interest in your paper,
2261
02:00:44,642 --> 02:00:46,182
as there's no doubt in my mind
2262
02:00:46,269 --> 02:00:48,349
that we've all but
heard the last of it.
2263
02:00:48,437 --> 02:00:51,017
But I am curious
about one thing.
2264
02:00:51,983 --> 02:00:55,403
Why do you refer to King
George as a tyrant?
2265
02:00:57,113 --> 02:00:58,993
Because he is a tyrant.
2266
02:00:59,991 --> 02:01:01,451
I remind you,
Mr. Jefferson,
2267
02:01:01,534 --> 02:01:03,954
that this tyrant
is still your king.
2268
02:01:05,663 --> 02:01:07,913
When a king becomes a tyrant,
2269
02:01:07,999 --> 02:01:09,539
he thereby breaks the contract
2270
02:01:09,625 --> 02:01:11,585
binding his subjects to him.
2271
02:01:11,669 --> 02:01:13,299
How so?
2272
02:01:13,379 --> 02:01:15,509
By taking away their rights.
2273
02:01:15,590 --> 02:01:18,550
Rights that came from
him in the first place?
2274
02:01:18,634 --> 02:01:20,344
All except one.
2275
02:01:20,428 --> 02:01:23,138
The right to be free
comes from nature.
2276
02:01:24,015 --> 02:01:26,975
And are we not free,
Mr. Jefferson?
2277
02:01:29,187 --> 02:01:31,307
Homes entered without warrant.
2278
02:01:31,397 --> 02:01:34,517
Citizens arrested
without charge.
2279
02:01:34,609 --> 02:01:35,609
And in many places,
2280
02:01:35,693 --> 02:01:37,993
free assembly itself denied.
2281
02:01:38,070 --> 02:01:40,820
No one approves of such things,
2282
02:01:40,907 --> 02:01:43,197
but these are dangerous times.
2283
02:01:43,284 --> 02:01:44,994
Be careful,
Mr. Dickinson.
2284
02:01:45,077 --> 02:01:46,617
Those who give up
some of their liberty
2285
02:01:46,704 --> 02:01:49,164
in order to obtain a
little temporary safety,
2286
02:01:49,248 --> 02:01:51,748
deserve neither
liberty nor safety.
2287
02:01:53,419 --> 02:01:54,789
Mr. Wilson.
2288
02:01:56,297 --> 02:01:57,957
Do we in Pennsylvania
2289
02:01:58,049 --> 02:01:59,719
consider King George a tyrant?
2290
02:02:01,052 --> 02:02:03,432
Well, I don't know.
2291
02:02:04,222 --> 02:02:05,352
He...
2292
02:02:06,098 --> 02:02:07,468
Oh. Uh...
2293
02:02:07,558 --> 02:02:09,518
No. No, we don't.
2294
02:02:10,269 --> 02:02:11,939
He's not a tyrant.
2295
02:02:12,980 --> 02:02:14,480
In Pennsylvania.
2296
02:02:14,565 --> 02:02:15,975
There you are,
Mr. Jefferson.
2297
02:02:16,067 --> 02:02:18,107
Your declaration does
not speak for us all.
2298
02:02:18,194 --> 02:02:20,324
I demand the word
"tyrant" be removed.
2299
02:02:20,404 --> 02:02:21,404
Very well.
2300
02:02:21,447 --> 02:02:23,617
Just a moment,
Mr. Thomson.
2301
02:02:23,699 --> 02:02:25,329
I do not consent.
2302
02:02:26,285 --> 02:02:28,245
The king is a tyrant
2303
02:02:28,329 --> 02:02:29,909
whether we say so or not.
2304
02:02:31,207 --> 02:02:32,617
We might as well say so.
2305
02:02:32,708 --> 02:02:34,668
But I already scratched it out.
2306
02:02:34,752 --> 02:02:36,672
Then scratch it back in.
2307
02:02:38,464 --> 02:02:39,566
Put it back, Mr. Thomson.
2308
02:02:39,590 --> 02:02:42,010
The king will remain a tyrant.
2309
02:02:46,097 --> 02:02:47,177
Mr. Hewes.
2310
02:02:47,265 --> 02:02:48,675
Mr. Jefferson.
2311
02:02:48,766 --> 02:02:50,806
Nowhere do you mention
deep-sea fishing rights.
2312
02:02:53,271 --> 02:02:57,271
Oh, good God!
Fishing rights!
2313
02:02:58,276 --> 02:03:01,106
How long is this
piddling to go on?
2314
02:03:01,195 --> 02:03:04,605
We have been here
for three full days.
2315
02:03:04,699 --> 02:03:06,449
We have endured, by my count,
2316
02:03:06,534 --> 02:03:08,454
85 separate changes,
2317
02:03:08,536 --> 02:03:11,956
and the removal of
close to 400 words.
2318
02:03:12,039 --> 02:03:15,169
Now, would you whip it and beat
it till you break its spirit?
2319
02:03:15,251 --> 02:03:17,131
I tell you that document
2320
02:03:17,211 --> 02:03:18,881
is a masterful expression
2321
02:03:18,963 --> 02:03:20,923
of the American mind!
2322
02:03:26,137 --> 02:03:27,797
If there are no more changes,
2323
02:03:27,888 --> 02:03:31,348
then I can assume the report of the
Declaration Committee has been...
2324
02:03:31,475 --> 02:03:33,475
Just a moment,
Mr. President.
2325
02:03:34,478 --> 02:03:35,728
Look out.
2326
02:03:37,148 --> 02:03:39,688
I wonder if we might prevail
upon Mr. Thomson
2327
02:03:39,775 --> 02:03:43,775
to read again a small portion of Mr.
Jefferson's declaration.
2328
02:03:44,864 --> 02:03:47,704
The one beginning
"He has waged cruel war."
2329
02:03:50,661 --> 02:03:52,831
"He has affected...
He's combined...
2330
02:03:52,913 --> 02:03:55,373
"He's abdicated...
He's plundered...
2331
02:03:55,458 --> 02:03:58,128
"He's constrained... He's excited...
He's incited...
2332
02:03:58,210 --> 02:04:00,630
"He's waged cruel war."
Here it is.
2333
02:04:00,713 --> 02:04:03,473
"He's waged cruel war
against human nature itself
2334
02:04:03,549 --> 02:04:06,429
"in the persons of a distant
people who never offended him,
2335
02:04:06,510 --> 02:04:08,140
"captivating and carrying them
2336
02:04:08,220 --> 02:04:10,430
"into slavery in
another hemisphere,
2337
02:04:10,514 --> 02:04:12,104
"Determined to
keep open a market
2338
02:04:12,183 --> 02:04:14,143
"where men should
be bought and sold,
2339
02:04:14,226 --> 02:04:15,329
"he has prostituted his..."
2340
02:04:15,353 --> 02:04:16,563
That will suffice,
Mr. Thomson.
2341
02:04:16,645 --> 02:04:18,435
I thank you, sir.
2342
02:04:18,522 --> 02:04:20,272
Mr. Jefferson,
2343
02:04:20,358 --> 02:04:23,188
I can't quite make out what
it is you're talking about.
2344
02:04:25,196 --> 02:04:26,986
Slavery, Mr. Rutledge.
2345
02:04:27,073 --> 02:04:28,323
Oh, yes.
2346
02:04:28,407 --> 02:04:31,027
You're referring to us
as slaves of the king.
2347
02:04:31,118 --> 02:04:33,788
No, sir. I'm referring
to our slaves.
2348
02:04:33,871 --> 02:04:39,671
Black slaves.
2349
02:04:40,878 --> 02:04:43,128
Why didn't you say so, sir?
2350
02:04:43,214 --> 02:04:45,804
Were you trying to
hide your meaning?
2351
02:04:46,550 --> 02:04:47,800
No, sir.
2352
02:04:47,885 --> 02:04:50,715
Just another
literary license, then.
