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The French have captured
over 300 of our trading vessels.
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The captain of the Cincinnatus
was subjected to torture,
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the details are barbaric.
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There has been a gross misunderstanding
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with France that I must reconcile.
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You made a devil's
pact with the British,
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their sworn enemy,
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and ours, I'd thought.
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It may be difficult,
Thomas, if not impossible,
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for me to maintain neutrality.
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But to be drawn into war
with either France or England
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when our own confederation
is still so fragile
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would be suicidal,
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It could bankrupt the nation,
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divide the people even further,
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lead god knows where.
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Now I am of a mind to send
an envoy extraordinary
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to strengthen our hand in dealing
with the French government.
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And I can think of no one
more qualified to engage
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with foreign minister
Talleyrand than yourself.
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And nothing would give
me greater pleasure
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than to rekindle our partnership.
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Some may say you seek
to remove a rival for public office.
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Well, let them prattle.
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As a known friend of France,
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your presence would reflect
our seriousness of purpose.
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No one can object to that.
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I cannot accept this commission.
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Do you tell me this as my vice president
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or as the head of your party?
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That you and I differ
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on our assessment of the
best form of government
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for these states united
is well-Known to us both.
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Yes, but we have only
differed as friends should do,
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respecting the purity
of each other's motives.
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Oh, surely you and I, Thomas,
can rise above the din of politics.
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Nowhere is the din of politics greater
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than in your own cabinet
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which you have inherited from Washington
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without making a single change.
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They are Hamilton's men.
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They are determined upon a
course of war with France.
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Well, I am equally determined
to prevent such a course...
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If you would stand by me.
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Will you not help me in this?
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The threat to our revolution
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does not come from Paris,
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it comes from within.
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Put your own house in order.
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You once told me...
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That I would always
have your friendship.
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- You have it now.
- Yes, but not your support!
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Not your support.
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Well, I will not trouble you again.
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Good day to you, Thomas.
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And you, john.
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The French have
made their intentions plain.
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The Yarmouth out of
Baltimore was fired upon,
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its cargo impounded as British.
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American seamen were wounded.
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War is inevitable, sir.
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No, war is never inevitable.
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It must be the course of last resort.
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How great would be the
guilt of an unnecessary war?
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I intend to steer an impartial course...
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As general Washington wished.
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We cannot rely on Mr. Marshall
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finding any success
on his mission to Paris.
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That is very possible, Mr. Wolcott.
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That's very possible.
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So while we are attempting
to adjust our differences
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through amicable means,
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we can take measures for our defense.
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And such measures
will cloak our envoy in strength
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and give weight to our
diplomatic mission, and, uh...
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I think command
the appropriate respect.
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Nothing will command respect
better than a provisional army.
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The state militias are
insufficient protection.
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I think it's rather too soon
to be speaking of armies, Mr. Mchenry.
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Ah, rather we should
concentrate on our navy.
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I-- I refer to arming our
merchant ships for defense,
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bolstering our harbors
for defense, building frigates.
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- If I may, sir...
- Yes.
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Mr. Hamilton regards
an army as most essential.
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Yes, well, I remind
you that Mr. Hamilton...
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is no longer an officer
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in this government.
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And I have no need of outside counsel.
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With respect, Mr. President,
you spent most of the war abroad.
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Mr. Mchenry and I had
the privilege to serve
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with Mr. Hamilton in the army,
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and in the previous cabinet--
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I...
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I retained all of you
in your present positions
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in the interest of...
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National unity.
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So this cabinet would oblige
me by respecting my wishes...
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As it did with general Washington.
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You have labored over
the same page for the last half-Hour.
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Is that so?
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I was not aware.
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My thoughts are so clear to me.
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Each one takes perfect shape
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within my mind.
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But when I speak, when I...
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offer them to others...
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they seem to lose all definition.
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It is not your words
that are at fault, john.
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It is the bias of
those to whom you speak
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that distorts what you would say.
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A bias.
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We cannot survive a
war, this country-- No, no.
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Neither with England nor France.
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You see, that fact should be paramount,
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but it takes last place,
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outweighed by these
factional concerns...
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and by the ambitions of men
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who ought to be
united with me in this cause.
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Thomas.
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I am bereft of counsel when
I am most in need of it.
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You are hardly bereft of counsel.
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Hold firm to the course
that you have set.
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And if war comes, John...
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we must be prepared.
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You must be prepared.
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Bereft of counsel.
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May I be among the first
to offer you my support
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in this difficult time for our country?
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Should it come to war with France,
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I would be honored to serve
on the army's general staff.
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The army, hmm?
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Well, should such
a necessity arise--
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Excuse me--
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The senate will vote on those matters.
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and I will not influence their decision
one way or the other, colonel.
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I ask you only to
vouchsafe my character, sir.
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That I can no longer do.
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- I beg your pardon?
- That I can no longer do.
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Fetch me my folio, colonel.
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Certainly, sir.
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No doubt you are a fine soldier
and were an able secretary to me,
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sir, but you have bankrupted yourself
in the pursuit of easy riches,
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your reputation is much damaged.
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I own that I have made some...
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poor investments, but I am
hardly alone in that misfortune.
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If you had applied yourself
to steady employment
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in a respectable occupation--
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Perhaps if you had shown some
regard for my advancement,
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such employment might have
been more easily found.
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God.
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You have the temerity to blame me?
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A word from you would
have done me much good.
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I will not and cannot
countenance your ceaseless efforts
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to trade on our family name!
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You have had no hesitation in finding
preferment for your own sons...
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whether they have
merited the effort or not.
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I have nothing more to
say to you, sir. Good day.
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I'm afraid I must beg your indulgence
longer than I expected, Mrs. Adams.
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I would consider it a great favor
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if my wife and children
could remain at Peacefield.
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I care not for my own comfort,
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but it would pain me greatly
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to see them suffer
because of my failures.
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Of course.
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The moment I am able...
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I shall take their care upon myself.
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William, I--
I do not understand.
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I must leave you.
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Leave us? Why?
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My... disappointments
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have blackened my name,
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as your father has made all too clear.
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If I am to begin again, it must
be somewhere where I am less known.
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Where will you go?
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I have some prospects in the west.
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The west? William, surely
there must be something--
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I have no choice, Nabby.
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- William, please.
- I have no choice.
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- If you will excuse me.
- Please stay, Mrs. Adams.
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I know your husband is not
alone in his opinion of me.
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There is much to do.
