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Mere president
will not do.
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There are presidents
of fire companies
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and cricket clubs.
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This new federal government
must command respect
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and the titles of federal office
must ensure that respect.
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How long does Mr. Adams
intend to waste this assembly's time
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on matters of no import?
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No import?
No imp...
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There is nothing
of greater importance, Mr. MacClay.
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The office of president
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must have no equal
in the world.
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Neither dignity
nor authority
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can be supported
in human minds
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without the weight
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of splendor
and majesty, sir.
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Does the vice president
have a title in mind?
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I do indeed, sir.
I have several.
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His Highness the President.
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Or His Esteemed Majesty
the President.
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Or His Excellency
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the Supreme Commander
in Chief.
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Or something of the sort.
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Ahem!
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Perhaps Mr. Adams
has not had occasion
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to peruse our Constitution.
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It explicitly states,
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"No title of nobility shall be granted
by the United States."
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These are not titles of heredity
that I am proposing...
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but titles conferred
for merit
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and titles that will
only accompany
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positions of high
federal responsibility.
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Indeed.
Federal.
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Ridiculous.
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The motion before us
is that the president
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be addressed
as His Highness
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the President
of the United States of America
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and protector of the rights
of the same.
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Those in favor?
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Aye.
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- Those opposed?
- No!
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- No!
- No!
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His Rotundity
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the Vice President
and Duke of Braintree.
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I'd second that, indeed.
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His Rotundity,
the Duke of Braintree.
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You should have consulted
the president first.
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All this talk
of titles.
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What is the job
of the vice president
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if not to advise
the president?
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When the president requires
your advice, John,
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he will most surely ask for it.
Patience.
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I was merely trying to impress
upon the Senate
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the importance
of cloaking the presidency
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in the mantle
of authority.
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Now I have seen
what the future holds, Abigail.
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Men and manners,
principles, opinions...
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they've altered
very much in this country.
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Authority is
our only protection
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against discord,
civil war and sedition.
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Now the office
of the president, no doubt,
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is sufficient
to establish such authority.
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But we must not
be surprised
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if we ever find
we need a monarch
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- to keep us from coming asunder!
- You would do well
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to keep your thoughts
to yourself, John.
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People will say
that your mind
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has been tainted
by foreign courts.
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They are already saying
such things in Boston.
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A man cannot go to Europe
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without being tainted,
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as you well know.
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As I was sent there
on the people's business,
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if some taint
has stuck to me,
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perhaps the people ought to
pay me for the damages.
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Where are you going?
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We'll finish this conversation
when you regain your senses.
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I, uh...
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I was not aware
that I had lost them.
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Well, you have.
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Hold a moment, hold.
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I shall endeavor
to be more patient...
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and I will look to you
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to correct me
if I do not.
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I am sorry that I was not
here earlier, John.
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But I cannot
be with you always.
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We cannot get by
on your salary.
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$5,000 a years
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is hardly worthy
of such an office.
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The farm brings us an income
and someone must tend to it.
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Then we will find a tenant.
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There are none to be had.
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Then leave the place
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to the birds of the air
and the beasts of the field.
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I need my ballast.
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You need to mind
your tongue...
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nothing more.
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Not that you will
listen to me.
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Stay
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and you shall
see me reformed.
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I will stay with you
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until Congress
adjourns.
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You must find Philadelphia
much changed, Mr. Jefferson.
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More changed than I could have
imagined, Mr. Hamilton.
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Not the city itself. All cities swallow
everything in their way.
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That's no surprise to me.
That's why I abhor them.
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But I've been, as you know,
in revolutionary France,
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where the streets
are filled
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with the songs of liberty
and brotherhood
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and the overthrow
of our ancient tyrannies of Europe.
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And to return
from there to this,
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our cradle of revolution
and find the dinnertable chatter
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is all of money
and banks
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and authority
is an unwelcome surprise.
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Unwelcome perhaps,
but necessary.
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I must admit,
Mr. Hamilton,
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I am a little uncertain
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as to the purpose
of the Treasury Department.
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No doubt its function
will reveal itself to me in good time.
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The future prosperity
of this nation
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rests chiefly
in trade.
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Trade depends,
among other things,
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on the willingness
of other nations to lend us money.
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And how would you propose
to establish international credit?
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Our first step
would be to incur a national debt.
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The greater the debt,
the greater the credit.
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And to that end
I have recommended to the president
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that Congress adopt
all the debts
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incurred by the individual states
during the war
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through a national bank.
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The idea being
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that if the states
owe Congress money,
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then other nations will feel
more inclined to lend it to us.
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If the states are
indebted to a central authority,
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it increases the power
of the central government.
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There you have it
exactly.
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The greater the government's
responsibility,
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the greater
its authority.
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The moneyed interest
in this country
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is all in the north,
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so the wealth and power
would inevitably be concentrated there
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in a federal
government...
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to the expense
of the south.
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If that is the case,
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it is unavoidable
if the Union
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is to be preserved.
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I fear our revolution
will have been in vain
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if a Virginia farmer
is to be held in hock
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to a New York stockjobber
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who in turn is in hock
to a London banker.
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The opportunities
for avarice
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and corruption would
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certainly prove
irresistible.
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There you have it.
As I have heard said,
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"If men were angels then no government
would be necessary."
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Sadly that is
very well said.
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But there can
be no question,
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our nation cannot
bind together
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without powerful
central government.
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But we must
also accommodate
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the needs of our
constituent states,
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both north and south.
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The power of one
must check and balance the other.
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And to that end
we must dedicate
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all of our energies,
and our care.
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I would like to
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welcome Mr. Jefferson home.
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Mr. Secretary
of State.
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Hear, hear.
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Mr. President,
gentlemen.
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There are cabinet matters
that I would like to discuss.
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If you would
excuse us, Mr. Adams.
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Please convey my regards
to your wife.
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Gentlemen.
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John.
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Mr. President.
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Mr. President
and nothing more.
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The president
must not be allowed
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to remove cabinet officers
on whatever whim.
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- Hear, hear.
- The Senate must advise and consent
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to their removal
the same as to their appointment.
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Mr. MacClay's bill
is an affront
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to the authority
of the executive branch.
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- Hear, hear.
- It seeks nothing less
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than to indenture
the president to this body's will.
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- Hear, hear!
- Mr. Pinckney,
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the British Parliamentary
model may be instructive here.
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The Senate would no doubt benefit
from the vice president's
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learning and erudition
on the subject,
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but I respectfully
remind him
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that barring a tie in voting,
he has no say in the matter.
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I am in no need
of reminders, Mr. MacClay.
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I concur with
Mr. MacClay's opinion.
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The president must not have unlimited
authority in cabinet matters.
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Hear, hear.
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The role of vice president
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is the most insignificant
office ever devised
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by the mind of man.
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No, I assure you
it is punishment
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to hear other men
talk five hours a day
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and not be at liberty
to talk myself.
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Me of all people.
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A torture for you,
to be sure.
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Most of those I hear,
they're too young.
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They're too inexperienced.
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They're too fractious.
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I was of a mind to refuse
the vice presidency entirely, you know.
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And half the Electoral
College were determined to oblige me.
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There are rumors.
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What rumors?
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Some say
intrigue was used.
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To what possible purpose?
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Many were urged to withhold
their votes for you.
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It was deemed
an essential point of caution
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to see that your showing not
embarrass General Washington;
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That he be elected
unanimously.