2353
02:04:51,847 --> 02:04:53,217
If you like.
2354
02:04:54,100 --> 02:04:56,600
I don't like at all,
Mr. Jefferson.
2355
02:04:57,645 --> 02:04:59,145
To us, in South Carolina,
2356
02:04:59,230 --> 02:05:01,690
black slavery is
our peculiar institution,
2357
02:05:01,774 --> 02:05:03,574
and a cherished way of life.
2358
02:05:03,651 --> 02:05:06,491
Nevertheless,
we must abolish it.
2359
02:05:06,570 --> 02:05:09,610
Nothing is more certainly
written in the book of fate
2360
02:05:09,698 --> 02:05:11,568
than that these
people shall be free.
2361
02:05:11,659 --> 02:05:15,579
I am not concerned with the book
of fate right now, Mr. Jefferson.
2362
02:05:15,663 --> 02:05:18,303
I'm more concerned with what is
written in that little paper there.
2363
02:05:18,374 --> 02:05:19,674
That little paper there
2364
02:05:19,750 --> 02:05:22,090
deals with freedom
for Americans.
2365
02:05:24,088 --> 02:05:25,418
Oh, really?
2366
02:05:26,882 --> 02:05:28,132
Mr. Adams
2367
02:05:28,884 --> 02:05:33,184
is now calling our
black slaves "Americans."
2368
02:05:33,264 --> 02:05:34,314
Are they, now?
2369
02:05:34,432 --> 02:05:35,432
Yes, they are.
2370
02:05:35,474 --> 02:05:37,984
They're people and they're here.
2371
02:05:38,060 --> 02:05:39,871
If there's any other requirement,
I've never heard of it.
2372
02:05:39,895 --> 02:05:42,765
They are here, yes, but they are not
people, sir. They are property.
2373
02:05:42,857 --> 02:05:44,517
No, sir.
They are people
2374
02:05:44,608 --> 02:05:47,068
who are being
treated as property.
2375
02:05:47,153 --> 02:05:49,863
I tell you, the rights
of human nature
2376
02:05:49,947 --> 02:05:51,277
are deeply wounded
2377
02:05:51,365 --> 02:05:53,525
by this infamous practice.
2378
02:05:53,617 --> 02:05:55,487
Then see to your own wounds, Mr.
Jefferson,
2379
02:05:55,578 --> 02:05:57,538
for you are a practitioner!
2380
02:05:57,621 --> 02:05:59,041
Are you not?
2381
02:06:05,296 --> 02:06:08,126
I have already resolved
2382
02:06:09,133 --> 02:06:10,933
to release my slaves.
2383
02:06:29,320 --> 02:06:30,860
Then I'm sorry,
2384
02:06:31,739 --> 02:06:33,359
for you've also resolved
2385
02:06:33,449 --> 02:06:35,829
the ruination of
your personal economy.
2386
02:06:35,910 --> 02:06:38,290
Economy.
Always economy.
2387
02:06:39,413 --> 02:06:42,423
There's more to this than a
filthy purse string, Rutledge.
2388
02:06:42,500 --> 02:06:44,580
It's an offense
against man and God.
2389
02:06:44,668 --> 02:06:46,521
It's a stinking business, Mr.
Rutledge.
2390
02:06:46,545 --> 02:06:48,085
A stinking business.
2391
02:06:48,172 --> 02:06:50,222
Is it really,
Mr. Hopkins?
2392
02:06:50,299 --> 02:06:52,379
Then what is that I smell
2393
02:06:52,468 --> 02:06:54,678
floating down from the North?
2394
02:06:56,222 --> 02:06:58,642
Could that be
the aroma of hypocrisy?
2395
02:06:58,724 --> 02:07:02,854
For who holds the other end of that
filthy purse string, Mr. Adams?
2396
02:07:06,315 --> 02:07:08,775
Our Northern brethren
2397
02:07:08,859 --> 02:07:11,649
feeling a bit tender
toward our slaves.
2398
02:07:11,737 --> 02:07:13,657
They don't keep slaves.
2399
02:07:14,198 --> 02:07:15,368
Oh, no.
2400
02:07:16,617 --> 02:07:20,407
But they're willing to
be considerable carriers
2401
02:07:20,496 --> 02:07:22,246
of slaves to others.
2402
02:07:22,998 --> 02:07:24,578
They're willing.
2403
02:07:26,043 --> 02:07:27,673
For the shilling.
2404
02:07:28,170 --> 02:07:30,510
Or haven't you heard,
Mr. Adams?
2405
02:07:31,882 --> 02:07:34,472
Clink, clink.
2406
02:07:35,553 --> 02:07:38,143
Molasses to rum
2407
02:07:38,222 --> 02:07:41,062
To slaves
2408
02:07:41,141 --> 02:07:46,731
Oh, what a beautiful waltz
2409
02:07:46,814 --> 02:07:49,574
You dance with us
2410
02:07:49,650 --> 02:07:52,070
We dance with you
2411
02:07:52,152 --> 02:07:54,952
In molasses and rum
2412
02:07:55,030 --> 02:08:00,160
And slaves
2413
02:08:00,244 --> 02:08:03,874
Who sail the ships out of Boston
2414
02:08:03,956 --> 02:08:07,826
Ladened with Bibles and rum?
2415
02:08:07,918 --> 02:08:11,548
Who drinks a toast
to the Ivory Coast?
2416
02:08:11,630 --> 02:08:15,550
Hail Africa,
the slavers have come
2417
02:08:15,634 --> 02:08:19,184
New England with Bibles
2418
02:08:19,263 --> 02:08:21,683
And rum
2419
02:08:22,433 --> 02:08:25,273
And it's off with
the rum and the Bibles
2420
02:08:25,352 --> 02:08:27,852
Take on the slaves, clink, clink
2421
02:08:27,938 --> 02:08:32,028
Then hail and
farewell to the smell
2422
02:08:32,109 --> 02:08:36,279
Of the African coast
2423
02:08:39,700 --> 02:08:42,290
Molasses to rum
2424
02:08:42,369 --> 02:08:44,749
To slaves
2425
02:08:44,830 --> 02:08:50,380
'T isn't morals,
'its money that saves
2426
02:08:50,461 --> 02:08:53,301
Shall we dance to the sound
2427
02:08:53,380 --> 02:08:55,720
Of the profitable pound?
2428
02:08:55,799 --> 02:08:58,219
In molasses and rum
2429
02:08:58,302 --> 02:09:03,562
And slaves
2430
02:09:03,641 --> 02:09:07,191
Who sail the ships out of Guinea
2431
02:09:07,269 --> 02:09:10,859
Ladened with Bibles and slaves?
2432
02:09:10,939 --> 02:09:14,649
'Ti's Boston can boast
to the West Indies coast
2433
02:09:14,735 --> 02:09:18,355
Jamaica, we brung what ye craves
2434
02:09:18,447 --> 02:09:21,987
Antigua, Barbados
2435
02:09:22,076 --> 02:09:25,446
We brung Bibles
2436
02:09:25,537 --> 02:09:29,287
And slaves
2437
02:09:29,375 --> 02:09:32,415
Gentlemen, you mustn't think
that our Northern friends
2438
02:09:32,503 --> 02:09:36,053
see our black slaves as
merely figures in a ledger.
2439
02:09:36,131 --> 02:09:37,421
Oh, no.
2440
02:09:37,508 --> 02:09:41,758
They see them as
figures on a block.
2441
02:09:41,845 --> 02:09:44,505
Look at the faces at
the auctions, gentlemen.
2442
02:09:44,598 --> 02:09:47,098
White faces on African wharves.
2443
02:09:47,184 --> 02:09:48,814
Seafaring faces.
2444
02:09:48,894 --> 02:09:50,654
New England faces.
2445
02:09:50,729 --> 02:09:53,109
"Put them in the ships."
2446
02:09:53,190 --> 02:09:55,780
"Cram them in the ships."