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Please excuse me.
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Good god, to treat you with
such contempt, Mr. Marshall.
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To debase you, our envoy,
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in such a vile manner.
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Do the French not understand the
consequences of their actions?
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Talleyrand all but refused to see us.
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That bastard.
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His agents are well
aware you do not want war.
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that you intend
to preserve the peace at all costs,
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Well, their perfidy makes
that course all but impossible.
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Reason enough, then, not
to release the dispatches.
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Yes, but if I do not
release the dispatches,
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then Mr. Jefferson and his party
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will allege that I am
withholding intelligence
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favorable to the French government
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and that will inflame things further.
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Yet both seek peace with France.
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The vice president would
find we agree on most matters
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if he could be convinced
that I mean what I say!
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So far, I have failed in that task.
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In this instance,
you share cause.
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Should you seek his support...
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You may find him more sympathetic.
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"Through his agents,
monsieur Talleyrand indicated
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that for negotiations to proceed
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a sum of money
was first required
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for the pockets
of the French--
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for the pockets of the French
government and its ministers;
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That the price would be
$250,000 for himself."
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Mmhm, a "sweetener,"
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Monsieur Talleyrand calls that.
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And, uh,
a loan of $10 million
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to demonstrate our good faith.
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If monsieur Talleyrand
has been indiscreet,
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it would be wrong to ascribe blame
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to the entire French government.
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Ah, monsieur Talleyrand...
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is The French government.
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I cannot account
for such effrontery...
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Unless our envoys
had some part in this...
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... mistake?
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Mr. Marshall
vouches for the account,
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and I know him
to be a man of his word.
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I am left no ground
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on which to expect
our diplomatic mission
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to be accomplished
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in terms compatible
with either the safety
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or the honor of this nation.
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So we must shield ourselves
behind a wall of strength.
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Congress
is prepared to grant my request
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to arm our merchant vessels
and to fortify our harbors.
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And?
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Well, that's not all, is it?
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Mr. President?
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No, should the need arise,
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we must be prepared to defend
our borders with an army, yes.
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And to that end, I can
think of no man better
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to lend the notion gravity
than general Washington.
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General Washington?
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Well, he will exercise great caution
in deploying it.
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He will be a
commander in name only.
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You must know that.
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You cannot expect him
to take the field at his age.
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I know nothing of the
sort, Mr. Jefferson, no.
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General Washington
will defer to Mr. Hamilton
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as he always has.
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The result will be a provocation
of the most immense order,
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both here and abroad.
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And what precisely is
monsieur Talleyrand's
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unbridled contempt
but a provocation?!
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War has been this
administration's policy
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from the beginning.
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To pretend otherwise
is disingenuous in the extreme.
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If there is to be a war,
Mr. Vice president,
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it will be France's doing
and not mine.
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Mr. President.
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"Exult each patriot heart--
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This night is shown a piece,
which we may fairly call our own...
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Our author pictures
not from foreign climes
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the fashions,
or follies of the times;
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Why should our thoughts
to distant countries roam,
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when each refinement
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May be found at home?"
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Three cheers for our president!
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May he, like Samson,
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slay thousands of Frenchmen
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with the jawbone of Jefferson!
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Huzzah!
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Huzzah! Huzzah!
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All of Philadelphia is at your feet.
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All of America, it seems.
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They sing less in praise of me
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than they do in outrage
at the mendacity of the French, doctor.
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No, no, they will turn again
at a moment's notice, I have no doubt.
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A mob is no less a mob
because they are with you.
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♪...death or liberty ♪
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♪ Firm, united let us be ♪
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♪ Rallying round our liberty ♪
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♪ As a band of brothers joined ♪
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♪ Peace and safety we shall find ♪
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"The president is hereby empowered
to designate as alien enemies
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any citizens or subjects
of hostile nations..."
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"...residing in the United
States whose presence
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he regards as dangerous,
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and make regulations
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for their apprehension,
restraint or removal."
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Both the house and the senate believe
the country's security requires it, sir.
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There are over 25,000 Frenchmen
in Philadelphia alone, Mr. President--
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Refugees from the slave
uprisings in the Caribbean.
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We must assume their
sympathies remain with France
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rather than America.
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If war does come, we cannot afford
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to harbor potential spies in our midst.
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"It shall be a crime to utter or publish
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writings against the
government of the United States
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with intent to defame
or bring it into contempt or disrepute."
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The majority of the congress
concur with this opinion as well?
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Overwhelmingly, sir.
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Scandalous and malicious
writing excites hatred
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against our administration
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and may even foment insurrection.
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These two bills are essential
in rooting out our enemies,
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both external and internal.
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But aren't we concerned, gentlemen,
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that with such acts
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we will only further
embolden these dissenters?
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The people of this country
are clamoring for war, sir,
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and we must answer them.
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No self-Respecting nation
should ever be asked to submit
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to the injury, the
outrage and the insult
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that the French have
heaped upon us and you.
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You must sign them, sir.
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I-- I am well
aware of the insult
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delivered to us by the
French, Mr. Wolcott.
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We-- We must be
prepared for war...
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but I am duty-Bound to try for peace.
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"The reign of Mr. Adams
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has hitherto been one continued tempest
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of malignant passions.
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As president, he has
never opened his lips
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without threatening or scolding.
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He is a repulsive pedant,
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a gross hypocrite,
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one of the most egregious
fools upon the continent,
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a hideous,
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hermaphroditical character,
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which has neither
the force and firmness of a man,
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nor the gentleness and
sensibility of a woman."
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It is beneath the president
of the United States...
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to take any notice of insinuations.
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In any other country,
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such filth would have
been silenced long ago.
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Mr. Hamilton takes equal pains
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to ensure that the federalist papers
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are filled with scurrilous attacks
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on Thomas Jefferson and his party.
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Think of all the vile falsehoods
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written about you-- Continue
to be written about you.
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You may have patiently
borne all the slanders,
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but I have not.
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"Before it is too late to retrieve
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- Our deranged affairs..."
- For goodness sake.
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"...the people must demand
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the immediate resignation of old,
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querulous, bald, blind,
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crippled, toothless Adams."
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I'm not crippled.
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I find no amusement in this.
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- Waste of paper and ink.
- Waste of time reading it.
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Abigail, put it down.
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They would not say such
a thing about Washington.
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They would not call George
Washington hermaphroditical.
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They could call him toothless, though.
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By these measures,
some within your party
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hope to silence the opposition.
