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He hasn't danced with
anybody but her all night.
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Do you think it was wise
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to invite Judge
Terry here tonight?
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All these people
are our friends.
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Let's keep the Civil
War out of this house.
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Stay off her pretty
toes, will ya, Bob?
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What's the matter, Charlie?
Don't you like our punch?
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Oh, sure.
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Adam, it looks like Little Joe
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is rather taken with the
charms of that Southern belle.
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Yes, so it would seem.
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Punch?
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Friends...
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we are honored
tonight by the presence
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of the distinguished
English Shakespearean actor
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Walter Craigsmuir.
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And I am fortunate to have
been able to prevail upon him
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to recite a short selection
from the performance
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which he'll be presenting at the
opera house tomorrow evening.
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Mr. Walter Craigsmuir.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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mine host, Mr. Cartwright.
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As you have
requested... some words
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from the immortal bard.
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Romans, countrymen...
and lovers.
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Hear me for my
cause... and be silent.
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That you may hear...
and awake your senses
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that you may...
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♪ Look away ♪
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If there be any man
in this assembly,
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- ♪ Look away ♪
- any dear friend of Caesar's.
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To him I say...
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♪ Oh, I wish I was in Dixie ♪
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- Shh. Shh.
- Was no less than his...
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♪ Look away, look away... ♪
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Don't you have enough
manners to be quiet?
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You got something
against Dixie, Yank?
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Why don't you get out of here
with your drunken rebel, Terry?
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There are just as many
Yankee drunks, Stewart.
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You will not bring the
Civil War into my house.
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All right, why don't
you come out with it?
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Out with it?
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With what you're thinking.
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Well, that could be
a dangerous request.
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I wasn't deaf last night
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when you made your
remarks about Morvath.
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Joe, I didn't say
anything about the girl...
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just about what she represents.
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Which happens to be a, a system
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based on the enslavement
of human beings.
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She doesn't believe in
that any more than you do.
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She just feels the
South has a right to,
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to work out their own problems.
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They don't want
to be dictated to
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by a bunch of
Northern politicians.
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You mean it wants
to hold onto slavery
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for another hundred years?
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I mean nothing of the kind.
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In either case, Morvath
has nothing to do with it.
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Now, Joe, that's not
true and you know it.
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She and her father
are bound to the South
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and everything it
stands for in the war.
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Look, lately you've
been twisting everything
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and everybody into
the war or politics.
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Now after this, I want you
to leave my girl out of it.
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Well, how can I, when
she and her father
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are in it up to their necks?
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And they'll pull
you in with them
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if you, uh, don't
come to your senses.
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You know, I'm getting a
little tired of your prejudice
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against my girl.
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And I'm getting tired
of you being blinded
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by a girl when there's more
important things to remember.
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What's all this about?
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Uh, just trying to
open his eyes a little.
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Open his eyes about what?
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About Judge Terry.
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I'm not marrying Judge Terry.
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Now hold on there,
boy. This is the first time
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you've mentioned
anything about marriage.
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I wasn't sure before.
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Morvath and I are
gonna be married.
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And I don't care about
her father's politics.
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I love her and she loves me.
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I think she'd say anything
to get a Cartwright
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into the Terry faction.
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Uh, don't... cut
it out. Stop it.
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That will be enough.
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Pa, you know about Terry.
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You know Jefferson Davis has
promised him the governorship
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of the Territory if it
goes Confederate.
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What's that got to
do with Morvath?
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Well, I just got
through telling you.
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Well, Adam, can't a...
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can't a young fella
fall in love with a girl
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without the war or
politics coming into it?
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Not when it's Terry's daughter.
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Hey, Pa.
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Oh, Pa, we got a
caller up to the house.
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- Who?
- Bill Stewart.
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He says he wants to
talk to you, it's important.
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Well, tell him
I'll be right along.
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Yes, sir.
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How about both of you
giving a little thought
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to the running of this ranch?
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Stop wasting your time on
things that don't concern us.
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I think that this war
does concern us.
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Now, we've got a ranch to run.
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And starting right now
we're all gonna remember it.
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We got an offer from
McKeeson in Carson
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for 50,000 feet of
undressed timber.
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I want you and Hoss to
head north and mark out
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the timber for cutting.
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Right.
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It's about time the
herd was inspected,
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so you can pack your
grub and take care of that.
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Maybe a couple
of weeks on the trail
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will clear your heads,
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and cool your tempers.
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Now come on.
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There's a couple of things
out here I want you to do.
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Afternoon, Ben.
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Hello, Bill. How are you?
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Never better. In
fact, I'm full of beans
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and benevolence
this afternoon, Ben.
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The Legislature
just gave us the nod.
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What nod?
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Statehood. They've
called a convention,
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to meet in Carson
City next week.
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36 delegates from
all over the Comstock
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to vote a resolution
to join the Union.
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Now... We've divided
up the Territory,
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and you're going to
represent the Ponderosa.
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Well, wait a minute now, Bill.
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You've got the biggest
spread in the area, Ben.
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You're entitled
to representation.
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Oh, naturally, you'll be able to
vote whichever way you want...
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for or against statehood.
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But I know you pretty well, Ben,
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and I'm pretty confident
that I can count...
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Don't be too confident, Bill.
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About what?
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About the way I'm gonna vote.
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Ben, you see what's
going on in town.
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Terry's already
lining up delegates
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to defeat a
statehood resolution.
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He figures to lick
us in the convention,
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and then shove us over
into the Confederacy.
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That's just so much talk.
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Talk, is it?
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The law says all statehood
needs is a two-thirds majority.
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I've got 23 delegates
pledged to me.
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That's one short.
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I need your vote, Ben.
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And Lincoln needs the silver.
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He needs it bad.
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Yeah.
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Yes, he needs it bad.
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And so does Jefferson
Davis, need it bad.
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And if neither
one of them gets it,
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the war will die
of its own poverty.
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Ben Cartwright,
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you've got your head
deeper in the ground
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than the deepest diggings.
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Bill...
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this war has nothing to do
with us here in the Territory,
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but it's already divided my
sons, one against the other.
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I don't want any part of it.
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And if statehood means war,
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then I certainly don't
want any part of that.
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Now, you're gonna have to
find your vote somewhere else.
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You're not gonna find it here.
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I never thought I'd see the day
that you'd abandon your country.
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You don't mean that.
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Don't I?
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What are you thinking about?
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I was thinking about
the dance the other night.
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Oh, I'm sorry about
what happened,
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but I guess feelings are
running pretty high though.
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That wasn't what I was
thinking about, Little Joe.
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I was thinking about
the dress Emily wore.
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Did you notice it?
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Her dress? No.
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I didn't even notice Emily.
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I understand that dress
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came all the way from London,
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right through the
British blockade.
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Clear across the country.
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It was a beautiful dress.
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Father said I could order one
from Paris, France next year.
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Well, we'll have a party
so you can show it off.
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We haven't had a party in
our house in ever so long.
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I love parties, Little Joe,
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where everyone looks so nice.
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The men are all standing
up so straight and proper,
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wearing their best clothes.