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Who is the author
of this dirty scheme?
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No one can
say for certain.
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Good God.
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To be used in such
a despicable manner.
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I am sorry
to be the one...
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No no, Dr. Rush.
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I thank you
for your frankness.
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And thus we set
an example for the world.
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Tales of dirty and duplicitous intrigues
in our first election.
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I hear that we are called
Federalists now
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because we believe
in strong central government.
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And our opponents
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now style themselves
Republicans
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because they believe
in the sovereignty of the people.
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Ha!
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I dread a division
of our republic
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into parties, Doctor.
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Yet that is what
I see is happening.
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It is in a state of almost permanent
revolution, Monticello.
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No sooner
have I completed it
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than I wish to tear
it down and start again.
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I want to build
a new portico.
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Triangular pediment
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on four great pillars.
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- Is it not magnificent, John?
- Yes.
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Very nice.
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But it is not to be as yet.
When duty calls...
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We feared for your safety
in Paris, Thomas.
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The papers are still full of the most
alarming reports.
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Yes, a Bastille
commander's head
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carried through
the streets on a pike.
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One officer hanged
from a lamppost,
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another one cut to pieces,
his heart torn from his body
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and brandished out the window
of the Hotel de Ville.
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You cannot expect
a people so long oppressed
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to be transported
from despotism
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to liberty
on a feather bed.
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I believe the violence
will end soon enough,
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as it has here.
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But should everything
be pulled down,
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what shall be
put in its place?
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Given the entrenched
divisions within French society
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which you witnessed,
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I believe the most
we can achieve
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is a monarchy limited
in its power to act
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by a parliament
on the British model.
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That is what I told
the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Do you mean to say that
you involved yourself
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in revolutionary activities
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as our acting ambassador?
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Lafayette sought my advice
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on the drafting
of a declaration of the rights of man
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and I was happy
to oblige, yes.
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I was in the Assembly
Nationale when it was proclaimed.
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In fact, you could say
the Constitution of France
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was conceived in my parlor.
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These are dangerous
grounds, Thomas.
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The French court
was well aware of my involvement.
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They thought that I would be
a moderating influence
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on the more hot-headed
members of the assembly.
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They seek only to emulate
our experience, John.
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We must support them.
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I am not
as sanguine as you
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about the prospects
in France.
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Should King Louis
and his advisors
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not deliver
these promised reforms,
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well then, this violence
will only escalate.
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The king himself could
become a victim of it
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and England and Spain
will rightfully fear
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the spread of revolution
across Europe.
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They will be forced
to declare war
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to protect their monarchies.
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Our treaty with France
will draw us
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into a conflict
that we can ill afford.
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France is in the throes
of a violent birth.
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We should rejoice.
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We should rejoice, John.
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And is that the advice
you are giving the president?
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We should rejoice?
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When the president
seeks my counsel,
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I give him
what advice I can.
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It's not always
welcomed by the cabinet.
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I would know
nothing about that.
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- No.
- No.
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I trust you will find
President Washington
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is as independent-minded
as ever.
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He has too much power,
as I feared,
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and the Congress
has too little.
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He is a monarch
in all but name.
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A chief magistrate, once in power,
rarely leaves it willingly.
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I am no believer
in monarchy as such,
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as you well know.
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But I have seen the result
of too many mobs
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to entrust them
with the government, sir.
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The tree of liberty
must be refreshed from time to time
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with the blood
of patriots and tyrants.
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It is a natural manure.
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You must be
careful, John.
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I find him
much changed.
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Add the usual
salutation.
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"Your humble servant...
et cetera, et cetera."
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Yes, sir.
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Thank you, Colonel Smith.
That's all for now.
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Perhaps I may
indulge your patience
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with a personal
request, sir?
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A matter I've been meaning
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to broach with you
for some time now.
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An increase
in your meager salary
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is quite out of
the question, Colonel.
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I'm sorry.
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It's not that, sir.
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Though I am
without fame or fortune,
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00:23:53,226 --> 00:23:54,693
such as I am,
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00:23:54,728 --> 00:23:57,060
I aspire
to your daughter's love.
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I beg your pardon?
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00:24:01,101 --> 00:24:03,194
My dau...
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00:24:11,545 --> 00:24:15,481
what was that
about my daughter?
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00:24:17,884 --> 00:24:19,351
You mean to say
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00:24:19,386 --> 00:24:22,480
you vetoed Colonel Smith's
proposal?
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00:24:22,522 --> 00:24:25,514
I did.
Nabby is a child.
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00:24:25,559 --> 00:24:28,892
Your child, had you not noticed,
is a young woman
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of great sensibility.
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00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:32,760
Far too much
sensibility, I think.
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00:24:34,701 --> 00:24:37,898
Her mother had too much sensibility
at her age to be very prudent.
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00:24:39,005 --> 00:24:41,235
- Far too much.
- And it won her a heart
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00:24:41,274 --> 00:24:43,765
of as much sensibility
as hers.
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00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,280
Nabby is content with the match.
We should be as well.
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00:24:59,392 --> 00:25:02,327
Mr. Jefferson stands
at the head of a faction,
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00:25:02,362 --> 00:25:05,889
in my judgment, subversive to
the principles of good government
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00:25:05,932 --> 00:25:09,834
and dangerous to the peace,
union and happiness of this country.
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00:25:09,869 --> 00:25:12,929
Any such faction,
if it exists, Mr. Hamilton,
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00:25:12,973 --> 00:25:15,737
is grossly underrepresented
in this cabinet
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00:25:15,775 --> 00:25:18,175
which persists
in its determination
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00:25:18,211 --> 00:25:20,475
to replace
colonial subjugation
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by Great Britain
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00:25:22,215 --> 00:25:25,013
with equally pernicious
financial subjugation...
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00:25:25,051 --> 00:25:27,918
Enough, Mr. Jefferson.
Enough.
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00:25:29,956 --> 00:25:32,618
You will hereafter
show more charity
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00:25:32,659 --> 00:25:35,822
for each other's opinions and...
Mr. Jefferson!
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00:25:35,862 --> 00:25:37,193
I will not have
this government undermined
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00:25:37,230 --> 00:25:39,960
by party politics
and acts!
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00:25:43,503 --> 00:25:45,494
John.
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Thomas.
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00:25:47,140 --> 00:25:49,438
Mr. Hamilton.
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00:25:55,248 --> 00:25:58,240
Well, I am very sorry
361
00:25:58,284 --> 00:26:00,275
to intrude
upon your affairs.
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00:26:02,022 --> 00:26:05,685
I only came to say that I am leaving
for Peacefield in the morning,
363
00:26:05,725 --> 00:26:09,252
what with the yellow fever
season approaching,
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00:26:09,295 --> 00:26:12,287
and my daughter
is to be married.
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00:26:14,567 --> 00:26:17,593
I believe that you know the groom...
Colonel William Smith.
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00:26:17,637 --> 00:26:20,800
Colonel Smith was
under my command at Long Island.
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00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,331
He served with great
distinction.
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00:26:23,376 --> 00:26:25,344
I congratulate you
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00:26:25,378 --> 00:26:27,642
on such a fitting match
for your daughter.
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00:26:27,681 --> 00:26:29,706
Thank you, sir.
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00:26:32,752 --> 00:26:34,720
Yes, well,
good day.
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00:26:34,754 --> 00:26:37,655
- Mr. Adams.
- Yes?