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I assure you they will
give it body and solidarity.
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Well, I am a party of one, Thomas,
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as you well know.
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Why blacken your fragile reputation
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by an assault on the freedoms
for which we both fought?
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Do you intend to ship out
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the entire French population
of the United States?
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Along with any other luckless soul
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who happens to voice
a contrary opinion?
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Well, if that contrary opinion
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threatens to divide the nation at a time
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when we must stand united,
then yes, I will do just that.
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I am interested with the
nation's safety, Thomas.
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Now these war measures will protect us
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- From insurrection and subversion.
- There is no war.
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And that is the principle
behind these measures--
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the prevention of war.
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You cannot protect the nation
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by attacking the right of every
man to speak freely without fear.
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You're trampling on the constitution.
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The states will have no alternative
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but to resist these measures...
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Which are an assault on
the liberty of their people.
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Yes, but the people's
representatives demanded these acts.
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Would you have me deaf to
the voice of the people?
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You are the president
of the senate, Thomas.
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Surely, you will respect
the wishes of the majority...
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as I did.
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I cannot preside over
a reign of witches.
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I shall remove myself to Monticello.
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That is your privilege.
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I...
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I do not have such a luxury.
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I am determined to control events,
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not be controlled by them.
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Sign them, john.
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For once in your life,
the people are with you.
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Bed, john.
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You do understand, Mr. Hamilton,
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that as president,
I have the authority
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to decide on junior officers.
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Without question, sir.
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00:30:00,118 --> 00:30:02,886
But general Washington...
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00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,388
will only accept his charge
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00:30:05,389 --> 00:30:08,958
on the condition that I serve
as his second in command.
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00:30:10,662 --> 00:30:12,929
Naturally, you may decline
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00:30:12,964 --> 00:30:15,398
to accept the arrangement.
404
00:30:20,571 --> 00:30:23,039
Of course not,
Mr. Hamilton, of course not.
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00:30:25,276 --> 00:30:28,078
It is somewhat irregular,
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00:30:28,112 --> 00:30:30,647
but...
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00:30:30,781 --> 00:30:33,650
I would never countermand
his wishes, sir.
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00:30:33,684 --> 00:30:36,486
If I may, sir.
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00:30:37,989 --> 00:30:41,358
A company will be
subdivided into two platoons,
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a platoon into two sections,
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a section into two squads.
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A squad will consist of four
files of three, or two files of--
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Perhaps later, Mr. Hamilton.
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00:30:49,934 --> 00:30:52,268
We are removing ourselves to Peacefield
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00:30:52,336 --> 00:30:55,338
to avoid the yellow
fever before it strikes.
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00:30:55,373 --> 00:30:57,407
You might want to leave
the city yourself, sir.
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00:30:57,441 --> 00:31:00,644
For general Washington, I suggest this:
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A blue coat without lapels,
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00:31:04,749 --> 00:31:07,751
yellow buttons and
double-Bullion tag with fringe,
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00:31:07,785 --> 00:31:10,120
each with three stars.
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00:31:10,822 --> 00:31:13,490
Obviously, collar cuffs,
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00:31:13,524 --> 00:31:16,460
and pocket flaps will
be double-Embroidered
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00:31:16,494 --> 00:31:18,194
as will the buttonholes.
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00:31:18,229 --> 00:31:20,030
Yes, but of course it is a matter
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of how the army is to
be used, Mr. Hamilton,
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00:31:24,101 --> 00:31:25,735
Is it not?
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00:31:26,805 --> 00:31:29,806
To what end, you see.
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00:31:30,642 --> 00:31:32,843
Its presence will be...
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00:31:32,877 --> 00:31:34,011
provocative,
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00:31:34,045 --> 00:31:36,646
whatever the color of the uniforms.
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00:31:38,716 --> 00:31:41,718
If we're forced to rely on
incompetent state militias
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for our defense,
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00:31:44,121 --> 00:31:46,523
we may as well start
learning French now,
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00:31:46,557 --> 00:31:48,591
Mr. President.
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00:31:48,626 --> 00:31:50,894
A national army binds the country
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00:31:50,929 --> 00:31:53,596
much as a national bank does.
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00:31:55,233 --> 00:31:58,902
Now, a training manual...
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00:31:58,936 --> 00:32:00,103
is essential.
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00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,406
Here we have an illustration
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for the command "head right."
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00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:08,211
At the word "right," the soldier
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00:32:08,246 --> 00:32:10,647
turns his head to the right briskly
443
00:32:10,681 --> 00:32:12,482
but without violence,
444
00:32:12,516 --> 00:32:16,186
bringing his left eye in line
with the buttons of his waistcoat
445
00:32:16,253 --> 00:32:18,588
and his right eye
looking along the breasts
446
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,123
of the soldiers to his right.
447
00:32:27,565 --> 00:32:30,266
Whoa, boy. Whoa.
448
00:32:45,617 --> 00:32:48,118
John quincy is absolutely
certain of this?
449
00:32:48,152 --> 00:32:50,020
The French are willing to talk peace?
450
00:32:50,054 --> 00:32:52,188
Talleyrand let it be known
through our dutch embassy
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00:32:52,223 --> 00:32:55,792
that another envoy would
be respectfully received.
452
00:32:55,826 --> 00:32:58,595
The situation in France has changed.
453
00:32:58,629 --> 00:33:00,630
General Bonaparte
has proclaimed himself
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sovereign ruler and
declared the revolution over.
455
00:33:05,003 --> 00:33:09,005
From monarchy to anarchy
and back to monarchy.
456
00:33:10,708 --> 00:33:14,711
So much for the overthrow
of the ancient tyrannies of Europe.
457
00:33:14,779 --> 00:33:17,681
Bonaparte will have
little time for America.
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00:33:17,715 --> 00:33:19,516
He must consolidate his power in France,
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pursue the war with Britain.
460
00:33:22,754 --> 00:33:27,857
This is the very news
that I have been waiting for.
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00:33:28,259 --> 00:33:33,930
Delivered to me by my own son,
from my own son, well done,
462
00:33:33,998 --> 00:33:35,832
well done, sir.
463
00:33:35,867 --> 00:33:38,001
Let Mr. Jefferson call
you a warmonger now.
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00:33:38,035 --> 00:33:40,670
Ah. Ah.
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00:33:49,647 --> 00:33:52,849
Has there been any
news from colonel smith?
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00:33:53,518 --> 00:33:55,752
Not of late.