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The ladies can show
off their latest gowns.
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We'll have lots of parties.
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I might even invite
somebody else, I don't know.
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Most of the time it
will be just you and I.
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See, I don't want to share
you with anybody else.
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Oh, Little Joe, someday...
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I want a large white house
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with six tall pillars reaching
clear up to a balcony.
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A house like the
one my father tells me
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he used to have
back in Virginia.
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All right, I'll build
you a house like that.
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I've got the perfect
spot for it, too.
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Right on the Ponderosa.
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It's a... it's a real high bluff
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with a view as far as
a man's eye can see.
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I'll build a little
road up to it.
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Oh, it sounds so wonderful.
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I just hope nothing ever
happens to change that.
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Hey, now, what could
happen to change that?
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I love you more than
anything in the world.
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Thank you very
much, Judge Terry.
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Lovely color, isn't it?
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Well, sir, have we
demonstrated to you
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that we can provide
one or two little items
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that won't insult a
European palate?
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The dinner was superb.
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The simple miner of my native
Wales manages somehow
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to subsist in a slightly less
ornate manner, I must confess.
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But then, your
mines yield silver,
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ours merely coal.
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And the silver, sir,
is most important.
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If we block statehood...
And I think we can...
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There'll be no silver for
Mr. Lincoln's war chests.
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I gather you're referring
to your Civil War.
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Yours as well as ours.
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Well, I wonder how in the world
you arrive at that conclusion.
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You know how I arrive at it!
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You people are praying
for a Southern victory.
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Your cotton industry has
got to have a Southern victory
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in order to survive!
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That's common knowledge.
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Well, I must confess it wasn't
common knowledge to me.
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But then, I know absolutely
nothing about politics.
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I am prepared to
accept your incognito, sir!
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My incognito?
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Your disguise!
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Oh, I know what the word means.
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But what, may I ask, am I
supposed to be disguising?
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Mr. Craigsmuir, don't make
me spell out every sentence
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like a page from
McGuffey's Reader.
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We were promised an
agent to work with us.
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For the last six months,
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we've been expecting that
agent to make his appearance.
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An agent here in Virginia City?
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Do you think I am he?
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Well, aren't you?
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Good heavens, no!
254
00:13:55,983 --> 00:13:57,675
I'm an actor, sir.
255
00:13:57,807 --> 00:13:59,696
A strolling player, a mummer.
256
00:13:59,823 --> 00:14:03,239
Don't toy with me, sir.
257
00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:06,693
We're bleeding to death,
fighting for our lives!
258
00:14:06,831 --> 00:14:09,221
The silver under our feet
can stop that bleeding,
259
00:14:09,359 --> 00:14:10,505
but we need help!
260
00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:13,771
If I were this man
you are talking about,
261
00:14:13,903 --> 00:14:15,333
how do you suppose
262
00:14:15,471 --> 00:14:19,399
the people this so-called
agent represents can help you?
263
00:14:19,535 --> 00:14:21,325
Invest in our future.
264
00:14:21,455 --> 00:14:23,049
Invest in the only thing
265
00:14:23,183 --> 00:14:25,803
that can stop this war
with victory to our cause.
266
00:14:25,935 --> 00:14:29,384
The South is impoverished,
crippled, desperate,
267
00:14:29,519 --> 00:14:31,113
but we will win, sir.
268
00:14:31,247 --> 00:14:32,458
We must win.
269
00:14:32,592 --> 00:14:35,495
But we need money for men.
270
00:14:35,631 --> 00:14:38,086
We need money for
arms and ammunition.
271
00:14:38,223 --> 00:14:40,428
With money, we
can block statehood.
272
00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:42,132
With the help that
you people can give us,
273
00:14:42,159 --> 00:14:45,324
we can keep the great silver
treasure of the Comstock lode
274
00:14:45,455 --> 00:14:47,344
from falling into the
hands of our enemy.
275
00:14:49,839 --> 00:14:52,044
Miss Terry, Mr. Cartwright.
276
00:14:52,175 --> 00:14:53,256
How are you, sir?
277
00:14:53,391 --> 00:14:55,334
This rumor, Joseph... is it true
278
00:14:55,471 --> 00:14:57,611
your father won't join
Stewart's delegation?
279
00:14:57,743 --> 00:14:58,824
Yes, that's right, sir.
280
00:14:58,959 --> 00:15:00,619
He's against
statehood at this time.
281
00:15:00,751 --> 00:15:02,028
Well, sir, you
heard, didn't you?
282
00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:04,167
No two-thirds
majority, no statehood.
283
00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:06,638
I'm only an actor, Judge
Terry. Nothing more.
284
00:15:06,767 --> 00:15:08,743
Which reminds me... I
must get back to the hall.
285
00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:10,668
Thank you for an
excellent dinner.
286
00:15:10,799 --> 00:15:12,588
I'm sorry I have
to run like this.
287
00:15:12,719 --> 00:15:14,094
Miss Terry.
288
00:15:14,223 --> 00:15:16,232
Mr. Cartwright.
289
00:15:16,367 --> 00:15:19,335
What's Mr. Craigsmuir's
interest in our problems, Father?
290
00:15:19,471 --> 00:15:21,382
All in good time, my dear.
291
00:15:29,967 --> 00:15:31,015
Peter.
292
00:15:31,152 --> 00:15:32,134
Yes, sir?
293
00:15:32,271 --> 00:15:34,214
Close the door.
294
00:15:35,311 --> 00:15:37,766
I've been waiting for you.
295
00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:39,791
You're going to be late
for your performance.
296
00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:42,670
There are more important
things than a performance.
297
00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:45,189
I have a task for you,
a very important one.
298
00:15:45,327 --> 00:15:46,757
Yes?
299
00:15:46,895 --> 00:15:48,173
You're going to San Francisco.
300
00:15:48,303 --> 00:15:50,344
San Francisco, Mr. Craigsmuir?
301
00:15:50,479 --> 00:15:51,592
That's right.
302
00:15:51,727 --> 00:15:52,709
And when?
303
00:15:52,847 --> 00:15:54,058
Now.
304
00:15:54,191 --> 00:15:56,200
Immediately. At once.
305
00:15:56,335 --> 00:15:58,605
But the curtain goes
up in ten minutes.
306
00:15:58,735 --> 00:15:59,717
Blast the curtain, boy!
307
00:15:59,855 --> 00:16:01,099
I told you this was important.
308
00:16:01,231 --> 00:16:03,501
You know where to take this?
309
00:16:03,631 --> 00:16:04,941
The same place?
310
00:16:05,071 --> 00:16:06,959
Are you sure you won't need me?
311
00:16:07,087 --> 00:16:09,935
Oh, I was able to dress
myself before we met.
312
00:16:10,063 --> 00:16:11,558
I think I still remember how.
313
00:16:11,695 --> 00:16:13,321
I'm depending on you, Peter.
314
00:16:13,455 --> 00:16:14,666
I'll remember, sir.
315
00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:16,775
Good luck to you,
and don't forget.
316
00:16:16,911 --> 00:16:18,472
It's vitally important.
317
00:16:18,607 --> 00:16:20,037
I understand.