2447
02:09:55,859 --> 02:09:59,609
"Stuff them in the ships."
2448
02:09:59,697 --> 02:10:02,987
Hurry, gentlemen.
Let the auction begin.
2449
02:10:03,534 --> 02:10:08,624
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
2450
02:10:08,706 --> 02:10:12,496
Gentlemen, do you hear? That's
the cry of the auctioneer.
2451
02:10:12,584 --> 02:10:17,674
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
2452
02:10:17,756 --> 02:10:20,166
Slaves, gentlemen!
2453
02:10:20,259 --> 02:10:22,639
Black gold!
2454
02:10:22,720 --> 02:10:25,140
Living gold!
2455
02:10:25,222 --> 02:10:28,892
Gold from Angola!
2456
02:10:28,976 --> 02:10:30,846
Guinea, Guinea, Guinea!
2457
02:10:30,936 --> 02:10:33,726
Blackbirds for sale
2458
02:10:33,814 --> 02:10:38,364
Ashanti, Ibo, Ibo, Ibo!
2459
02:10:38,444 --> 02:10:41,324
Blackbirds for sale
2460
02:10:41,405 --> 02:10:45,315
Handle them!
2461
02:10:45,743 --> 02:10:49,163
Fondle them!
2462
02:10:49,246 --> 02:10:52,326
But don't finger them!
2463
02:10:52,416 --> 02:10:57,376
They're prime
2464
02:10:57,463 --> 02:11:04,183
Ya-ha, ya-ha-ma-cundah
2465
02:11:04,762 --> 02:11:07,972
For the love of God,
Mr. Rutledge, please.
2466
02:11:17,024 --> 02:11:19,944
Molasses to rum
2467
02:11:20,027 --> 02:11:23,447
To slaves
2468
02:11:23,530 --> 02:11:28,530
Who sail the ships
back to Boston
2469
02:11:28,619 --> 02:11:30,999
Ladened with gold
2470
02:11:31,079 --> 02:11:34,209
See it gleam
2471
02:11:34,291 --> 02:11:39,001
Whose fortunes are made
in the triangle trade
2472
02:11:39,087 --> 02:11:43,507
Hail slavery,
the New England dream
2473
02:11:43,592 --> 02:11:46,142
Mr. Adams,
I give you a toast
2474
02:11:47,179 --> 02:11:49,429
Hail, Boston
2475
02:11:49,515 --> 02:11:52,095
Hail, Charleston
2476
02:11:53,644 --> 02:12:00,654
Who stinketh the most?
2477
02:12:08,909 --> 02:12:11,329
Mr. Rutledge,
please!
2478
02:12:14,122 --> 02:12:15,462
Mr. Hewes.
2479
02:12:18,919 --> 02:12:20,169
Dr. Hall.
2480
02:12:31,014 --> 02:12:33,604
Don't worry, John.
They'll be back.
2481
02:12:33,684 --> 02:12:36,314
Aye, to vote us down.
2482
02:12:42,985 --> 02:12:44,985
Adams! Franklin!
2483
02:12:46,530 --> 02:12:48,450
It's done. I have it.
2484
02:12:48,532 --> 02:12:50,992
And the Maryland
Assembly's approved it.
2485
02:12:51,076 --> 02:12:53,196
I told them about
one of the greatest
2486
02:12:53,287 --> 02:12:56,207
military engagements in history
2487
02:12:56,290 --> 02:12:58,420
against a flock of...
2488
02:13:01,712 --> 02:13:03,172
What's wrong?
2489
02:13:04,756 --> 02:13:05,756
I thought...
2490
02:13:05,841 --> 02:13:07,761
You'll have to forgive them, Mr.
Chase.
2491
02:13:07,843 --> 02:13:10,513
They just suffered
a slight setback.
2492
02:13:10,596 --> 02:13:13,306
And after all,
"What is a man profited
2493
02:13:13,390 --> 02:13:17,640
"if he shall gain Maryland
and lose the entire South?"
2494
02:13:18,854 --> 02:13:21,734
Matthew, Chapter 16, Verse 26.
2495
02:13:23,483 --> 02:13:24,693
McNair.
2496
02:13:25,360 --> 02:13:27,190
Oh, I know.
The flies.
2497
02:13:27,279 --> 02:13:28,319
No.
2498
02:13:29,239 --> 02:13:30,489
The rum.
2499
02:13:35,120 --> 02:13:37,910
Well, what are we
all sitting around for, hmm?
2500
02:13:39,291 --> 02:13:41,001
We're wasting time.
Precious time.
2501
02:13:41,084 --> 02:13:43,174
Thomas, I want you
to ride down into Delaware
2502
02:13:43,253 --> 02:13:44,883
and fetch back Caesar Rodney.
2503
02:13:44,963 --> 02:13:48,303
John, are you mad? It's 80
miles, and he's a dying man.
2504
02:13:48,383 --> 02:13:50,013
No, he's a patriot.
2505
02:13:50,093 --> 02:13:52,893
John, what good will it do?
The South's done us in.
2506
02:13:52,971 --> 02:13:54,601
And suppose they
change their minds?
2507
02:13:54,681 --> 02:13:57,181
Can we get Delaware
without Rodney?
2508
02:13:59,937 --> 02:14:02,977
God! What a bastardy
bunch we are.
2509
02:14:05,525 --> 02:14:07,025
Stephen, I want you to...
2510
02:14:07,110 --> 02:14:08,780
I'm going to the tavern, Johnny.
2511
02:14:08,862 --> 02:14:12,412
If there's anything I can do
for you there, let me know.
2512
02:14:13,325 --> 02:14:14,485
Chase.
2513
02:14:15,369 --> 02:14:16,449
Bartlett!
2514
02:14:16,536 --> 02:14:20,116
What's the use, John? The
vote's tomorrow morning.
2515
02:14:20,207 --> 02:14:22,627
There's less than
a full day left.
2516
02:14:26,004 --> 02:14:27,554
Roger.
2517
02:14:27,631 --> 02:14:30,131
Face facts, John.
It's finished.
2518
02:14:32,886 --> 02:14:34,466
I'm sorry, John.
2519
02:14:42,854 --> 02:14:44,814
We have no choice, John.
2520
02:14:45,983 --> 02:14:47,823
The slavery clause
has got to go.
2521
02:14:51,071 --> 02:14:52,491
Franklin, what are you saying?
2522
02:14:52,990 --> 02:14:54,780
It's a luxury we can't afford.
2523
02:14:55,909 --> 02:14:57,159
A luxury?
2524
02:14:59,579 --> 02:15:03,329
A half million souls in chains,
2525
02:15:03,417 --> 02:15:06,417
and Dr. Franklin
calls it a luxury.
2526
02:15:07,546 --> 02:15:09,416
Maybe you should've
walked out with the South.
2527
02:15:09,965 --> 02:15:11,915
You forget yourself, sir.
2528
02:15:12,009 --> 02:15:15,179
I founded the first anti-slavery
society on this continent.
2529
02:15:15,637 --> 02:15:17,257
Don't wave
your credentials at me.
2530
02:15:17,347 --> 02:15:18,927
Perhaps it's time
you had them renewed.
2531
02:15:19,558 --> 02:15:22,598
The issue here is independence.
2532
02:15:22,686 --> 02:15:25,476
Perhaps you've forgotten
that fact, but I have not.
2533
02:15:25,564 --> 02:15:29,114
How dare you
jeopardize our cause
2534
02:15:29,192 --> 02:15:31,112
when we've come so far!
2535
02:15:32,738 --> 02:15:34,068
These men,
2536
02:15:35,365 --> 02:15:37,615
no matter how much
we may disagree with them,
2537
02:15:37,701 --> 02:15:41,121
are not ribbon clerks
to be ordered about.
2538
02:15:41,204 --> 02:15:44,424
They're proud, accomplished men.
The cream of their colonies.