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00:34:01,059 --> 00:34:04,027
- Nabby, it is not good for the children
- Yes, mother?
468
00:34:04,061 --> 00:34:06,062
...to be without
their father for so long.
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00:34:06,097 --> 00:34:08,698
I am resigned to the
absences of my husband...
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00:34:10,534 --> 00:34:12,669
As you once were.
471
00:34:14,272 --> 00:34:19,409
Nabby, there is nothing I can do
to alter what has passed.
472
00:34:20,245 --> 00:34:23,013
Should there be something
I could do to correct--
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00:34:23,047 --> 00:34:24,881
He shall return as soon
as he is able, mother.
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00:34:25,983 --> 00:34:28,985
I have no reason to
doubt his promise to me,
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00:34:29,020 --> 00:34:32,088
nor the affection he feels
for me and the children.
476
00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:35,524
As for the rest of it, I am managing.
477
00:34:35,660 --> 00:34:38,528
- You need not worry.
- But I do.
478
00:34:41,566 --> 00:34:44,134
How can I not?
479
00:34:49,541 --> 00:34:52,542
At the end of the summer,
we return to Philadelphia.
480
00:34:53,978 --> 00:34:56,780
Perhaps you and the children
could return with us.
481
00:34:57,949 --> 00:34:59,949
We are fine here.
482
00:35:06,958 --> 00:35:10,960
We remove ourselves to the
new capital a few months later.
483
00:35:11,028 --> 00:35:13,063
Perhaps then?
484
00:35:13,365 --> 00:35:15,365
For the president's
daughter to be living
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00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,934
in Washington city
without her husband?
486
00:35:19,070 --> 00:35:21,305
I'd never do that,
487
00:35:21,339 --> 00:35:23,606
not to father.
488
00:35:26,010 --> 00:35:28,644
It is best we remain where we are.
489
00:36:04,082 --> 00:36:09,385
Current hostilities in Europe
demand a firm American response, sir.
490
00:36:09,554 --> 00:36:13,156
When the scourge of yellow fever
is removed from Philadelphia
491
00:36:13,191 --> 00:36:15,991
and the government may resume its work,
492
00:36:16,326 --> 00:36:19,262
I will leave Trenton
and return to the capital.
493
00:36:19,429 --> 00:36:22,199
I intend to deliver
a response, Mr. Hamilton.
494
00:36:22,215 --> 00:36:24,334
Rest assured of that.
495
00:36:24,368 --> 00:36:25,935
Should victory fall to Britain,
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00:36:25,970 --> 00:36:28,538
as it most surely must,
497
00:36:28,572 --> 00:36:32,609
then the bourbons are likely
to regain the throne of France.
498
00:36:32,677 --> 00:36:35,645
Any dealings with a current
illegitimate government there
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00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,815
could well redound to our detriment...
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00:36:38,849 --> 00:36:40,850
Leading us back into a war with Britain
501
00:36:40,885 --> 00:36:42,886
we can ill-Afford to wage.
502
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,954
What if the French...
503
00:36:44,955 --> 00:36:48,858
Not the British, emerge
victorious, Mr. Hamilton?
504
00:36:48,893 --> 00:36:50,594
The pretender Bonaparte
505
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,463
is within a hairsbreadth of
victory over most of Europe.
506
00:36:53,497 --> 00:36:56,400
In that regrettable instance,
we must be prepared to take possession
507
00:36:56,467 --> 00:36:58,468
of valuable, strategic territory
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00:36:58,503 --> 00:37:00,971
before France can lay her hands on it.
509
00:37:01,608 --> 00:37:06,076
All the territory this side
of the Mississippi must be ours.
510
00:37:06,978 --> 00:37:11,312
You would seize
Spanish Florida and Louisiana?
511
00:37:11,447 --> 00:37:12,649
And not only those, sir.
512
00:37:12,683 --> 00:37:15,385
If universal empire is to
be the pursuit of France,
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00:37:15,419 --> 00:37:17,187
what can tend to defeat
their purpose better
514
00:37:17,221 --> 00:37:20,057
than to detach
South America from Spain?
515
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,576
It is the only channel
through which the riches of Mexico
516
00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:24,761
and Peru convey to France.
517
00:37:24,795 --> 00:37:27,931
Let us not forget there are
those in our own country, sir,
518
00:37:27,965 --> 00:37:30,900
who would prefer secession
to our continued union.
519
00:37:31,736 --> 00:37:36,640
If they should be so bold as to act
on their threats, in the event, say,
520
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:37,841
of a French victory,
521
00:37:37,876 --> 00:37:40,377
we must be prepared
to bring the renegades
522
00:37:40,411 --> 00:37:42,946
back into the fold
by force if necessary.
523
00:37:46,284 --> 00:37:48,919
Never in my life...
524
00:37:48,953 --> 00:37:52,088
have I heard a man
speak more like a fool.
525
00:37:53,091 --> 00:37:55,058
Sir?
526
00:37:55,593 --> 00:37:59,296
Your actions,
Mr. Hamilton, would precipitate
527
00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:03,199
the very thing that you
pretend to protect against...
528
00:38:03,234 --> 00:38:05,902
the dissolution of this nation.
529
00:38:06,905 --> 00:38:10,273
May inform you as well,
sir, that I am in possession
530
00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:12,075
of intelligence which confirms
531
00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:14,144
that we are as likely
to find a French army
532
00:38:14,178 --> 00:38:17,580
on these shores
as we are on the moon!
533
00:38:18,115 --> 00:38:21,551
You dream of empire, Mr. Hamilton.
534
00:38:22,953 --> 00:38:25,455
- You question my loyalties?
- Oh no, Mr. Hamilton,
535
00:38:25,489 --> 00:38:27,657
I question your sanity.
536
00:38:28,827 --> 00:38:32,996
Now either you are
stark raving mad or I am!
537
00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:35,231
Good day, sir.
538
00:38:36,401 --> 00:38:38,902
You would do well to remember, sir,
539
00:38:38,937 --> 00:38:41,271
how you became president--
540
00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:44,674
by three votes.
541
00:38:45,143 --> 00:38:47,177
Good day, general.
542
00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:56,953
Why did you not
first consult with us
543
00:38:56,988 --> 00:38:59,522
before requesting
congress disband the army?
544
00:39:00,091 --> 00:39:03,360
Well, your advice was
not required, gentlemen.
545
00:39:03,895 --> 00:39:05,696
I do not intend to
enter the new capital
546
00:39:05,690 --> 00:39:08,131
with an occupying force
following behind me.