318
00:16:20,175 --> 00:16:23,437
Oh, and you remember...
Curtain in ten minutes.
319
00:16:28,271 --> 00:16:29,482
Oh, morning, boys.
320
00:16:29,615 --> 00:16:30,663
- Morning, Pa.
- Morning.
321
00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:32,775
- You all set?
- Yeah, we're on our way, Pa.
322
00:16:32,911 --> 00:16:34,584
Well, I figure it shouldn't
take you any more
323
00:16:34,607 --> 00:16:36,564
than a couple of weeks to
get the tree blazing done.
324
00:16:36,655 --> 00:16:37,801
- Yeah.
- Better move out.
325
00:16:37,935 --> 00:16:40,009
- We'll see you later, Pa.
- Yeah, have a good trip.
326
00:16:40,143 --> 00:16:41,716
- Right.
- Keep an eye out for the Piutes.
327
00:16:41,775 --> 00:16:43,816
Oh, we will.
328
00:17:12,591 --> 00:17:14,414
Morning, Joe.
329
00:17:14,543 --> 00:17:17,446
Good morning, Pa.
330
00:17:17,583 --> 00:17:19,013
Adam leave?
331
00:17:19,151 --> 00:17:21,061
Yes, just now.
332
00:17:22,991 --> 00:17:25,709
About time you
got started, isn't it?
333
00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:27,750
As soon as I finish eating.
334
00:17:29,551 --> 00:17:31,177
Well, I hope you'll
both feel differently
335
00:17:31,311 --> 00:17:33,515
by the time you get back.
336
00:17:34,479 --> 00:17:35,855
I'm gonna feel just the same.
337
00:17:35,983 --> 00:17:37,517
If he doesn't change,
that's his problem.
338
00:17:37,615 --> 00:17:39,340
Don't fly off at me, boy.
339
00:17:39,471 --> 00:17:41,048
Well, then you tell Adam
to keep his mouth shut
340
00:17:41,071 --> 00:17:42,053
about the girl I love.
341
00:17:42,191 --> 00:17:44,101
Don't raise your voice to me.
342
00:17:45,871 --> 00:17:48,206
I have no chip on my
shoulder to be knocked off.
343
00:17:51,183 --> 00:17:53,093
I'm sorry.
344
00:17:57,647 --> 00:17:59,535
Joseph...
345
00:17:59,663 --> 00:18:02,053
I've been in love,
too, in my lifetime.
346
00:18:05,327 --> 00:18:06,604
Now, you think
347
00:18:06,735 --> 00:18:10,052
that she is the
most... beautiful,
348
00:18:10,191 --> 00:18:12,494
most wonderful creature
that ever lived, don't you?
349
00:18:13,487 --> 00:18:14,950
I know she is.
350
00:18:15,087 --> 00:18:16,997
Well, you're wrong.
351
00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:21,094
Your mother was.
352
00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:32,072
Ah, you know...
taking a... a wife
353
00:18:32,207 --> 00:18:34,858
is more than just
taking a woman.
354
00:18:37,327 --> 00:18:39,270
There's her family that
you have to consider, too.
355
00:18:39,407 --> 00:18:42,125
Oh, come on, Pa. I'm
not marrying her family.
356
00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,230
But you still can't
forget the family.
357
00:18:44,366 --> 00:18:45,960
And you can't ignore the fact
358
00:18:46,095 --> 00:18:48,332
that there's a hate
festering this country
359
00:18:48,462 --> 00:18:50,918
which is like an open wound.
360
00:18:51,055 --> 00:18:52,878
We're a divided country.
361
00:18:53,006 --> 00:18:55,342
Homes, families,
362
00:18:55,471 --> 00:18:56,901
fathers and sons not daring
363
00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:58,862
to speak their own
minds to one another.
364
00:18:58,991 --> 00:19:00,301
I don't understand.
365
00:19:00,431 --> 00:19:02,604
Yesterday you said we
should stay out of this.
366
00:19:02,735 --> 00:19:05,485
Yes, I did.
367
00:19:05,615 --> 00:19:07,755
All right, then why
is it my problem now?
368
00:19:10,127 --> 00:19:14,569
Before this is over, this war...
369
00:19:14,703 --> 00:19:16,613
it'll be everybody's problem.
370
00:19:18,287 --> 00:19:20,230
Because sooner or later...
371
00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:24,487
Sooner or later, we're gonna
have to make a decision.
372
00:19:24,623 --> 00:19:26,533
And whatever that decision,
373
00:19:26,671 --> 00:19:29,988
we're all gonna
suffer and bleed...
374
00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,233
maybe die.
375
00:19:34,671 --> 00:19:37,574
Each one of us is gonna have
to make his own decision, Pa.
376
00:19:41,455 --> 00:19:43,366
I better get started.
377
00:20:32,456 --> 00:20:34,280
Next time we'll hang
you next to Abe Lincoln.
378
00:20:34,409 --> 00:20:36,744
You dirty, gray-bellied...
379
00:20:44,553 --> 00:20:45,535
Come on!
380
00:21:04,873 --> 00:21:07,689
I order this stopped at once!
381
00:21:11,529 --> 00:21:14,148
William Stewart, what are
you trying to do in this town?
382
00:21:14,281 --> 00:21:17,097
Starting riots in the
streets, fist brawls.
383
00:21:17,224 --> 00:21:19,080
I was only hanging up a banner.
384
00:21:19,209 --> 00:21:21,730
In case you've
forgotten, Judge Terry,
385
00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,037
free speech is still
allowed in this territory.
386
00:21:24,169 --> 00:21:26,952
I've not forgotten that,
or many other things.
387
00:21:27,081 --> 00:21:28,391
Well, remember that
388
00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:30,693
before you order your thugs
to start jumping on people.
389
00:21:30,825 --> 00:21:32,713
Southerners are
no brawlers, sir.
390
00:21:32,841 --> 00:21:35,296
My son was no brawler.
391
00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:36,644
He was a soldier.
392
00:21:36,776 --> 00:21:37,988
He fought with General Jackson.
393
00:21:38,121 --> 00:21:39,878
He died for the
wrong cause, Judge.
394
00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:41,122
I'm sorry for him.
395
00:21:41,257 --> 00:21:43,746
The wrong cause!
396
00:21:43,881 --> 00:21:46,435
You are the man who's leading
the people to the wrong flag.
397
00:21:46,569 --> 00:21:48,937
Your statehood... it will fail.
398
00:21:49,065 --> 00:21:51,619
It's already a
foregone conclusion
399
00:21:51,753 --> 00:21:53,412
you'll not get
your needed votes.
400
00:21:53,544 --> 00:21:56,960
The Nevada Territory will
go to the Confederacy, sir.
401
00:21:57,961 --> 00:21:59,816
Judge Terry?
402
00:21:59,945 --> 00:22:02,150
I'm afraid I'll have
to disagree with you.
403
00:22:02,281 --> 00:22:04,770
I honor your views, sir.
404
00:22:04,905 --> 00:22:07,589
I know you believe
in them sincerely.
405
00:22:07,721 --> 00:22:09,664
I know how bravely
your son fought.