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00:26:37,691 --> 00:26:39,625
Will you not
join me at table?
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00:26:39,659 --> 00:26:41,650
I have need
of more...
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00:26:41,695 --> 00:26:43,856
reasonable company.
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00:26:47,701 --> 00:26:49,794
This uprising
in France
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00:26:49,836 --> 00:26:51,963
places us in a
difficult position.
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00:26:52,005 --> 00:26:54,405
We cannot trade
with Britain
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00:26:54,441 --> 00:26:57,308
and support her enemy
at the same time.
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00:26:57,343 --> 00:26:59,834
Surely this is a matter
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00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:02,848
on which the Secretary of State
and the Secretary of the Treasury
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00:27:02,882 --> 00:27:04,349
should offer counsel.
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00:27:04,384 --> 00:27:07,046
Mr. Jefferson
and Mr. Hamilton
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00:27:07,087 --> 00:27:08,645
can agree on nothing.
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00:27:08,688 --> 00:27:12,021
I fear that
we will be
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00:27:12,058 --> 00:27:15,152
drawn into the perpetual
European conflict.
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00:27:15,195 --> 00:27:18,596
I would advise
neutrality, sir.
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00:27:20,033 --> 00:27:23,400
Avoid any hostilities
or any show of support.
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00:27:23,436 --> 00:27:25,529
America must be
beholden to no one,
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00:27:25,572 --> 00:27:27,699
neither England
nor France.
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00:27:27,741 --> 00:27:30,869
It is sheer folly
for us to expect
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00:27:30,910 --> 00:27:33,743
disinterested relations
with France or England
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00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:35,645
or any other country.
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00:27:35,682 --> 00:27:37,582
The gangrene
of faction
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00:27:37,617 --> 00:27:40,586
must not be allowed
to rot this government.
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00:27:40,620 --> 00:27:42,451
You are the balance
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00:27:42,489 --> 00:27:45,014
that holds both sides
together.
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00:27:45,058 --> 00:27:47,356
Without you, there would
be dissolution.
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00:27:47,393 --> 00:27:49,623
On that, Mr. Hamilton
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00:27:49,662 --> 00:27:51,994
and Mr. Jefferson
do agree.
401
00:27:55,101 --> 00:27:58,434
You are
indispensable, sir.
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00:27:58,471 --> 00:28:01,838
But for how much longer,
Mr. Adams?
403
00:28:07,347 --> 00:28:09,440
Is something
the matter, sir?
404
00:28:09,482 --> 00:28:11,916
Blasted teeth.
405
00:28:13,419 --> 00:28:15,410
Terrible nuisance, yes.
406
00:28:20,660 --> 00:28:23,458
Sir, madam, a great honor
you have conferred
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00:28:23,496 --> 00:28:25,361
upon the bridegroom
and the bride
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00:28:25,398 --> 00:28:27,263
by being present
at this solemnity
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00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:29,530
does very conveniently
supersede
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00:28:29,569 --> 00:28:32,436
any further inquiry
after your consent.
411
00:28:32,472 --> 00:28:34,531
And the part I am desired to take
in this wedding
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00:28:34,574 --> 00:28:38,305
renders the way of my giving consent
very compendious.
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00:28:38,344 --> 00:28:41,905
There is no manner or room left
for the previous question,
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00:28:41,948 --> 00:28:45,816
"Who giveth this woman
to be married to this man?"
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00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,415
Give me your hand
for a moment
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00:28:49,455 --> 00:28:52,720
into the bridegroom's
forever.
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00:28:53,726 --> 00:28:55,557
Now joined
in matrimony,
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00:28:55,595 --> 00:28:57,859
let us say
the Lord's Prayer.
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00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:01,724
You will be pleased
to hear, Father,
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00:29:01,768 --> 00:29:03,599
that some interesting
investment prospects
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00:29:03,636 --> 00:29:05,365
have presented
themselves for me in London.
422
00:29:08,208 --> 00:29:09,835
You're leaving?
423
00:29:11,277 --> 00:29:13,438
So soon
after the wedding?
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00:29:13,479 --> 00:29:14,946
I frown
on speculation.
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00:29:14,981 --> 00:29:18,940
It is nothing
more than rolling in luxury
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00:29:18,985 --> 00:29:20,976
on the property
of others.
427
00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:23,454
You should settle
on a profession, Colonel Smith,
428
00:29:23,489 --> 00:29:25,753
as my sons have.
429
00:29:28,528 --> 00:29:30,325
Naturally I would
postpone any trip
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00:29:30,363 --> 00:29:32,627
if I could be of some service
to the government.
431
00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:37,230
Perhaps you could put a word in
with General Washington.
432
00:29:41,107 --> 00:29:44,634
And how on earth
would I justify that?
433
00:29:45,678 --> 00:29:48,044
My sister and I
are now family.
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00:29:54,487 --> 00:29:57,251
I have no say
in the matter.
435
00:29:59,225 --> 00:30:01,352
And even if I did,
436
00:30:01,394 --> 00:30:03,487
I could not allow
my authority
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00:30:03,529 --> 00:30:05,360
to become subservient
to my private views, sir.
438
00:30:05,398 --> 00:30:06,888
William was
only saying...
439
00:30:06,933 --> 00:30:09,766
I know what he was saying,
440
00:30:09,802 --> 00:30:13,033
Nabby,
and he has my answer.
441
00:30:15,341 --> 00:30:17,832
And when will you
give me your answer, Miss Smith?
442
00:30:19,312 --> 00:30:21,974
What is the question,
Mr. Adams?
443
00:30:28,321 --> 00:30:30,949
I urge you to return
to Philadelphia.
444
00:30:32,692 --> 00:30:35,593
Should General Washington
decide to stand for a second term...
445
00:30:35,628 --> 00:30:37,289
And I have
no doubt he will.
446
00:30:37,330 --> 00:30:38,820
- It is absolutely
essential
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00:30:38,865 --> 00:30:41,766
that you retain
the vice presidency.
448
00:30:41,801 --> 00:30:44,167
If however
he should not stand,
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00:30:44,203 --> 00:30:45,795
you will be
our party's choice.
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00:30:47,573 --> 00:30:49,268
Well...
451
00:30:51,511 --> 00:30:54,969
But I cannot imagine my presence
is necessary for the elections.
452
00:30:55,014 --> 00:30:57,107
We must gird ourselves
against disruption
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00:30:57,150 --> 00:30:58,981
in this election.
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00:30:59,018 --> 00:31:01,384
You're a man
who appreciates balance
455
00:31:01,421 --> 00:31:02,888
and balance is what we need.
456
00:31:02,922 --> 00:31:05,390
But I fear I have
little influence.
457
00:31:05,425 --> 00:31:07,689
The Secretary
of State suffers
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00:31:07,727 --> 00:31:10,992
from a womanish
attachment to France.
459
00:31:11,030 --> 00:31:13,191
There are those who say
that Mr. Jefferson
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00:31:13,232 --> 00:31:14,995
is more Frenchman
than American.
461
00:31:15,034 --> 00:31:18,060
That is an unfair attack
on an old and dear friend.
462
00:31:18,104 --> 00:31:21,096
I beg your pardon
if I have misspoken.
463
00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:24,268
Thomas is of a most
unbiased constitution.
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00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:26,301
No matter how
indifferent you may be
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00:31:26,346 --> 00:31:28,280
to the outcome of
the election, Mr. Adams,
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00:31:28,314 --> 00:31:31,078
I hope you are not so to the cause
of good government.