547
00:39:08,165 --> 00:39:12,969
You would not have dared to do this
if general Washington were still alive.
548
00:39:13,004 --> 00:39:15,739
General Washington was the
rightful leader of this army,
549
00:39:15,773 --> 00:39:19,843
so I think that you will both agree
that he is... irreplaceable.
550
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,682
Why on earth would you disband the
army when we are preparing for war?
551
00:39:25,716 --> 00:39:27,484
Why on earth do we need an army
552
00:39:27,518 --> 00:39:28,952
when we are preparing for peace?
553
00:39:28,986 --> 00:39:31,454
You must abandon this folly
of a renewed peace commission--
554
00:39:31,455 --> 00:39:33,957
You may think it folly,
Mr. Pickering. I do not.
555
00:39:33,958 --> 00:39:36,726
Should the current crisis be allowed
to persist a few months longer...
556
00:39:37,495 --> 00:39:40,964
our party could be assured
of a favorable outcome
557
00:39:40,999 --> 00:39:43,233
in the upcoming election.
558
00:39:44,302 --> 00:39:47,203
Your re-Election would
be absolutely certain.
559
00:39:47,238 --> 00:39:50,206
Do not speak to me of politics, man.
560
00:39:50,441 --> 00:39:53,210
The people are animated, sir.
561
00:39:53,244 --> 00:39:55,812
Remove the French threat and
they're likely to desert us.
562
00:39:55,813 --> 00:39:59,449
Government by fear is no
government at all, Mr. Mchenry.
563
00:40:00,718 --> 00:40:03,286
- Your intransigence--
- My intransigence?
564
00:40:03,321 --> 00:40:05,588
Your stubbornness will be our ruin.
565
00:40:05,623 --> 00:40:07,223
You would surrender
our party's interests
566
00:40:07,258 --> 00:40:10,393
to those of Mr. Jefferson
and his so-Called republicans.
567
00:40:11,829 --> 00:40:15,098
And you, sirs, are
subservient to Hamilton...
568
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,401
who ruled general Washington
569
00:40:18,436 --> 00:40:20,270
and would rule me if he could.
570
00:40:20,304 --> 00:40:23,073
- I protest--
- Mr. Jefferson, whom you despise,
571
00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:25,308
is an infinitely better man.
572
00:40:26,644 --> 00:40:29,279
I would rather be vice
president under him
573
00:40:29,313 --> 00:40:32,082
or resident minister
to the Barbary pirates
574
00:40:32,098 --> 00:40:37,420
than be indebted to a creature
such as Hamilton for my present post!
575
00:40:40,224 --> 00:40:43,893
Now your-- Your immediate resignations
will be accepted, gentlemen.
576
00:40:45,296 --> 00:40:47,830
I do not feel it my duty to resign.
577
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,501
Oh.
578
00:40:51,535 --> 00:40:54,438
Excellent. Excellent.
579
00:40:54,472 --> 00:40:56,873
Then you leave me with the
far more satisfying remedy
580
00:40:56,907 --> 00:40:59,375
of removing you from office.
581
00:41:05,483 --> 00:41:07,717
Both of you.
582
00:41:31,575 --> 00:41:33,977
Charles is a sick man
583
00:41:34,111 --> 00:41:36,512
and he will not help himself.
584
00:41:36,580 --> 00:41:39,482
I didn't want to leave him,
please believe that but,
585
00:41:39,583 --> 00:41:42,285
it wasn't the place for us.
586
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,687
Not anymore.
587
00:41:47,859 --> 00:41:50,460
You only did what was necessary
for your children, sally,
588
00:41:50,475 --> 00:41:52,529
there is no shame in that.
589
00:41:52,563 --> 00:41:54,731
When he drinks, he...
590
00:41:54,765 --> 00:41:57,267
forgets himself. He does things.
591
00:41:59,604 --> 00:42:02,405
The money worries him so.
592
00:42:05,076 --> 00:42:09,012
- The money? - Yes, the money
that john quincy gave him--
593
00:42:09,023 --> 00:42:11,448
$2,000 dollars.
594
00:42:13,218 --> 00:42:15,585
That Charles was to invest for him.
595
00:42:15,619 --> 00:42:17,621
It's gone,
596
00:42:17,655 --> 00:42:19,656
every last cent.
597
00:42:19,690 --> 00:42:21,491
Shh.
598
00:42:24,629 --> 00:42:27,964
See, he was cheated by speculators.
599
00:42:30,301 --> 00:42:32,535
Does john quincy know?
600
00:42:33,538 --> 00:42:35,071
No.
601
00:42:35,139 --> 00:42:37,173
He cannot bring himself to tell him.
602
00:42:37,208 --> 00:42:40,710
He has tried. He's tried to write...
603
00:42:42,113 --> 00:42:44,514
To explain, but--
604
00:42:46,284 --> 00:42:48,885
But he cannot bring himself to do it.
605
00:42:49,354 --> 00:42:51,955
He will be so angry when he finds out
606
00:42:51,989 --> 00:42:54,057
that I have come here, but...
607
00:42:54,759 --> 00:42:57,561
I didn't know what else to do.
608
00:43:39,437 --> 00:43:41,538
I beg your pardon, sir.
609
00:43:41,572 --> 00:43:43,540
Uh, kindly direct me to the home
610
00:43:43,574 --> 00:43:45,875
of Charles Adams.
611
00:44:34,758 --> 00:44:37,160
Ah! Oh!
612
00:44:40,598 --> 00:44:42,332
Absalom.
613
00:44:46,404 --> 00:44:48,071
Oh, king David's son
614
00:44:48,095 --> 00:44:51,007
at least showed some enterprise.
615
00:44:51,843 --> 00:44:54,878
He had the dignity to die in battle!
616
00:44:55,746 --> 00:44:58,181
But my son--
617
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:03,120
my son is a mere rake!
A buck... blood and beast!
618
00:45:03,154 --> 00:45:05,789
Go on, father, rage.
619
00:45:12,897 --> 00:45:14,864
Your mother...
620
00:45:14,899 --> 00:45:17,267
is beside herself with grief.
621
00:45:19,270 --> 00:45:22,271
To see all of her finest aspirations...
622
00:45:24,008 --> 00:45:27,711
squandered on a miserable drunkard!
623
00:45:29,314 --> 00:45:31,881
And worse, a cheat!