2539
02:15:44,499 --> 02:15:45,959
And whether you like it or not,
2540
02:15:46,043 --> 02:15:47,503
they and the people
they represent
2541
02:15:47,586 --> 02:15:51,456
will be part of this new
nation you hope to create.
2542
02:15:51,548 --> 02:15:54,758
Now either learn how to live with
them or pack up and go home.
2543
02:16:00,390 --> 02:16:03,480
In any case, stop acting
like a Boston fishwife.
2544
02:16:17,574 --> 02:16:20,454
Good God.
What's happened to me?
2545
02:16:20,535 --> 02:16:23,825
John Adams.
The great John Adams.
2546
02:16:24,331 --> 02:16:25,871
What have I come to?
2547
02:16:25,957 --> 02:16:27,827
Law practice down the pipe.
2548
02:16:27,918 --> 02:16:30,038
Farm mortgaged to the hilt.
2549
02:16:30,128 --> 02:16:33,258
At a stage in life
when other men prosper,
2550
02:16:33,340 --> 02:16:35,970
I'm reduced to
living in Philadelphia.
2551
02:16:38,011 --> 02:16:39,471
Philadelphia.
2552
02:16:48,855 --> 02:16:51,435
Abigail, what am I going to do?
2553
02:16:51,525 --> 02:16:52,775
Do, John?
2554
02:16:54,111 --> 02:16:55,781
I need your help.
2555
02:16:56,446 --> 02:16:59,066
You don't usually ask my advice.
2556
02:16:59,157 --> 02:17:02,577
Yes, well, there doesn't appear
to be anyone else right now.
2557
02:17:02,661 --> 02:17:04,791
Very well, John.
What is it?
2558
02:17:05,539 --> 02:17:08,959
The entire South has just
walked out of this Congress,
2559
02:17:09,584 --> 02:17:13,554
George Washington is on the
verge of total annihilation,
2560
02:17:13,630 --> 02:17:16,630
and the precious cause for which I
have labored these several years
2561
02:17:16,716 --> 02:17:18,466
has come to nothing.
2562
02:17:20,428 --> 02:17:23,888
And it seems that I'm
obnoxious and disliked.
2563
02:17:23,974 --> 02:17:25,604
Nonsense, John.
2564
02:17:26,351 --> 02:17:28,811
That I am unwilling
to face reality.
2565
02:17:28,895 --> 02:17:31,015
Foolishness, John.
2566
02:17:31,106 --> 02:17:32,816
That I'm pigheaded.
2567
02:17:33,441 --> 02:17:35,231
Ah, well, there you
have me, John.
2568
02:17:35,318 --> 02:17:37,358
I'm afraid you are pigheaded.
2569
02:17:41,283 --> 02:17:42,623
Well, yes.
2570
02:17:45,203 --> 02:17:46,503
Oh, Abby.
2571
02:17:47,956 --> 02:17:50,666
Has it been any kind
of a life for you?
2572
02:17:51,543 --> 02:17:53,793
God knows I haven't
given you very much.
2573
02:17:54,671 --> 02:17:56,551
I never asked for more.
2574
02:17:57,340 --> 02:17:59,260
After all,
I am Mrs. John Adams.
2575
02:17:59,342 --> 02:18:01,892
That's quite a lot
for one lifetime.
2576
02:18:04,181 --> 02:18:05,601
Is it, Abby?
2577
02:18:06,391 --> 02:18:08,391
Well, think of it, John.
To be married to the man
2578
02:18:08,476 --> 02:18:11,556
who is always the first
in line to be hanged...
2579
02:18:15,901 --> 02:18:17,821
Yes. The agitator.
2580
02:18:20,363 --> 02:18:21,703
Why, Abby?
2581
02:18:23,783 --> 02:18:26,203
You must tell me
what it is. l...
2582
02:18:26,870 --> 02:18:30,120
Well, I have always been dissatisfied.
I know that.
2583
02:18:31,625 --> 02:18:36,205
But lately, I find that I
reek of discontentment.
2584
02:18:36,296 --> 02:18:39,626
It fills my throat
and it floods my brain.
2585
02:18:43,970 --> 02:18:46,890
Sometimes I fear there
is no longer a dream,
2586
02:18:48,183 --> 02:18:50,313
but only the discontentment.
2587
02:18:52,437 --> 02:18:53,847
Oh, John.
2588
02:18:56,274 --> 02:18:59,284
Can you really know
so little about yourself?
2589
02:19:00,862 --> 02:19:02,152
Can you think so little of me
2590
02:19:02,239 --> 02:19:05,619
that you'd believe I'd marry
the man you've described?
2591
02:19:07,786 --> 02:19:11,366
Have you forgotten what you
used to say to me? I haven't.
2592
02:19:12,749 --> 02:19:14,829
"Commitment, Abby.
2593
02:19:15,919 --> 02:19:17,289
"Commitment.
2594
02:19:18,755 --> 02:19:22,755
"There are only two creatures of
value on the face of this Earth.
2595
02:19:23,843 --> 02:19:26,013
"Those with a commitment,
2596
02:19:26,096 --> 02:19:29,266
"and those who require
the commitment of others."
2597
02:19:31,434 --> 02:19:33,274
Do you remember, John?
2598
02:19:35,522 --> 02:19:37,112
Yes, I remember.
2599
02:19:37,732 --> 02:19:39,652
McNAIR: Mr. Adams!
2600
02:19:39,943 --> 02:19:40,943
Mmm.
2601
02:19:41,278 --> 02:19:43,608
Are you up there,
Mr. Adams?
2602
02:19:44,281 --> 02:19:45,951
What do you want?
2603
02:19:46,366 --> 02:19:50,156
There's a delivery
down here for you.
2604
02:19:50,245 --> 02:19:51,615
What is it?
2605
02:19:53,498 --> 02:19:55,708
Where did it come from?
Who sent it?
2606
02:20:01,965 --> 02:20:06,585
Compliments of the Concord
Ladies' Coffee Club
2607
02:20:06,678 --> 02:20:11,558
And the Sisterhood
of the Truro Synagogue
2608
02:20:11,641 --> 02:20:16,521
And the Friday Evening
Baptist Sewing Circle
2609
02:20:16,604 --> 02:20:21,574
And the Holy Christian
Sisters of St. Claire
2610
02:20:21,651 --> 02:20:25,651
All for you
2611
02:20:25,739 --> 02:20:28,869
John
2612
02:20:28,950 --> 02:20:34,370
I am as I ever was
2613
02:20:34,456 --> 02:20:39,336
And ever shall be
2614
02:20:39,419 --> 02:20:44,919
Yours, yours, yours
2615
02:20:45,008 --> 02:20:47,628
Yours
2616
02:20:47,719 --> 02:20:50,969
Abigail, what's in these kegs?
2617
02:20:51,473 --> 02:20:58,023
Saltpeter, John
2618
02:21:05,862 --> 02:21:07,032
McNair!
2619
02:21:07,906 --> 02:21:11,116
McNair, go out and buy every damned
pin you can find in Philadelphia.
2620
02:21:11,201 --> 02:21:12,951
Pin?
What sort of pin?
2621
02:21:13,036 --> 02:21:15,946
Well, I don't know. Whatever the
ladies use for their sewing.
2622
02:21:16,039 --> 02:21:19,459
Franklin, Jefferson, what are
you all sitting around for?
2623
02:21:19,542 --> 02:21:21,252
Didn't you hear
a word I said before?
2624
02:21:21,336 --> 02:21:23,086
Oh, never mind about that.
2625
02:21:23,171 --> 02:21:24,801
Now, here's what
I want you to do.
2626
02:21:24,881 --> 02:21:27,091
John, I'm not even
speaking to you.
2627
02:21:27,175 --> 02:21:29,925
It's too late for that, damn it.
There's work to be done.
2628
02:21:30,011 --> 02:21:31,851
Jefferson, go find Rutledge.
2629
02:21:31,930 --> 02:21:33,890
Don't come back until
you've worn him down.