406
00:22:09,801 --> 00:22:12,671
I've been hoping
that the Comstock
407
00:22:12,808 --> 00:22:16,672
somehow would be
able to keep out of it.
408
00:22:16,809 --> 00:22:19,177
But it looks like we
can't keep out of it.
409
00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:20,648
Doesn't it?
410
00:22:20,776 --> 00:22:22,719
And if it comes to
making up our minds
411
00:22:22,856 --> 00:22:24,286
about going one
way or the other...
412
00:22:24,424 --> 00:22:27,687
Union or Confederate...
413
00:22:27,817 --> 00:22:29,344
I think we'd better go Union.
414
00:22:32,137 --> 00:22:35,487
Too many men have died
putting this Union together
415
00:22:35,625 --> 00:22:38,495
for me to stand by
and see it destroyed.
416
00:22:39,849 --> 00:22:42,468
I guess you can count
on the Ponderosa, Bill.
417
00:22:42,601 --> 00:22:45,122
I'll go to Carson, and
vote for statehood.
418
00:22:45,257 --> 00:22:46,567
God bless you, Ben!
419
00:22:46,696 --> 00:22:48,486
I've got my two-thirds!
420
00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:55,492
Morning, Daddy.
421
00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:57,535
Oh, good morning.
422
00:22:59,176 --> 00:23:01,065
Oh, you haven't eaten
any breakfast at all.
423
00:23:01,193 --> 00:23:02,536
I've just had this telegraph.
424
00:23:02,664 --> 00:23:03,778
Oh?
425
00:23:05,321 --> 00:23:06,816
How to do it.
426
00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:10,434
How to use it so that its
value won't be dissipated.
427
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,122
Morvath?
428
00:23:13,257 --> 00:23:14,435
Yes, Daddy.
429
00:23:14,569 --> 00:23:17,570
Joseph Cartwright.
430
00:23:17,705 --> 00:23:19,844
Little Joe? What about him?
431
00:23:19,977 --> 00:23:21,222
Where is he?
432
00:23:21,353 --> 00:23:23,361
He's gone with the
men to check the herd.
433
00:23:23,496 --> 00:23:24,872
He'll be back when?
434
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,106
He ought to be
back this afternoon.
435
00:23:27,241 --> 00:23:29,413
This afternoon.
436
00:23:29,544 --> 00:23:30,690
And his brothers?
437
00:23:30,824 --> 00:23:33,509
Oh, they won't be
back for another week.
438
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,070
They're blazing trees up north.
439
00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:37,184
Daddy, why are
you asking all this?
440
00:23:37,321 --> 00:23:38,402
I want you to come with me.
441
00:23:38,536 --> 00:23:39,747
Come with you where?
442
00:23:39,881 --> 00:23:41,158
The Ponderosa.
443
00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:43,112
Finish your breakfast
and get a bonnet
444
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,630
while I have Gamelial
hitch up the trap.
445
00:23:46,857 --> 00:23:48,767
Daddy, what's in that telegraph?
446
00:23:48,904 --> 00:23:52,254
Ammunition for the battle.
447
00:23:52,392 --> 00:23:56,485
The only ammunition, it seems,
I'm to be issued in this war.
448
00:23:56,617 --> 00:24:00,000
I won't let you use Little Joe
in your war with Mr. Stewart.
449
00:24:00,137 --> 00:24:01,512
My war is not with Stewart.
450
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,299
It's with those men
who are trying to steal
451
00:24:03,433 --> 00:24:06,368
the Territory of Nevada
for the Northern side.
452
00:24:06,505 --> 00:24:08,775
Whatever you call
it, Daddy, I don't care.
453
00:24:08,904 --> 00:24:10,563
I won't let you use Little Joe,
454
00:24:10,697 --> 00:24:12,999
and don't ask me
to help you use him.
455
00:24:13,129 --> 00:24:14,471
Do you think I want to?
456
00:24:14,601 --> 00:24:17,635
Do you think I want to
use my own daughter?
457
00:24:17,769 --> 00:24:19,679
We must win.
458
00:24:21,384 --> 00:24:23,774
Doesn't your brother's dying
have any meaning for you?
459
00:24:25,161 --> 00:24:26,950
Daddy, please.
460
00:24:27,081 --> 00:24:29,449
Then, don't make me
believe that he died for nothing.
461
00:24:30,825 --> 00:24:33,673
This is your war,
too, isn't it, Morvath?
462
00:24:33,801 --> 00:24:36,649
You know it is, Daddy.
463
00:24:36,777 --> 00:24:38,752
Then, if you won't do it for me,
464
00:24:38,889 --> 00:24:40,133
would you do it
for your brother?
465
00:24:40,265 --> 00:24:42,273
And Joseph, too.
466
00:24:42,408 --> 00:24:43,761
Believe me, he will
be much better off
467
00:24:43,784 --> 00:24:46,152
if he declares himself with
us instead of men like Stewart.
468
00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,199
I don't know.
469
00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:57,157
I've got to think about it.
470
00:24:57,289 --> 00:24:59,559
No, my dear, you haven't time.
471
00:24:59,688 --> 00:25:01,729
Do you realize how many
boys like your brother
472
00:25:01,864 --> 00:25:04,386
have died while we've
been sitting, talking here?
473
00:25:12,809 --> 00:25:14,719
I'll get my bonnet.
474
00:25:38,281 --> 00:25:40,453
Well, the lost is found.
475
00:25:40,585 --> 00:25:41,842
How you doing, Pa?
476
00:25:41,865 --> 00:25:42,880
- Good, good.
- Oh.
477
00:25:43,017 --> 00:25:44,130
How'd it go, son?
478
00:25:44,264 --> 00:25:45,410
Just a lot of cattle.
479
00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:46,593
Yeah.
480
00:25:46,728 --> 00:25:48,006
How'd you find 'em?
481
00:25:48,136 --> 00:25:49,778
Well, they're not too
scattered, they're getting fat.
482
00:25:49,801 --> 00:25:51,493
Good.
483
00:25:51,624 --> 00:25:53,152
Fences are all in good shape.
484
00:25:53,289 --> 00:25:54,248
Good. How are the men?
485
00:25:54,376 --> 00:25:56,319
- The men are fine, real good.
- Good.
486
00:25:58,377 --> 00:26:01,607
You, uh... you hear
anything from Adam?
487
00:26:01,736 --> 00:26:02,784
No, no, no, n-no, not yet.
488
00:26:02,921 --> 00:26:04,305
He and Hoss are up
in the north section.
489
00:26:04,328 --> 00:26:06,118
They got plenty of
work to do up there.
490
00:26:06,248 --> 00:26:08,289
- Yeah, well, that's good.
- Mm-hmm.
491
00:26:08,424 --> 00:26:10,381
Maybe he won't be so
cantankerous when he gets back.
492
00:26:16,777 --> 00:26:19,593
- Well, Judge, so nice to see you.
- Cartwright.
493
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:20,881
Nice to see you again, Morvath.
494
00:26:20,904 --> 00:26:22,002
You're looking
prettier than ever.