467
00:31:31,117 --> 00:31:34,086
Our Republican adversaries
have been emboldened
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00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,179
by the arrival
of a French envoy
469
00:31:36,222 --> 00:31:39,157
who is stirring up
anti-British sentiment.
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00:31:39,192 --> 00:31:42,684
This is the end
of monarchy.
471
00:31:42,729 --> 00:31:45,664
Death to all tyrants.
472
00:31:45,698 --> 00:31:47,495
The end of tyranny!
473
00:31:56,976 --> 00:31:58,341
Vive la France!
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00:32:01,481 --> 00:32:03,676
King Louis is dead!
475
00:32:05,752 --> 00:32:09,415
Long live the French
and American republics.
476
00:32:09,455 --> 00:32:11,787
Yeah!
477
00:32:11,824 --> 00:32:14,122
Now that war
has been declared
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00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,685
between your country
and Great Britain,
479
00:32:16,729 --> 00:32:18,697
we must remain neutral,
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00:32:18,731 --> 00:32:21,598
Ambassador Genet.
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00:32:21,634 --> 00:32:23,431
The United States
is a new
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00:32:23,469 --> 00:32:25,699
and independent
nation.
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00:32:25,738 --> 00:32:27,865
It is in our best
national interest
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00:32:27,907 --> 00:32:30,876
to keep ourselves
apart from affairs
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00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:33,140
to which we have
no attachment.
486
00:32:33,179 --> 00:32:36,580
Surely the cause of France
is the cause of America,
487
00:32:36,616 --> 00:32:38,982
of the world.
488
00:32:39,018 --> 00:32:41,714
A threat to France
489
00:32:41,754 --> 00:32:44,348
is a threat
to America.
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00:32:46,526 --> 00:32:49,086
And we have a treaty,
Mr. President,
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00:32:49,128 --> 00:32:52,791
a treaty made when you were at war
with England.
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00:32:52,832 --> 00:32:56,131
I remind the ambassador
that our treaty with France
493
00:32:56,169 --> 00:32:58,137
was made with King Louis.
494
00:32:58,171 --> 00:33:01,663
The King's murder
renders that compact
495
00:33:01,707 --> 00:33:04,403
no longer binding.
496
00:33:06,412 --> 00:33:08,937
Thousands
of your people
497
00:33:08,981 --> 00:33:11,916
have called themselves
our brother.
498
00:33:11,951 --> 00:33:14,078
Since I landed
in America,
499
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,884
I have found many
willing to fight.
500
00:33:16,923 --> 00:33:19,483
You will refrain,
Ambassador Genet,
501
00:33:19,525 --> 00:33:23,017
from any further
efforts to recruit our citizens
502
00:33:23,062 --> 00:33:24,859
to belligerent
actions.
503
00:33:24,897 --> 00:33:26,922
I will not allow you
504
00:33:26,966 --> 00:33:29,799
to outfit privateers
to join in your war
505
00:33:29,836 --> 00:33:31,303
against England
506
00:33:31,337 --> 00:33:33,237
It is not for you
to tell me this.
507
00:33:36,642 --> 00:33:39,042
Tread carefully, sir.
508
00:33:39,078 --> 00:33:43,037
The people will command me
as they command you.
509
00:33:43,082 --> 00:33:45,710
Ambassador Genet...
510
00:33:45,751 --> 00:33:48,015
You will hear
from me again, sir,
511
00:33:48,054 --> 00:33:51,546
and then I will speak to you
with a million voices
512
00:33:51,591 --> 00:33:53,388
and you will obey.
513
00:34:02,168 --> 00:34:04,830
The famous French
diplomacy.
514
00:34:06,672 --> 00:34:08,537
Mr. Jefferson.
515
00:34:10,109 --> 00:34:13,442
Ambassador Genet
has taken leave of his senses.
516
00:34:16,382 --> 00:34:18,247
Surely you see now
517
00:34:18,284 --> 00:34:20,479
that you must
compromise, Thomas.
518
00:34:21,487 --> 00:34:23,478
We cannot side
with either France
519
00:34:23,523 --> 00:34:25,923
or England in this war.
520
00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:27,687
The president
has determined
521
00:34:27,727 --> 00:34:30,924
on a course of strict
impartiality.
522
00:34:30,963 --> 00:34:34,421
A wise course
and I concur with it.
523
00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:37,732
Impartiality is always
partial, John.
524
00:34:38,738 --> 00:34:42,139
It will favor
the British
525
00:34:42,175 --> 00:34:43,836
as Mr. Hamilton
intends it should.
526
00:34:43,876 --> 00:34:47,312
General Washington judges
more independently
527
00:34:47,346 --> 00:34:48,938
than any man I ever saw.
528
00:34:48,981 --> 00:34:51,245
I do wonder, John,
529
00:34:51,284 --> 00:34:52,945
if you can be as blind
530
00:34:52,985 --> 00:34:55,510
to Mr. Hamilton's scheming
as you seem.
531
00:34:55,555 --> 00:34:59,082
I am no man's puppet,
Thomas.
532
00:34:59,125 --> 00:35:02,617
Mr. Hamilton would have us
British in our economy,
533
00:35:02,662 --> 00:35:04,994
British in our forms
of government.
534
00:35:05,031 --> 00:35:07,363
British, John,
535
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,459
in all but name.
536
00:35:09,502 --> 00:35:11,367
He believes that man
can be governed
537
00:35:11,404 --> 00:35:14,032
only by force
and self-interest.
538
00:35:14,073 --> 00:35:16,871
The first is unavailable
to him at present,
539
00:35:16,909 --> 00:35:20,310
so he appeals
to our baser instincts...
540
00:35:20,346 --> 00:35:22,906
fear and greed.
541
00:35:22,949 --> 00:35:25,315
Our Constitution
542
00:35:25,351 --> 00:35:27,182
provides a strong executive
543
00:35:27,220 --> 00:35:30,587
to counter just such
legislative corruption
544
00:35:30,623 --> 00:35:33,251
as you imagine,
Thomas.
545
00:35:33,292 --> 00:35:35,726
Our constitution
has many good articles
546
00:35:35,761 --> 00:35:37,524
and some bad ones.
547
00:35:37,563 --> 00:35:39,758
I do not know yet
which predominate.
548
00:35:42,401 --> 00:35:44,028
Without this government,
549
00:35:44,070 --> 00:35:47,528
our republic would have collapsed
into anarchy long ago.
550
00:35:47,573 --> 00:35:48,972
With this government,
551
00:35:49,008 --> 00:35:51,568
I am not certain that
we are a republic.
552
00:35:56,882 --> 00:35:59,976
At any rate, I have offered
the president my resignation.
553
00:36:07,193 --> 00:36:10,856
I cannot descend
daily into the arena
554
00:36:10,896 --> 00:36:14,093
to suffer martyrdom
on every conflict.
555
00:36:16,902 --> 00:36:19,462
We have been
556
00:36:19,505 --> 00:36:22,167
the best of partners.
557
00:36:24,243 --> 00:36:26,507
Let us descend
together.
558
00:36:26,545 --> 00:36:29,173
Let us fight
together.
559
00:36:31,350 --> 00:36:34,319
My departure will be
a great relief to me
560
00:36:34,353 --> 00:36:36,685
and no great loss
to the public.
561
00:36:37,957 --> 00:36:41,825
It will be a great
loss to me, Thomas.