2630
02:21:33,973 --> 02:21:35,893
Now, you're both
Southern aristocrats.
2631
02:21:35,975 --> 02:21:38,055
If he'll listen to anybody,
he'll listen to you.
2632
02:21:38,144 --> 02:21:40,064
Franklin, out of that chair!
2633
02:21:40,146 --> 02:21:42,766
What good is the South if you
can't deliver Pennsylvania, hmm?
2634
02:21:42,857 --> 02:21:44,437
Talk to Wilson.
2635
02:21:44,526 --> 02:21:45,776
Get him away from Dickinson.
2636
02:21:45,860 --> 02:21:49,030
That's the only way to do it.
Go on, now, both of you.
2637
02:21:49,239 --> 02:21:50,239
John...
2638
02:21:50,323 --> 02:21:51,743
Time's running out, damn it.
2639
02:21:52,617 --> 02:21:53,907
Now move.
2640
02:21:57,288 --> 02:21:58,828
I'm still
from Massachusetts, John.
2641
02:22:00,792 --> 02:22:02,712
You know where I stand.
2642
02:22:03,169 --> 02:22:04,499
I'll do whatever you say.
2643
02:22:08,049 --> 02:22:09,219
No.
2644
02:22:10,510 --> 02:22:13,100
No, you're the president
of Congress.
2645
02:22:14,347 --> 02:22:17,057
You're a fair man, Hancock.
Stay that way.
2646
02:22:39,330 --> 02:22:42,790
Tell me, Mr. Thomson,
out of curiosity,
2647
02:22:43,501 --> 02:22:47,091
do you stand with Mr. Dickinson,
or do you stand with me?
2648
02:22:49,048 --> 02:22:51,048
I stand with the General.
2649
02:22:52,969 --> 02:22:57,259
Well, lately, I've had the
oddest feeling that he's been
2650
02:22:57,348 --> 02:22:58,848
writing to me.
2651
02:23:02,937 --> 02:23:05,937
I have been in expectation
2652
02:23:06,024 --> 02:23:09,234
Of receiving a reply
2653
02:23:09,319 --> 02:23:15,489
On the subject of
my last 15 dispatches
2654
02:23:16,659 --> 02:23:21,909
ls anybody there?
2655
02:23:23,082 --> 02:23:28,672
Does anybody care?
2656
02:23:29,839 --> 02:23:35,259
Does anybody care?
2657
02:23:37,430 --> 02:23:39,850
"Your humble
and obedient..."
2658
02:24:13,091 --> 02:24:14,761
"ls anybody there?
2659
02:24:18,429 --> 02:24:20,679
"Does anybody care?"
2660
02:24:24,352 --> 02:24:30,862
Does anybody see what I see?
2661
02:24:34,571 --> 02:24:36,911
They want me to quit
2662
02:24:37,907 --> 02:24:42,237
They say,
"John, give up the fight"
2663
02:24:42,328 --> 02:24:45,408
Still to England, I say
2664
02:24:45,498 --> 02:24:48,918
Good night, forever, good night!
2665
02:24:49,919 --> 02:24:54,589
For I have crossed the Rubicon
2666
02:24:54,674 --> 02:24:57,474
Let the bridge
be burned behind me
2667
02:24:57,552 --> 02:25:02,012
Come what may
2668
02:25:02,098 --> 02:25:03,178
Commitment!
2669
02:25:03,600 --> 02:25:07,850
The croakers all say
we'll rue the day
2670
02:25:07,937 --> 02:25:13,187
There'll be hell to pay
in fiery purgatory
2671
02:25:13,276 --> 02:25:17,026
Through all the gloom,
through all the gloom
2672
02:25:17,113 --> 02:25:21,073
I can see the rays
of ravishing light
2673
02:25:21,159 --> 02:25:23,489
And glory
2674
02:25:23,953 --> 02:25:25,953
ls anybody there?
2675
02:25:27,206 --> 02:25:29,626
Does anybody care?
2676
02:25:30,335 --> 02:25:33,375
Does anybody see what I see?
2677
02:25:34,505 --> 02:25:36,465
I see fireworks
2678
02:25:37,175 --> 02:25:40,505
I see the pageant
and pomp and parade
2679
02:25:40,595 --> 02:25:43,055
I hear the bells ringing out
2680
02:25:43,139 --> 02:25:46,269
I hear the cannons roar
2681
02:25:46,351 --> 02:25:48,891
I see Americans
2682
02:25:48,978 --> 02:25:52,398
All Americans free
2683
02:25:52,482 --> 02:25:55,732
Forevermore
2684
02:26:08,665 --> 02:26:14,205
How quiet,
how quiet the chamber is
2685
02:26:15,505 --> 02:26:22,335
How silent,
how silent the chamber is
2686
02:26:26,099 --> 02:26:31,479
ls anybody there?
2687
02:26:32,855 --> 02:26:38,025
Does anybody care?
2688
02:26:39,904 --> 02:26:45,244
Does anybody see what I see?
2689
02:26:46,869 --> 02:26:48,409
Yes, Mr. Adams.
2690
02:26:50,415 --> 02:26:51,575
I do.
2691
02:26:55,378 --> 02:26:56,668
Dr. Hall.
2692
02:26:57,463 --> 02:26:59,553
I didn't know anyone was...
2693
02:27:00,675 --> 02:27:02,795
I'm sorry if I startled you.
2694
02:27:03,678 --> 02:27:05,298
I couldn't sleep.
2695
02:27:06,347 --> 02:27:09,767
And in trying
to resolve my dilemma,
2696
02:27:09,851 --> 02:27:12,771
I remembered something
I'd once read.
2697
02:27:12,854 --> 02:27:16,654
That a representative owes the
people not only his industry,
2698
02:27:16,733 --> 02:27:19,233
but his judgment.
2699
02:27:19,318 --> 02:27:22,778
And he betrays them if he
sacrifices it to their opinion.
2700
02:27:25,908 --> 02:27:28,288
That was written
by Edmund Burke,
2701
02:27:29,829 --> 02:27:32,329
a member of
the British Parliament.
2702
02:28:01,277 --> 02:28:03,197
Good night,
Mr. Adams.
2703
02:28:03,279 --> 02:28:04,609
Good night.
2704
02:28:15,708 --> 02:28:17,418
It's never been done before.
2705
02:28:17,502 --> 02:28:20,147
No colony has ever broken from the
parent stem in the history of the world.
2706
02:28:20,171 --> 02:28:22,841
If you have grievances,
and I'm sure you have,
2707
02:28:22,924 --> 02:28:24,474
our present system must provide
2708
02:28:24,550 --> 02:28:26,050
a gentler means
of redressing them
2709
02:28:26,135 --> 02:28:27,135
short of revolution.
2710
02:28:27,178 --> 02:28:28,322
We've spawned a new race here.
2711
02:28:28,346 --> 02:28:29,546
Rougher, simpler,
2712
02:28:29,639 --> 02:28:32,349
more violent, more
enterprising, less refined.
2713
02:28:32,433 --> 02:28:35,893
"My quartermaster has
no food, no arms, no ammunition,
2714
02:28:35,978 --> 02:28:38,438
"and my troops are in
a state of near mutiny."
2715
02:28:38,564 --> 02:28:40,876
No army, no navy... THOMSON:
"I pray God some relief arrives
2716
02:28:40,900 --> 02:28:41,960
"before the armada,
but fear it will not."
2717
02:28:41,984 --> 02:28:43,128
No arms, no ammunition,
2718
02:28:43,152 --> 02:28:44,152
no treasury, no friends.
2719
02:28:44,237 --> 02:28:46,067
And when
they hang you, Mr. Adams,
2720
02:28:46,155 --> 02:28:48,655
I do hope you'll put in a
good word for the rest of us.
2721
02:28:48,741 --> 02:28:51,871
England closing in,
cutting off our air.
2722
02:28:51,953 --> 02:28:52,953
There's no time!