495
00:26:22,025 --> 00:26:23,153
- Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.
- Hi, Morvath.
496
00:26:23,176 --> 00:26:24,369
- Little Joe.
- It's good to see you, Cartwright.
497
00:26:24,392 --> 00:26:25,906
- Well, thank you.
- Could we have a little talk?
498
00:26:25,929 --> 00:26:27,239
It's most important.
499
00:26:27,368 --> 00:26:29,330
Well, certainly, well, why
don't we go into the house?
500
00:26:29,353 --> 00:26:30,368
I'll clean up a bit.
501
00:26:30,504 --> 00:26:31,487
We can talk.
502
00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,389
Morvath and I will be
in in just a few minutes.
503
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,391
Fine.
504
00:26:37,352 --> 00:26:39,622
What's so important?
505
00:26:39,752 --> 00:26:41,663
- Joe.
- Yeah.
506
00:26:42,728 --> 00:26:44,639
I missed you, darling.
507
00:26:51,816 --> 00:26:54,206
I missed you, too, sweetheart.
508
00:26:56,872 --> 00:26:58,783
Hey, what brought
you out here anyway?
509
00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,567
Your father is going
to the convention.
510
00:27:02,697 --> 00:27:05,480
I thought he wanted
to stay out of it.
511
00:27:05,608 --> 00:27:08,740
He's not going
to stay out of it.
512
00:27:08,873 --> 00:27:10,783
Joe, he's going to
vote for statehood.
513
00:27:12,809 --> 00:27:15,046
Statehood, huh?
514
00:27:15,177 --> 00:27:17,000
Maybe we'd better get in there.
515
00:27:17,128 --> 00:27:21,090
Before we go in... my father...
516
00:27:22,409 --> 00:27:25,443
I want you to know, he's
doing what he has to do
517
00:27:25,576 --> 00:27:27,487
and what he thinks is best.
518
00:27:31,145 --> 00:27:34,724
You've got all this land
here clear down to the lake.
519
00:27:34,856 --> 00:27:36,286
Now, Judge, you
don't have to tell me
520
00:27:36,424 --> 00:27:38,564
where the Ponderosa's
boundaries lie.
521
00:27:38,696 --> 00:27:39,809
What are you getting at?
522
00:27:39,945 --> 00:27:41,920
Well, just this...
You've got all this land
523
00:27:42,057 --> 00:27:44,610
and only one delegate going
down to Carson City to represent it.
524
00:27:44,745 --> 00:27:48,706
Now, the apportionment
committee says that that's not fair.
525
00:27:48,841 --> 00:27:51,908
Well, I, I think I can
speak for the Ponderosa.
526
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,008
Not you alone, not anymore.
527
00:27:55,145 --> 00:27:57,251
Now, here's a telegraph,
received this morning,
528
00:27:57,384 --> 00:27:59,010
replying to the
committee's request.
529
00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:00,334
The Ponderosa is now authorized
530
00:28:00,424 --> 00:28:02,661
to send two delegates
to the convention.
531
00:28:05,769 --> 00:28:07,558
Now, what does Bill
Stewart think of this?
532
00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:10,821
What Stewart thinks about
it has nothing to do with it.
533
00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:14,272
Well, I... I...
534
00:28:14,409 --> 00:28:16,744
I-I don't quite
understand what...
535
00:28:16,873 --> 00:28:19,077
There are only Cartwrights
on the Ponderosa.
536
00:28:19,209 --> 00:28:22,723
We know that, so pick
one to be your delegate.
537
00:28:22,856 --> 00:28:26,654
There are four of you here.
538
00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:29,214
Well... two of the boys
won't even be back
539
00:28:29,353 --> 00:28:31,361
until after the
convention, and...
540
00:28:33,449 --> 00:28:35,937
And you knew that,
too, didn't you, Judge?
541
00:28:36,073 --> 00:28:37,568
Well, that's not important now.
542
00:28:37,704 --> 00:28:38,663
You read the telegraph.
543
00:28:38,761 --> 00:28:40,518
Yeah.
544
00:28:40,648 --> 00:28:42,788
Yes, I read the telegraph,
545
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,223
and this whole thing is
beginning to smell like a...
546
00:28:45,352 --> 00:28:47,360
Smell like nothing, Cartwright.
547
00:28:47,497 --> 00:28:49,832
We're only asking another
representative of the Ponderosa
548
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,066
to come down to
Carson City as a delegate.
549
00:28:52,201 --> 00:28:54,307
The way he votes
is his own business.
550
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,467
Don't take me for a fool, Terry.
551
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,325
You don't believe
that and neither do I.
552
00:29:00,456 --> 00:29:03,752
You have your beliefs,
Cartwright, I have mine.
553
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,823
And may I remind you
that several days ago
554
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,197
you told me you
honored my views?
555
00:29:08,328 --> 00:29:09,987
May I remind you
that several days ago
556
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,293
you didn't try to come
between me and my sons?
557
00:29:12,424 --> 00:29:14,497
What grounds have you
for such an accusation?
558
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,647
Judge... I'm just
wondering something.
559
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,074
I'm wondering what your son,
who died at the Battle of Keansburg,
560
00:29:27,209 --> 00:29:28,551
would think of you now.
561
00:29:28,681 --> 00:29:32,162
Don't try to shame me with the
memory of my son, Cartwright.
562
00:29:32,296 --> 00:29:33,890
He died fighting
for the same cause
563
00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:36,447
for which I would gladly
lay down my own life.
564
00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:40,130
I'm not questioning
your beliefs, sir,
565
00:29:40,264 --> 00:29:42,850
only the methods you
use in accomplishing them.
566
00:29:42,984 --> 00:29:44,807
Hi.
567
00:29:44,936 --> 00:29:47,010
This should
interest you, Joseph.
568
00:29:47,144 --> 00:29:48,355
Good day, Mr. Cartwright.
569
00:29:48,489 --> 00:29:51,108
Come along, Morvath, quite
a drive back to Virginia City.
570
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,321
Morvath, I'll see you later.
571
00:29:52,456 --> 00:29:55,207
Good-bye,
Mr. Cartwright, Little Joe.
572
00:30:01,896 --> 00:30:05,475
A request for another delegate
from the Ponderosa, huh?
573
00:30:05,609 --> 00:30:07,944
That's right...
574
00:30:08,072 --> 00:30:10,527
and with Adam and Hoss away,
575
00:30:10,665 --> 00:30:13,284
that makes you the
logical candidate, doesn't it?
576
00:30:15,721 --> 00:30:17,631
Well, I don't want
to be a delegate.
577
00:30:19,112 --> 00:30:21,022
I'm afraid you
have no choice, son.
578
00:30:22,024 --> 00:30:23,814
Yes, I do, this is
not my problem.
579
00:30:23,944 --> 00:30:26,531
No...
580
00:30:26,664 --> 00:30:30,626
but it has been
presented to us and to you.
581
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,249
You know this is more
of a problem for me
582
00:30:33,384 --> 00:30:34,847
than it is for anybody else.
583
00:30:34,984 --> 00:30:36,894
I know.