562
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,662
Well...
563
00:36:50,703 --> 00:36:52,466
to the revolution.
564
00:36:54,540 --> 00:36:58,237
- Whose?
- They are one and the same, John.
565
00:37:00,012 --> 00:37:02,810
Are they not?
566
00:37:31,977 --> 00:37:33,774
You wish to speak with me,
Mr. President?
567
00:37:33,813 --> 00:37:35,940
You've heard of
Mr. Jefferson's withdrawal?
568
00:37:35,981 --> 00:37:39,109
He made his thoughts
known to me, yes, sir.
569
00:37:39,151 --> 00:37:42,450
I could not
persuade him to stay.
570
00:37:42,488 --> 00:37:45,924
He wishes to completely withdraw
from public life
571
00:37:45,958 --> 00:37:47,892
and return to his books
and his crops.
572
00:37:47,927 --> 00:37:50,828
It's interesting though,
is it not,
573
00:37:50,863 --> 00:37:54,390
how political plants
grow in the shade of retirement?
574
00:37:57,303 --> 00:37:59,999
This war between
France and England
575
00:38:00,039 --> 00:38:02,507
threatens to
tear us asunder.
576
00:38:02,541 --> 00:38:05,408
We are poised on the edge
of a precipice, Mr. Adams.
577
00:38:05,444 --> 00:38:08,845
We must not allow ourselves to be
pushed over the brink.
578
00:38:08,881 --> 00:38:10,746
We are agreed
entirely, sir.
579
00:38:10,783 --> 00:38:12,648
Ambassador Genet's
visit
580
00:38:12,685 --> 00:38:16,121
has stirred
a hornet's nest.
581
00:38:16,155 --> 00:38:19,647
The British government now consider
us a belligerent nation
582
00:38:19,692 --> 00:38:21,887
for the very fact
of having received him.
583
00:38:24,330 --> 00:38:26,730
I intend to appoint
584
00:38:26,766 --> 00:38:28,631
Chief Justice Jay
585
00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:30,828
as special envoy
to London.
586
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:33,338
Peace between our two countries
must be maintained.
587
00:38:33,372 --> 00:38:37,069
Mr. Jay and I served in the peace
negotiations in Paris.
588
00:38:37,109 --> 00:38:38,576
He is a most
honorable man, yes.
589
00:38:38,611 --> 00:38:42,377
America has a great
need in this crisis
590
00:38:42,415 --> 00:38:45,179
for experienced diplomats
in foreign stations,
591
00:38:45,217 --> 00:38:48,516
diplomats with your
clearness of mind.
592
00:38:48,554 --> 00:38:50,545
Sir...
593
00:38:52,858 --> 00:38:55,122
after so long
in exile abroad...
594
00:38:55,161 --> 00:38:58,426
Fear not, Mr. Adams.
595
00:38:59,432 --> 00:39:02,230
It is about your son
596
00:39:02,268 --> 00:39:03,997
I wish to speak.
597
00:39:16,549 --> 00:39:20,246
Your writings in defense
of the administration
598
00:39:20,286 --> 00:39:23,687
have come under
the president's eye.
599
00:39:23,722 --> 00:39:25,713
I was unaware that
my provincial scribblings
600
00:39:25,758 --> 00:39:27,692
were read in Philadelphia.
601
00:39:27,726 --> 00:39:30,286
Well, I may have
602
00:39:30,329 --> 00:39:32,058
shown one
or two of them
603
00:39:32,097 --> 00:39:34,361
privately to
General Washington,
604
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,164
- as any proud father would.
- Naturally.
605
00:39:38,737 --> 00:39:40,671
The president
has named you
606
00:39:40,706 --> 00:39:42,469
our Minister to
the Netherlands.
607
00:39:42,508 --> 00:39:45,375
The revolution in France
has spilled over into Holland.
608
00:39:45,411 --> 00:39:48,676
The Hague is a listening post by which
you can keep the government informed.
609
00:39:48,714 --> 00:39:50,841
Presiding over your
certain confirmation
610
00:39:50,883 --> 00:39:53,545
will be my proudest moment
as vice president.
611
00:39:53,586 --> 00:39:57,147
Now England and France
will drag all of Europe
612
00:39:57,189 --> 00:39:58,918
into this feud
before it is over.
613
00:39:58,958 --> 00:40:01,518
We must avoid any action
that threatens our neutrality.
614
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,757
You must make yourself master
of all of our disputes with them.
615
00:40:04,797 --> 00:40:06,765
Spain as well.
616
00:40:06,799 --> 00:40:08,528
Do not be drawn in
by the French
617
00:40:08,567 --> 00:40:11,593
and keep well clear
of the English ambassador
618
00:40:11,637 --> 00:40:14,299
and all the Anglo-maniacs.
619
00:40:14,340 --> 00:40:17,798
I rather wish the appointment had
not been made at all.
620
00:40:22,581 --> 00:40:25,277
Am I to understand
that you intend to
621
00:40:25,317 --> 00:40:28,150
refuse this appointment?
622
00:40:28,187 --> 00:40:30,655
Do not worry, Father.
623
00:40:30,689 --> 00:40:32,520
I know my duty as an Adams.
624
00:40:32,558 --> 00:40:36,153
But I am sorry
you did not see fit
625
00:40:36,195 --> 00:40:38,186
to consult me
on the decision.
626
00:40:48,107 --> 00:40:51,668
Congress will of course
assign a secretary to assist you.
627
00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:53,678
I would prefer that
Thomas accompany me.
628
00:40:53,712 --> 00:40:56,146
The boy is apprentice to one of
the finest attorneys in Philadelphia.
629
00:40:56,181 --> 00:40:57,648
He needs to complete
his studies.
630
00:40:57,683 --> 00:40:59,514
Thomas has no liking
for the law.
631
00:41:00,619 --> 00:41:02,849
Oh, well he has said
nothing to me.
632
00:41:02,888 --> 00:41:05,618
Have you asked him, Father?
633
00:41:10,930 --> 00:41:13,490
While I'm away
I must have some comfort
634
00:41:13,532 --> 00:41:15,864
knowing that I will be
secure upon my return.
635
00:41:15,901 --> 00:41:19,029
I share Father's
distrust of banks
636
00:41:19,071 --> 00:41:21,096
but not his distaste
for speculation.
637
00:41:21,140 --> 00:41:24,007
In New York you are in the midst
of opportunity.
638
00:41:24,043 --> 00:41:27,501
Colonel Smith says that there is money
for the taking in property
639
00:41:27,546 --> 00:41:30,071
and he has furnished me
with certain introductions.
640
00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:33,741
Well...
641
00:41:35,754 --> 00:41:39,349
there's $2,000 here.
642
00:41:39,391 --> 00:41:41,552
Invest it wisely.
643
00:41:41,594 --> 00:41:44,427
You are as good
as in profit already.
644
00:41:49,969 --> 00:41:52,062
Here they come.
645
00:41:52,104 --> 00:41:54,197
Give a big kiss
to Uncle John when he goes.
646
00:41:56,642 --> 00:41:59,270
This tender-hearted
fool
647
00:41:59,311 --> 00:42:02,109
has given his family
648
00:42:02,147 --> 00:42:03,808
many anxious hours.
649
00:42:05,551 --> 00:42:07,746
I'm very happy
with him.
650
00:42:07,786 --> 00:42:10,755
Public business must
be done by somebody.