2723
02:28:53,037 --> 02:28:56,207
To place before mankind
the common sense of the subject...
2724
02:28:56,290 --> 02:28:58,580
The issue here is independence.
2725
02:28:58,668 --> 02:29:00,604
Perhaps you've lost sight of
that fact, but I have not.
2726
02:29:00,628 --> 02:29:02,314
"We mutually pledge
to each other our lives
2727
02:29:02,338 --> 02:29:05,338
"our fortunes
and our sacred honor."
2728
02:29:06,092 --> 02:29:09,092
Can you really know
so little about yourself?
2729
02:29:14,141 --> 02:29:15,481
Very well.
2730
02:29:17,395 --> 02:29:20,475
The Congress will now vote on
Virginia's resolution on independence.
2731
02:29:29,574 --> 02:29:30,824
Thank you for coming, Caesar.
2732
02:29:31,784 --> 02:29:33,544
God bless you, sir.
2733
02:29:39,041 --> 02:29:41,211
The secretary
will call the roll.
2734
02:29:41,294 --> 02:29:44,254
And I remind you, gentlemen,
2735
02:29:44,338 --> 02:29:46,508
that a single "nay" vote
2736
02:29:47,633 --> 02:29:49,553
will defeat the motion.
2737
02:29:50,845 --> 02:29:52,215
Mr. Thomson.
2738
02:29:57,393 --> 02:29:58,893
New Hampshire?
2739
02:29:59,270 --> 02:30:00,440
New Hampshire says yea.
2740
02:30:00,521 --> 02:30:03,021
New Hampshire says yea.
Massachusetts?
2741
02:30:03,107 --> 02:30:04,267
Massachusetts says yea.
2742
02:30:04,358 --> 02:30:06,738
Massachusetts says yea.
Rhode Island?
2743
02:30:06,819 --> 02:30:08,149
Rhode Island says yea.
2744
02:30:08,237 --> 02:30:10,777
Rhode Island says yea.
Connecticut?
2745
02:30:10,865 --> 02:30:12,065
Connecticut says yea.
2746
02:30:12,158 --> 02:30:14,948
Connecticut says yea. New York?
2747
02:30:15,036 --> 02:30:18,286
Mr. Secretary, New York
abstains courteously.
2748
02:30:18,372 --> 02:30:19,502
New York abstains.
2749
02:30:19,582 --> 02:30:20,712
Courteously.
2750
02:30:22,126 --> 02:30:23,666
New Jersey?
2751
02:30:23,753 --> 02:30:25,053
New Jersey says yea.
2752
02:30:25,129 --> 02:30:27,709
New Jersey says yea.
Pennsylvania?
2753
02:30:29,717 --> 02:30:31,887
Mr. Secretary,
Pennsylvania is not ready.
2754
02:30:31,969 --> 02:30:34,179
Please come back to us later.
2755
02:30:34,263 --> 02:30:36,513
Pennsylvania passes.
Delaware?
2756
02:30:36,599 --> 02:30:37,639
Just a moment.
2757
02:30:38,684 --> 02:30:41,944
Delaware, by majority vote...
2758
02:30:42,521 --> 02:30:43,521
Aye.
2759
02:30:43,606 --> 02:30:45,186
Says yea.
2760
02:30:45,274 --> 02:30:48,234
Delaware says yea.
Maryland?
2761
02:30:48,319 --> 02:30:49,529
Maryland says yea.
2762
02:30:49,612 --> 02:30:51,242
Maryland says yea.
Virginia?
2763
02:30:51,322 --> 02:30:52,362
Virginia says yea.
2764
02:30:52,448 --> 02:30:54,528
Virginia says yea.
North Carolina?
2765
02:30:54,617 --> 02:30:57,367
North Carolina yields
to South Carolina.
2766
02:30:58,621 --> 02:30:59,621
South Carolina?
2767
02:31:00,623 --> 02:31:02,293
Well,
Mr. Adams?
2768
02:31:03,417 --> 02:31:04,707
Well,
Mr. Rutledge.
2769
02:31:07,797 --> 02:31:09,127
Mr. Adams,
2770
02:31:11,634 --> 02:31:15,604
you must believe that I will
do what I promised to do.
2771
02:31:22,353 --> 02:31:23,943
What is it you want, Rutledge?
2772
02:31:24,021 --> 02:31:27,651
Remove the offending passage
from your declaration.
2773
02:31:28,025 --> 02:31:30,145
If we did that,
we would be guilty
2774
02:31:30,236 --> 02:31:33,146
of what we ourselves
are rebelling against.
2775
02:31:35,116 --> 02:31:37,326
Nevertheless remove it,
2776
02:31:38,077 --> 02:31:41,157
or South Carolina
will bury now and forever
2777
02:31:41,247 --> 02:31:43,327
your dream of independence.
2778
02:31:44,375 --> 02:31:47,835
John, I beg you, consider
what you're doing.
2779
02:31:54,802 --> 02:31:56,432
Mark me, Franklin,
2780
02:31:57,555 --> 02:32:00,015
if we give in on this issue,
2781
02:32:00,099 --> 02:32:02,599
posterity will never forgive us.
2782
02:32:02,685 --> 02:32:04,765
That's probably true,
but we won't hear a thing.
2783
02:32:04,854 --> 02:32:06,944
We'll be long gone.
2784
02:32:07,023 --> 02:32:11,363
Besides, what will posterity
think we were? Demigods?
2785
02:32:12,028 --> 02:32:13,608
We're men, no more, no less,
2786
02:32:13,696 --> 02:32:16,566
trying to get a nation
started against greater odds
2787
02:32:16,657 --> 02:32:19,527
than a more generous God
would have allowed.
2788
02:32:20,161 --> 02:32:23,411
First things first, John.
Independence. America.
2789
02:32:23,497 --> 02:32:25,957
If we don't secure that,
2790
02:32:26,042 --> 02:32:28,542
what difference
will the rest make?
2791
02:32:34,675 --> 02:32:36,675
Jefferson, say something.
2792
02:32:39,138 --> 02:32:41,138
What else is there to do?
2793
02:32:42,058 --> 02:32:44,808
Well, man, you're the
one that wrote it.
2794
02:32:45,686 --> 02:32:48,806
I wrote all of it,
Mr. Adams.
2795
02:33:10,086 --> 02:33:11,286
There.
2796
02:33:11,378 --> 02:33:14,149
There it is, Rutledge. You have your
slavery. Little good may it do you.
2797
02:33:14,173 --> 02:33:16,093
You now vote, damn you!
2798
02:33:17,676 --> 02:33:21,466
Mr. President, the fair
colony of South Carolina
2799
02:33:22,765 --> 02:33:24,345
says yea.
2800
02:33:24,433 --> 02:33:25,933
South Carolina says yea.
2801
02:33:26,018 --> 02:33:29,558
North Carolina says yea.
2802
02:33:31,107 --> 02:33:32,187
Georgia?
2803
02:33:32,274 --> 02:33:35,284
Georgia says yea.
2804
02:33:36,612 --> 02:33:38,402
Pennsylvania, second call.
2805
02:33:40,449 --> 02:33:42,279
Mr. President,
2806
02:33:42,368 --> 02:33:45,538
Pennsylvania regrets
all of the inconvenience
2807
02:33:45,621 --> 02:33:50,671
that such distinguished men as
Adams, Franklin and Jefferson
2808
02:33:50,751 --> 02:33:52,591
were put to just now.
2809
02:33:52,670 --> 02:33:54,460
They might've kept
their document intact
2810
02:33:54,547 --> 02:33:57,127
for all the difference
it will make.
2811
02:33:57,216 --> 02:33:58,836
Mr. President,
2812
02:33:59,260 --> 02:34:00,640
Pennsylvania says...
2813
02:34:00,719 --> 02:34:01,799
Just a moment.
2814
02:34:03,472 --> 02:34:05,472
I ask the delegation
to be polled.