584
00:30:38,409 --> 00:30:40,319
I know.
585
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,842
And when it comes
time for you to vote,
586
00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:45,057
you're gonna have to vote
587
00:30:45,192 --> 00:30:49,022
not because of the
way you feel about a girl
588
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,266
or about me
589
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,662
but because of the way
you feel about the issue.
590
00:30:57,512 --> 00:30:59,422
It's a problem.
591
00:31:00,872 --> 00:31:03,110
But it's also a responsibility.
592
00:31:18,312 --> 00:31:21,183
♪♪
593
00:31:34,068 --> 00:31:35,979
We might as well
make a night of it here.
594
00:31:36,116 --> 00:31:37,393
Dad-burn, I've
seen better places
595
00:31:37,524 --> 00:31:39,085
than this to spend the night.
596
00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:40,179
What could you be doing
597
00:31:40,308 --> 00:31:41,661
that could be more
wonderful than this?
598
00:31:41,684 --> 00:31:42,909
I'll tell you what
I could be doing.
599
00:31:42,932 --> 00:31:44,242
I could be sitting
in Virginia City
600
00:31:44,372 --> 00:31:46,493
with a great, big, ice-cold
beer in front of me, that's what,
601
00:31:46,516 --> 00:31:48,011
or, or one of them roasted pigs
602
00:31:48,148 --> 00:31:49,971
with, with an apple
stuck in its mouth.
603
00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,410
Ah, well, I owe you the apple.
604
00:31:51,540 --> 00:31:54,094
Now, if you get some wood,
we can get the beans heated up.
605
00:31:54,228 --> 00:31:56,139
That's what I mean.
606
00:31:57,748 --> 00:31:59,724
Beans.
607
00:32:11,956 --> 00:32:13,451
Adam!
608
00:32:13,589 --> 00:32:15,891
Adam, come here quick.
609
00:32:16,020 --> 00:32:17,963
- Adam!
- Whoa, boy.
610
00:32:23,252 --> 00:32:25,041
Paiutes?
611
00:32:25,172 --> 00:32:26,798
Ain't no doubt about it.
612
00:32:26,932 --> 00:32:28,842
Must have been a hunting party.
613
00:32:34,996 --> 00:32:36,907
You ever seen him before?
614
00:32:37,908 --> 00:32:39,818
I think so.
615
00:32:40,884 --> 00:32:42,673
But if I'm right...
616
00:32:42,804 --> 00:32:44,593
I don't know what
he's doing here.
617
00:32:44,724 --> 00:32:46,448
Why, where'd you see him?
618
00:32:50,164 --> 00:32:52,587
Back in town.
619
00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:55,725
The actor... uh, Craigsmuir.
620
00:32:59,092 --> 00:33:01,003
There's no address on this.
621
00:33:16,436 --> 00:33:18,095
What is it?
622
00:33:18,228 --> 00:33:21,163
And I thought he
was just an actor.
623
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,413
Who?
624
00:33:22,548 --> 00:33:24,142
Craigsmuir.
625
00:33:24,276 --> 00:33:25,105
Well, ain't he?
626
00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:27,146
Take a look at that.
627
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:34,030
What, what do you
make of this, Adam?
628
00:33:34,164 --> 00:33:36,816
Conspiracy.
629
00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:38,542
Conspiracy?
630
00:33:38,676 --> 00:33:40,083
All that talk about cotton?
631
00:33:40,212 --> 00:33:42,122
Yep.
632
00:33:43,540 --> 00:33:46,061
Who'd want cotton bad
enough to do something like this?
633
00:33:47,764 --> 00:33:49,904
British textiles.
634
00:33:50,036 --> 00:33:51,761
They've already
got their privateers
635
00:33:51,892 --> 00:33:54,610
trying to run a Union
blockade off Charleston,
636
00:33:54,740 --> 00:33:56,913
and it's no secret they
want the South to win.
637
00:33:57,044 --> 00:33:59,827
They need that cotton to
keep their mills operating.
638
00:33:59,956 --> 00:34:01,582
Yeah.
639
00:34:01,715 --> 00:34:02,731
According to that letter,
640
00:34:02,868 --> 00:34:04,495
there's, there's
somebody right here
641
00:34:04,628 --> 00:34:06,996
that's willing to guarantee
'em that the South will win.
642
00:34:07,124 --> 00:34:11,315
That's right... Money,
guns, and ammunition.
643
00:34:11,444 --> 00:34:13,354
And men.
644
00:34:14,804 --> 00:34:16,910
I never thought Judge
Terry would go this far.
645
00:34:17,044 --> 00:34:18,059
Aw, now, come on, Adam.
646
00:34:18,196 --> 00:34:20,498
How do you know for
sure it's Judge Terry?
647
00:34:22,196 --> 00:34:25,164
I don't, but I know
someone who does.
648
00:35:00,820 --> 00:35:02,676
Hello, Joseph,
I'm glad to see you.
649
00:35:02,803 --> 00:35:04,495
Was wondering
when you'd get here.
650
00:35:04,628 --> 00:35:05,839
- Mr. Cartwright.
- Terry.
651
00:35:05,972 --> 00:35:06,988
Is Morvath here?
652
00:35:07,124 --> 00:35:08,540
Oh, yes, yes, she's
been expecting you.
653
00:35:08,563 --> 00:35:09,742
She's resting in her room.
654
00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:11,469
- Ben, there you are.
- Hello, Bill.
655
00:35:11,604 --> 00:35:13,131
Welcome to Carson City.
656
00:35:13,268 --> 00:35:15,243
We're going to make
history here Wednesday.
657
00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:16,592
Hey, uh, we're going to have
658
00:35:16,724 --> 00:35:18,013
a little get-together
in my room...
659
00:35:18,036 --> 00:35:19,261
You know, all the
pledged delegates.
660
00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:21,324
You got here just
in time to be in on it.
661
00:35:21,460 --> 00:35:23,133
Come on along, and bring
the youngster with you.
662
00:35:23,156 --> 00:35:24,531
Oh, he's not
pledged yet, Stewart.
663
00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:25,490
Are you, Joseph?
664
00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:26,799
No, sir, that's right.
665
00:35:26,932 --> 00:35:28,362
My vote isn't committed yet.
666
00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:30,443
To anybody?
667
00:35:30,580 --> 00:35:32,915
No, not to anybody.
668
00:35:33,044 --> 00:35:34,419
That's honest enough, boy.
669
00:35:34,548 --> 00:35:36,458
Make up your own mind.
670
00:35:39,316 --> 00:35:41,172
Little Joe.
671
00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:42,927
It's good to see you.
672
00:35:43,060 --> 00:35:44,412
We were wondering
when you'd get here.
673
00:35:44,435 --> 00:35:45,898
We were just going
upstairs to see you.
674
00:35:46,036 --> 00:35:49,201
I'm sure you two have
much to talk about.
675
00:35:50,195 --> 00:35:52,335
Blazes, Ben.
676
00:35:52,468 --> 00:35:54,923
The boy isn't going to
vote against us, is he?
677
00:36:07,316 --> 00:36:09,586
We found your man
a couple of days ago.