651
00:42:12,625 --> 00:42:15,355
If wise men decline it,
others will do it.
652
00:42:18,797 --> 00:42:21,561
So you've always
taught us, Father.
653
00:42:29,775 --> 00:42:31,868
- Sir.
- Sir.
654
00:42:31,910 --> 00:42:33,537
Goodbye, Mother.
655
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,273
You have more prudence at 27
than your father at 58.
656
00:42:41,453 --> 00:42:43,717
All of my hopes
are in you...
657
00:42:45,457 --> 00:42:48,984
both for our family
and for our country.
658
00:42:49,028 --> 00:42:51,519
Do not disappoint me.
659
00:42:56,001 --> 00:42:57,935
Thomas.
660
00:43:01,774 --> 00:43:03,435
Come on.
661
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,513
God keep them safe.
662
00:43:20,993 --> 00:43:23,791
I am sorry to cut my visit
so short, Charles,
663
00:43:23,829 --> 00:43:25,797
but I am needed
in Philadelphia.
664
00:43:25,831 --> 00:43:28,265
Mr. Jay has returned
from London
665
00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:31,201
and the news he brings has not
been well-received.
666
00:43:31,236 --> 00:43:33,727
- There is a treaty with England then?
- Yes.
667
00:43:33,772 --> 00:43:36,104
And he will be
pilloried for it.
668
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:40,572
Your practice
prospers, I trust?
669
00:43:40,612 --> 00:43:42,102
I have clients.
670
00:43:43,582 --> 00:43:46,107
See that you
keep them.
671
00:43:49,221 --> 00:43:52,384
Sally seems
a steady girl.
672
00:43:55,494 --> 00:43:58,429
I feared that you would not
give us your blessing.
673
00:43:58,464 --> 00:44:01,865
An aspiring lawyer
should never marry early.
674
00:44:03,402 --> 00:44:05,267
Advice you
yourself ignored.
675
00:44:09,475 --> 00:44:11,705
You are happy
for me, Father?
676
00:44:13,312 --> 00:44:15,303
You are my son.
677
00:44:17,750 --> 00:44:19,718
I wonder, Father,
678
00:44:19,752 --> 00:44:22,846
just how many anxious hours did you
waste on my behalf?
679
00:44:22,888 --> 00:44:24,788
Was it before
or after you and Mother
680
00:44:24,823 --> 00:44:27,087
abandoned me and Thomas
to the care of tutors?
681
00:44:32,464 --> 00:44:34,398
Are you quite out
of your senses, man?
682
00:44:34,433 --> 00:44:35,991
All those years
you were in Europe
683
00:44:36,034 --> 00:44:38,298
you were nothing more than a name
at the end of a letter.
684
00:44:38,337 --> 00:44:40,100
A very infrequent letter.
685
00:44:40,139 --> 00:44:42,505
Letters full of advice
but never affection.
686
00:44:43,742 --> 00:44:47,337
Good God, you are
a frivolous boy, Charles.
687
00:44:48,647 --> 00:44:51,582
You know absolutely
nothing of honor.
688
00:44:51,617 --> 00:44:54,586
Your disgraceful behavior at Harvard
should have been proof enough
689
00:44:54,620 --> 00:44:56,383
of your disregard for duty.
690
00:44:56,421 --> 00:44:58,753
Duty, Father?
Was that it or was it reputation?
691
00:45:00,492 --> 00:45:04,394
My entire life has been one of devotion
to my country, sir.
692
00:45:04,429 --> 00:45:06,294
Your country.
You always speak of your country.
693
00:45:06,331 --> 00:45:07,855
What about us,
your family?
694
00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:10,198
Do we not merit any
of your precious devotion?
695
00:45:15,307 --> 00:45:17,537
We will never speak
of these matters again.
696
00:45:17,576 --> 00:45:19,806
Do we have your
blessing, Father?
697
00:45:43,468 --> 00:45:46,562
Gentlemen!
Gentlemen!
698
00:45:46,605 --> 00:45:48,596
Gentlemen!
699
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,131
The vote to ratify
700
00:45:51,176 --> 00:45:54,839
the treaty negotiated
by Mr. Jay with Great Britain
701
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,372
still stands at 15 in favor,
15 against.
702
00:45:58,417 --> 00:46:01,750
The Jay Treaty is no more
than a capitulation to Britain.
703
00:46:01,787 --> 00:46:04,551
They treat us as though we were
still a colony.
704
00:46:04,590 --> 00:46:07,115
Peace, sir,
is not capitulation.
705
00:46:07,159 --> 00:46:10,526
- Mr. Pinckney, stand down.
- And the treaty ensures peace.
706
00:46:10,562 --> 00:46:13,292
- Stand down, sir.
- If the people of the United States
707
00:46:13,332 --> 00:46:16,699
had been consulted, no treaty whatever
would have been formed,
708
00:46:16,735 --> 00:46:20,603
especially at the expense
of the French republic.
709
00:46:20,639 --> 00:46:22,106
Great Britain is not
to be contended with?
710
00:46:22,140 --> 00:46:25,576
Did we not fight a bloody
and costly revolution
711
00:46:25,611 --> 00:46:28,375
to rid ourselves
of British contagion?
712
00:46:28,413 --> 00:46:30,881
- Gentlemen!
- Do you want to fight another one?
713
00:46:30,916 --> 00:46:34,716
Mr. Pinckney you will cease!
714
00:46:34,753 --> 00:46:37,586
Good heavens.
715
00:46:39,391 --> 00:46:41,450
The vote still stands
716
00:46:41,493 --> 00:46:44,018
at 15 in favor,
15 against.
717
00:46:44,062 --> 00:46:47,088
And as the Senate cannot
come to a resolution,
718
00:46:47,132 --> 00:46:50,124
the final vote,
the deciding vote,
719
00:46:50,168 --> 00:46:52,500
falls to this chair.
720
00:46:56,742 --> 00:46:59,609
Falls to His Rotundity.
721
00:47:06,118 --> 00:47:08,211
The president's
wishes are clear.
722
00:47:12,791 --> 00:47:16,056
I vote for ratification.
723
00:47:18,964 --> 00:47:22,422
Mr. MacClay.
724
00:47:22,467 --> 00:47:26,233
Mr. Adams casts his vote
with the president
725
00:47:26,271 --> 00:47:29,866
only because he looks
up to the same goal.
726
00:47:29,908 --> 00:47:31,876
I am forced
to look up to it
727
00:47:31,910 --> 00:47:34,572
and bound by duty
to do so, sir,
728
00:47:34,613 --> 00:47:37,138
as there is only one
breath of one mortal
729
00:47:37,182 --> 00:47:40,447
between me and it.
730
00:47:40,485 --> 00:47:44,353
No treaty with England!
No treaty with England!
731
00:47:44,389 --> 00:47:47,552
No treaty!
732
00:47:47,592 --> 00:47:50,390
No Jay Treaty!
733
00:47:54,333 --> 00:47:56,358
The hellhounds
are in full cry.
734
00:47:56,401 --> 00:47:58,801
They say I have
sold this country
735
00:47:58,837 --> 00:48:00,600
to England,
736
00:48:00,639 --> 00:48:04,405
that I have sided with a mad English
king over the French republic.
737
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,048
Slanders and libels,
738
00:48:10,082 --> 00:48:13,609
mobs, seditions,
739
00:48:13,652 --> 00:48:17,019
and then the hissing snakes,
the burning torches
740
00:48:17,055 --> 00:48:19,114
and haggard horrors
of civil war.