624
00:45:31,916 --> 00:45:34,217
That's it, father. Curse me.
625
00:45:34,251 --> 00:45:36,753
You've made my whole life a curse.
626
00:45:44,162 --> 00:45:46,830
I renounce you.
627
00:45:51,269 --> 00:45:54,871
Father.
Have mercy, father!
628
00:46:55,066 --> 00:46:57,767
He he has been a graceless child...
629
00:46:58,570 --> 00:47:01,138
but I cannot forsake him.
630
00:47:04,776 --> 00:47:07,777
His wife and children
deserve our attention.
631
00:47:08,913 --> 00:47:11,881
We must do all we can for their welfare.
632
00:47:17,388 --> 00:47:19,656
They will stay here in Philadelphia
633
00:47:19,624 --> 00:47:22,124
until we leave for the new capital.
634
00:47:22,527 --> 00:47:25,195
And then I will make
arrangements to remove them
635
00:47:25,229 --> 00:47:28,197
to Peacefield upon our departure.
636
00:47:32,470 --> 00:47:36,306
I cannot help to wonder what
part we played in all this.
637
00:47:36,307 --> 00:47:39,309
He had every advantage, Abigail.
638
00:47:39,377 --> 00:47:41,850
More than others.
639
00:47:44,783 --> 00:47:47,817
It is useless to speculate
640
00:47:47,818 --> 00:47:50,353
on what might have been, Abigail.
641
00:47:50,822 --> 00:47:52,623
And...
642
00:47:52,657 --> 00:47:57,194
I will not find fault
in my behavior to excuse his.
643
00:48:01,699 --> 00:48:05,268
Providence has inflicted
this disgrace upon us.
644
00:48:12,009 --> 00:48:14,411
So we must bear it.
645
00:48:25,056 --> 00:48:29,192
Come on, move it! Pull!
646
00:48:59,524 --> 00:49:02,192
There it is.
647
00:49:12,803 --> 00:49:14,838
Whoa.
648
00:49:23,581 --> 00:49:25,548
Mr. President.
649
00:49:25,583 --> 00:49:27,684
Thank you, sir.
650
00:49:32,456 --> 00:49:34,758
Mrs. Adams.
651
00:49:37,295 --> 00:49:39,629
The negroes will see to your trunks.
652
00:49:39,697 --> 00:49:42,999
Here, you boy.
Get these up the stair.
653
00:49:43,067 --> 00:49:44,835
And you and you!
654
00:49:44,869 --> 00:49:46,536
Come on, get to it.
655
00:49:48,105 --> 00:49:52,042
Mr. President, Mrs. Adams.
656
00:50:41,025 --> 00:50:44,494
The fires help the plaster
dry more quickly, Mrs. Adams.
657
00:51:12,690 --> 00:51:14,958
It will soon be ready, sir.
658
00:51:26,404 --> 00:51:30,407
Half-Fed slaves
building our nation's capital.
659
00:51:35,313 --> 00:51:39,081
What possible good can
come from such a place?
660
00:52:08,346 --> 00:52:12,448
Is the old man welcoming us
or showing us the way out?
661
00:52:35,373 --> 00:52:38,441
A letter from Alexander Hamilton...
662
00:52:39,077 --> 00:52:42,746
"Concerning the public
conduct and character
663
00:52:42,780 --> 00:52:44,781
of john Adams, esquire,
664
00:52:44,815 --> 00:52:46,416
President of the United States."
665
00:52:46,450 --> 00:52:48,051
Well well.
666
00:52:52,590 --> 00:52:54,958
"His disgusting egotism...
667
00:52:56,360 --> 00:53:00,130
his bitter animosity,
his ungovernable temper--
668
00:53:01,365 --> 00:53:04,501
the unfortunate foibles
of a vanity without bounds,
669
00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:08,071
and a jealousy capable of
discoloring every object.
670
00:53:08,506 --> 00:53:13,210
His presidency has been
a heterogeneous compound
671
00:53:13,220 --> 00:53:15,578
of right and wrong,
672
00:53:15,613 --> 00:53:17,714
of wisdom and error."
673
00:53:17,730 --> 00:53:20,310
This pamphlet will do you much damage
674
00:53:20,317 --> 00:53:24,980
should it finds its way into the hands
of the electors as Mr. Hamilton intends.
675
00:53:24,989 --> 00:53:27,357
It could well determine
the course of the election.
676
00:53:27,362 --> 00:53:31,227
Yes, well, I made his little
army disappear, didn't I?
677
00:53:31,362 --> 00:53:35,332
And now he seeks to do the
same to me, Mr. Secretary.
678
00:53:41,206 --> 00:53:44,541
Is there still no word
from Paris, Mr. Marshall?
679
00:53:44,575 --> 00:53:46,309
None as yet.
680
00:53:47,178 --> 00:53:49,713
I'm heartily sorry, sir.
681
00:54:06,831 --> 00:54:09,532
The ancients...
682
00:54:10,301 --> 00:54:14,270
thought a great book a great evil.
683
00:54:19,944 --> 00:54:22,479
Mr. Hamilton will find his little book
684
00:54:22,513 --> 00:54:26,049
an evil great enough for
him, for it will ensure
685
00:54:26,083 --> 00:54:28,151
the election of the man that he dreads,
686
00:54:28,219 --> 00:54:31,454
or pretends to dread, far more than me.
687
00:54:31,689 --> 00:54:33,790
You are resigned, then?
688
00:54:39,464 --> 00:54:42,566
My decisions were my
own, not other men's,
689
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:45,101
and certainly not Hamilton's.
690
00:54:55,413 --> 00:55:00,016
I have always been prepared
to stand by the consequences.
691
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:14,431
I desire no other inscription
over my gravestone than...
692
00:55:15,399 --> 00:55:17,634
"Here lies john Adams,
693
00:55:17,668 --> 00:55:19,703
who took upon himself the responsibility
694
00:55:19,713 --> 00:55:22,005
for peace with France...
695
00:55:22,407 --> 00:55:24,774
in the year 1800."
696
00:55:52,003 --> 00:55:55,505
Oh, I pray heaven to
bestow the best of blessings
697
00:55:55,515 --> 00:55:59,909
on this house and all who
shall hereafter inhabit it.
698
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:04,548
Hmm.
699
00:56:05,050 --> 00:56:07,851
May none but honest and wise men
700
00:56:07,860 --> 00:56:09,886
ever rule under this roof.
701
00:56:41,219 --> 00:56:43,653
Thank god you've come.