678
00:36:09,716 --> 00:36:11,571
The Piutes got him.
679
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,457
Dead?
680
00:36:17,587 --> 00:36:19,890
He was very young.
681
00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:23,698
Unfortunately, a lot of young
men are dying these days.
682
00:36:23,828 --> 00:36:26,065
These are difficult times.
683
00:36:26,196 --> 00:36:27,626
Yeah.
684
00:36:27,764 --> 00:36:30,186
And fellers like you are
trying to make them worse.
685
00:36:30,324 --> 00:36:33,837
I don't think I quite
understand you, sir.
686
00:36:33,972 --> 00:36:36,394
Then let me try.
687
00:36:36,531 --> 00:36:39,282
Who was this letter to
and, what's more important,
688
00:36:39,411 --> 00:36:42,641
who was it about,
and just who are you?
689
00:36:42,772 --> 00:36:48,044
I could say I'm...
just a strolling player,
690
00:36:48,180 --> 00:36:51,530
an actor, man of the boards,
691
00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:54,003
but that wouldn't satisfy you.
692
00:36:54,132 --> 00:36:56,238
Nope, sure wouldn't.
693
00:36:56,372 --> 00:36:59,090
Then let me just say
the people I represent
694
00:36:59,219 --> 00:37:02,254
need the South's cotton
to keep their mills rolling.
695
00:37:02,388 --> 00:37:04,396
Enough to foster war?
696
00:37:04,532 --> 00:37:08,144
Oh, that's a very
moral approach,
697
00:37:08,276 --> 00:37:11,572
but, then, you don't
need that cotton.
698
00:37:11,699 --> 00:37:14,483
Who were you trying
to make the deal with?
699
00:37:14,612 --> 00:37:16,817
I'm sorry, I can't
tell you that.
700
00:37:16,948 --> 00:37:19,470
Well, I'll tell you
what I can do.
701
00:37:20,852 --> 00:37:22,762
I can break you apart.
702
00:37:26,548 --> 00:37:28,688
Well, he could, you know.
703
00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:34,410
All right, it's not of
great importance now.
704
00:37:34,548 --> 00:37:37,363
My value here is gone.
705
00:37:37,492 --> 00:37:40,754
Your man is Judge Terry.
706
00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:44,690
Well, looks like you
were right all along, Adam.
707
00:37:44,820 --> 00:37:46,609
We just had to be sure.
708
00:37:46,740 --> 00:37:48,464
And now we are.
709
00:37:48,596 --> 00:37:52,426
The statehood delegates
would be glad to hear this.
710
00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:56,043
Gentlemen, I'm
afraid you're too late.
711
00:37:56,180 --> 00:37:58,090
Statehood will be defeated,
712
00:37:58,228 --> 00:38:00,913
and Nevada voted
into the Confederacy.
713
00:38:02,227 --> 00:38:04,465
Well, after they hear
what we've got to say,
714
00:38:04,595 --> 00:38:05,971
I wouldn't be so sure.
715
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:08,916
It won't matter now,
thanks to your brother.
716
00:38:09,043 --> 00:38:10,092
What do you mean by that?
717
00:38:10,228 --> 00:38:13,229
Why don't you go to the
convention and find out?
718
00:38:35,388 --> 00:38:37,299
Let's not go in yet.
719
00:38:37,436 --> 00:38:38,713
Somebody's after my vote
720
00:38:38,844 --> 00:38:41,081
every time I stick my
nose out of the room.
721
00:38:41,211 --> 00:38:42,739
Well, they're just
trying to be helpful.
722
00:38:42,875 --> 00:38:45,429
They must think I need
an awful lot of help, then.
723
00:38:46,844 --> 00:38:49,845
Joe... you're on the
delegate list as uncommitted.
724
00:38:49,980 --> 00:38:51,868
That's right, I am.
725
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:55,161
Have you decided which
way you're going to vote?
726
00:38:57,084 --> 00:38:58,328
I'd like to say I have,
727
00:38:58,460 --> 00:39:00,828
and have it over and
done with, but I haven't.
728
00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:05,396
Just can't decide yet.
729
00:39:05,532 --> 00:39:07,573
Pretty hard decision
for me to make.
730
00:39:07,708 --> 00:39:10,262
I'm sure of that, darling.
731
00:39:10,396 --> 00:39:12,950
I can just imagine what
you've been going through.
732
00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:16,730
I'm also sure you
know how I feel,
733
00:39:16,860 --> 00:39:20,210
and how much it means to me.
734
00:39:20,348 --> 00:39:22,716
It's already cost me a brother.
735
00:39:25,819 --> 00:39:27,609
I'm committed, Little Joe.
736
00:39:27,739 --> 00:39:29,879
I've taken a side.
737
00:39:30,011 --> 00:39:32,466
I just hope we're
both on the same one.
738
00:39:32,604 --> 00:39:35,671
You know I've considered that.
739
00:39:35,804 --> 00:39:37,561
I'll do the best I can.
740
00:39:39,163 --> 00:39:40,953
Please remember...
741
00:39:41,083 --> 00:39:44,761
just like my pa says, I must
vote the way I think is right.
742
00:39:45,756 --> 00:39:48,626
Well, he's right, of course.
743
00:39:49,627 --> 00:39:51,668
Thanks for understanding.
744
00:39:53,915 --> 00:39:56,666
Well... it's time.
745
00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:58,585
I guess it is time, isn't it?
746
00:40:06,012 --> 00:40:07,703
Remember...
747
00:40:07,836 --> 00:40:11,546
whatever happens
in there, I love you.
748
00:40:11,676 --> 00:40:13,586
I know that.
749
00:40:21,403 --> 00:40:25,234
I just hope when this is
all over, you'll say it again.
750
00:40:50,107 --> 00:40:51,734
Now's the time, Ben.
751
00:40:51,867 --> 00:40:56,025
Do you know yet how
your boy's going to vote?
752
00:40:56,155 --> 00:40:59,800
The chips are down;
they're going to call our hand.
753
00:40:59,932 --> 00:41:03,228
Bill, the decision is
not mine... or yours.
754
00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:22,166
Where does he stand?
755
00:41:22,299 --> 00:41:23,926
I don't know, Father.
756
00:41:24,059 --> 00:41:26,068
I'm sorry.
757
00:41:26,204 --> 00:41:29,271
He must stand with the South.
758
00:41:38,267 --> 00:41:40,123
A pass is required
to enter the hall, sir.
759
00:41:40,252 --> 00:41:41,878
I have something to
say to these gentlemen.
760
00:41:42,012 --> 00:41:44,347
I'm sorry, I can't allow...
761
00:41:44,475 --> 00:41:46,680
Gentlemen! The
convention will come to order!
762
00:41:46,812 --> 00:41:48,667
Gentlemen!
763
00:41:48,796 --> 00:41:51,066
I have something to
say to this convention.
764
00:41:51,195 --> 00:41:52,952
I'm sorry, sir, but
nobody can speak here
765
00:41:53,084 --> 00:41:54,596
without proper
credentials as a delegate.