741
00:48:20,859 --> 00:48:22,884
My desk overflows
742
00:48:22,928 --> 00:48:26,091
with memorials
and petitions,
743
00:48:26,131 --> 00:48:28,599
with addresses,
resolutions, remonstrances
744
00:48:28,633 --> 00:48:29,998
from every
corner of the country,
745
00:48:30,035 --> 00:48:33,368
all urging me
to refuse my signature,
746
00:48:33,405 --> 00:48:36,203
declaring I'm a traitor
because I've sided
747
00:48:36,241 --> 00:48:37,708
with a mad
English king
748
00:48:37,743 --> 00:48:40,109
over the French
republic.
749
00:48:40,145 --> 00:48:42,841
Chief Justice Jay
informs me
750
00:48:42,881 --> 00:48:46,476
that he could steer
a course from one end of the country
751
00:48:46,518 --> 00:48:50,147
to the other by the light of his
own burning effigies.
752
00:48:50,188 --> 00:48:51,883
I do not approve
753
00:48:51,923 --> 00:48:54,483
of everything
in that treaty,
754
00:48:54,526 --> 00:48:58,656
but at least
it keeps us out of their blasted war.
755
00:49:06,371 --> 00:49:09,602
I know what it is
to be unpopular,
756
00:49:09,641 --> 00:49:11,370
Mr. Adams.
757
00:49:11,410 --> 00:49:14,709
I am weary of the task.
758
00:49:16,381 --> 00:49:19,373
Most weary.
759
00:49:29,995 --> 00:49:33,863
To relinquish the presidency
after two terms
760
00:49:33,899 --> 00:49:37,062
when he could've
served for the rest of his life...
761
00:49:40,472 --> 00:49:43,373
George Washington is
an extraordinary man.
762
00:49:46,378 --> 00:49:49,404
I am heir apparent,
you know.
763
00:49:55,787 --> 00:49:58,051
Whoever follows
General Washington
764
00:49:58,090 --> 00:50:00,320
inherits
a devilish load.
765
00:50:04,229 --> 00:50:06,356
I'm not afraid
of that.
766
00:50:08,834 --> 00:50:10,927
I'm not.
767
00:50:12,904 --> 00:50:14,394
Will Thomas oppose you?
768
00:50:17,109 --> 00:50:19,100
Yes.
769
00:50:22,848 --> 00:50:26,579
Thomas thinks that
in his retirement
770
00:50:26,618 --> 00:50:29,086
he will get the reputation
of a humble man
771
00:50:29,121 --> 00:50:30,884
without ambition
or vanity.
772
00:50:30,922 --> 00:50:34,449
He may even have deceived
himself into that belief,
773
00:50:34,493 --> 00:50:37,485
but now that
the prospect
774
00:50:37,529 --> 00:50:39,793
is open to him,
775
00:50:39,831 --> 00:50:42,959
the world will find that
he is as ambitious
776
00:50:43,001 --> 00:50:44,935
as any man.
777
00:50:53,545 --> 00:50:56,275
These are now
to be found
778
00:50:56,314 --> 00:50:58,441
in every state.
779
00:51:02,187 --> 00:51:05,384
Thomas Jefferson
is a firm Republican
780
00:51:05,423 --> 00:51:08,483
where as you are...
781
00:51:10,529 --> 00:51:12,690
It's the same
old charge...
782
00:51:12,731 --> 00:51:14,221
monarchist.
783
00:51:14,266 --> 00:51:16,325
We may expect
the south and west
784
00:51:16,368 --> 00:51:18,632
to be firmly
in Mr. Jefferson's camp.
785
00:51:18,670 --> 00:51:20,331
New England will
stay true
786
00:51:20,372 --> 00:51:22,670
but there is
uncertainty
787
00:51:22,707 --> 00:51:25,175
in New York,
Pennsylvania
788
00:51:25,210 --> 00:51:27,041
and South Carolina.
789
00:51:27,078 --> 00:51:29,273
It's always those three...
790
00:51:29,314 --> 00:51:33,216
New York, Pennsylvania
and South Carolina.
791
00:51:33,251 --> 00:51:35,344
They're rather fickle,
those three.
792
00:51:35,387 --> 00:51:37,947
That is not
the worst of it.
793
00:51:37,989 --> 00:51:39,513
Hmm?
794
00:51:39,558 --> 00:51:42,527
The electors are being encouraged
to show support for
795
00:51:42,561 --> 00:51:45,428
another candidate...
796
00:51:45,463 --> 00:51:48,523
Thomas Pinckney
of South Carolina.
797
00:51:50,669 --> 00:51:54,628
Thomas Pinckney?
798
00:51:56,174 --> 00:51:58,039
Oh.
799
00:51:59,678 --> 00:52:02,772
There can be
no comparison in experience
800
00:52:02,814 --> 00:52:05,078
or sacrifice to the government
between me and him.
801
00:52:07,452 --> 00:52:09,920
Whether I shall have anything more
to do with the government
802
00:52:09,955 --> 00:52:13,220
besides praying for it,
I do not know. Pinckney.
803
00:52:16,194 --> 00:52:19,391
Mr. Hamilton has been
804
00:52:19,431 --> 00:52:23,162
rather outspoken in his
praise of Mr. Pinckney.
805
00:52:23,201 --> 00:52:26,932
It is said he fears that you will be
unable to better Mr. Jefferson;
806
00:52:26,972 --> 00:52:30,999
That what matters
is not your own election,
807
00:52:31,042 --> 00:52:32,839
but that
Mr. Jefferson be
808
00:52:32,877 --> 00:52:35,607
defeated at all costs.
809
00:52:43,521 --> 00:52:45,921
So it was Hamilton...
810
00:52:47,959 --> 00:52:51,793
who intrigued against me
in the first election.
811
00:52:51,830 --> 00:52:54,628
So it appears.
812
00:53:03,642 --> 00:53:06,076
I have no stomach for cards.
813
00:53:06,111 --> 00:53:08,102
No.
814
00:53:16,021 --> 00:53:17,784
I have just
been handed
815
00:53:17,822 --> 00:53:21,451
the final tabulations
of the Electoral College...
816
00:53:24,396 --> 00:53:26,455
which I will now
read to you.
817
00:53:45,050 --> 00:53:48,645
For Aaron Burr...
30 votes.
818
00:53:48,687 --> 00:53:50,678
For Thomas Pinckney...
819
00:53:52,757 --> 00:53:55,225
59 votes.
820
00:53:55,260 --> 00:53:58,320
For Thomas Jefferson...
68 votes.
821
00:54:00,732 --> 00:54:02,723
For John Adams...
822
00:54:04,703 --> 00:54:07,001
71 votes.
823
00:54:39,070 --> 00:54:41,664
Mr. President.
824
00:54:43,141 --> 00:54:46,838
I, John Adams,
solemnly swear
825
00:54:46,878 --> 00:54:49,073
that I will faithfully
execute the office
826
00:54:49,114 --> 00:54:51,207
of President
of the United States...
827
00:54:52,951 --> 00:54:55,317
and will, to the best
of my ability,
828
00:54:55,353 --> 00:54:59,289
preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution
829
00:54:59,324 --> 00:55:01,758
of the United States...
830
00:55:03,261 --> 00:55:05,422
so help me God.