2815
02:34:06,225 --> 02:34:08,345
Dr. Franklin,
don't be absurd.
2816
02:34:08,811 --> 02:34:11,811
A poll, Mr. President.
It's a proper request.
2817
02:34:12,064 --> 02:34:13,234
Yes, it is.
2818
02:34:13,315 --> 02:34:15,605
Poll the delegation,
Mr. Thomson.
2819
02:34:15,693 --> 02:34:17,403
Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
2820
02:34:17,486 --> 02:34:18,526
Yea.
2821
02:34:18,612 --> 02:34:20,572
Mr. John Dickinson.
2822
02:34:20,656 --> 02:34:22,026
Nay.
2823
02:34:22,116 --> 02:34:23,736
Mr. James Wilson.
2824
02:34:26,954 --> 02:34:28,414
Judge Wilson?
2825
02:34:31,584 --> 02:34:34,174
There it is, Mr. Wilson.
It's all up to you now.
2826
02:34:34,253 --> 02:34:35,933
The whole question
of American independence
2827
02:34:36,005 --> 02:34:38,585
rests squarely
on your shoulders.
2828
02:34:38,674 --> 02:34:42,224
An entirely new nation ready
to be born or to die at birth,
2829
02:34:42,303 --> 02:34:44,013
all on
your say-so.
2830
02:34:45,139 --> 02:34:47,349
Which will it be,
Mr. Wilson?
2831
02:34:47,808 --> 02:34:51,348
Every mapmaker in the world
is waiting for your decision.
2832
02:34:51,979 --> 02:34:55,109
Come now, James.
Nothing has changed.
2833
02:34:55,191 --> 02:34:57,941
We mustn't let Dr. Franklin
create one of his confusions.
2834
02:34:58,027 --> 02:34:59,897
The question is clear.
2835
02:35:00,404 --> 02:35:03,954
Most questions are clear when
someone else has to decide them.
2836
02:35:04,033 --> 02:35:05,493
It would be a pity for a man
2837
02:35:05,576 --> 02:35:08,116
who's handed down
hundreds of wise decisions
2838
02:35:08,204 --> 02:35:10,044
from the bench
2839
02:35:10,122 --> 02:35:13,292
to be remembered only
for the one unwise decision
2840
02:35:13,375 --> 02:35:15,165
he made in Congress.
2841
02:35:16,629 --> 02:35:19,589
James, you're keeping
everybody waiting.
2842
02:35:19,673 --> 02:35:21,723
The secretary has
called for your vote.
2843
02:35:22,593 --> 02:35:23,803
Please.
2844
02:35:25,137 --> 02:35:28,717
Don't push me, John. I know
what you want me to do.
2845
02:35:31,477 --> 02:35:34,267
But Mr. Adams is correct
about one thing.
2846
02:35:36,774 --> 02:35:39,534
I'm the one who'll
be remembered for it.
2847
02:35:39,818 --> 02:35:40,898
What do you mean?
2848
02:35:46,617 --> 02:35:48,827
I'm different from you, John.
2849
02:35:49,662 --> 02:35:52,412
I'm different from
most of the men here.
2850
02:35:53,374 --> 02:35:55,584
I don't want to be remembered.
2851
02:35:56,835 --> 02:35:58,795
I just don't want the
2852
02:35:59,630 --> 02:36:01,170
responsibility.
2853
02:36:02,299 --> 02:36:04,799
Yes, well, whether you
want it or not, James,
2854
02:36:04,885 --> 02:36:07,135
there's no way of avoiding it.
2855
02:36:07,221 --> 02:36:09,101
Not necessarily, John.
2856
02:36:09,765 --> 02:36:11,765
If I go with them,
2857
02:36:11,850 --> 02:36:14,100
I'll just be one among dozens.
2858
02:36:15,938 --> 02:36:19,188
No one will ever remember
the name of James Wilson.
2859
02:36:20,567 --> 02:36:22,437
But if I vote with you,
2860
02:36:23,946 --> 02:36:27,276
I'll be the man who prevented
American independence.
2861
02:36:30,119 --> 02:36:31,739
I'm sorry, John.
2862
02:36:33,163 --> 02:36:35,463
I just didn't bargain for that.
2863
02:36:37,042 --> 02:36:40,462
And is that how new
nations are formed?
2864
02:36:41,880 --> 02:36:44,380
By a nonentity
trying to preserve
2865
02:36:44,466 --> 02:36:47,756
the anonymity he
so richly deserves?
2866
02:36:48,637 --> 02:36:50,007
Revolutions come into this world
2867
02:36:50,097 --> 02:36:52,057
like bastard children,
Mr. Dickinson.
2868
02:36:52,141 --> 02:36:54,731
Half improvised
and half compromised.
2869
02:36:54,810 --> 02:36:57,230
Our side has provided
the compromise.
2870
02:36:57,313 --> 02:36:59,983
Now Judge Wilson is
supplying the rest.
2871
02:37:04,153 --> 02:37:05,323
James.
2872
02:37:06,864 --> 02:37:08,494
I'm sorry, John.
2873
02:37:09,533 --> 02:37:10,743
My vote
2874
02:37:13,996 --> 02:37:15,826
Mr. Secretary,
Pennsylvania says yea.
2875
02:37:18,667 --> 02:37:22,297
The count being 12 to none
2876
02:37:24,423 --> 02:37:25,763
with one abstention,
2877
02:37:26,133 --> 02:37:28,343
the resolution on independence
2878
02:37:30,304 --> 02:37:31,684
is adopted.
2879
02:37:33,140 --> 02:37:39,150
It's done.
2880
02:37:41,857 --> 02:37:43,227
Mr. Thomson,
2881
02:37:44,193 --> 02:37:45,783
is the declaration
ready to be signed?
2882
02:37:45,861 --> 02:37:47,491
It is.
2883
02:37:47,571 --> 02:37:49,531
Then I suggest we do so.
2884
02:37:51,367 --> 02:37:53,027
And the chair further proposes,
2885
02:37:53,118 --> 02:37:55,828
for our mutual security
and protection,
2886
02:37:57,748 --> 02:37:59,708
that no man be allowed
to sit in this Congress
2887
02:37:59,792 --> 02:38:02,092
without attaching
his name to it.
2888
02:38:05,130 --> 02:38:08,010
I'm sorry, Mr. President.
2889
02:38:09,468 --> 02:38:13,758
I cannot, in good conscience,
sign such a document.
2890
02:38:15,391 --> 02:38:19,641
I will never stop hoping for our
eventual reconciliation with England.
2891
02:38:21,313 --> 02:38:23,483
But because,
2892
02:38:27,236 --> 02:38:30,736
I regard America no less
than does Mr. Adams,
2893
02:38:32,825 --> 02:38:36,695
I will join the army
and fight in her defense
2894
02:38:38,247 --> 02:38:41,327
even though I believe
that fight to be hopeless.
2895
02:38:47,005 --> 02:38:48,755
Goodbye, gentlemen.
2896
02:38:50,843 --> 02:38:53,013
Gentlemen of the Congress,
2897
02:38:53,095 --> 02:38:55,425
I say yea, John Dickinson.
2898
02:39:07,151 --> 02:39:08,481
Very well.
2899
02:39:09,445 --> 02:39:11,195
Are there any objections
to the declaration
2900
02:39:11,280 --> 02:39:12,860
being approved as it now stands?
2901
02:39:13,365 --> 02:39:14,485
I have one, Mr. Hancock.
2902
02:39:15,367 --> 02:39:16,907
You, Mr. Adams?
2903
02:39:17,453 --> 02:39:19,543
Yes. Uh, Mr. Jefferson,
2904
02:39:19,997 --> 02:39:24,127
it so happens that
the word is "unalienable,"
2905
02:39:24,209 --> 02:39:25,999
not "inalienable."
2906
02:39:27,713 --> 02:39:31,803
I'm sorry, Mr. Adams, but
"inalienable" is correct.