766
00:41:54,619 --> 00:41:55,923
Now, with your
approval, gentlemen,
767
00:41:55,964 --> 00:41:57,852
the clerk will
now call the roll.
768
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:00,315
Gentlemen, it's important,
and I think you should hear it
769
00:42:00,443 --> 00:42:01,753
before you vote.
770
00:42:01,884 --> 00:42:03,990
That's right!
771
00:42:04,123 --> 00:42:06,612
Mr. Chairman, this
man is not a delegate.
772
00:42:06,747 --> 00:42:09,977
I demand that he be
removed from the hall.
773
00:42:10,108 --> 00:42:12,563
Gentlemen, please!
774
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:14,773
The convention is in order!
775
00:42:14,908 --> 00:42:16,731
It'll only take a moment.
776
00:42:16,859 --> 00:42:19,544
Or is this convention
afraid to hear the truth?
777
00:42:19,675 --> 00:42:21,748
Poll the delegates!
778
00:42:21,884 --> 00:42:23,575
We can't wait all day!
779
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,781
If there's any
further interference,
780
00:42:25,915 --> 00:42:27,872
I'll have the sergeant-at-arms
handle the situation.
781
00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:29,208
Mr. Chairman,
782
00:42:29,339 --> 00:42:33,050
my son asked a question
which deserves an answer.
783
00:42:33,179 --> 00:42:35,449
Is this convention
afraid to hear something
784
00:42:35,580 --> 00:42:37,653
which may be of
vital importance to it?
785
00:42:43,068 --> 00:42:45,338
He has a right to be heard.
786
00:42:45,467 --> 00:42:46,548
Not here, he hasn't.
787
00:42:46,683 --> 00:42:48,245
He says it's important.
788
00:42:48,379 --> 00:42:49,842
It's a Yankee trick.
789
00:42:49,980 --> 00:42:51,322
Hey, now, wait a minute!
790
00:42:52,795 --> 00:42:54,105
I'm a delegate.
791
00:42:55,388 --> 00:42:56,698
I have credentials.
792
00:42:56,827 --> 00:42:58,683
My brother says it's
important, I believe him.
793
00:42:58,812 --> 00:43:00,339
I think we should hear him out.
794
00:43:00,475 --> 00:43:02,418
If it's vitally important.
795
00:43:03,420 --> 00:43:05,842
My brother and
I found this letter
796
00:43:05,979 --> 00:43:10,612
on a dead man's
body on the Ponderosa.
797
00:43:10,748 --> 00:43:14,458
It was written by one Walter
Craigsmuir, an actor whom
798
00:43:14,588 --> 00:43:16,629
some of you may remember
has been appearing
799
00:43:16,764 --> 00:43:18,772
in Virginia City for the
past several weeks.
800
00:43:18,907 --> 00:43:20,599
What are we waiting for!
801
00:43:20,731 --> 00:43:22,423
I say begin the vote!
802
00:43:26,427 --> 00:43:31,766
It reads... "I have
been assured...
803
00:43:31,899 --> 00:43:35,865
"that given our support
"in terms of money
804
00:43:35,995 --> 00:43:38,964
"rushed from San Francisco
to Carson City for men,
805
00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:42,581
"guns and ammunition,
806
00:43:42,715 --> 00:43:44,658
"the Nevada Statehood Convention
807
00:43:44,796 --> 00:43:46,935
"can be stampeded
808
00:43:47,068 --> 00:43:49,916
"and the Territory
enjoined to the Confederacy.
809
00:43:50,043 --> 00:43:53,525
"As this would
ensure Union defeat,
810
00:43:53,659 --> 00:43:57,686
"through depriving Mr. Lincoln
of the wealth of the Comstock,
811
00:43:57,819 --> 00:44:00,504
"and thereby ensure
a continued flow
812
00:44:00,635 --> 00:44:02,872
"of cotton to British mills,
813
00:44:03,003 --> 00:44:06,037
"I would recommend
we do business
814
00:44:06,172 --> 00:44:08,922
on the terms suggested."
815
00:44:09,052 --> 00:44:11,540
Signed... Craigsmuir.
816
00:44:15,676 --> 00:44:16,822
Who assured him?
817
00:44:16,955 --> 00:44:18,865
This convention
has the right to know
818
00:44:19,004 --> 00:44:20,411
the answer to that question.
819
00:44:21,403 --> 00:44:23,291
Gentlemen, that man...
820
00:44:23,419 --> 00:44:25,275
is Judge David Terry.
821
00:44:29,947 --> 00:44:31,672
That's true.
822
00:44:33,083 --> 00:44:34,972
I do not deny it.
823
00:44:35,099 --> 00:44:38,166
But what I did, I did
because I had to do.
824
00:44:38,299 --> 00:44:39,861
And I'm proud of it.
825
00:44:44,091 --> 00:44:47,387
I believe in my cause,
and I'll fight to win it
826
00:44:47,515 --> 00:44:51,607
with any means I know, and
by every strength that I possess.
827
00:44:52,923 --> 00:44:55,226
Is there any man here
whose faith in his cause
828
00:44:55,355 --> 00:44:57,428
is so small that he
will not seek victory
829
00:44:57,564 --> 00:44:58,546
in a similar manner?
830
00:44:58,683 --> 00:45:01,433
No! We will never
subscribe to that!
831
00:45:01,563 --> 00:45:03,669
Because we have
faith in what we believe.
832
00:45:03,803 --> 00:45:05,659
We honor it.
833
00:45:05,787 --> 00:45:08,887
We will not destroy it by
justifying any and all means
834
00:45:09,019 --> 00:45:10,547
to gain our ends!
835
00:45:10,683 --> 00:45:11,829
Hear! Hear!
836
00:45:13,628 --> 00:45:18,396
Judge... you took
too much on yourself.
837
00:45:18,523 --> 00:45:20,280
You went too far.
838
00:45:21,755 --> 00:45:23,731
Let's vote.
839
00:45:23,867 --> 00:45:26,650
Gentlemen, the clerk
will now poll the delegates.
840
00:45:33,563 --> 00:45:35,320
So long, Ben.
841
00:45:47,388 --> 00:45:50,007
I'm sorry, Morvath.
842
00:45:50,139 --> 00:45:53,948
I'm sorry, too... for all of us.
843
00:45:54,075 --> 00:45:56,083
But especially for him.
844
00:45:57,819 --> 00:46:00,690
What do you think he'll do now?
845
00:46:00,828 --> 00:46:02,716
Well, with Nevada
joining the Union,
846
00:46:02,844 --> 00:46:04,787
he'd like to go
back to Virginia.
847
00:46:08,731 --> 00:46:10,488
And what about you?
848
00:46:12,315 --> 00:46:14,072
I must go with him.
849
00:46:15,899 --> 00:46:17,623
You understand, don't you?
850
00:46:17,755 --> 00:46:20,341
I understand there's
a war between us.
851
00:46:25,147 --> 00:46:27,384
Wars end sometime.
852
00:46:28,923 --> 00:46:30,833
♪♪
853
00:46:56,795 --> 00:46:58,706
♪♪
854
00:47:24,507 --> 00:47:26,417
♪♪