702
00:56:44,856 --> 00:56:47,090
Of course.
703
00:56:55,466 --> 00:56:57,167
Is he awake?
704
00:57:07,645 --> 00:57:09,646
Mother...
705
00:57:11,082 --> 00:57:14,017
His mind is much deranged.
706
00:57:37,775 --> 00:57:41,377
Charles. Charles.
707
00:57:43,581 --> 00:57:45,649
Mother.
708
00:57:46,251 --> 00:57:48,518
I'm here.
709
00:57:50,121 --> 00:57:52,255
I'm here.
710
00:57:54,959 --> 00:57:57,293
Is father...
711
00:57:57,327 --> 00:57:58,762
with you?
712
00:58:00,899 --> 00:58:02,600
No.
713
00:58:06,070 --> 00:58:09,372
- The election presses upon him.
- The election - Yes.
714
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:10,841
The--
715
00:58:12,644 --> 00:58:15,745
- We will have not have--
- Charles! Charles!
716
00:58:16,314 --> 00:58:17,614
Charles...
717
00:58:17,620 --> 00:58:19,683
listen to me.
718
00:58:19,717 --> 00:58:22,352
You have a wife
and you have children
719
00:58:22,386 --> 00:58:25,088
who are in great need of you.
720
00:58:27,291 --> 00:58:30,727
I am in great need of you.
721
00:58:31,429 --> 00:58:34,297
So you look deep within yourself,
722
00:58:34,305 --> 00:58:37,367
you turn to god
and you return to us.
723
00:58:38,536 --> 00:58:40,537
Do you hear me?
724
00:58:41,406 --> 00:58:43,340
Yes.
725
00:58:43,574 --> 00:58:45,542
Do you hear me?
726
00:58:51,616 --> 00:58:54,151
You return to us.
727
00:58:54,485 --> 00:58:58,321
- You must.
- Oh, please forgive me, mother.
728
00:58:59,090 --> 00:59:01,691
Please... forgive me.
729
00:59:01,759 --> 00:59:04,161
Oh, Charles.
730
00:59:08,298 --> 00:59:09,799
Shh.
731
00:59:11,035 --> 00:59:12,902
I'm right here.
732
00:59:16,107 --> 00:59:18,176
Mr. President!
733
00:59:19,210 --> 00:59:21,277
Mr. President!
734
00:59:22,913 --> 00:59:24,481
News, sir!
735
00:59:28,353 --> 00:59:30,554
A treaty was signed on October the third
736
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:32,856
at Mortefontaine.
737
00:59:32,990 --> 00:59:36,325
A copy is expected for
ratification within the month.
738
00:59:36,561 --> 00:59:38,862
Thanks be to god.
739
00:59:38,896 --> 00:59:42,666
Bonaparte has declared the differences
between France and the United States
740
00:59:42,670 --> 00:59:45,335
to be little more than a family quarrel.
741
00:59:49,707 --> 00:59:52,476
You are vindicated, although
I fear it comes too late.
742
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:55,078
The electors have
submitted their ballots.
743
00:59:55,312 --> 00:59:57,013
But we have a peace.
744
00:59:57,048 --> 00:59:59,316
We have an honorable peace...
745
01:00:02,053 --> 01:00:04,587
for all that it has cost me.
746
01:00:08,758 --> 01:00:10,494
I will be with your father
747
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,750
until the election results
are known, then the two of us
748
01:00:12,764 --> 01:00:14,664
will return here together.
749
01:00:14,699 --> 01:00:16,433
Write me of any change of his condition.
750
01:00:16,467 --> 01:00:18,101
Of course.
751
01:00:21,072 --> 01:00:23,673
And you must be strong,
752
01:00:24,308 --> 01:00:26,142
now more than ever.
753
01:00:36,621 --> 01:00:39,756
Do you want to say goodbye to your
grandmother and wave to the carriage?
754
01:00:39,790 --> 01:00:42,459
I will pray every day for his recovery.
755
01:01:10,087 --> 01:01:12,022
- Please clear the room.
- Aye, sir.
756
01:01:12,056 --> 01:01:14,290
- Come on!
- Yes, sir, boss.
757
01:01:14,325 --> 01:01:16,526
- Yes.
- Yes, sir.
758
01:01:18,929 --> 01:01:21,064
Mr. President, the
votes have been tallied.
759
01:01:21,098 --> 01:01:24,601
You received 65 votes, sir.
760
01:01:27,072 --> 01:01:29,606
Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Burr
761
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,142
are both tied at 73.
762
01:01:34,279 --> 01:01:37,213
A tie between two republicans.
763
01:01:55,533 --> 01:01:58,335
Only new england has been true.
764
01:02:01,172 --> 01:02:02,706
A good showing, sir.
765
01:02:04,742 --> 01:02:07,177
Had we gone to war with France,
766
01:02:07,185 --> 01:02:09,512
matters might have been very different.
767
01:02:09,547 --> 01:02:13,516
To return to office with blood
on my hands, Mr. Marshall,
768
01:02:13,551 --> 01:02:15,618
would have been no victory at all.
769
01:02:15,820 --> 01:02:17,587
The choice of a president
770
01:02:17,598 --> 01:02:20,023
now falls on the house
of representatives.
771
01:02:20,057 --> 01:02:21,891
Some federalists are eager
772
01:02:21,926 --> 01:02:24,427
to prolong the stalemate.
773
01:02:24,462 --> 01:02:26,196
To what possible end?
774
01:02:26,698 --> 01:02:31,601
Should your successor not be chosen
before the scheduled inauguration,
775
01:02:31,669 --> 01:02:33,870
the laurels will fall
to the President Pro Tempore--
776
01:02:33,904 --> 01:02:35,772
of the senate. As he is a federalist,
777
01:02:35,806 --> 01:02:37,774
our party will maintain control.
778
01:02:37,785 --> 01:02:41,578
Yet, whatever the outcome, I will
no longer be occupying this office.
779
01:02:48,452 --> 01:02:53,289
There is one
pressing matter I need to attend to.
780
01:02:54,859 --> 01:02:57,694
I'm recalling my son john quincy
781
01:02:57,728 --> 01:03:00,630
from his honorable exile abroad.
782
01:03:03,902 --> 01:03:06,236
You will see to the formalities.
783
01:03:06,470 --> 01:03:08,271
With pleasure, sir.
784
01:03:10,074 --> 01:03:13,543
Our family's been apart for too long.