831
00:55:15,106 --> 00:55:17,040
Mr. President,
832
00:55:17,075 --> 00:55:18,975
Mr. Vice President...
833
00:55:23,448 --> 00:55:25,439
gentlemen
of the congress...
834
00:55:28,019 --> 00:55:30,044
employed in the service
835
00:55:30,088 --> 00:55:33,615
of my country abroad,
836
00:55:33,658 --> 00:55:35,626
I first saw
the Constitution
837
00:55:35,660 --> 00:55:39,027
of the United States
in a foreign country.
838
00:55:42,033 --> 00:55:45,594
I read it with great
satisfaction
839
00:55:45,637 --> 00:55:47,468
as a result
of good heads
840
00:55:47,505 --> 00:55:50,531
prompted by good hearts...
841
00:55:52,844 --> 00:55:55,711
as an experiment better
suited to the genius,
842
00:55:55,747 --> 00:55:59,205
character and situation
of this country
843
00:55:59,250 --> 00:56:03,186
than any which had ever
been suggested or proposed.
844
00:56:04,622 --> 00:56:08,353
What other form
of government, indeed...
845
00:56:09,427 --> 00:56:11,486
can so well deserve
846
00:56:11,529 --> 00:56:13,963
our esteem and love?
847
00:56:13,998 --> 00:56:17,365
A government in which
the executive,
848
00:56:17,402 --> 00:56:20,599
as well as all
the other branches of the legislature,
849
00:56:20,638 --> 00:56:23,129
are exercised by citizens
850
00:56:23,174 --> 00:56:26,735
selected at regular periods
by their neighbors
851
00:56:26,778 --> 00:56:29,042
to make
and execute laws
852
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:31,105
for the general good.
853
00:56:31,149 --> 00:56:32,616
Is authority,
854
00:56:32,650 --> 00:56:34,618
when it springs
855
00:56:34,652 --> 00:56:37,678
from accidents
and institutions
856
00:56:37,722 --> 00:56:40,213
established
in remote antiquity,
857
00:56:40,258 --> 00:56:42,192
more amiable
or respectable
858
00:56:42,227 --> 00:56:45,788
than when it springs fresh
from the hearts and judgments
859
00:56:45,830 --> 00:56:48,230
of an honest
and enlightened people?
860
00:56:50,201 --> 00:56:52,863
For eight years
861
00:56:52,904 --> 00:56:56,032
we have been under
the administration of a citizen
862
00:56:56,074 --> 00:56:59,271
who, through a long
course of great actions...
863
00:57:00,678 --> 00:57:03,841
regulated by prudence,
864
00:57:03,882 --> 00:57:07,648
justice, temperance
and fortitude,
865
00:57:07,685 --> 00:57:10,677
merited the full
gratitude
866
00:57:10,722 --> 00:57:13,088
of all his
fellow citizens.
867
00:57:13,124 --> 00:57:16,525
May the name of Washington
be a rampart
868
00:57:16,561 --> 00:57:20,497
and the knowledge
that he lives a bulwark
869
00:57:20,532 --> 00:57:22,727
against all open
or secret enemies
870
00:57:22,767 --> 00:57:24,325
of his country's peace.
871
00:57:47,926 --> 00:57:50,554
With this great
example before me...
872
00:57:52,130 --> 00:57:55,429
and with the faith and honor
of the American people...
873
00:57:57,969 --> 00:58:00,733
upon which I have so often
874
00:58:00,772 --> 00:58:04,230
hazarded my all
875
00:58:04,275 --> 00:58:07,938
and never been deceived,
876
00:58:07,979 --> 00:58:11,471
I make you the following
solemn promises:
877
00:58:13,785 --> 00:58:16,185
To do justice
at all times
878
00:58:16,220 --> 00:58:19,246
and to all nations;
879
00:58:19,290 --> 00:58:21,781
to maintain peace,
880
00:58:21,826 --> 00:58:24,818
brotherhood and benevolence
with all the world;
881
00:58:24,862 --> 00:58:28,628
and to lay myself under
the most solemn obligations
882
00:58:28,666 --> 00:58:33,103
to uphold the Constitution
of the United States
883
00:58:33,137 --> 00:58:35,332
to the utmost
of my power.
884
00:58:51,689 --> 00:58:53,782
- Mr. President.
- Mr. Vice President,
885
00:58:53,825 --> 00:58:55,554
I thank you very much, sir.
886
00:58:55,593 --> 00:58:58,756
Titles have cost me
troubles enough.
887
00:58:58,796 --> 00:59:02,129
Let's just make it plain John
as it was in Paris, yes?
888
00:59:08,306 --> 00:59:09,898
Mr. President.
889
00:59:09,941 --> 00:59:11,408
Mr. President.
890
00:59:11,442 --> 00:59:13,603
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
891
00:59:13,645 --> 00:59:15,943
I am fairly out
892
00:59:15,980 --> 00:59:19,279
and you are
fairly in.
893
00:59:19,317 --> 00:59:22,480
See which of us
will be the happiest.
894
00:59:38,269 --> 00:59:39,827
The staff had
quite the jubilee
895
00:59:39,871 --> 00:59:42,840
when the general
took his leave, sir.
896
00:59:42,874 --> 00:59:45,001
The crockery,
the furniture,
897
00:59:45,043 --> 00:59:47,671
curtains and carpets
all gone.
898
00:59:47,712 --> 00:59:50,044
Even the bed linens, sir.
899
00:59:50,081 --> 00:59:52,845
The lot of it.
They took all of it.
900
00:59:52,884 --> 00:59:55,785
Sorry, sir,
901
00:59:55,820 --> 00:59:58,311
Ma'am.
902
00:59:58,356 --> 01:00:00,551
Deplorable.
903
01:00:26,284 --> 01:00:28,275
I hate speeches.
904
01:00:30,755 --> 01:00:33,383
I hate to talk
to 1,000 people
905
01:00:33,424 --> 01:00:35,984
to whom I have
nothing to say.
906
01:00:36,027 --> 01:00:38,791
And yet, all that
you can do...
907
01:00:42,667 --> 01:00:44,635
and have done.
908
01:00:44,669 --> 01:00:48,002
Oh, the decays
of nature.
909
01:00:51,342 --> 01:00:54,277
Painful for an old man
to acknowledge them.
910
01:00:54,312 --> 01:00:57,110
Then you must count
other blessings:
911
01:00:59,183 --> 01:01:01,117
Two sons
912
01:01:01,152 --> 01:01:03,120
embarked on a
diplomatic career;
913
01:01:03,154 --> 01:01:05,213
Another at the bar;
914
01:01:05,256 --> 01:01:08,089
A daughter
915
01:01:08,126 --> 01:01:10,594
who has given you
a beautiful grandchild;
916
01:01:12,730 --> 01:01:15,255
And a most patient wife.
917
01:01:48,199 --> 01:01:51,600
Promise not to expose
these croakings and groanings.
918
01:01:53,404 --> 01:01:55,372
Really, John,
919
01:01:55,406 --> 01:01:57,067
such shenanigans
920
01:01:57,108 --> 01:02:00,077
from a man of 60.
921
01:02:01,946 --> 01:02:04,813
And the president at that.
922
01:02:11,155 --> 01:02:13,146
Up, John.
923
01:02:14,325 --> 01:02:16,293
John.
924
01:02:16,327 --> 01:02:17,988
Yes?
925
01:02:18,996 --> 01:02:20,987
Up.
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