2907
02:39:33,343 --> 02:39:36,513
I happen to be a Harvard graduate, Mr.
Jefferson.
2908
02:39:39,641 --> 02:39:42,351
I attended William
and Mary, Mr. Adams.
2909
02:39:43,770 --> 02:39:45,020
Gentlemen, please!
2910
02:39:45,105 --> 02:39:48,605
Mr. Jefferson, will you yield to Mr.
Adams' request?
2911
02:39:50,944 --> 02:39:53,154
No, sir. I will not.
2912
02:39:59,870 --> 02:40:01,750
Oh, very well. I withdraw it.
2913
02:40:02,289 --> 02:40:03,999
Oh, good for you, John.
2914
02:40:08,670 --> 02:40:11,130
I'll speak to the printer
about it later on.
2915
02:40:13,717 --> 02:40:15,507
Very well, gentlemen.
2916
02:40:16,053 --> 02:40:19,893
We're about to brave the storm
in a skiff made of paper.
2917
02:40:21,099 --> 02:40:23,099
And how it shall end,
2918
02:40:23,185 --> 02:40:24,725
God only knows.
2919
02:40:26,730 --> 02:40:28,860
That's a pretty
large signature, Johnny.
2920
02:40:28,941 --> 02:40:32,281
So Fat George in London can
read it without his glasses.
2921
02:40:34,655 --> 02:40:36,105
All right, step right
up, gentlemen.
2922
02:40:36,198 --> 02:40:37,908
Don't miss your chance
to commit treason.
2923
02:40:37,991 --> 02:40:39,241
Ooh.
2924
02:40:40,827 --> 02:40:44,867
Hancock is right. This paper is
our passport to the gallows.
2925
02:40:44,957 --> 02:40:46,207
But there's no backing out now,
2926
02:40:46,291 --> 02:40:47,519
for if we do not hang together,
2927
02:40:47,543 --> 02:40:50,293
we shall most assuredly
hang separately.
2928
02:40:52,548 --> 02:40:55,088
In my case, hanging
won't be so bad.
2929
02:40:55,175 --> 02:40:58,295
One snap and it'll be all
over, just like that.
2930
02:40:58,387 --> 02:40:59,797
But look at Read there.
2931
02:40:59,888 --> 02:41:02,928
He'll be dancing a jig
long after I'm gone!
2932
02:41:04,893 --> 02:41:08,023
Gentlemen, forgive me if I
don't join in the merriment,
2933
02:41:08,105 --> 02:41:10,055
but if we are arrested now,
2934
02:41:10,190 --> 02:41:13,280
my name is still the only
one on the damn thing!
2935
02:41:33,755 --> 02:41:37,085
"From the Commander, army of
the United Colonies in..."
2936
02:41:38,302 --> 02:41:42,182
Army of the United
States in New York,
2937
02:41:42,264 --> 02:41:44,274
"dispatch number 1,209,
2938
02:41:44,349 --> 02:41:46,077
"to the Honorable Congress,
John Hancock, president.
2939
02:41:46,101 --> 02:41:49,561
"Dear sir, I can now report
with some certainty
2940
02:41:49,646 --> 02:41:51,606
"that the eve of battle
is near at hand.
2941
02:41:52,441 --> 02:41:56,651
"Toward this end, I have ordered
the evacuation of Manhattan
2942
02:41:56,737 --> 02:41:58,397
"and directed our
defenses to take up
2943
02:41:58,488 --> 02:42:00,988
"stronger positions on
the Brooklyn Heights.
2944
02:42:01,783 --> 02:42:03,873
"At the present time,
my forces consist
2945
02:42:03,952 --> 02:42:06,542
"entirely of
Haslet's Delaware Militia
2946
02:42:06,622 --> 02:42:08,502
"and Smallwood's Marylanders,
2947
02:42:08,582 --> 02:42:12,292
"a total of 5,000 troops
to stand against
2948
02:42:14,671 --> 02:42:17,171
"twenty-five thousand
of the enemy.
2949
02:42:17,674 --> 02:42:19,844
"And I begin to notice
that many of us
2950
02:42:19,926 --> 02:42:24,056
"are lads under 15 and old men,
2951
02:42:24,139 --> 02:42:27,099
"none of whom could truly
be called soldiers.
2952
02:42:28,852 --> 02:42:31,152
"One personal note to Mr.
Lewis Morris of New York.
2953
02:42:32,314 --> 02:42:33,694
"I must regretfully report
2954
02:42:33,774 --> 02:42:36,864
"that his estates have
been totally destroyed,
2955
02:42:36,943 --> 02:42:40,073
"but that I have taken the liberty
of transporting Mrs. Morris
2956
02:42:40,155 --> 02:42:43,485
"and eight of the children
to Connecticut and safety.
2957
02:42:43,867 --> 02:42:48,077
"The four older boys are now
enlisted in the Continental Army.
2958
02:42:48,997 --> 02:42:51,167
"As I write these words,
2959
02:42:51,249 --> 02:42:54,339
"the enemy is plainly in sight
beyond the river.
2960
02:42:55,712 --> 02:42:58,802
"How it will end,
only Providence can direct."
2961
02:42:59,925 --> 02:43:02,175
"But, dear God, what brave men
2962
02:43:06,348 --> 02:43:07,848
"I shall lose
2963
02:43:10,394 --> 02:43:11,604
"before
2964
02:43:12,729 --> 02:43:14,229
"this business
2965
02:43:16,775 --> 02:43:17,935
"ends.
2966
02:43:21,863 --> 02:43:23,663
"Your obedient,
2967
02:43:27,202 --> 02:43:29,252
"G. Washington."
2968
02:43:54,229 --> 02:43:56,019
Very well, gentlemen.
2969
02:43:57,399 --> 02:43:58,609
McNair.
2970
02:44:02,779 --> 02:44:04,409
Go ring the bell.
2971
02:44:11,663 --> 02:44:12,713
Mr. President.
2972
02:44:12,998 --> 02:44:14,368
Mr. Morris.
2973
02:44:15,083 --> 02:44:16,833
To hell with New York.
2974
02:44:16,918 --> 02:44:19,038
I'll sign it anyway.
2975
02:44:19,129 --> 02:44:21,009
Thank you, Mr. Morris.
2976
02:44:27,721 --> 02:44:29,931
Stephen, sit down.
2977
02:44:31,099 --> 02:44:32,519
No.
2978
02:44:32,601 --> 02:44:35,641
I want to remember
each man's face as he signs.
2979
02:44:38,064 --> 02:44:39,404
Very well.
2980
02:44:40,984 --> 02:44:42,364
Mr. Thomson.
2981
02:44:45,739 --> 02:44:48,949
New Hampshire.
Dr. Josiah Bartlett.
2982
02:44:59,169 --> 02:45:00,419
Massachusetts.
2983
02:45:00,962 --> 02:45:02,462
Mr. John Adams.
2984
02:45:22,484 --> 02:45:25,074
Rhode Island.
Mr. Stephen Hopkins.
2985
02:45:32,661 --> 02:45:35,001
Connecticut.
Mr. Roger Sherman.
2986
02:45:41,962 --> 02:45:44,632
New York.
Mr. Lewis Morris.
2987
02:45:51,763 --> 02:45:54,563
New Jersey. The Reverend
John Witherspoon.
2988
02:46:01,690 --> 02:46:05,190
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
2989
02:46:11,366 --> 02:46:14,156
Delaware.
Mr. Caesar Rodney.
2990
02:46:25,213 --> 02:46:27,383
Maryland.
Mr. Samuel Chase.
2991
02:46:38,810 --> 02:46:41,400
Virginia.
Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
2992
02:46:48,904 --> 02:46:51,664
North Carolina.
Mr. Joseph Hewes.
2993
02:46:57,579 --> 02:47:00,119
South Carolina.
Mr. Edward Rutledge.
2994
02:47:06,463 --> 02:47:09,423
Georgia.
Dr. Lyman Hall.
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