785
01:04:08,967 --> 01:04:11,001
He's dead, john.
786
01:04:17,809 --> 01:04:20,043
Our son is dead.
787
01:04:29,587 --> 01:04:32,889
Poor, poor unhappy man.
788
01:04:36,060 --> 01:04:39,529
Let silence reign over his tomb...
789
01:04:40,998 --> 01:04:42,399
forever.
790
01:04:49,774 --> 01:04:53,877
He was no man's enemy.
791
01:04:57,448 --> 01:04:59,516
He was...
792
01:05:00,485 --> 01:05:03,019
the delight of my eye...
793
01:05:04,188 --> 01:05:07,023
and the darling of my heart.
794
01:05:08,993 --> 01:05:11,928
I will not forgive him.
795
01:07:40,578 --> 01:07:42,145
Mr. President.
796
01:07:44,615 --> 01:07:46,449
Mr. President.
797
01:07:49,020 --> 01:07:51,321
You honor me prematurely, sir.
798
01:07:51,389 --> 01:07:54,157
The house is... still in deadlock.
799
01:07:55,993 --> 01:07:57,761
After 32 ballots.
800
01:07:58,730 --> 01:08:01,031
- 33.
- Ah.
801
01:08:07,939 --> 01:08:11,240
Well, god grant they may
soon reach a decision.
802
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:17,881
A word from you would...
803
01:08:19,451 --> 01:08:22,152
end the uncertainty.
804
01:08:23,455 --> 01:08:25,822
That is for the congress to decide.
805
01:08:26,057 --> 01:08:28,425
I have no business in that matter.
806
01:08:36,635 --> 01:08:40,600
If the federalist conspirators
are allowed to defeat this election...
807
01:08:43,507 --> 01:08:46,176
there will be resistance by force,
808
01:08:46,210 --> 01:08:48,845
and the consequences
could be incalculable.
809
01:08:51,215 --> 01:08:54,351
The outcome of this election
is within your power.
810
01:08:56,954 --> 01:08:58,121
You would do well
811
01:08:58,130 --> 01:09:01,457
to quiet your revolutionary
notions, Thomas.
812
01:09:03,661 --> 01:09:05,262
You have only to say
813
01:09:05,275 --> 01:09:08,965
that you will not turn out
the government's officers...
814
01:09:09,399 --> 01:09:12,535
will maintain the navy, that you
will honor the national debt--
815
01:09:12,570 --> 01:09:15,505
All of which the
federalists hold dear--
816
01:09:15,539 --> 01:09:19,342
and the government will
instantly be in your hands.
817
01:09:25,250 --> 01:09:27,851
I will not enter office
but in perfect freedom
818
01:09:27,865 --> 01:09:31,000
to follow the dictates
of my own judgment.
819
01:09:35,393 --> 01:09:37,294
Well then, in that
case, events must take
820
01:09:37,305 --> 01:09:39,295
their own course.
821
01:10:59,477 --> 01:11:01,345
Ah. Mr. Marshall.
822
01:11:01,379 --> 01:11:02,979
Welcome.
823
01:11:03,014 --> 01:11:05,348
Would-- Would you
care for a drink?
824
01:11:05,416 --> 01:11:07,217
Uh, no thank you, sir.
825
01:11:08,853 --> 01:11:10,520
Ah.
826
01:11:10,788 --> 01:11:14,658
Mr. Bayard of Delaware relented
827
01:11:14,692 --> 01:11:16,960
on the 36th ballot.
828
01:11:17,929 --> 01:11:20,430
He was induced to do so by assurances
829
01:11:20,460 --> 01:11:23,333
from Mr. Jefferson's agents
830
01:11:23,367 --> 01:11:26,603
that the generous
concessions you suggested
831
01:11:26,620 --> 01:11:28,905
would be respectfully considered.
832
01:11:31,576 --> 01:11:34,311
Well well, respectfully considered.
833
01:11:34,913 --> 01:11:37,347
We shall see about that, hmm?
834
01:11:37,381 --> 01:11:40,717
Mr. Jefferson is fortunate that
I have left him a country at all
835
01:11:40,751 --> 01:11:42,852
over which to preside.
836
01:11:42,887 --> 01:11:45,322
Whatever accusations
may be hurled at me...
837
01:11:46,090 --> 01:11:48,258
That I led us into a
ruinous war with France
838
01:11:48,259 --> 01:11:50,560
will not be among them.
839
01:11:50,595 --> 01:11:52,929
And I have you to thank for
your service at that end.
840
01:11:52,964 --> 01:11:54,698
Thank you, sir.
841
01:11:57,401 --> 01:12:00,937
I feel my shoulders
relieved of the burden of office.
842
01:12:03,207 --> 01:12:07,910
I will be plain farmer
john of Peacefield.
843
01:12:09,814 --> 01:12:11,881
That's a good exchange.
844
01:12:11,916 --> 01:12:14,951
The virtues and honor of office...
845
01:12:15,620 --> 01:12:17,687
for simple manure.
846
01:12:18,189 --> 01:12:21,224
Oh, dear.
No, no, no, not that one.
847
01:12:24,062 --> 01:12:26,696
Good heavens. Oh.
848
01:12:27,365 --> 01:12:29,733
I didn't mean to burn that one.
849
01:12:32,203 --> 01:12:34,671
Until the inauguration then, sir.
850
01:12:36,975 --> 01:12:38,942
Oh, I-- I will
not be attending.
851
01:12:46,284 --> 01:12:48,852
You will forgive me if
I do not wish to glory
852
01:12:48,870 --> 01:12:50,954
in Mr. Jefferson's coronation.
853
01:12:53,257 --> 01:12:55,291
You will be missed, sir.
854
01:12:59,764 --> 01:13:02,332
I very much doubt that, Mr. Marshall.
855
01:14:46,704 --> 01:14:49,339
If you don't mind, sir. Thank you.
856
01:14:55,947 --> 01:14:57,881
Thank you.
857
01:14:59,617 --> 01:15:02,619
Very good.
Thank you, sir.
858
01:15:04,789 --> 01:15:07,123
- Pardon.
- Sit here, sir.
859
01:15:27,312 --> 01:15:29,279
Stop gawking.
860
01:15:30,482 --> 01:15:33,250
I'm plain john Adams,
861
01:15:33,284 --> 01:15:35,719
just an ordinary citizen,
862
01:15:36,220 --> 01:15:38,288
same as yourselves.
61407
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